Jules O’Brien
@julesofmaine.bsky.social
✍️ Lawyer by day, mystery writer by night.
🕵️♀️ Storyteller spinning twisty tales of ambition, deception, and greed.
📖 Working on a KNIVES OUT x SALTBURN thriller set at a snowbound college.
🕵️♀️ Storyteller spinning twisty tales of ambition, deception, and greed.
📖 Working on a KNIVES OUT x SALTBURN thriller set at a snowbound college.
Pinned
Me: I have a solid hour before work. I’m going to be focused, efficient, and ruthless with these edits!
My computer: The hell you are…
#writingcommunity #writesky
My computer: The hell you are…
#writingcommunity #writesky
March 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Me: I have a solid hour before work. I’m going to be focused, efficient, and ruthless with these edits!
My computer: The hell you are…
#writingcommunity #writesky
My computer: The hell you are…
#writingcommunity #writesky
Wrapping it up Paper Chase style. 48 hours of me, my manuscript, and a mountain of snacks.
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #amediting
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #amediting
January 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Wrapping it up Paper Chase style. 48 hours of me, my manuscript, and a mountain of snacks.
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #amediting
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #amediting
Sometimes you just need to get out of town - out of state - out of country! Officially breaking our “no Canada in winter” rule 🇨🇦
December 27, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Sometimes you just need to get out of town - out of state - out of country! Officially breaking our “no Canada in winter” rule 🇨🇦
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Need to briefly interview a psychiatrist or psychologist. Any of you do either for a living? Happy to send a signed book or a box of books for your help! Hah.
December 27, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Need to briefly interview a psychiatrist or psychologist. Any of you do either for a living? Happy to send a signed book or a box of books for your help! Hah.
Reposted by Jules O’Brien
You will be visited by three spirits…
✨ An outline.
✨ A synopsis.
✨ And a rough draft of a novel you keep saying you’re going to write.
✨ An outline.
✨ A synopsis.
✨ And a rough draft of a novel you keep saying you’re going to write.
you will be visited by three spirits
December 25, 2024 at 12:48 AM
You will be visited by three spirits…
✨ An outline.
✨ A synopsis.
✨ And a rough draft of a novel you keep saying you’re going to write.
✨ An outline.
✨ A synopsis.
✨ And a rough draft of a novel you keep saying you’re going to write.
My amazing friend is querying her debut novel- check it out!
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
December 18, 2024 at 9:21 PM
My amazing friend is querying her debut novel- check it out!
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
December 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM
TWO YEARS AGO TODAY: Trapped by the protests in Peru, we took refuge in the sanctuary where we stayed - which even included a playground!
#WritingCommunity - has anyone used a trap to make your MCs more comfortable? It was a refuge with an expiration date.
#WritingCommunity - has anyone used a trap to make your MCs more comfortable? It was a refuge with an expiration date.
December 14, 2024 at 11:42 PM
TWO YEARS AGO TODAY: Trapped by the protests in Peru, we took refuge in the sanctuary where we stayed - which even included a playground!
#WritingCommunity - has anyone used a trap to make your MCs more comfortable? It was a refuge with an expiration date.
#WritingCommunity - has anyone used a trap to make your MCs more comfortable? It was a refuge with an expiration date.
Reposted by Jules O’Brien
Updated Version! There's been a handful of new pitch events announced!
The next event is on Dec 14th, #WIPPit, for WIP projects only and then #HoliPit on the 15th!
Pitch Event Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV
#WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky #AmQuerying #AmWriting #LiteraryAgents #LitAgents
The next event is on Dec 14th, #WIPPit, for WIP projects only and then #HoliPit on the 15th!
Pitch Event Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV
#WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky #AmQuerying #AmWriting #LiteraryAgents #LitAgents
December 11, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Updated Version! There's been a handful of new pitch events announced!
The next event is on Dec 14th, #WIPPit, for WIP projects only and then #HoliPit on the 15th!
Pitch Event Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV
#WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky #AmQuerying #AmWriting #LiteraryAgents #LitAgents
The next event is on Dec 14th, #WIPPit, for WIP projects only and then #HoliPit on the 15th!
Pitch Event Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV
#WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky #AmQuerying #AmWriting #LiteraryAgents #LitAgents
“Everything will kill you so choose something fun.”
Back-to-back meetings today will be fun, right?! Right??!
Back-to-back meetings today will be fun, right?! Right??!
December 12, 2024 at 1:15 PM
“Everything will kill you so choose something fun.”
Back-to-back meetings today will be fun, right?! Right??!
Back-to-back meetings today will be fun, right?! Right??!
Two years ago, we boarded a train to Machu Picchu that never came back. What followed challenged me, rebuilt me, and forever changed how I view the world. The story lingers in me, demanding to be told.
Writers, ever had a moment that won’t let go?
#WritingCommunity #Memoir #TravelWriting
December 11, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Two years ago, we boarded a train to Machu Picchu that never came back. What followed challenged me, rebuilt me, and forever changed how I view the world. The story lingers in me, demanding to be told.
Writers, ever had a moment that won’t let go?
#WritingCommunity #Memoir #TravelWriting
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🕰️🖤 The Unmaking of June Farrow x Wrong Place Wrong Time🔥🌻
When struggling PhD student, Andy, is shoved 5 years into the future and finds she’s been murdered, she must work with her still-grieving husband to find her murderer and save herself.
Andy’s fav 🎅 bev: hot coco 🍫
#CheerPit #Q #A #spec
When struggling PhD student, Andy, is shoved 5 years into the future and finds she’s been murdered, she must work with her still-grieving husband to find her murderer and save herself.
Andy’s fav 🎅 bev: hot coco 🍫
#CheerPit #Q #A #spec
December 9, 2024 at 10:05 PM
A secret party. A raging storm. A dead crypto heiress. Max crashes an elite college party, only to be found standing over the body of the campus it-girl—looking like her killer. Now, trapped by the storm, he has only one night to clear his name.
Favorite🎄Song: Let it Snow
#CheerPit #A #T #M
Favorite🎄Song: Let it Snow
#CheerPit #A #T #M
December 9, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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You will do readings where no one shows up. You will set up at events and sell no books. Rejection will show up in your inbox again and again. You will say “I wrote a book!” and folks will stay quiet or say “Cool!” and then not buy it. It’s all good. Part of the gig. KEEP AT IT.
December 8, 2024 at 8:09 PM
You will do readings where no one shows up. You will set up at events and sell no books. Rejection will show up in your inbox again and again. You will say “I wrote a book!” and folks will stay quiet or say “Cool!” and then not buy it. It’s all good. Part of the gig. KEEP AT IT.
If I’m in love with my story, others will be too... If I’m obsessed with my story, others will be too…
Today’s #editing mantra!
#WritingCommunity
Today’s #editing mantra!
#WritingCommunity
December 7, 2024 at 2:00 PM
If I’m in love with my story, others will be too... If I’m obsessed with my story, others will be too…
Today’s #editing mantra!
#WritingCommunity
Today’s #editing mantra!
#WritingCommunity
Did I mention I blog from time to time? Do you want to know how New England Crime Bake enriches my soul and has me SUPER excited about this book I'm querying in January? If so, check it out!
#WritingCommunity
www.julesofmaine.com
#WritingCommunity
www.julesofmaine.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Did I mention I blog from time to time? Do you want to know how New England Crime Bake enriches my soul and has me SUPER excited about this book I'm querying in January? If so, check it out!
#WritingCommunity
www.julesofmaine.com
#WritingCommunity
www.julesofmaine.com
The real mystery in my novel? Finding a title that works. I’m #querying soon: Dark Academia + Cryptocurrency Intrigue.
The contenders:
1. THE CAMPUS SCAM
2. FRIGID BITS
3. FORTUNE AND FAKES
4. BITS OF HER
5. THE RICH LIE HERE
#WritingCommunity: Send help—or your favorite title ideas!
The contenders:
1. THE CAMPUS SCAM
2. FRIGID BITS
3. FORTUNE AND FAKES
4. BITS OF HER
5. THE RICH LIE HERE
#WritingCommunity: Send help—or your favorite title ideas!
December 4, 2024 at 12:55 PM
The real mystery in my novel? Finding a title that works. I’m #querying soon: Dark Academia + Cryptocurrency Intrigue.
The contenders:
1. THE CAMPUS SCAM
2. FRIGID BITS
3. FORTUNE AND FAKES
4. BITS OF HER
5. THE RICH LIE HERE
#WritingCommunity: Send help—or your favorite title ideas!
The contenders:
1. THE CAMPUS SCAM
2. FRIGID BITS
3. FORTUNE AND FAKES
4. BITS OF HER
5. THE RICH LIE HERE
#WritingCommunity: Send help—or your favorite title ideas!
Holiday weekends are for stepping away from editing to embrace crazy friends and family only to realize how to fix the problems in the manuscript!
I love this feeling 😇🥰
#WritingCommunity #amediting
I love this feeling 😇🥰
#WritingCommunity #amediting
December 2, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Holiday weekends are for stepping away from editing to embrace crazy friends and family only to realize how to fix the problems in the manuscript!
I love this feeling 😇🥰
#WritingCommunity #amediting
I love this feeling 😇🥰
#WritingCommunity #amediting
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Just like every Thanksgiving, if you need to get out of something, buy a copy of House of Bone and Rain and DM me the proof and a good phone number. I can be your boss, your boyfriend, your bookie, or whoever you need me to be. I’ll yell at your racist uncle in Spanish, too.
November 28, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Just like every Thanksgiving, if you need to get out of something, buy a copy of House of Bone and Rain and DM me the proof and a good phone number. I can be your boss, your boyfriend, your bookie, or whoever you need me to be. I’ll yell at your racist uncle in Spanish, too.
Each holiday season, I ask one important question: are we giving or receiving the flu this year?
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Hope you all stay happy and healthy.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Hope you all stay happy and healthy.
November 28, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Each holiday season, I ask one important question: are we giving or receiving the flu this year?
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Hope you all stay happy and healthy.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Hope you all stay happy and healthy.
What do you do when you’re trapped with nowhere to go?
Follow along as I unpack the lessons from being stranded in Peru during political unrest—about resilience, trust, and how the darkest moments shape the stories we tell.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Follow along as I unpack the lessons from being stranded in Peru during political unrest—about resilience, trust, and how the darkest moments shape the stories we tell.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
November 27, 2024 at 3:23 PM
What do you do when you’re trapped with nowhere to go?
Follow along as I unpack the lessons from being stranded in Peru during political unrest—about resilience, trust, and how the darkest moments shape the stories we tell.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Follow along as I unpack the lessons from being stranded in Peru during political unrest—about resilience, trust, and how the darkest moments shape the stories we tell.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Reposted by Jules O’Brien
Looking forward to reconnecting with our #writingcommunity in Bluer Skies! We're a free monthly e-zine consistently named to @writersdigest.bsky.social 101 Best Websites for Writers, thanks to our industry expert contributing editors + special guests. careerauthors.com Meet our team (thread).
November 26, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Looking forward to reconnecting with our #writingcommunity in Bluer Skies! We're a free monthly e-zine consistently named to @writersdigest.bsky.social 101 Best Websites for Writers, thanks to our industry expert contributing editors + special guests. careerauthors.com Meet our team (thread).
Hi there, BlueSky!
I’m Jules, a lawyer with a passion for writing mysteries and thrillers. My current project is a murder mystery set on a snowy college campus. Think: Knives Out meets Saltburn.
Looking forward to connecting with this #writingcommunity!
I’m Jules, a lawyer with a passion for writing mysteries and thrillers. My current project is a murder mystery set on a snowy college campus. Think: Knives Out meets Saltburn.
Looking forward to connecting with this #writingcommunity!
November 26, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Hi there, BlueSky!
I’m Jules, a lawyer with a passion for writing mysteries and thrillers. My current project is a murder mystery set on a snowy college campus. Think: Knives Out meets Saltburn.
Looking forward to connecting with this #writingcommunity!
I’m Jules, a lawyer with a passion for writing mysteries and thrillers. My current project is a murder mystery set on a snowy college campus. Think: Knives Out meets Saltburn.
Looking forward to connecting with this #writingcommunity!