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Rainbow Rowell

4 months

COMING JULY 2024, MY FIRST ADULT NOVEL SINCE LANDLINE! More details here — Preorder a signed copy from my local bookstore here —

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Happy birthday, Baz. You're my favorite. 💜💚💜

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS. JULY 6, 2021.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS JULY 6, 2021

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I think Carry On might have a Christmas scene ... 🤔

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Check it out! New ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS cover with a more 🗡️-like 🗡️! Illustrated by @kevinwada and designed by Olga Grlic 💛

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Any Way the Wind Blows has been kneaded and allowed to rise three times. It’s been investigated and copy edited. The pages have been designed. And you STILL have to wait SIX MONTHS.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, I'm out of here. I finished reviewing the 'Any Way the Wind Blows' proof last night, and I have to type up my notes. (It's 500+ pages!)

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Hey! I have news about the Any Way the Wind Blows special edition!

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Hey, I'm here because I actually have news you want to hear! Give me a sec to get my stuff together. (It's not a movie; it's never a movie.)

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

4 months

NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

6 months

💖 IN STORES NOW 💖

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Look on your creation and weep, Cath.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I can show you the UK cover for Any Way the Wind Blows!

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

'ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS' UK EDITION! Cover by Kevin Wada! There are two editions. A regular edition and a Waterstones special edition. Preorder the standard edition here --

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

*looks at To Do list* ▪️update AWTWB cover ✔️ ▪️address Simon's wing conundrum ✔️ ▪️remind everyone that Baz has chest hair ✔️ I think I'm done here?

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, I'm leaving. It's always nice to talk with you guys. I've been thinking a lot lately about how my author life will change once Any Way the Wind Blows comes out. Because I'll have given you everything I can about Simon and Baz.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, I feel bad about the April Fools confusion, so I've decided to give you something actually good and exciting. Possibly too good and exciting. I may regret this later.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I can hardly believe how perfect this is.

henrietta🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

@henreyettah

3 years

Squid-shenanigans-turned-squid-mishaps🦑🦑💥 #simonsnowseries by @rainbowrowell

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@rainbowrowell

3 years

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

9 months

Eleanor & Park is on this list. It's so frustrating for me to see the content of the book taken wildly out of context. No one objecting to these books is actually reading them. It's madness.

Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

9 months

NEW: The “Heartstopper” books have been restricted to the adult section of the Columbia-Marion County Public Library and now require parental permission. Now, the residents who pushed to ban the gay coming-of-age series are targeting 14 other YA books.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS Barnes & Noble Special Edition Featuring a new spin on the @kevinwada cover (that's London in the background!), full-color illustrated endpapers by @KRISTAFERANKA , and a distinct case stamp. Preorder here --

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

29 days

All right, even if you were mad at me at the time, you have to admit this Kevin Wada art was pretty great.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

(I'd rather have matching hardcovers than a movie anyway.) (Have matching hardcovers ever let you down????)

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, I'm leaving. But I'll be back next week to tell you about new Simon Snow Trilogy merch. Everything I've said today about Any Way the Wind Blows is true. You really will get Mordelia and goats and quality Agatha content.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

When you guys first were like, "Simon has a wand!" I made fun of you. And then I looked at it again and was like, "Okay okay, that does look like a wand."

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Also, I've been thinking about Any Way the Wind Blows, and I have advice for reading it -- which you can, of course, totally disregard, because once I let go of the book, it's yours to do with what you will...

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

91 plus an epilogue!

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@defygravty

3 years

@rainbowrowell how many chapters we have on AWTWB?

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, so I logged into Twitter to tell you that I finally changed my spellcheck dictionary from British English to American English, and I got emotional.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

5 months

Also, the language of book covers changes really fast. When we published Fangirl, there was a concern that it would look like a graphic novel because of the illustrated cover. (Hence "a novel.")

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

9 months

Heyyyy there. I have news about my next book. (I actually have news about my next FOUR books.)

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

When I think about Agatha and Simon and Baz, I try to think of them beyond their roles in the triangle. Agatha isn't just the silly straight girl who got in the way -- she and Simon were friends. Are friends, I hope.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

But everyone who harassed me about how short Wayward Son was is getting a copy of AWTWB with ten randomly selected missing pages.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

7 months

Thought you might like to see the stained edge on the Fangirl anniversary edition ...

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, I’ll see you guys later. I’ve got to go finish wrapping my Snowbazday presents.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I think if you read Any Way the Wind Blows desperate to find out what happens to Simon and Baz, you will miss what is *actually happening to Simon and Baz*

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

8 months

Full-color endpapers for the Any Way the Wind Blows paperback. @jimmyct did these illustrations in the same style as his interior art. Jim's illustrations across the series are so wonderful. Beautiful AND clever.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

7 months

I have a lot of feelings about this that I don't know what to do with. Even inexpensive clothing from the '80s and '90s is lush compared to the clothing available now. It's like everything tangible in American life is getting cheaper, more temporary, more toxic.

Amanda Mull

@amandamull

7 months

I wrote about why it's so hard to buy a good sweater these days. What's currently available in stores really is much worse than what you could find a few decades ago.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

MATCHING 'CARRY ON' HARDCOVER! My glorious publisher @WednesdayBooks is giving us a 'Carry On' to match the rest of the trilogy. That @kevinwada goodness! With new, cool illustrated endpapers and a case stamp. Preorder the TRILOGY EDITION here --

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

9 months

Apparently everyone thinks this is a pen name. My new author bio is just going to be a picture of my birth certificate.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

When you get to Chapter 61, and it's just a list of which characters have hair on their forearms, you have no one to blame but yourselves.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

7 months

New bio: "Rainbow Rowell's mother is exactly the sort of person who would name a child 'Rainbow.'"

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

1 year

I'm writing an adult novel, but it feels like I'm writing one for the very first time. It's very hard to leave the World of Mages.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

4 months

Did you see this? I've got a new book coming out. About adults this time, set right here in the World of No Mages. I think it's good, and I've read it several times.

Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

4 months

COMING JULY 2024, MY FIRST ADULT NOVEL SINCE LANDLINE! More details here — Preorder a signed copy from my local bookstore here —

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

1 year

Levi is one of my better ideas.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

2 years

First of all: I have a new book coming out on Nov. 8th! It's a collection of short stories, gathering up all four of my previous stories, PLUS five new ones. With gorgeous illustrations by Jim Tierney. Preorder links here:

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

1 year

Any Way the Wind Blows paperback news! The paperback comes out July 18th, and we wanted to something special with the inside cover. So @jimmyct -- who has drawn all the interior illustrations -- did two full-color endpapers to bookend the whole series.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

It’s a little longer than Carry On.

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@mexjenn_

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@rainbowrowell How many pages is the book?

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

10 months

My brother was like, "You're not writing another Simon Snow book? Did those just not go over very well?"

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

4 months

I didn't intentionally make Baz and Simon look like Sirius and Remus. I was never a Marauders person, so I didn't even see it. I wanted Baz to look like a vampire and for Simon to look like a scrappy golden boy hero.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Glad we've worked this out and established that there are absolutely no narrative inconsistencies in any of my books.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

It depends how thirsty he is.

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@ananyakalraa

3 years

@rainbowrowell is baz a cat person or a dog person?

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

1 year

I am sorry that the 10th anniversary Fangirl news served mostly to remind you of the crushing passage of time.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, before I go, I keep meaning to talk to you about menstruation.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

2 months

COVER REVEAL! The final volume of our Fangirl manga adaptation is coming Aug. 20 from @VIZMedia — with art by the truly exceptional @gabinam0120 and script by me 💖☕️🔮💚

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

And you'll miss all the jokes and callbacks and good stuff with secondary characters.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

9 months

Apparently there is an ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS bus in Mexico City. (Like a bus wrapped in an ad for the book.) I am DESPERATE to see a photo of this bus. If you are in Mexico City, please keep your eyes peeled. 🚍🚍🚍

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I told myself that I'd offer up a paragraph from Any Way the Wind Blows to make up for my lack of news. I could give you some Simon and Baz, but I have a feeling you'd prefer Mordelia.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Complete bullshit, am I right? What a system!

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

These tweets have nothing to do with what happens, good for bad. I was just thinking about how I ruined the third book in one of my favroite trilogies because I read it so fast and desperately, and I missed the whole story.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

11 months

Baz: "I knew I had feelings when I started watching him sleep ..." Edward: "Totally normal, go on."

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

1 year

Here's a better look at the Fangirl anniversary edition! (Look who gets a guest spot on the back cover...) The book will have a stamped case -- no dust jacket -- and very cute stained edges. Preorder here:

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

6 months

Honestly and sincerely forgot that this edition has "deleted scenes" -- one scene with Levi and Cath, and several with Baz and Simon.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Honestly? Yeah. I think I will. Fantasy is what I love to read. I was very nervous about writing it. But the Carry On books helped me get through that. And I loved writing The Prince and the Troll.

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@rainbowrowell Will you write a fantasy book/series again after the carry on trilogy ends?

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

9 months

My next book is called SLOW DANCE. It comes out next SUMMER. And it is about ✨ADULTS✨. I'm thrilled to be working on this novel with Jennifer Brehl and the excellent people at @WmMorrowBooks .

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

On the one hand, there will be fewer people yelling, "SEND SIMON TO THERAPY!" in my mentions. But I might miss even that. I've loved having these characters that we were all excited about and invested in. It's totally different from the experience of writing standalone books.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

💛💜 INDIGO SPECIAL EDITION 💜💛 This one’s for you, Canada! Designed by Olga Grlic, illustrated by Kevin Wada. Featuring a Watford-themed case stamp and Kris Anka-illustrated endpapers. LUSH! Preorder here from @chaptersindigo --

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

4 months

This book is good BTW. Will you LIKE it? Look, I don't know. But when I finished it, I was like, "I would serve this in my restaurant."

Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

4 months

NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

hang on, i really am going to share a paragraph from AWTWB. i'll never top the time i leaked "There's Baz in ISTG a flowered suit" or whatever. i peaked that day.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, I'm leaving. Let me give you some more Simon and Baz songs from my AWTWB playlists. To thank you for your consideration.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Hey, hey, I'm still not here much, but I wanted to check in and tell you that I'll have more news soon, including an Any Way the Wind Blows pre-order incentives and the UK cover!

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

1 year

It's been ten years. Imagine Levi's hairline.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

26 days

This was a tricky cover to nail down. You ask so much from a designer. (Make it look smart! Funny! Romantic! Accessible but still complex!) Also, we didn't want a cover that would mislead readers into thinking the book was YA. I think @ninaelsted did such a good job ...

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I imagine Shepard and Baz around the same height. 6'1"-ish? Simon at 5'10"-ish. Agatha a smidge shorter. Penny around 5'5".

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

4 months

Too hard to write a new book when I could just hang out here and talk to you about Simon and Baz.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

2 years

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

OK, I'm really leaving now. It was super nice to talk to you guys today. I hope you're all wearing masks, eating protein, and getting your news from reliable sources 💛

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Look who's in the studio today! 💛💚💜EUAN MORTON💜💚💛 I have been low-level worried for two years that Euan wouldn't be able to narrate Any Way the Wind Blows. I know he's THE voice of the World of Mages for so many readers. So glad he agreed to come back 💛

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I rewatched Freaks and Geeks this month, and I was very nervous, because it's my favorite TV show, and usually those intense feelings don't stand up when you revisit something you loved. (Because you've changed, the world has changed.) But OH MY GOD, it's still the very best.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Everything can make you melancholy if you really try.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Okay, please bear with me. I have to do redo my pinned tweets with the new cover...

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

This is the cutest. Oh my god.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Baz and I are offended. Simon is 🔥🔥🔥

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@adachi_seasons

3 years

@rainbowrowell please make it drastic change for Simon's way of clothing 😌 i mean he needs to be as hot as Baz 🤞🏻

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

4 months

I just think Baz *knows* that he's dangerous. He's a vampire. He's a powerful magician. He comes from old money. I don't think he feels the need to look edgy.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

THIS COUPON IS GOOD FOR AT LEAST ONE (1) SNOWBAZ KISS.

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@cottagekornfeld

3 years

@rainbowrowell fuck.. you got me rainbow.. please just make them kiss them

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

YOUR BOYFRIEND IS BACK, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE IN TROUBLE. Get your very own cardboard Baz, as illustrated by @kevinwada . Okay, here's the deal: These are expensive to make & we don't want to get stuck with a bunch, so pre-orders are only open until June 4.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

"Is there ... There's no one ... I'm not being stalked by a handsome vampire, am I?"

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I'm only doing ONE EVENT for the Any Way the Wind Blows launch, but we're really trying to make it a good time. We're treating it like a celebration of the whole Simon Snow Trilogy. (I'm going to post the link in a minute. If tickets are important to you, grab a credit card.)

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

9 months

OH MY GOD!!!! @kevinwada , are you SEEING this??? It's even better than I hoped!!! Thank you, @hamster_maya 💝💝♥️🩷💜💘

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9 months

@rainbowrowell Y DE PRONTO UN DÍA DE SUEEEEERTE I found it on monday when I was going to school

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

9 months

I've finished the actual writing of my next novel, but I still really miss the characters. This is a dangerous time. This is when I start flirting with sequels and spin-offs. My agent calls this "writing your own fanfiction."

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Time to gather around the fire and sing Snowbazday carols. 🎵🎶

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

There won't be any more questions I can answer. No more mysteries. No more teasing you about what might be ahead.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

10 months

wow, you don't have your favorite fics saved onto your phone so can carry them around like a baby blue blanket with a satin edge? couldn't be me

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

One more happy thing before I go...

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

I'd always wanted to write a fairy tale, but I don't think I ever would have, left to my own devices. This one is a little more adult than my usual fare. (I'm inordinately pleased with it.) Prime members can read or listen at no additional cost --

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

11 months

Simon is 26 today 😭

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Never expected this to become my issue.

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

Take care, guys. I just got my second 💉, so I'm feeling grateful and hopeful. I hope you're keeping your heads up and protecting yourselves in ways that you can 💛

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

3 years

(Every time I try to attach a photo to a tweet, my computer prompts me to attach my most recent file, which is a book manuscript. And I have a heart attack.)

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Rainbow Rowell

@rainbowrowell

5 months

Unsurprising!

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