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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · 5d

My child was thrilled to learn today that with greater bed size comes even greater bedsheets.

A blonde three year old boy bouncing away from the camera on a mattress on the floor covered in a Spidey and His Amazing friends sheet.

Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · 7d

September was one of my better months of writing this year with 10,007 words over 14 days. Not a bad report for @gywo.bsky.social

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · 8d

Made the "mistake" of going to my fave local bookstore to buy birthday presents on a T. Kingfisher release day. Couldn't resist buying a copy of What Stalks the Deep. So much for the resolution to just read what's on my shelves. Wish I could say I'm sorry, but @tkingfisher.com has me hooked.

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · 14d

Florence+ The Machine serving Patti Smith and releasing a Halloween album is giving me LIFE

Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 14d

Wake up babe new Florence + The Machine just dropped. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7XL...

Florence + The Machine - One Of The Greats (Official Visualizer)

YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 25d

I hope you all read this from me.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 25d

To describe the current state of the world as a daily show of deepening horrors is a massive understatement.

However, I read something today that I think more people should see and read.

I hope she doesn't mind my me sharing it here.

I'd rather be an X-Men by @gailsimone.bsky.social

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · 27d

Real time location sharing with your spouse is amazing. I can look at my phone and make sure traffic wasn't so bad he's in danger of missing school pickup.

Also, as a parent, the "magic" markers that don't show up anywhere but the special paper.

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Aug 18

Your poem presentation was one of my highlights of the ceremony! Thank you for how wonderful that was!

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Aug 17

So so excited about this Hugo win! This was possibly the thing I was most excited about nominating and voting for this year. I loved Between Earth and Sky and you should all read it!

Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · Aug 17

The #HugoeAward for Best Series goes to Between Earth and Sky, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga).

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Aug 17

First time at the Hugos, let's go!! #worldcon

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Aug 15

Friday Afternoon tea is legitimately fabulous. Most of my (extensive) tea cabinet is from them and I cannot recommend them highly enough.

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Aug 15

Glad you posted this thread. That was the panel at WorldCon where I've taken the most notes so far.

Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm so excited this story is out in the world! It's one of my favorites I've written to date and got me connected with the amazing folks at @dreamfoundry.bsky.social

C.D. Brown/Dirty Magick Magazine @cdbrown.bsky.social · Aug 11

@jandrewartha.bsky.social Jessica Andrewartha finds magic in fast food in the latest issue of Dirty Magick Magazine. Buy the story on Patreon!

The Last Ever Meeting of the Chicken Express Coven | Dirty Magick Magazine

www.patreon.com

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Jul 31

Apparently this week marks 5 years with the most foolish of cats. Happy cativersary Pippin.

A gray and white cat lounges on the floor, looking at the camera.

A gray and white cat visible curled up inside a cat tree. His little nose is perfect.

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is a bleak timeline, but thank goodness for Alexandra Petri

Rob Weinert-Kendt @robkendt.bsky.social · Jul 22

Alexandra Petri's writing has such punch to it, not only in terms of content but form. In her best stuff, you can *hear* her voice, and this is one of her best.

Are You Laughing Yet?

Everyone can say exactly what they want, free of the fear of censorship, except by the government.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Jul 9

Tagging the fine folks of @dreamfoundry.bsky.social who gave the story and award in 2023!

Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Jul 9

One of my favorite stories I've written to date is about teenage witches who practice in a suburban Chicken Express, and it's finally being published!!

Here's the amazing cover that looks awesome and is hilariously mismatched with the tone of my story that's in it!

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today my 3 year old asked me to sing him an X-Men song at bedtime, so on the spot I wrote Wolverine the Grumpy X-Man to the tune of Rudolph.

Why even sit down to write today? I've clearly hit my creative peak for the day.

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Jun 9

Very excited to see Angi by Nibedita Sen in @morningtransport.bsky.social nominated! It was one of my 2024 favorites and Hugo Noms!

Vote - The Ignyte Awards

Public voting for the 2025 AWARDS IS NOW OPEN THRU AUG 15. GO VOTE OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/...

ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · Jun 2

Ooh good to know. I'm almost out of Key lime because it's soooo good for Arnold Palmers

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · May 31

Thank you @thestranger.com for covering the backflips my brain was doing to figure out where the heck the season finale of The Last of Us was supposed to take place.

You missed me spending the 2nd half of the episode yelling about how Ellie would have had hypothermia from her time in The Sound.

Get Us the Fuck Out of Apocalypse Seattle: Seattle’s Final Days in 'The Last of Us' Season Two

Well, on Sunday, May 25, the sophomore season of HBO’s The Last of Us ended with a literal bang, but an emotional whimper. With the season’s end comes the end of Seattle’s time in th...

www.thestranger.com

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · May 29

Reminder to self and others, you are not an endless productivity machine. Getting stuck sometimes is supposed to happen

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · May 29

This definitely, but also, sometimes you're stuck because you've done something wrong somewhere, and your writer brain knows it even if you don't. You need to find the reason for the stuckness.

Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · May 29

Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.

Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · May 24

The dystopia is getting to me. It is not getting to my pets.

A black dog wrapped in a comforter lies next to a grey and white cat on a bed.

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Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · May 21

Resistance
Hugo Noms: The Practice, The Horizon, and the Chain, The Tusks of Extinction
Other: Babel, Free People's Village, The Once and Future Witches, The City We Became, The Wings Upon Her Back, Some Desperate Glory

Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · May 21

Flower on the Cover/In Title:
Hugo Noms: I'll read The Tainted Cup or Jasmine Throne.
Others: Ten Thousand Doors of January, Shark Heart, A Prayer for the Crown Shy, The Poppy War, the Dandelion Dynasty books

Jessica Andrewartha @jandrewartha.bsky.social · May 21

Monsters:
Hugo Noms: Someone You Can Build a Nest In, My Favorite Thing is Monsters, The Butcher of the Forest
Other: What Moves the Dead, Ring Shout, A Deadly Education, Bury Your Gays

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