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Jody Wallace

@jodywallace.bsky.social

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Overeducated author, editor, mouther-offer, fan of cats, coffee, yarn, democracy, and tap dance. Vile progressive heck yeah. Romance novels FTW!

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · Nov 21

Some of my books have cats, and almost all of them have kissing and cussing. www.jodywallace.com

This is an ad I made in Canva for my books. It is a kind of mishmash of cutout shapes and inside each shape is either a cat face or one of my book covers. The delights include my three Cat Ship books - Catalyst, Catapult, and Catagenesis, as well as Traitor, Defender, and I think I see the bottom corner of Blue Guard in there and the top of Pearl of Wisdom. Well, hell, it's been awhile since I made this graphic. It's been awhile since I was writing and marketing actively, like a year and a half or more, but I'm trying to get back to it. BUT more importantly, the cats pictured are: a brown tabby arrogantly licking his paw, a ginger idiot looking at the camera, another brown tabby staring at something on a table, and another idiot, this one a flame point, with a closeup of his face. The two idiots are my actual cats and the others are stock photos. Words on the graphic include: fun, kissing, he's mad, humans, too, space hijinks, books with cats, me ow, and my website which is www.jodywallace.com. Come say hi.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 6h

I prefer to read in third for sure, though sometimes I enjoy writing in first. Mostly write in third limited. Bad first person is so bad in a different way than bad third person.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10h

Illinois judge blocks ICE from using force against peaceful protesters, clergy and journalists. Also requires visible ID. An overdue victory for the First Amendment.
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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 7h

Hello, would you like a kitten in your face? #dailysteve

Closeup of a kitten's face, mostly white with some grey tabby around the ears and forehead

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 7h

And he keeps farting

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 7h

Well, the cat thinks so but I got shit to do that ain't gettin done.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 7h

No, I just sat here and cuddled a cat.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 8h

The judge: it is hereby ordered that you are in fact, not like us

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 7h

I absolutely love hearing songs that are noteworthy in a specific genre being trans-genre-fied! It's also lots of fun to hear them get a bluegrass treatment.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Real estate investors now own about 20% of single-family homes in the country.

A big reason why home prices have skyrocketed in recent years is a lack of supply — and investors sinking their teeth into whatever is left on the market is making the problem even worse.

How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

The older you look, the more shit you can get away with. Lean into it!

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

His butthole has NOT been everywhere. I know for a fact that he's not allowed in the attic.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

My #dailysteve is him getting his butthole on my placemat. And his PAWS.

A grey and white tabby kitten scratching his chin while sitting on a yellow cloth placemat that is on a brown wooden table. There is various household detritus behind him on the table like a jar of pens, spices, a few OTC meds, and a tin of candy.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I don't like THAT guy, but maybe he'll be second fiddle.

Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe there were two or three other kids in your school who also loved (insert fandom target).

Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

If you couldn't go to conventions or concerts, you basically had minimal access to other fans.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

Zines, fan or otherwise, were literally on paper and not terribly common.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

It is interesting how fandoms have changed from "my"/"our"/"earlier" days, though, with the internet and social media. Used to be we had Teen Beat magazine, and that was it. LOL.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure there is! I'm just at the cranky end!

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

There is nothing wrong with wanting to see a spoof-ish action movie! It COULD be another SPY. I do enjoy it when actors play a role that mocks the other roles they played, if that makes sense.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

What the HECK is this lolololol. Love it!

Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I've never even had a "book boyfriend". I think I'm too GenX.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

I have never had a cat of any age treat me like a ladder before and it's caused some injuries, for sure. ME, not the cat. Hubs, too.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

It was a LOT of claws. EXTRA, one might say.

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Jody Wallace @jodywallace.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting. I wonder what they will ask me for?