Roanna "Rowan" Floyd (aka Petty Davis)

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Litcom writer (Rowan Floyd). Author of TOO MUCH HEAVEN, coming Nov. 2026 from Cackle Books. Was once called the Dorothy Parker of Austin, TX. They might have been drunk. She/Her but not H.E.R (sadly). Learn more at https://linktr.ee/rowanfloyd

Fiona Apple, Fetch The Bolt Cutters album. Helped me unearth and heal and free myself from the last lingering bit of childhood trauma. The title song is my medicine. And it came at just the right time. Image: Super close up of a wide-eyed Fiona Apple with her name and album title above and below the square of that b/w closeup in purple cutout style letters. There are two lightning bolts that are gold and look like they're made out of scrap paper.
The tiny woman who exorcises the house in Poltergeist lifts her chin in victory. In block white letters with black outline, it reads: This book is clean.
Statue of Satchel Paige at the Negro League Baseball Museum, Kansas City.
One of the funny signs from El Arroyo, the restaurant that became famous for their quippy signs. This large marquee sign reads: I'm sorry did I roll my eyes too loud.
Closeup of NY Giants running back, Cam Skattebo. He's wearing a letterman's jacket for the NYG.
A dark rain cloud over the Home Depot in Austin.
Famous painting of Ophelia floating on her back down the river clasping flowers in one hand before she drowns. Painting: Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais. Photo taken in 2022. I now use it anytime I'm exhausted by something or other.
A big white and black cat named Gilda Radner gets scritches as she relaxes on a gray sofa in the early morning Texas sunlight.
Cover of TOO MUCH HEAVEN, a novel by Rowan Floyd. Cover (illustrated) shows a casually posed dude with dark hair and a Hawaiian shirt with white trousers. Behind him, a large cloud dumping rain on an open field.
Cover of TOO MUCH HEAVEN, a novel by Rowan Flowers. It shows a guy standing in center holding a mop. He’s wearing a Hawaiian shirt with a popped collar and white pants. He has one hand in his pocket like he doesn’t give a flip. Behind him, a giant rain cloud dumps rain on a pink and yellow landscape. TOO MUCH HEAVEN is printed in black in sans serif font. At the top, the tagline in yellow: What came first, the humans or the misery?
A large cumulonimbus cloud over Austin, threatening rain.
My cat Gilda Radner is face planted on the sofa with the Spurs Knicks game in the background. She is a white cat with black splotches.
A grey bottomed cloud in a bright blue Texas sky. There’s a talk bubble to the right with the words: Hey, you! Cut it out!
A pair of brown Hyer cowboy boots worn by Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits.
A mother otter shows off her baby.
Norman Rockwell painting of a white man standing up in an assembly of other white men, wearing farmers' or workers' attire with a folded document in his pocket. He is speaking and others are turning to look at him.
4 photo grid with a browser search field in the center that says: What came first, the humans or the misery? Top left: Photo of big cloud in a blue sky saying I'm sick of cleaning up after them! Top right: Photo of the atmospheric plane with a talk bubble that reads Oh, Petrichor. Bottom left: Photo of Yosemite famous mountain with a talk bubble that reads You gotta cool it son. And bottom right: a photo of lightning striking the earth from a storm cloud with a talk bubble that says I HAVE HAD IT!
Archer lists the 5 ingredients of the perfect margarita while on assignment to Miami. He is lounging by the pool.
Male drive-in car hops (servers) in cowboy boots and shorts, 1940, Dallas.
Gilda Radner looking like she’s cheesing for the camera. She’s a white cat with black splotches. There’s someone holding bunny ears over her head.
Big Bird (Sesame Street) looking up as if tripping, in a daze, shooketh, or in the process of falling. This has been my default expression since 2015.
The IMAGINE mosaic in strawberry fields, Central Park, Manhattan.
Serena is a lynx point Siamese mix. Here she is pictured on top of my aqua blue chair in my reading room looking up at me with her big blue eyes.
Roanna with Grover on the set of Sesame Street taken in 2018.
Weird beautiful cloud over Austin, Tx. It’s yellow and dark grey.
Poster for half empty, half full literary comedy event on March 7, 8pm. Tickets at Coldtowne Theater. Pictured are the 4 "opponents" in this battle of wits and lit.
Gilda Radner, the cat. She’s a big white cat with black splotches. She’s pictured here cuddling against my foot and smiling.
Cover of Little Golden Book's Monster at the End of this Book, starring lovable, furry old Grover from Sesame Street. A cartoon of Grover is smiling and waving on the right of the cover, holding onto a green lamp and sign post with Sesame Street in green and white. Behind him, a brick wall and a green trash can. He says Hello, everybodeee!
Two coffee mugs seated side by side. Left: headshot of a white cat with black splotches (Gilda Radner). Right: headshot of a lynx Siamese (Serena). Both mugs say My humans got married.
From Roanna’s novel scrapbook: sticker of Blondie’s Debbie Harry and the cover of The Go -Go’s Beauty and The Beat album with ICONS typed in punk rock font.
Red duotone wash of a closeup of Smaug surrounded by gold taken from the dwarves (The Hobbit), overlayed with a quote from Mark Cuban: Want to use rich people like me? Incentivize us to help those who need it most.
Closeup of Smaug the dragon hoarding gold with a quote from Mark Cuban on top of it: Want to use rich people like me? Incentivize us to help those who need it most. The image is in a red duotone wash.
Pink black and white punk poster by band called The Hellflowers. Pictured: illustrated woman guitarist kicking a leg up. She’s wearing fishnets and sneakers. Poster lists other band names performing at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin, TX.
Illustrated poster for the WWS chapter 2nd anniversary reading. A woman is looking at the open book in front of her. Details include 12/6 at Epoch Coffee at The Village, 4-6pm.
Closeup of greedy Smaug in a red Duotone wash. In white text, a quote from Mark Cuban: Want to use rich people like me? Incentivize us to help those who need it most.
Super closeup of Danny Glover’s face from Lethal Weapon. Top right in bold white it says This close to retirement. Bottom left in bold white: Too old for this shit.
60s/80s unknown gospel rock band. Lead has long blond hair.
Movie poster for film titled GO. 1999. Main char (Ronna) is a blonde chick in red jacket with a black dress. A young Timothy Olyphant pictured in bg wearing a green tee.
An excerpt from TOO MUCH HEAVEN, a novel by Roanna Flowers aka Rowan Floyd. It is placed in a goldenrod box against a vintage postcard aqua blue sky with white puffy clouds and a squirrel with a halo peeping just over the bottom edge: Petrichor cranes a look over each shoulder to see if the Bombers or the Ladies Who Lunch Jog are reaching for their phones to call the cops (he needs another member of San Diego’s Finest on his case like he needs another squirrel in his life), and then he ducks under the fig’s wide canopy. The sound of the city goes pin-drop quiet, and he slowly straightens, his hands lifting to feel for branches that might be in his head’s way. He would hate to give himself a concussion on such an otherwise pleasant occasion, though it suddenly occurs to him that getting knocked out might be a better way to spend the afternoon. And then the tree starts to chuckle. “Well, well, well...” --Too Much Heaven by Rowan Floyd
Screenshot of a facebook memory post from 11 years ago (2014): Anxiety is like this: you spray some lavender house freshener scent, you probably to a BIT overboard, the ceiling fan disperses it, and now you think you've killed yourself with Mrs. Meyers.
Neon sign for The Continental Club in red and white. Woman is talking to a guy on a white horse.
El Arroyo sign pin that reads: I’ve never faked a sarcasm in my life.
Nora, Nick and Asta Charles from The Thin Man.
Big Bird (Sesame Street) shook to his core. SHOOK.
Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik. Cover is b/w with two headshots: Didion on top, smoking. Babitz on bottom, peering over sunglasses.
Picture of a collage from novel planning scrapbook by Roanna Flowers. It shows a tear out quote of white text on black from David Bowie: And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through. Also a black raven sticker with the words Ni Dieu, Ni Maître (no god, no master), and a b/w movie poster sticker of bride of Frankenstein just because it looks kind of punk.
Picture of a full low hanging moon among clouds between the trees. Photo taken of Sturgeon moon 2025 in Austin.
Example of scene card for E Pluribus, a novel by Roanna Flowers. The card reads: Introduction to Joe: profession, love triangle, personality, mention of premise. It rests on Roanna’s laptop next to an El Arroyo coaster that reads: You can’t text your ex with a margarita in both hands.
Icons for book 3 includes a tear out of The Go-Gos Beauty and The Beat album cover and a pink and black Blondie/Debbie Harry sticker.
Gilda Radner the cat on a teal pillow with front legs crossed. She’s a plump white cat with black splotches.
Red cover of the BOOK OF DISSENT. Title in large block letters (white). To the left, my mouse pad with a grinning kitten.
Pink crepe myrtle against a light blue sky. Picture taken by R Flowers
Torn out quote from David Bowie that appeared at the beginning of The Breakfast Club. It’s white text on black. It reads: And these children that you spit on as they try to change their world are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through.”
50th anniversary poster for Breathless by Jean Luc Godard. Two main characters are shown in black & white but with a red and blue wash like lens colors.
Scrapbook for Roanna Flowers’s next novel. It shows a group of Girl Scouts from the 70s and a valentines card with a white kitten against a red heart. The inside of the card has been ripped out where someone has hand written Happy Valentine’s Day! Death to Traitors.
Scrapbook for Roanna Flowers’s 3rd novel. Pictured is a page torn from a coloring book that says un-fucking-believable in crayon, a torn piece of paper in large black punk rock font that reads overall vibes, and a sticker of a sweetie pie cartoon cat with the words Blessed with beauty and rage.
Gilda Radner, a white cat with black splotches, rests her head on her person’s knee in a classic face plant.
30 Day Song challenge. 1. Fave breakup song 2. Fave love song 3. Song from a genre you hate 4. Song from a genre you love 5. Most overrated song 6. Most underrated song 7. Song from a band you THINK you discovered 8. Song from a band that made you fall in love with the band 9. Song from a soundtrack 10. song that reminds you of home 11. Fave song about a city 12. Fave political/protest song 13. Song that should've won an oscar 14. Fave song about a sport 15. Song that reminds you of spring 16. Song that reminds you of summer 17. Song that reminds you of fall 18. Song that reminds you of winter (*not Christmas) 19. Fave holiday song 20. Guilty pleasure song 21. Your personal theme song 22. Song that captures your generation 23. Fave 1 hit wonder 24. Song you secretly want dedicated to you 25. If 2025 were a song it would be... 26. Songs that remind you of someone you love. 27. Song that reminds you of someone you lost 28. Song that changed your mind about an artist 29. Fave song that tells a story 30. Fave song by a fictional band.
Album cover for Peter, Paul and Mary's See What Tomorrow Brings. They are pictured holding hands and walking on a grassy sand dune.
Julie Andrews holding her guitar and singing in the Austrian mountain meadows surrounded by Von Trapp children.