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Katie Bailey
@emmacarelli.bsky.social
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I am a writer and resident dreamer. Runs on coffee, music, and sarcasm. In short? A weird little nerdball. She/her demi/ace
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Katie Bailey @emmacarelli.bsky.social · Aug 23
When exorcising ghosts, it helps to have a medium with a cool head and sympathetic heart.

Constance is a medium with none of those.

In a blend of horror/comedy that gets darker as it goes, traveling ghost hunters get in too deep when the dead won’t RIP
#agentguide #agentsguide
Digital screen saying, "Constance is a reluctant medium with a death fresh on her conscience. She'd much rather keep her abilities a secret and turn her back on spirits, but when her only friend starts a freelance ghost hunting team, she tags along. Someone has to keep them out of trouble, right? If only things were that easy. But people go missing, spirits become restless, and as a building threat is determined to break the barrier between life and death, she'll discover that neither the past nor the paranormal are content to remain hidden. Great for adult fans of Ghostbusters, Scooby-Doo, psych-esque banter includes: unlikable heroine, found family maps, urban legends, fast- paced banter, mysterious organizations, human experiments, horror without gore, adult horror-comedy/ spec 97,000 words" Tall, pale, blonde woman wearing a leather jacket and green shirt holds disposable coffee cup and leans against shorter, heavy-set, dark man with coiled dark hair, wearing dress shirt and tie while drinking coffee,. A convenience store is in the background. The words "misfit crew" are at the top. Group of people running are labeled as "teen tech genius, " "punk with a heart of gold," " formerly- possessed researcher," "1/2 badass, 1/2 batshit, " "medium with anger issues, " and "the boss holding everything together"
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Contact. Your. Reps.
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Keep fighting.
January 25, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Finally reopened a couple slots for dynamic full body digital portraits ✨

Shop: ko-fi.com/c/4978db4c4b

#Commissions #DigitalArt #Illustration
Commission sample Commission sample OC art in the same style
January 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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It’s been a long journey getting here. Details on the agency to come at a later time, but I am now officially agented! (I think my ghost hunters are taking the news with the utmost grace.)

#amwriting #amquerying #amagented
Group of six misfit ghost hunters huddled around a laptop. One looks excited. The rest are bewildered. One accidentally spills his coffee. The words, “announcement of literary representation” are above them.
January 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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I’m not really a tgif kinda person…but I’m especially looking forward to this Friday. ❤️❤️❤️
January 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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“Ms Katie, I thought you looked pretty when you were Zoey for Halloween.”

Thank you so much, sweet child. Also, it’s the middle of January. That was, like, two and a half months ago. I’m glad it meant that much to you. 😂❤️
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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This looks totally normal... right?
Fogged-over mirror with a handprint and letters spelling, "vague."
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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a woman is smiling while talking on a phone and the words we got one are on the screen
ALT: a woman is smiling while talking on a phone and the words we got one are on the screen
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January 3, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Why, yes, I did make another Vigo the Carpathian -themed New Year’s Eve dessert. Because of course, I would.
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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I am so blessed and so lucky and so hopeful right now. Don’t give up.
December 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I really enjoyed doing this this year!

…once the kids were asleep.
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you all! May your season be filled with good news, blessings, and happiness that continues to blossom!
December 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Really hoping for a Christmas miracle today.
December 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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And then there’s these dorks. (I love them. I love them so stupidly much.)
A group of friends leaning against each other, group hug, hanging out. A short, fat, redhead guy with glasses, a tall raver chick rustling the curly blond hair of a heavyset guy, a lanky guy with a chinstrap beard and glasses flashing a peace sign, and a blonde girl with a ponytail in a wheelchair smiling widely hang out.
December 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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@delablo.bsky.social HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEL, YOU PARTY ANIMAL YOU.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Seriously, you ever want birthday hype men, surround yourself with a couple primary school kids. They are THE ULTIMATE.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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39 is shaping up to be pretty good.
Me standing in front of the mirror.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Why are all women’s holiday lotion scents candy apples/berries/vanilla? I don’t want to smell like dessert! I WANNA SMELL LIKE A FRICKIN’ CHRISTMAS TREE.
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Had some revelations this long weekend. To no one’s surprise, they both include muppets.
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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There’s nothing like being told my writing voice “is an absolute delight.” 🥹❤️❤️❤️
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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I will forever adore how heart-wrenchingly beautiful Jason Mraz can make the term “mother fucker.”
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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When my mom saw me this morning, she said my jeans looked nice and like I wasn’t “pouring out of them.”

This is just one example of why I keep trying to promote body acceptance and diversity.
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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WIP. Not gonna lie, I missed these doofuses.
Couple of goobers hanging out and laughing. Blue lines sketch.
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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The thing about growing up around a narcissist is that you just come to accept how it is and where your place is…but it strikes you years later about how OFF things were.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM