Midnight Pals: Formula Romance (Patreon)

Joyce Carol Oates: you know Oates: i have a take Barker: oh shit Barker: oh shit this is gonna be good Poe: how do you figure? Barker: edgar Barker: it's a joyce carol oates take Barker: they're always good Poe: i don't know about that Barker: they're good to me, edgar

Oates: this whole AI thing Oates: why not let it write the romance books? Oates: since that's an inferior kind of writing Oates: not like the kind i do Barker: ha ha ha!! Barker: YES! Barker: masterful trolling! Poe: is she trolling tho? Barker: we'll never know Barker: that's the beauty of it

Barker: that is a great take, joyce Barker: you should definitely go write over to the romance writers circle and tell them that right now Oates: do you think so? Poe: don't do that Barker: don't listen to edgar, he's a hater Barker: you should DEFINITELY do that

[circle of love] Nora Roberts: heeey everyone guess what? Roberts: joyce carol oates has something to share Sandra Hill: is it her gross foot again Roberts: no no no Roberts: Roberts: it's not your gross foot again is it joyce Oates: why? do you want to see it? Oates: check this shit out Roberts: no-Oates: actually what i wanted to say wasOates: i was thinking we should just replace you all with machines cuz you're just writing by formula Oates: it's like how some clothes are made by humans but other clothes are made by machines Oates: the analogy totally holds up if you think about it

Roberts: um Roberts: wow joyce Roberts: that is certainly a take Roberts: wow Colleen Hoover: i'm going to murder you, joyce carol oates Roberts: colleen! Hoover: i'm going to murder you and feast on your bones Oates: oh people say that to me all the time

Colleen Hoover: if you see me coming, you best cross the street, joyce carol oates Hoover: because i will kill you and i will eat you Roberts: Colleen! Roberts: really, joyce, you must excuse colleen Roberts: she's full of passion Roberts: we are romance writers after all

Roberts: colleen, settle down! remember our mantra Hoover: fuck the mantra! i'm angried up! i'm boiling with rage! i got ants in my pants and i'm itchin' to fight! Roberts: that's not the romance way! Roberts: leave the shivving to mary shelley Hoover i don't need a shiv the way i'm gonna do it

Hoover: i will strip your skin from your bones and wear it like a suit and we will be born into new worlds where our flesh is one! do you hear me, joyce carol oates?! you will rue this day!! Roberts: Roberts: ok Roberts: um Sandra Hill: you know i feel like colleen hoover is not entirely wrong

Oates: wow, you guys really didn't like my idea, huh? Oates: you all sound like a bunch of skeleton lovers

Oates: well, if you don't like that idea, maybe you'll like this one Oates: i've got this golden apple here for the fairest Roberts: please! we weren't born yesterday Roberts: there's no way we're falling for THAT obvious bait Roberts: i'll just take that thank you very much Hill: hey wait a minu