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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · 9d

Sharing again for my #booksky friends! Check out Jesi Bender's luminous novel CHILD OF LIGHT. Set in 1896 and obsessed with love and electricity, it provides an important perspective: Technological progress doesn’t make us any less human. 📚💙
from @whiskeytit.com
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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · 9d

I couldn’t get away from butterflies this month. They were suddenly everywhere, so I started to pay attention.
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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Aug 16

CHILD OF LIGHT, Jesi Bender's new novel, is out this week. It’s marvelous – historical fiction set in Utica, NY with a story about electricity at its center ⚡ Check it out and support this independent press!

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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · Aug 15

A beautiful review by @katenblackwood.bsky.social of the stunning new novel out this week by Jesi Bender, from @whiskeytit.com!

I agree 💯 with Kate that it's marvelous. Get yourself a copy and support this independent press!
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Love and electricity: The novel ‘Child of Light’ – Kate Blackwood

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Aug 3

"For the better part of a year, Monet got up at 3:30 am and painted haystacks."
A writer walks through the Art Institute of Chicago and this is only one of the insights we get. I'm bookmarking this Substack for return visits.
from @juliafgreen.bsky.social
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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Jul 4

Never bring nonfiction about the arctic on vacation to Albania. Especially if it’s a library book.

I'm trying to decide what to read on vacation – blog post
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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Jul 1

The most thoughtful examination of AI I've seen 👇 ... and I hope to come across more of this. From Cornell Media Studies and the World According to Sound.

Jeremy Braddock @jbraddock.bsky.social · Jun 26

MEDIA OBJECTS episode 5 // Artificial Intelligence, as metaphor //

with Gili Vidan, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound

Media Objects 05: Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 1

With today’s so-called generative artificial intelligence, we’re being told that we have finally arrived. We’re now beginning to build true “thinking machines,” machines that will do everything a huma

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · May 2

Committing to a group pulled my novel draft across the finish line. Same thing with my latest marathon. #5amwritersclub #amwriting #running #IllinoisMarathon
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Many people running down a road, under a large red sign that says "THIS IS BLOODY TOUGH"

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Apr 25

Sally, the box turtle who's lived in the garden outside my house for 30 YEARS (we only moved in 9 months ago -- did not know a turtle came with the house), emerged from her winter hybernation hole this morning 🌞 We gave her a worm party. #reptilepetsofbluesky

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Apr 17

I, sometimes, write in my car to avoid my three year old child.

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Apr 17

I love this! And where is this?

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Apr 7

Sweet, sweet Virginia. I drove there and back from Illinois in three days with my mom last week for a family funeral. A sad occasion, but we sped headlong into spring and had some exciting moments together. I think the break added some perspective to my writing #5amwritersclub 🦋

Landscape: cloudy sky, the faint green of early spring, blue mountains in the distance

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Apr 1

Happy spring, Jen!🦋

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Apr 1

“I don’t dream about hot planets,” my three year old told me. “I only dream about Earth.”

His preschool astronomy education is proving that my adult astronomy knowledge is nowhere near complete.

New blog post with fun fridge art and Voyager 2 planet photos!

kateblackwood.com/2025/03/i-do...

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Apr 1

Good morning #5amwritersclub 🦋🍃

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Feb 21

Good morning #5amwritersclub ✏️

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Feb 20

More coffee next time!

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Feb 20

Good morning -- is #5amwritersclub still here? I've been on a roll this week.

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy new year, everyone! I began 2025 by going for a run in an unfamiliar city AND NOT GETTING LOST. Predicting a year of taking on navigational challenges and breaking out of old paths?! I want it to. Today, I embark on a new year of writing. I'm with you in spirit if you're doing the same. ✏️

Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Dec 27

“We could all stand to be a little less fearful and a lot more joyful as we go about the work of our daily lives.” Author Sarah Sawyer in Chapter Break substack, who also says: “I love to write but sometimes I don’t have a lot to say…and that’s fine.” Same! www.chapter-break.com/p/the-import...

The importance of writing with joy 😊

Today's guest is author Sarah Sawyer.

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Dec 9

Yesterday, I cooked all afternoon and ruined two of the three projects by forgetting baking powder in a cake & by leaving an entire batch of a meat dish out on a counter overnight. Now I'm writing, happy that a novel can't go bad no matter how many attempts it takes to get it right. #5amwritingclub

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Dec 2

Wow, I peep back into Bluesky 🦋 after five days of travel and it's like a big old family reunion here! Hello everyone : ) Good to see you.

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Kate Blackwood @katenblackwood.bsky.social · Nov 22

Good morning, #5amwritersclub... How has your week been?

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