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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · 9h

But we love the linemen!

Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · 9h

I started my 20 page paper on Puritans and Mosaic Law at midnight and walked it across campus at 5am to drop in the professor's mail slot. And LATER I cannibalized it for my law school thesis! No AI needed, just family-sized M&Ms and a six pack of cane sugar Coca Cola.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · 13h

I'm delighted to be a guest at Writers Who Kill today, talking about my weird authorial superpower: manifesting my plots in the real world...

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Julia Spencer-Fleming's At Midnight Comes the Cry

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting news for everyone who has wondered why they get a Chinese gambling operation when trying to access my web site: I have a new home, thanks to Xuni!

Coming soon: www.juliaspencer-fleming.com, with info about signing up for my newsletter, interviews, and upcoming events!

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · 4d

I never want to hear another complaint about how long I take to turn in my novels, @minotaurbooks.bsky.social

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4d

199 years after the last one, way to string along your fanbase, Ms. Shelley

Becky @beckygracelea.bsky.social · 4d

She hath risen.

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · 6d

All this month! You can download my last Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery for less than a Dunkin Pumpkin Spice* Latte!

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*pumpkin spice not included in ebook

The ebook cover of Julia Spencer-Fleming's HID FROM OUR EYES with the text $2.99 ebook October 2025.

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · 7d

No, you monster. How can you deprive her so?

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 11d

Breaking News: In a surprising turn of events it appears the military has been deployed to Portland, Maine.

The White House has released a statement from the President as follows:

“What the fuck do you mean there’s two of them? That’s stupid. You’re stupid.”

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · 14d

Don't worry, I'll get your family the season passes to the Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Sep 3

You haven't preordered your copy of AT MIDNIGHT COMES THE CRY yet? I got you, fam. @barnesandnoble.com has it at 25% off from 9/3 to 9/5 (code PREORDER25.) Yes, the discount is only available to B&N members BUT membership is free and easy! Learn more & sign up here: barnesandnoble.com/membership/

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today on Jungle Red Writers, just in time for your Labor Day dinner/ cook-out/ BBQ, a compilation of British caterer Celia Wakefield's best summer recipes, guaranteed to be easy, elegant and delicious!

www.jungleredwriters.com/2025/08/the-...

The Best of Summer Recipes from Celia Wakefield

Hilary Flanagan, Gillian B, and Kathy Boone Reel are the winners of MURDER AT CAPE COSTUMERS! Please send Edith ([email protected]) ...

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Aug 26

Today on Jungle Red Writers, we have @maddieday.bsky.social with the WEIRD news story that sparked the 7th Cozy Capers Book Club #mystery, MURDER AT CAPE COSTUMERS, plus an offer to give a copy to three (3!) lucky commentors! #giveaway #book

www.jungleredwriters.com/2025/08/how-...

How Ideas Spark, a guest post by Maddie Day/ Edith Maxwell

JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING : Edith Maxwell , who writes as Maddie Day, is such a fixture in our community, it's hard to think of anything new to...

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Aug 24

Have you considered changing her name to Challah?

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Aug 23

Tim Burchett represents Knoxville

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Aug 4

Me too! Clubbed with a rock by a neighbor while on the king's business, so I had a big ass weregild, despite being a woman ceorl. Psyched because now the family can set my son up with arms and armor and maybe improve our station!

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 19

It's What We're Writing Week at Jungle Red Writers and I'm writing To-Do lists, trying to get a handle on all the NON-writing professional work I need to get done before the next book comes out. Spoiler alert: STILL trying to come up with my brand...

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What We're Writing Week: Julia's To-Do List

Julia Spencer-Fleming : I'm at a weird point in the process of seeing a new book into the world (and you'll have to pardon any birthing me...

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 18

You have to create enough existential despair in the mice to induce them to drink the bleach to end it all

Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 8

I bet the congressman doesn't know you are SUPPOSED to eat cooked asparagus with your fingers.

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 8

Just have to keep chipping away at it, I guess

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 6

As usual on the last day of my week at Jungle Red Writers, I'm handing the reins over to Celia Wakefield, who shares some delightful stories from her catering days and an amazing gluten-free bread recipe from her friend/catering partner, Charlotte Whatley.

www.jungleredwriters.com/2025/07/glut...

Gluten-Free Challah: a guest recipe from Charlotte Whatley

JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING : Today's a double treat, with our own Celia Wakefield introducing us to her long-time friend Charlotte Whatley, who...

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 5

Today, we're talking author brands on Jungle Red Writers. For readers, does branding make it easier for you to find new writers to enjoy? For writers, how do you create a brand in today's image-heavy social media environment?

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What's My Brand?

JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING : Branding. When I was a tiny tot, the only time I heard that word was while watching Bonanza or Big Valley, and it ...

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 5

Don't forget EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY!

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 4

On this Fourth of July, wouldn't you like to escape into a movie? On Jungle Red Writers, I've got your watch list, including INDEPENDENCE DAY, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AMERICA, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON and, of course, the holiday weekend at Amity, NY...

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Independence Day at the Movies

JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: Happy Independence Day, my fellow Americans. It's a little difficult you know what to write about today, and not ju...

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today on Jungle Red Writers, I'm welcoming tourists to Maine. Please, come stay a while! There's just a few things you need to know first.

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Don't feed the sea gulls. Yes, I know they seem beautiful and graceful and that you read Jonathan Livingston Seagull when you were 12. They're rats. Aggressive, feathered rats.

Do merge a half-mile (at least) before the actual merge point. We see you, with your out-of-state plates, zooming past all the Mainers who got into the right lane as soon as they saw the MERGE sign. We are judging the heck out of you.

Don't wear jewelry on the beach. This isn't the Jersey Shore.

Do park in the appropriate spot. Yes, you may have to walk a little farther. But it's probably a lot less expensive than it is where you come from, and trust me, the local cops or sheriff's deputies will be wicked keen to have you towed out of Skip Tarbox's driveway.

Don't try to imitate a Maine accent. Please. I beg you. There are third and fourth generation Mainers who can't do the accent. Neither can you.

Do wear the lobster bib. Yes, it's silly. But that delicious treat is messy, and you don't want to have butter stains sitting on your shirt until you get back home.

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Julia Spencer-Fleming @jspencerfleming.bsky.social · Jul 2

INDIANA JONES AND THE LOST ACADEMIC REGALIA and its exciting sequel INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST COMMENCEMENT, REALLY, HIS DEAN PROMISES

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Jul 2

*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*

A news story: "Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise"

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