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J.B. Pinkle
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Somewhere on this timeline I'm King of the Pirates. No wait, the Wizard King. No wait, a published author. I'll let you know.

Husband and Father

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Trans rights are human rights.

Querying my first novel while writing my second...
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🧵 I decided if I were ever to hit 1K followers it would justify an intro post. I'm a little shy of that, but gonna do it anyway. 🙂

I'm an unpublished, fledgling fantasy author. I've written one novel-length story, which I am currently querying, and I'm in the midst of the first draft of another.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
MC Lesin and her magician friend Nivie have magically traveled to a location where they unexpectedly discover the external cost of Nivie's earlier magical experimentation.

**Content warning** for accidental animal cruelty.

#WIPSnips
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A little peak inside everyone's favorite cafe in Foggy Dell

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
MC Lesin having another moment of 'I'm about done putting up with this state of affairs.'

#WIPSnips
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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HEY

THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY

LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto

She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card

Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.

She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.

It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Happy Birthday, Kindred Spirits!

A whole decade since Kindred Spirits: Tower of London was published, and I cannot believe it... It's been a very lovely journey.

jennifercwilsonwriter.substack.com/p/happy-birt...

#historicalfiction #ghosts #booksky #booknews #paranormal #histfic
Happy Birthday, Kindred Spirits: Tower of London
(And celebrating a whole decade of being published...)
jennifercwilsonwriter.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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I found a capybara pebble🤎
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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#WIPSnips

Not for the first time he longed for his early childhood, when his parents' love and approval had been something that wrapped his whole life, something that had seemed so solid at his young age. He wanted 'I'll always love you' to mean what it had meant when he was a five year old.
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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shout out to carmichael's bookstore for hosting me tuesday night - and many thank yous to all who attended, i appreciate you.

as with joseph-beth, carmichael's too has signed copies of The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife which can be ordered thru their website. please support local sellers.
October 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
MC Lesin and magic user Nivie are in disguise while checking on some friends who are imprisoned against their will.

She's surprised to nearly walk right into a good friend, and takes the opportunity to arrange further support.

#WIPSnips
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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* okay maybe a few microplastics
**what is “normal” anyway?
*** 9 out of 10 shrimps recommend!
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Getting old is shit.
#FuckCancer
October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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When you hear someone say that "there's no such thing as an innocent [insert nationality/ethnicity/political affiliation here]", I advise you to remember the words of Iain M. Banks:

"A guilty system recognizes no innocents."
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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That would be a change...
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
MC Lesin grapples with unkind feelings for those around her.

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October 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I didn't know it was clean-and-lube-the-FC660-day when I got out of bed, but here we are...
October 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Twice in one paragraph....because hope is always something to double down on.
#SciFiSunday #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #5AMWriters
October 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Nita is good people & a great poet - so if yall are inclined, then please show them some love.

in the near 40 years ive been writing, ive only written 2 poems in a workshop setting — this is one of them, for Nita & their partner at the time, Kutu.
October 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM