Juan Martinez
@fulmerford.com
find me the worst, most perfect analogy for the present situation:
The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier
www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier
www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier
Problems with the plumbing system on board America's newest aircraft carrier are getting worse. Issues with the toilets on the USS Ford continue even as it continues its deployment to the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:17 AM
find me the worst, most perfect analogy for the present situation:
The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier
www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier
www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
say what you will about cats but ours has been right by our 4yo’s side through the worst of a pretty bad flu
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
say what you will about cats but ours has been right by our 4yo’s side through the worst of a pretty bad flu
need more motivation? @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social ‘s book is featured in @reactorsff.bsky.social ‘s “Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for January and February 2026”!
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January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
need more motivation? @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social ‘s book is featured in @reactorsff.bsky.social ‘s “Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for January and February 2026”!
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I love this book so much! I know you’ll love it too!!! Please buy it + read it + request it for your local library!!!
It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I love this book so much! I know you’ll love it too!!! Please buy it + read it + request it for your local library!!!
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It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com
oh no, Library of America, who did this to you?
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
oh no, Library of America, who did this to you?
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the Lesser Demon of Premium Executive Coaching.
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the Lesser Demon of Premium Executive Coaching.
Fun Columbo nod in Richard Osman’s delightful THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE (the Thursday Night Murder Club books are nothing if not relentlessly delightful)
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Fun Columbo nod in Richard Osman’s delightful THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE (the Thursday Night Murder Club books are nothing if not relentlessly delightful)
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My book, Every Galaxy a Circle, comes out tomorrow. For each like I will tell a random fact about the book. I cannot guarantee they will be interesting.
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
My book, Every Galaxy a Circle, comes out tomorrow. For each like I will tell a random fact about the book. I cannot guarantee they will be interesting.
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the Lesser Demon of Egregious Puns.
January 14, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the Lesser Demon of Egregious Puns.
Fun bit: on Tuesdays the 4yo also gets to have her lunch packed and she’s wanting doodles too now & tells me what to draw. So far this year she has asked for (a) ghost protecting a baby ghost from a dragon and (b) a square drinking cornflower (?) coffee
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Fun bit: on Tuesdays the 4yo also gets to have her lunch packed and she’s wanting doodles too now & tells me what to draw. So far this year she has asked for (a) ghost protecting a baby ghost from a dragon and (b) a square drinking cornflower (?) coffee
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My book comes out in two days! Why might you want to pick up a copy?
Do you like speculative fiction? Short story collections that are very intentionally ordered? Stories about memories? Ghosts? Friendship? Monsters? Pie? Whales? Basketball?
If so, this might be the book for you!
Do you like speculative fiction? Short story collections that are very intentionally ordered? Stories about memories? Ghosts? Friendship? Monsters? Pie? Whales? Basketball?
If so, this might be the book for you!
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
My book comes out in two days! Why might you want to pick up a copy?
Do you like speculative fiction? Short story collections that are very intentionally ordered? Stories about memories? Ghosts? Friendship? Monsters? Pie? Whales? Basketball?
If so, this might be the book for you!
Do you like speculative fiction? Short story collections that are very intentionally ordered? Stories about memories? Ghosts? Friendship? Monsters? Pie? Whales? Basketball?
If so, this might be the book for you!
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Some days I tell myself I'll do a *little* thing with a manuscript & then I'll be free. Today was one of those days, and of course I ended up doing way more than just the small task. But the one small task was the window.
Give yourself a little task, a friendly opening. Write.
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Some days I tell myself I'll do a *little* thing with a manuscript & then I'll be free. Today was one of those days, and of course I ended up doing way more than just the small task. But the one small task was the window.
Give yourself a little task, a friendly opening. Write.
❤️
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Some days I tell myself I'll do a *little* thing with a manuscript & then I'll be free. Today was one of those days, and of course I ended up doing way more than just the small task. But the one small task was the window.
Give yourself a little task, a friendly opening. Write.
❤️
Some days I tell myself I'll do a *little* thing with a manuscript & then I'll be free. Today was one of those days, and of course I ended up doing way more than just the small task. But the one small task was the window.
Give yourself a little task, a friendly opening. Write.
❤️
“It’s a kids’ play area, Gary. Paint me the saddest, most middle-aged lion regretting every one of his life choices. Make him ooze melancholy.”
January 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
“It’s a kids’ play area, Gary. Paint me the saddest, most middle-aged lion regretting every one of his life choices. Make him ooze melancholy.”
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the Lesser Demon of Elaborate Revenge Schemes.
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the Lesser Demon of Elaborate Revenge Schemes.
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you can write! do it! i'm about to sneak in 20 minutes in-between some meetings & it's not going to be the best but i'm going to feel so much better afterwards. you can do it too! you don't need to do a lot. it all adds up.
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you can write! do it! i'm about to sneak in 20 minutes in-between some meetings & it's not going to be the best but i'm going to feel so much better afterwards. you can do it too! you don't need to do a lot. it all adds up.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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you can write! do it! i'm about to sneak in 20 minutes in-between some meetings & it's not going to be the best but i'm going to feel so much better afterwards. you can do it too! you don't need to do a lot. it all adds up.
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you can write! do it! i'm about to sneak in 20 minutes in-between some meetings & it's not going to be the best but i'm going to feel so much better afterwards. you can do it too! you don't need to do a lot. it all adds up.
❤️
“A writing life, I’ve come to believe, is a yearslong process of casting away everything you once believed for sure.” — Elizabeth McCracken, A LONG GAME: NOTES ON WRITING FICTION
January 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
“A writing life, I’ve come to believe, is a yearslong process of casting away everything you once believed for sure.” — Elizabeth McCracken, A LONG GAME: NOTES ON WRITING FICTION
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the Lesser Demon of Crossing Guards.
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the Lesser Demon of Crossing Guards.
From the backseat, the 4yo at the 10yo at a traffic stop: “STOP talking! When you talk the LIGHT! IS! LONGER!”
January 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
From the backseat, the 4yo at the 10yo at a traffic stop: “STOP talking! When you talk the LIGHT! IS! LONGER!”
pretty sure every writer I know has fantasized about being interviewed by Terry Gross.
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
pretty sure every writer I know has fantasized about being interviewed by Terry Gross.
here’s everything that was going on with your garden this week
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
here’s everything that was going on with your garden this week
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is a thorough inventory of the plants presently growing in your garden.
January 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is a thorough inventory of the plants presently growing in your garden.
My 4yo, whispering, while I’m carrying her: “I’m a baby eagle.”
Me, also whispering: “a baby eagle?”
The 4yo (at the top of her lungs): SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK
Me, also whispering: “a baby eagle?”
The 4yo (at the top of her lungs): SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
My 4yo, whispering, while I’m carrying her: “I’m a baby eagle.”
Me, also whispering: “a baby eagle?”
The 4yo (at the top of her lungs): SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK
Me, also whispering: “a baby eagle?”
The 4yo (at the top of her lungs): SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK
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ok! day 8!
...so you don't actually have to write every day. but if you want to eventually finish drafting a book you do have to write, and this is a day, so maybe write today.
you can do it. take a moment, set a tiny goal for yourself, make it a super easy, super achievable goal, write.
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ok! day 8!
...so you don't actually have to write every day. but if you want to eventually finish drafting a book you do have to write, and this is a day, so maybe write today.
you can do it. take a moment, set a tiny goal for yourself, make it a super easy, super achievable goal, write.
❤️
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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ok! day 8!
...so you don't actually have to write every day. but if you want to eventually finish drafting a book you do have to write, and this is a day, so maybe write today.
you can do it. take a moment, set a tiny goal for yourself, make it a super easy, super achievable goal, write.
❤️
ok! day 8!
...so you don't actually have to write every day. but if you want to eventually finish drafting a book you do have to write, and this is a day, so maybe write today.
you can do it. take a moment, set a tiny goal for yourself, make it a super easy, super achievable goal, write.
❤️
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via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook