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J.A. Jablonski
@jajablonski.bsky.social
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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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
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
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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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.
techcrunch.com
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
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.
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
📢 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.
www.writersandeditors.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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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.
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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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Holy moly! So glad I don't live northerly...and so keeping all of those folks in my heart. ❄️❄️❄️
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!
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
How I miss the little fireplace from our old flat! 🔥
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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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.
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
"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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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…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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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November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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.
locusmag.com/aboutlo...
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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
This thread! 👇👇👇
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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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
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
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"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
Love the recs in the comments! Thx for asking this. 🤗
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
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
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).
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM