shows me his favorites—zooming in to point out the details of my artwork. I chew on the inside of my cheek because Nash is so proud of One True Pastry, so proud of Kels.
I’ve never heard anyone I’m not related to speak out loud about the work I do.
Nash doesn’t just speak, he brags. Like, This girl is my friend, how lucky am I? Just like how Molly and Autumn talk about REX. It’s surreal but also wonderful. It makes everything about our online friendship feel valid.
It also makes me feel like the biggest liar.
“They’re okay,” I say, focusing on scouring one of the mixing bowls.
Nash talking to Kels about Halle is one thing. I can’t listen to Nash talk about Kels. It’s too much.
“I was just trying to—”
I cut him off. “Nash. Stop. I have work to do, okay?”
This mixing bowl is going to sparkle by the time I’m done with it.
“You’re right.”
“You don’t,” I say. “I mean, it’s not like you’re getting paid to be here. I can finish up.”
I expect him to leave. Anyone else would. Not Nash. “We’re almost done. May as well finish what I started.” He tucks his phone in his back pocket and returns to his dish-drying duties.
We finish in a silence that is as far away from comfortable as you can get.
September 28
Kels OneTruePastry 2hr
NEWS! I am so excited to announced that One True Pastry will be hosting the EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for READ BETWEEN THE LIES by ArielGoldberg! Tuesday 10/1 2 PM EST. Watch this space—I’m almost positive I outdid myself with this one
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Ariel Goldberg ArielGoldberg 55min
AHH I’m so excited that OneTruePastry is hosting the cover reveal for READ BETWEEN THE LIES. I’m so obsessed with this cover & her cupcakes. I can’t wait to see what Kels comes up with!
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Nash Stevens NashStevens_27 52min
ArielGoldberg it’s going to be EPIC OneTruePastry is killing it
EIGHT
On the last Saturday of September, I am neglecting homework for Read Between the Lies.
Ollie and I filmed the cover reveal on Thursday night at Maple Street Sweets, after hours. Since Gramps’s house is a no-cupcake zone, the process of baking and executing a cinematic cupcake cover was complicated. We draped a white tablecloth over one of the tables. Ollie stood on a chair and pointed the camera down, careful to make sure the table was the entire shot.
I wore a long-sleeve black shirt and swapped my chipped blue nail polish for black. It took a few takes to get the lighting and cupcake placement right. Once we did, we got a few extra takes for good measure.
Now I’m editing the footage in Premiere and it feels so right, so natural, after spending so much time with my parents in post, that I can’t believe I never thought to do this before.
It looks exactly how I pictured it in my head and I can’t stop smiling. I baked chocolate cupcakes, since most of the cupcakes are black frosted to mimic the redacted lines on the cover. The splatters of red blood pop. The timing between placing the next cupcake is even, allowing me to manipulate the footage to make it as fast or slow as I want.
It’s too perfect.
My followers are going to freak out.
While the final cut renders, I continue reading my very own, very not edible version of Read Between the Lies. I may or may not have screamed when I opened the mailbox and the ARC was waiting for me inside. It’s a book worth dropping everything for—which is exactly what I plan to do, once the video is all set. I’m already one hundred pages in and completely enthralled. I’m so picky when it comes to thrillers, mostly because I have a weird sixth sense and can always predict who the killer is fifty pages in. But with Ariel Goldberg, I’m still guessing.
It’s such a nice break from the Alanna LaForest Twitter drama. Since the EW article, my Twitter following has grown exponentially, which is awesome timing with the cover reveal coming. But also not, as the level of trolling has increased along with it.
Elsie Porter ElsiesShelf 2hr
How can OneTruePastry straight up disappear at a time like this? Alanna NEEDS our support! Like, literally she just said she wants her book to be read by a wide audience? And now she’s being boycotted? Pile-on culture is TOXIC.
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Jamie K. jamiereadsya 2hr
lololol that’s a real interesting interpretation. alanna’s statement implies that it’s not enough for her