Joan Grey
@joangrey.bsky.social
Author, cat wrangler
I write Paranormal Women's Fiction, Queer Romance, Modern-with-Magic.
I'm foaming at the mouth left wing, I live in New England, and I drive a stick shift.
I write Paranormal Women's Fiction, Queer Romance, Modern-with-Magic.
I'm foaming at the mouth left wing, I live in New England, and I drive a stick shift.
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Joan Grey
@joangrey.bsky.social
· Apr 7
Midlife Magic
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Kay, a 45 year-old single mother, learns that she has magical abilities, and also that the recent murders are actually killer vampires. Life suddenly got a lot more complicated. Because killer vampires don't mean you don't still have to do the laundry.
www.amazon.com/dp/B09253NNQL
www.amazon.com/dp/B09253NNQL
I can't tell if I'm just cranky or if books are just less good than they were when I was younger.
But please, fellow authors, get someone to read over your book before you publish it. Even if that person is a friend or another author you're swapping beta reading with.
Please.
But please, fellow authors, get someone to read over your book before you publish it. Even if that person is a friend or another author you're swapping beta reading with.
Please.
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I can't tell if I'm just cranky or if books are just less good than they were when I was younger.
But please, fellow authors, get someone to read over your book before you publish it. Even if that person is a friend or another author you're swapping beta reading with.
Please.
But please, fellow authors, get someone to read over your book before you publish it. Even if that person is a friend or another author you're swapping beta reading with.
Please.
It's December, so I'm thinking about Next Year. My plans for 2025 cratered in April; I'm hoping #2026 is less crater-filled.
I'd like to publish some of the books simmering in my head, and I have a few other, personal goals, as well.
Now I just have to work out a plan!
I'd like to publish some of the books simmering in my head, and I have a few other, personal goals, as well.
Now I just have to work out a plan!
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's December, so I'm thinking about Next Year. My plans for 2025 cratered in April; I'm hoping #2026 is less crater-filled.
I'd like to publish some of the books simmering in my head, and I have a few other, personal goals, as well.
Now I just have to work out a plan!
I'd like to publish some of the books simmering in my head, and I have a few other, personal goals, as well.
Now I just have to work out a plan!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
My husband put a newer/faster graphics card into the computer which drives our tv (don't ask me how it's set up, I don't know) and it's such a huge change. Suddenly I can see the point of 4K video. Golly!
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
My husband put a newer/faster graphics card into the computer which drives our tv (don't ask me how it's set up, I don't know) and it's such a huge change. Suddenly I can see the point of 4K video. Golly!
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Read for free at kitauthor.com/muse-happens/ or become a member to read even more plus get a whole bunch of free short stories. (I try to post one at least every couple of months.)
Your membership supports this trans queer neurodivergent creator and helps with medical expenses & horse care.
Your membership supports this trans queer neurodivergent creator and helps with medical expenses & horse care.
Muse Happens Membership Group - Kit Author & Charmed Chicken
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November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Read for free at kitauthor.com/muse-happens/ or become a member to read even more plus get a whole bunch of free short stories. (I try to post one at least every couple of months.)
Your membership supports this trans queer neurodivergent creator and helps with medical expenses & horse care.
Your membership supports this trans queer neurodivergent creator and helps with medical expenses & horse care.
Hmm. This isn't nearly enough. This is only 6% of my posts. I have to up my fucking swearing game. (Also, I need to use a wider range of swear words.)
@joangrey.bsky.social has swears! They've used 164 profanities in their last 2,562 posts.
🥇 "fuck" (29 times)
🥈 "fucking" (28 times)
🥉 "hell" (14 times)
🥇 "fuck" (29 times)
🥈 "fucking" (28 times)
🥉 "hell" (14 times)
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Hmm. This isn't nearly enough. This is only 6% of my posts. I have to up my fucking swearing game. (Also, I need to use a wider range of swear words.)
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
What's at the bottom left? Is there gravy? I do like a good buttered noodle, but not if it's standing in for mac and cheese. Why so few vegetables? Is that canned cranberry sauce, just stirred?
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What's at the bottom left? Is there gravy? I do like a good buttered noodle, but not if it's standing in for mac and cheese. Why so few vegetables? Is that canned cranberry sauce, just stirred?
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While you're in the virtual world doing your Black Friday Shopping today, get yourself something nice too at a major sale on hundreds of books! So many reads for just $0.99 each! And pick up a copy of my book Fun Facts while you're there, too! www.romancebooklovers.com
#RomanceBookBlast
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November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
While you're in the virtual world doing your Black Friday Shopping today, get yourself something nice too at a major sale on hundreds of books! So many reads for just $0.99 each! And pick up a copy of my book Fun Facts while you're there, too! www.romancebooklovers.com
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
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As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Okay, because I need to try and re-spark some writing community joy after… *gestures at everything* how about a revisit on a way you can absolutely support authors you love for zero dollars: by dropping a low-stress, three-sentence review somewhere.
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Okay, because I need to try and re-spark some writing community joy after… *gestures at everything* how about a revisit on a way you can absolutely support authors you love for zero dollars: by dropping a low-stress, three-sentence review somewhere.
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American friends, I've seen a couple of IF YOU HAVEN"T STARTED DEFROSTING YOUR TURKEY IT'S TOO LATE posts, so just a reminder that air is terrible for heat transfer and you can also safely and (relatively) quickly thaw a turkey in cold water: www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/...
Turkey Basics: Safe Thawing | Food Safety and Inspection Service
An official website of the United States government
www.fsis.usda.gov
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
American friends, I've seen a couple of IF YOU HAVEN"T STARTED DEFROSTING YOUR TURKEY IT'S TOO LATE posts, so just a reminder that air is terrible for heat transfer and you can also safely and (relatively) quickly thaw a turkey in cold water: www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/...
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
One day, I'll get people to understand that when I say, "sorry, what?" or, "what?"
What I need is not an explanation, but simply for the previous statement too be repeated verbatim.
I didn't hear you. Explaining the thing I didn't hear won't help either of us.
What I need is not an explanation, but simply for the previous statement too be repeated verbatim.
I didn't hear you. Explaining the thing I didn't hear won't help either of us.
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One day, I'll get people to understand that when I say, "sorry, what?" or, "what?"
What I need is not an explanation, but simply for the previous statement too be repeated verbatim.
I didn't hear you. Explaining the thing I didn't hear won't help either of us.
What I need is not an explanation, but simply for the previous statement too be repeated verbatim.
I didn't hear you. Explaining the thing I didn't hear won't help either of us.
We made a turkey last week (we love turkey eating season), and today it was Vat Of Soup Day.
The stock is the gravy, thinned with the water we boiled the rutabega in. There's turkey chunks, onion, celery, carrots, tomatoes, and cubes of rutabega.
The stock is the gravy, thinned with the water we boiled the rutabega in. There's turkey chunks, onion, celery, carrots, tomatoes, and cubes of rutabega.
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We made a turkey last week (we love turkey eating season), and today it was Vat Of Soup Day.
The stock is the gravy, thinned with the water we boiled the rutabega in. There's turkey chunks, onion, celery, carrots, tomatoes, and cubes of rutabega.
The stock is the gravy, thinned with the water we boiled the rutabega in. There's turkey chunks, onion, celery, carrots, tomatoes, and cubes of rutabega.
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*looks around at assorted trash fires*
HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
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HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
1/
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
*looks around at assorted trash fires*
HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
1/
HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
1/
Okay. If you're in line at a fast food place, don't have a long conversation with your buddy, then stand for another 5 minutes trying to decide what you want. When you've finally ordered, don't rush back to ask if the thing you explicitly excluded is in your order, and complain when it's not.
Ugh.
Ugh.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay. If you're in line at a fast food place, don't have a long conversation with your buddy, then stand for another 5 minutes trying to decide what you want. When you've finally ordered, don't rush back to ask if the thing you explicitly excluded is in your order, and complain when it's not.
Ugh.
Ugh.
I #AmWriting, and I have a question.
I'm avoiding writing about cops, but do Fire Marshals and other arson investigators fall under copaganda rules? I want to write some #UF with a #firewalker, but that'll probably include contact with officials.
I'm avoiding writing about cops, but do Fire Marshals and other arson investigators fall under copaganda rules? I want to write some #UF with a #firewalker, but that'll probably include contact with officials.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I #AmWriting, and I have a question.
I'm avoiding writing about cops, but do Fire Marshals and other arson investigators fall under copaganda rules? I want to write some #UF with a #firewalker, but that'll probably include contact with officials.
I'm avoiding writing about cops, but do Fire Marshals and other arson investigators fall under copaganda rules? I want to write some #UF with a #firewalker, but that'll probably include contact with officials.
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If we could figure out a way to block somebody online by angrily hanging up an analogue phone that would be ideal I think
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If we could figure out a way to block somebody online by angrily hanging up an analogue phone that would be ideal I think