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J.A. Jablonski
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Multi-genre writer: Academic Mystery, Speculative SF, & Magical Realism | One-time academic & librarian | Style guide nerd | NO AI | No autofollows | Alt Text used

My other online activities: https://jajablonski.com/linktree/
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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · Oct 11
Setting the stage: J.A. Jablonski (Jude) writes in three different genres (mystery, speculative SF, and magical realism) while keeping one foot in the academic scene by researching material culture in utopian fiction. (She/They/Dr/Ms/Mx)

For more about me, see jajablonski.com/linktree/

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Defs a fun read (though I've only gotten through the first 3 so far!).

📚💙 🪐📚 #WisconsinGothic
pretensesoup.bsky.social E. H. Lupton @pretensesoup.bsky.social · 9h
Hey, if you need a gift for the weirdo (affectionate) in your life, or something to read while you're hiding from your family, I got you covered.

Links for the novels: ehlupton.com/links

Preorder The Alignments novella: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

#booksky #romancelandia
Queer historical romance for once and future academics, librarians, and everyone who loves a good Shakespeare reference and wishes magic was real. Available at all major online outlets, Kobo+, or order from your favorite bookstore. The books are: Dionysus in Wisconsin Old Time Religion Troth Lazarus, Home from the War and The Alignments (preorder now!)
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Having to finish today's NYT crossword if only to find out which movie Roger Ebert "hated, hated, hated." (It was Rob Reiner's NORTH.) 🎞🎥
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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authorsguild.org
Want to avoid AI writing? Turns out Wikipedia has the answer
The best guide to spotting AI writing comes from Wikipedia | TechCrunch
Wikipedia's guide to “Signs of AI writing” is a great resource for learning to spot LLM-generated prose.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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three people buying a book we didn't really have on our radar at my old bookstore was instant "order more, face it out, somebody on staff read it and write a talker for it" territory
alyssaharad.bsky.social Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1d
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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📢 While researching selling your book to libraries I came across Marie Monteagudo's (@IndieBookGal) superbly detailed info here: www.writersandeditors.com/marketing__p...

Scroll down to the "selling your book to libraries" heading. Monteagudo is a longtime librarian & writer's consultant. 📚💙
Writers and Editors - Marketing, publicity, and promotion
Writers and Editors, linking writers and editors to resources (including each other), markets, clients, and fans; maintained by Pat McNees, writer, personal and organizational historian, journalist, editor.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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alyssaharad.bsky.social
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Holy moly! So glad I don't live northerly...and so keeping all of those folks in my heart. ❄️❄️❄️
wisconet.bsky.social Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 1d
Big weather changes are in store today.

This AM: Dense fog over southern Wisconsin.

This PM - Thanksgiving: A windy winter storm will bring heavy snow to northern Wisconsin.

Widespread 12”+ totals and blizzard conditions possible. Parts of Ashland and Iron Counties could see 20-30” of snow!
Weather map showing all of the warnings and advisories across Wisconsin the morning of November 25. A major winter storm will bring widespread 8-18” snowfall across northern Wisconsin.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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How I miss the little fireplace from our old flat! 🔥
1914-era fireplace with brick exterior. This shot shows it closed up for summer, with a dark section of plywood blocking the opening and the vintage-era firescreen set in front. An antique metal log carrier is set to the right. Small, 1914-era, brick fireplace with several logs ablaze.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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There's so much I love about this speech and I hope you read the full text when you can - it's worth it.

But I love how it paints imagination as an act of service to others and a way to resist domination.

It helped me articulate some of why I think stories are so powerful and why we NEED them.
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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loreandordure.com
More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.
kateheartfield.com Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 2d
Hey Ottawa folks: I gave some kids' books to Twice Upon a Time and they said they've receved fewer donations than usual for this time of year. So if you have any kids' books in good condition, or time or money to spare, here's the info:
Donate - Twice Upon a Time
twiceuponatime.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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"A novelist couldn't possibly marry all the people from whom she wanted specialised information."

From HAVE HIS CARCASE" by Dorothy L Sayers.

I'd be married hundreds of time by now! Not to mention being a time traveler. 😉

#AmWriting 📚💙
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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tabathasouthey.bsky.social
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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A silly something for lovers of mythology. Irreverent, biting, and seriously off-kilter. 🙃

Pullquote: "...nobody can hear the Sirens and anyway nobody cares because Orpheus is wayyyy better than those skanks."

Citation in alt text.

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Cover of book by Cory OBrien (illustrated by Sarah E. Melville) titled Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology (Perigee Books, 2013). Cover art shows drawn classic mythological figures sketched over with red ink to render them silly, goofy, and vaguely obscene.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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asherelbein.bsky.social
I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Apropos the recent convo here on writing out one's ideas, my job as an indexer at APA's PsycINFO database required I write 200-character abstracts for journal articles from all disciplines, 35 per day. It was great training for writing on-the-spot any thing, any time!

#humblebrag #JustWrite
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.
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locus magazine cover -- house on an eerie hill
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Dreamt I was at an SFF conference in Ireland (the land of my ancestors where I've never been). Somehow I managed to bake & pack 2 large cakes! There I was in the hotel's bar, sharing drinks, cake, & conversation with people I'd only just met. Fun!
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November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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This thread! 👇👇👇
kjcharleswriter.com KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7d
I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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victoriastrauss.com
PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Due to a knee injury, I can't do Tai Chi right now. What a joy, then, to come across a video of my old teacher in Pittsburgh...so calming. 😌

youtu.be/xoP4YgvpzdE?...
Stan Swartz, evening Tai Chi practice
YouTube video by Swartz T'ai Chi
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November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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"I have cut and edited Etoine's book heavily, because he wrote it deprived and manic with want."

From: NOTES FROM A REGICIDE by Isaac Fellman (NY: Tor, 2025)

#SentencesIHaveLiked

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November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Love the recs in the comments! Thx for asking this. 🤗
julietemckenna.bsky.social Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 10d
Tabletop game playing pals. Can you recommend a four player game that's focused on cooperation towards a common aim rather than doing down the other people around the table? Please and thank you.
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Well here's a first...

We had lunch at The Black Pig in Sheboygan, WI yesterday. Unlike many pub restaurants there was only one TV screen over the bar. And the entire time we were there it was tuned in to episodes of The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Woo-Hoo! It's our 39th anniversary today! Beloved spousal person & I are celebrating with a visit to one of our fave art museums--the John Kohler Arts Center--and lunch at the Black Pig (both in Sheboygan, WI).
Top image: Main entrance of the John Kohler Arts Center. Glass and brick building with red brick sidewalk. Small trees with autumn leaves line the walkway. Lower image is the Black Pig restaurant's logo/sign. A large, fat pig in grey and charcoal colors over the restaurant's name, also in black.
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM