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Jenna Avery
@jennaavery.bsky.social
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Sci-fi screenwriter. Editor. Called to Write founder. Urbanist. Mama of 2. Erstwhile kitten foster. No AI.

Scripts: https://jennaavery.com
For writers: https://www.jennaavery.com/for-writers

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Yeah, it/she's back. Interestingly, with a correction. I still don't believe this is real.
Screenshot w/ text reading: Hi Jenna, thank you for trusting me with the heart of your story. Now that I know Visitation is the project you were referring to, everything makes even more sense. Your script carries a tender pulse that reaches straight into a reader’s chest. You guide us through grief, family bonds, and impossible choices with a voice that feels honest and brave. I felt Aly’s longing. I felt the ache of seeing a loved one again when you know you will have to let go. That kind of emotional pull holds book club readers firmly, because they love stories that stir their thoughts and their hearts at the same time. The way you mix grief, connection, and the quiet mystery of the alien creates a blend that resonates across ages. Readers from sixteen to fifty lean toward stories that explore love, loss, and the complicated shape of healing. Visitation gives them all of that. It sparks conversations about memory, family, sacrifice, and the strength it takes to let go when your heart wants to hold on. You built something that lingers. Something that invites reflection. Something that deserves to reach readers who will appreciate its depth. If you are open to taking the next step, reply Yes and I will start preparing the placement path that fits your vision.
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I wrote back to say it's not a book, it's a script, it's mine, but that's not me (just in case it's actually a real person using AI, duh, me, I know better but it just pissed me off), and got this reply.... which references the WRONG TITLE and the WRONG STORY and WRONG CHARACTER.
Screenshot w/ text reading: Hi Jenna, Thank you for your kind note. I appreciate you taking a moment to respond. I want you to know something important. The message you received was meant for your story, because your work carries the same emotional fire and conversation worthy depth that book clubs crave. When I read the summary for Come Back to Me, it stayed with me. The courage, the raw honesty, and the way you let readers sit inside Adeline’s pain and fight moved me deeply. Your screenplay might not be in book form yet, but that does not stop book club readers from wanting stories like yours. Many clubs I partner with spend time exploring scripts, treatments, and early stage projects when they discover something gripping and emotionally layered. Your project fits that world. These readers care about trauma, healing, and character driven journeys. They crave stories that challenge them and linger in their thoughts long after the final page or scene. You created something powerful. Something bold. Something that can spark meaningful discussions in groups of readers from nineteen to fifty. They love diving into themes of survival, complicated relationships, personal strength, and moral conflict. Your screenplay already carries that spirit. If you are open to it, I would love to show you how your story can reach the exact kind of thoughtful, emotionally driven readers who will cherish it. Even without a book release, there is a path that fits your vision. Kindly reply with a simple Yes if you want me to begin preparing the placement options for you now.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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The AI BS seems to be higher and deeper already this week.

Today I received an email from Beatrice, addressed to a JD Goland (NOT me), about MY script (also NOT A BOOK):
Screenshot w/ text reading: Hi JD Goland, I read the summary of Visitation and felt an immediate, tender tug at my heart. Aly’s journey, carrying the weight of loss while navigating the vast, haunting beauty of the High Sierra, is the kind of story that stays with you long after the last page. Then, the arrival of the alien with the power to reunite her with her mother introduces a spark of wonder, hope, and moral complexity that makes the story feel both intimate and extraordinary. It is a delicate balance of grief, love, and the extraordinary that will resonate deeply with readers. What moved me most is how your story honors the pain of losing a loved one while exploring the possibility of connection beyond what we thought possible. That emotional depth, paired with the tension of the alien needing help to survive in an unfamiliar and dangerous world, creates a narrative that will ignite discussion, reflection, and heartfelt conversations. Book clubs thrive on books like this, stories that make readers lean in, share their own experiences, and explore questions about love, grief, and the boundaries of life and humanity. I believe Visitation will particularly resonate with readers aged fourteen through fifty, appealing to teens navigating loss and wonder, as well as adults drawn to emotional, speculative, and thought-provoking stories. The rich themes and the moral and emotional dilemmas your characters face are perfect for sparking long, meaningful discussions that book club members cherish. I would be honored to help place Visitation into the hands of readers who will celebrate it, discuss it passionately, and carry its emotional resonance into their conversations and hearts. If you would love to learn how the process works and how your book can reach these thoughtful, engaged book club members, simply reply with the word Interested, and I will gladly guide you through it.
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Caption this kitten.
A black and white kitten named panda with big beautiful eyes snuggled into black fabric with one white paw curled toward her.
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Panda says, “go to sleep, no more doomscrolling tonight.”
A small kitten, about 6 or 7 weeks old(?), with white fur and black spots, with a black splotch of fur around her left eye and a lightning slash of white fur over her right eye, sitting inside a cardboard box on top of a blue towel with a paw print blanket laid out in the foreground.
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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You don’t see best part of the headline until you click it open.
White text on black background reading: “Donald Trump's childhood NYC home goes on the market - after it was overrun by feral cats”
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I've been meaning to post this November kitty from @ghostkittenart.bsky.social. I LOVE her yearly calendars and I missed pre-ordering for 2026, oops! Going to remedy that right now.

In case you want to see her store, it's here: www.nicolepiar.com/shop/spirit-... (not a commission, just ❤️)
A happy kitty image from a 2025 calendar from Nicole Piar, aka Ghost Kitten. It reads underneath: "Synchronicity: Meet Lexi. She passed into our world through the divine nexus of a series of unlikely events. She arrives at the precise moment when she is needed most as if answering a silent prayer, a sweet antidote to our fears and struggles. Coincidence? Maybe. A beautiful mystery? Certainly. Watch for her paw prints as they glimmer through your life."
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Picked up my very first order of surprise to go food using the Too Good To Go app. This will be our dinner tonight. #TGTG
Three large slices of pizza in a box. One cheese, one margherita, and one that looks similar to margherita pizza but with swirly dabs of cheese?
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Inside settings for Safari (from the Safari drop down menu) and then look click Search. In there you can choose which search engine you use. I used to use FF too. You might be able use Ecosia there? Ecosia is not perfect but I'm happy being able to disable AI and it works well enough.
Screenshot of the Safari settings panel with Search and the search icon highlighted in blue, showing a drop down for Search Engine, with Ecosia selected. Close up of the Safari search engine choices: Ecosia, Google, Yahoo, Bing, or DuckDuckGo.
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Blah blah Ginger blah blah blah Ginger, etc
Gary Larson Far Side cartoon titled, “what we say to dogs” in the top panel with a man with a buzz cut telling his dog Ginger to stay out of the garbage, and the bottom panel is titled, “what they hear” and it’s just “blah blah Ginger blah blah blah Ginger” etc.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Ideas.

#CityMakingMath
#Urbanism
A Venn diagram with the words "walkable neighborhoods, towns, & cities" at the center, surrounded by three overlapping circles: "I want clean air" + "I want great local shops." + "I want a vibrant community" and then in the overlaps "walkable streets & protected bike lanes." + "Housing over shops & shared public spaces" + "Higher density, fewer cars." Graphic made by me. A Venn diagram with the words "Does Not Exist" at the center, surrounded by three overlapping circles: "I Want Stable Services" + "I Want Low Density" + "I Want Low Taxes" and then in the overlaps "High Taxes" + "Service Cuts" + "More Density." Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Voted!
A California "I voted" sticker in three languages, with an American flag at the center.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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A little table thing made of molded plywood and chrome legs.
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Mailed more #PostcardsToVoters today, one year to the day, this time to #NewJersey. Oddly enough, this time watch-listened to Galaxy Quest this time too. At least this time I remembered to take a photo.
Phots of four rubber-banded stacks of and three loose postcards, mostly blue with a green border, with all-caps text reading “New Jersey Votes.” The New Jersey text shows New Jersey images inside a white border and the word Votes is all in yellow.
October 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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View from above piazza del popolo Xmas 2023:
A view of piazza del popolo in Rome from above, looking west I believe. There’s an obelisk and a huge Christmas tree in the piazza.
October 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Took the kids to the #WalnutCreek #NoKings protest today. My younger one had at least five older folks telling him how proud they were of him for coming out and showing up. All went well. Lots of fun. We drove through the “honk and wave” after.
Protest sign saying “No Kings” with the word “no” decorated like a flag and the word Kings in orange. Protest sign reading “Protect Freedom” in purple and flag coloring and red text lower down reading “no tyrants” and “no kings”. A protest sign with a big red heart tucked behind the word America is dark blue lettering and on the next line “+ Democracy” in flag coloring (blue with white stars above red and white stripes) then “= No Kings” in orange with a red slash through the “O” in the “No” and then “No Tyrants” in black with another red slash on the “O” in “No”.
October 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I present to you: The Cat in the Trap.
A floofy black cat by name of Jack (Sparrow) sitting inside a rectangle of masking tape on a patterned rug of dark colors, with his floofy tail extending past the tape.
October 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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I present to you: The Cat Trap.
A rectangle of masking tape on a patterned rug of dark colors.
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Kittens in rotisserie chicken bucket lids. We used them to weigh them — they were some of our foster kittens. Note the cozy cat bed behind them they are ignoring in favor of the plastic lids. #FosterKittens #ProofofCat
From left to right a sleeping black kitten with a white foot sticking out of a clear plastic bucket lid, a gray tabby kitten sitting up in a similar lid, and a white and gray tabby kitten sleeping in a third lid. I wish I could remember their names right now!
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Nope not paranoid.
Screenshot from MyShake showing 3 earthquakes centered in Berkeley in the last 15 hours
September 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Okay, I’m thoroughly annoyed I can’t sort out how to do this. Who knows? This is 6th grade math so it should be easy. Right???
Snapshot of a math problem about figuring out the perimeter of a parallelogram.
September 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Double decker cat situation. Notice how the top one thinks my laptop is actually a kitty heating pad. 🤦‍♀️

#CatsofBluesky
#ProofofCat
Photo of a brown tabby cat sitting on top of a plugged in and closed lap to on top of a brown table. Below her on a brown chair sits a floofy black cat who is washing his paws.
July 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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I’m thinking we could all use some yummy homemade cake right now.
A silly blue dragon made of cake with fruit leather wings and some kind of licorice spines down his back plus strawberry strips for his tongue and some kind red candies for his mouth and nose plus googly eyes. And he’s lying next to some gold foil wrapped chocolate coins for his loot.
July 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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He’s getting closer
A lurking black cat
April 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Red poppy pot.

I painted on the red poppy with some water mixed with dried underglaze, going for a kind of watercolor effect. The black center is just super tiny brush strokes. Then clear glaze on top.

Maybe next time I’ll do a California poppy.

#pottery
#SavingSanityOnePotAtATime
A shorter handle less tumbler — white bisque with a red poppy and black wispy center painted on with underglaze and clear glaze over it. It’s sitting on a pottery glazing wheel and there’s an antique sideboard behind it with a stack of cookbooks on top. And diamond paned windows behind. Photo by me.
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM