Angélique Jamail
@angeliquejamail.bsky.social
writer, editor, teacher; multi-genre author of A NARROWING PATH Memento Vivere Press) and THE SHARP EDGES OF WATER (Odeon Press); www.SapphosTorque.com; she/her
Important post by @chuckwendig.bsky.social about a little of the aftermath of that SFWA - AI kerfluffle. (It's less about the to-do and more about the whole AI thang.) Highly worth a read, and if you're as exhausted by this nonsense as I am, you'll feel seen. terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
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December 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Important post by @chuckwendig.bsky.social about a little of the aftermath of that SFWA - AI kerfluffle. (It's less about the to-do and more about the whole AI thang.) Highly worth a read, and if you're as exhausted by this nonsense as I am, you'll feel seen. terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
Holidays: The Struggle Is Real Sometimes. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/22/1...
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 9
I’ve never seen the movie Meet Me In St. Louis, but this song from it has become such an enduring staple of the holiday season, I had to include it. And Judy Garland is luminous. I had always…
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December 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Holidays: The Struggle Is Real Sometimes. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/22/1...
Happy Yule! :) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/21/1...
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 8
Today is the Winter Solstice, an important and sacred holiday for a lot of people. If you’re celebrating in any capacity, Happy Yule! And if your plans for today or tonight were significantly…
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December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Happy Yule! :) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/21/1...
I love this one. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/21/1...
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 7
This might be my favorite Pentatonix video I’ve seen. There are cute puppies at the end! And zero smarmy facial expressions, yay!
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December 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I love this one. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/21/1...
Another one for you! sapphostorque.com/2025/12/20/1...
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 5
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December 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Another one for you! sapphostorque.com/2025/12/20/1...
Some ballet for you. With some commentary, but only a little. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/20/1...
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 4
The word taqsim (pronounced “tahk-seem”) refers, sometimes, to a meditative or contemplative type of Middle Eastern dance. It’s lovely and introspective and can be soothing. It wo…
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December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Some ballet for you. With some commentary, but only a little. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/20/1...
A two-fer on the holiday music, plus some gift ideas for writers (and readers)! sapphostorque.com/2025/12/15/1...
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 2
Tonight is actually a two-fer, because I’m highlighting the update of a fun holiday song and including the older version. Why? Because the older version by The Andrews Sisters has such sublim…
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December 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A two-fer on the holiday music, plus some gift ideas for writers (and readers)! sapphostorque.com/2025/12/15/1...
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) begins tonight! Your holiday playlist has arrived. You're welcome. ;) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/14/1...
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 1
Here we are again! Welcome to this year’s much better playlist of holiday music than broadcast radio will give us. As is my usual custom when I have too much on my to-do list — and holy…
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December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) begins tonight! Your holiday playlist has arrived. You're welcome. ;) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/14/1...
How about some bouncy R.E.M. for your Monday evening, and the last Monday Earworm of this year? sapphostorque.com/2025/12/08/m...
Monday Earworm: R.E.M.
R.E.M. remains one of the few bands I was really, really disappointed to see break up. I think some part of me still wishes they might do a reunion tour or something. Their music is just so much fu…
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December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
How about some bouncy R.E.M. for your Monday evening, and the last Monday Earworm of this year? sapphostorque.com/2025/12/08/m...
The last gratitude round-up of the season. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/02/a...
Another Gratitude Round-Up
Hello! Here is my (belated, sorry) last gratitude roundup for this year’s 30 Days of Gratitude in November. I have had a lot to be thankful for thee last several weeks. In no particular order…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The last gratitude round-up of the season. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/02/a...
Go ahead, try NOT to dance. :) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/01/m...
Monday Earworm: Huntr/X
Okay, yes, this song is stuck. Maybe some holiday music will dislodge it soon, but that’s not likely to happen on our local “Christmas music station” (which started the Xmas tunes…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Go ahead, try NOT to dance. :) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/01/m...
Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday! Are you avoiding contributing to late-stage capitalism? Let me help you with that. ;) sapphostorque.com/2025/11/29/h...
Happy Small Business Saturday!
You know yesterday was Black Friday in the U.S., right? I’m guessing you’ve been getting emails from literally every place you’ve ever done business online right now. Have you als…
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November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday! Are you avoiding contributing to late-stage capitalism? Let me help you with that. ;) sapphostorque.com/2025/11/29/h...
A delightful blurb about my latest short story published in Synkroniciti: sapphostorque.com/2025/11/26/m...
My Story in Synkroniciti Magazine
Here’s something I’m grateful for today: I had a short story published recently. The title is “A Tree Falls in a Subdivision,” and as it’s one of the more slipstream t…
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November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A delightful blurb about my latest short story published in Synkroniciti: sapphostorque.com/2025/11/26/m...
A help-you-get-things-done earworm and a gratitude round-up for your Monday evening. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/24/m...
Monday Earworm: Band (O) Neon — And A Gratitude Round-Up
Here we are on another Monday, and boy, do I have a catchy earworm for you! No lyrics, so it makes for a good background to help you with whatever task you’re currently putting off. (Mine is …
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November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A help-you-get-things-done earworm and a gratitude round-up for your Monday evening. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/24/m...
A very arresting cover song and half a dozen things to be grateful for. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/17/m...
Monday Earworm: Chris Cornell, and Gratitude
Have you ever heard this cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”? It really digs into the narrative embedded in the song and changes the tenor, in the same way that Johnny Cash c…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A very arresting cover song and half a dozen things to be grateful for. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/17/m...
I'll be out at #ZineFestHouston tomorrow! Come see me before 4:00 of you want something signed. ;) www.zinefesthouston.org
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November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'll be out at #ZineFestHouston tomorrow! Come see me before 4:00 of you want something signed. ;) www.zinefesthouston.org
A grateful earworm for your Monday night. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/10/m...
Monday Earworm: Toad the Wet Sprocket (and Gratitude)
Ah, the 90s. Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance! (See what I did there? Readers of a certain age will, especially once they see this video.) What am I grateful for today? My school’s …
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November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A grateful earworm for your Monday night. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/10/m...
A grateful earworm for your Monday night. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/10/m...
Monday Earworm: Toad the Wet Sprocket (and Gratitude)
Ah, the 90s. Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance! (See what I did there? Readers of a certain age will, especially once they see this video.) What am I grateful for today? My school’s …
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November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A grateful earworm for your Monday night. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/10/m...
More of my 30 Days of Gratitude. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/10/g...
Gratitude Round-Up, November 4-9
Remember last week when I said I’d be doing 30 Days of Gratitude this month but that I wouldn’t necessarily be posting them to my blog every day? I meant that. So here’s a round-u…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
More of my 30 Days of Gratitude. sapphostorque.com/2025/11/10/g...
Gratitude and a tune by Franz Ferdinand. What could be better on a Monday night? sapphostorque.com/2025/11/03/m...
Monday Earworm: Franz Ferdinand (and Also, Gratitude)
If you saw my post this weekend, you’ll know I’m posting 30 Days of Gratitude here this year, and I invite all of you to post things you’re grateful for in the comments as well. I…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Gratitude and a tune by Franz Ferdinand. What could be better on a Monday night? sapphostorque.com/2025/11/03/m...
Join me for 30 Days of Gratitude on my blog. Feel free to participate! sapphostorque.com/2025/11/02/3...
30 Days of Gratitude: November 1-2
You are probably already aware that people who express gratitude — even to themselves, even acknowledging one thing a day they’re grateful for — tend to be healthier overall, ment…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Join me for 30 Days of Gratitude on my blog. Feel free to participate! sapphostorque.com/2025/11/02/3...
Come see me (and so many others) this weekend at #ComicIndieCon! :) sapphostorque.com/2025/10/29/m...
My Appearance at This Weekend’s Comic Indie Con
If you’re looking for something chill to do in Houston this weekend while you nurse your Halloween candy hangover, come see me at Comic Indie Con on Saturday and Sunday! This convention has b…
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October 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Come see me (and so many others) this weekend at #ComicIndieCon! :) sapphostorque.com/2025/10/29/m...
A little Ani for tonight's earworm. sapphostorque.com/2025/10/27/m...
Monday Earworm: Ani diFranco
Little Plastic Castle was my entrance into the music of Ani diFranco, and I loved it so much. I still do! Recently my entire iTunes library was put onto a thumb drive for my new car (more on that s…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A little Ani for tonight's earworm. sapphostorque.com/2025/10/27/m...
Another Witchy Weekends post, this time about a book series. sapphostorque.com/2025/10/25/w...
Witchy Weekends: A Fun Paranormal Romance Series by Juliette Cross
One of the more entertaining series I read this summer was the Stay A Spell Series by Juliette Cross. This is paranormal romance with a healthy dose of comedy and a heat level of spicy/steamy. Thes…
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October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Another Witchy Weekends post, this time about a book series. sapphostorque.com/2025/10/25/w...