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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff"

@authorlevai.bsky.social

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She/her. PhD in Egyptology, now I write fiction. The Night Library of Sternendach is my novella in sonnets. The Glass Garden is space horror and family drama. Will boost almost anything with a bat in it. linktr.ee/authorlevai

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hello to BlueSky and my new followers! Please check out my novellas:

THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.

THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.

Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai

My two book covers, against a starry background.

STERNENDACH has red bat wings, a book, and fangs.
THE GLASS GARDEN has a kaleidoscope image on it.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 18h

Whoo-hoo!

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 18h

Another Halloween tradition in the bag for the year: my older kid and I watching CRIMSON PEAK and talking through the whole thing.

It's all relevant, though. Like a commentary track.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 21h

It's a great show.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 21h

So we'll ruin the banks
And we'll cripple the courts
And we'll take on the world for America's sake
And we'll take all the land
And we'll take back the country
And we'll take and we'll take and we'll take and we'll take…
youtu.be/XQWX1U9Th30?...

The Saddest Song

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 22h

Excellent.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 22h

Oh, wait, you said "living." *puts Sondheim and Ashman back on the shelf*

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

So… what strategic words do I mute so I don't have to see/read descriptions of animal cruelty in my feed...

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

Finished the book this morning.

In a related story, I called my cat "Folks" while trying to get him to move his butt off my towel.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

But… isn't that how you pronounce "lowering" in that context?

cf:
Take heart, no danger lowers
Take any heart, but ours!
-- The Pirates of Penzance

I remember the director of our production explaining the word and the rhyme to us.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

What movie has the scariest score?

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

Time to show off to people that I know how to pronounce the name of the winner of the literature Nobel.

If I weren't sitting at home all day writing by myself, I'd be pretty annoying right now.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

The guy playing Jura is pretty hot, that doesn't hurt.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

My kid has practice tonight rather than Thursday so my brain thinks tomorrow is Friday and yeah, this is gonna be a pain.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

How does one ork a cow?

Seriously, that looks like a nice place to work.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

I hear Bookshop is doing free shipping and hey, they've got my two books there and everything! bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Bookshop.org US

bookshop.org

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 3d

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

doomscroll break

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

Hear hear!

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and those are excellent socks.

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Nancy Cooper FrankenSTEEN @ncooperfrank.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s chemo socks and today’s chemo book. So I was both comfy and well entertained. Shout out to @authorlevai.bsky.social for making the time pass more quickly with this tale

Two feet in multicolored striped socks flanking a book: The Night Library of Sternenbach: A Vampire Opera in Verse by Jessica Lévai

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

Watching this movie on Tubi. It doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Feel like I've discovered treasure. Really enjoying it, but this kind of fairy bride/false bride story is catnip to me.
tubitv.com/movies/10004...

The Golden Fern (1963)

A breathtaking black and white fantasy film about a stunning young forest fairy who falls in love with a handsome but selfish shepherd.

tubitv.com

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

When I was pregnant with my second child, I had a "pregnant skeleton" shirt that showed (my) adult ribs and a baby skeleton. Loved that shirt.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not buying anything from Amazon during Prime days or whatever. I try not to buy there at all, if I can.

Except.

I am going to drop $50 on indie books soon, so I can post reviews on their site. I feel that Amazon is still a place where people go for reviews, and I don't want a GR account.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

Seems appropriate to be reading this after I spent some time with Lin-Manuel Miranda's concept album for THE WARRIORS

Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, Gabino! Folks can hop on The El wherever they get their books. Happy #FridayReads!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738830...

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theo stultz @theoplum.bsky.social · 9d

Ladies of the Living Princess is now at ShortBox Comics Fair... my slightly scary medieval romantic fantasy... here's a preview...!

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