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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff"

@authorlevai.bsky.social

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She/her. PhD in Egyptology, now I write fiction. The Night Library of Sternendach is my novella in sonnets. The Glass Garden is space horror and family drama. Will boost almost anything with a bat in it. linktr.ee/authorlevai

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hello to BlueSky and my new followers! Please check out my novellas:

THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.

THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.

Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai

My two book covers, against a starry background.

STERNENDACH has red bat wings, a book, and fangs.
THE GLASS GARDEN has a kaleidoscope image on it.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 9h

The guy playing Jura is pretty hot, that doesn't hurt.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 11h

My kid has practice tonight rather than Thursday so my brain thinks tomorrow is Friday and yeah, this is gonna be a pain.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 13h

How does one ork a cow?

Seriously, that looks like a nice place to work.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 19h

I hear Bookshop is doing free shipping and hey, they've got my two books there and everything! bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Bookshop.org US

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 21h

Hear hear!

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 21h

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and those are excellent socks.

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Nancy Cooper FrankenSTEEN @ncooperfrank.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s chemo socks and today’s chemo book. So I was both comfy and well entertained. Shout out to @authorlevai.bsky.social for making the time pass more quickly with this tale

Two feet in multicolored striped socks flanking a book: The Night Library of Sternenbach: A Vampire Opera in Verse by Jessica Lévai

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

Watching this movie on Tubi. It doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Feel like I've discovered treasure. Really enjoying it, but this kind of fairy bride/false bride story is catnip to me.
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The Golden Fern (1963)

A breathtaking black and white fantasy film about a stunning young forest fairy who falls in love with a handsome but selfish shepherd.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

When I was pregnant with my second child, I had a "pregnant skeleton" shirt that showed (my) adult ribs and a baby skeleton. Loved that shirt.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not buying anything from Amazon during Prime days or whatever. I try not to buy there at all, if I can.

Except.

I am going to drop $50 on indie books soon, so I can post reviews on their site. I feel that Amazon is still a place where people go for reviews, and I don't want a GR account.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

Seems appropriate to be reading this after I spent some time with Lin-Manuel Miranda's concept album for THE WARRIORS

Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Gabino! Folks can hop on The El wherever they get their books. Happy #FridayReads!

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theo stultz @theoplum.bsky.social · 7d

Ladies of the Living Princess is now at ShortBox Comics Fair... my slightly scary medieval romantic fantasy... here's a preview...!

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

I just backed this! Looking forward to the book!

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

I met J.M. Sidorova at Readercon and am really looking forward to reading THE WITCH OF PRAGUE, so I pre-ordered here!
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Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 2d

It’s Banned Books Week, and I don’t need you to buy my book as a solve for it (but buy it if you want to! That’s still extremely cool of you)—I need you to show up for your public libraries and your schools!

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 1d

I did that with my cat, twice. She hated it so much!

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sorry. I wish you and your loved ones courage.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

I just can't handle watching kids get tested, or problem kids. It's a deal-breaker for me.

I read the book in an afternoon (clearly I forgot some stuff) and was looking forward to the movie, but I didn't last 15 minutes.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

Hell, I've unsubscribed from newsletters for less. I'm not offended. Little wistful, maybe?

Anyway, back to writing.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

There's an outfit that just started up called "LevAI" so of course I have to hear about it any time I google my name.

Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 2d

And… I lost a subscriber. Ah, well.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · Mar 25

My marketing ideas all begin and end with this scene from #TheOwlHouse, where the cardboard standee of King just says over and over, "Spend money on my thing I wrote!"

Scene from The Owl House. King, a diminutive and very cute demon, observes the shelves holding copies of his book. A carboard standee of the character has a dialogue bubble that say "GIVE ME MONEY!"

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