J.B. Williams
@kintsugi-words.bsky.social
Author of STRANGE KINGDOM, MAPS OF THE WORLD, and more. Fixer of words. Requires coffee, cats, and green spaces. Often a 100-year-old Antarctic fruitcake.
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Your Christmas Day Moment of Zen: Hummingbird at the feeder in a snowstorm, Yakima, Washington (December 2025). #hummingbirds
December 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Your Christmas Day Moment of Zen: Hummingbird at the feeder in a snowstorm, Yakima, Washington (December 2025). #hummingbirds
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the secret to overcoming writer's block is to despair for a few hours and then eventually write for 15 minutes
December 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
the secret to overcoming writer's block is to despair for a few hours and then eventually write for 15 minutes
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London, 1948
Two Bobbies examine the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree through the smog of a grey December day
#Christmas 🎄
Two Bobbies examine the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree through the smog of a grey December day
#Christmas 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
London, 1948
Two Bobbies examine the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree through the smog of a grey December day
#Christmas 🎄
Two Bobbies examine the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree through the smog of a grey December day
#Christmas 🎄
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If you're in the UK and can provide a loving home to some sweet and adorable cats this Christmas, please get in touch!
We've broadened our range - anyone in the UK now considered for adoption if they're the right fit! Please pass on to anyone who would like to welcome a furry gremlin for the new year 🐱🌟
SPECIAL GORE APPEAL!
One of our organisers urgently needs to rehome this lovely pair.
Please share with anyone in 2h drive of Leeds and the GORE spirits will bestow upon you a Yuletide blessing...
#adoptacat #cats #leeds #sheffield #manchester #nottingham #yorkshire #nottinghamshire #derbyshire
One of our organisers urgently needs to rehome this lovely pair.
Please share with anyone in 2h drive of Leeds and the GORE spirits will bestow upon you a Yuletide blessing...
#adoptacat #cats #leeds #sheffield #manchester #nottingham #yorkshire #nottinghamshire #derbyshire
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you're in the UK and can provide a loving home to some sweet and adorable cats this Christmas, please get in touch!
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Me: So how’s your new job in burger bar advertising going?
Count Dracula: Vonderfully vell, actually
Count Dracula: Vonderfully vell, actually
December 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Me: So how’s your new job in burger bar advertising going?
Count Dracula: Vonderfully vell, actually
Count Dracula: Vonderfully vell, actually
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I spent the weekend at The Standard hotel in King's Cross for my mum's birthday. It's a very lovely hotel but these are their less-than-lovely Christmas decorations. (In fact, it's because they've donated the money they would have spent on Christmas decs to the Trussell Trust, so fair enough.)
December 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I spent the weekend at The Standard hotel in King's Cross for my mum's birthday. It's a very lovely hotel but these are their less-than-lovely Christmas decorations. (In fact, it's because they've donated the money they would have spent on Christmas decs to the Trussell Trust, so fair enough.)
Watch for those scams targeting writers - forewarned is forearmed!
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory
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#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory
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How to watch out for scam emails targeting authors
In the age of AI, scam emails targeting authors have grown more sophisticated – here are some handy ways to spot them and protect yourself.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Wedging the kitchen drawer shut was only the start of its reign of terror.
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Wedging the kitchen drawer shut was only the start of its reign of terror.
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Leg Day
London 10/25
Never a dull day on London's tube.
#photography #london #street #streetportrait #streetphotography #people #portrait #monochrome #subway #legday #tube
London 10/25
Never a dull day on London's tube.
#photography #london #street #streetportrait #streetphotography #people #portrait #monochrome #subway #legday #tube
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Leg Day
London 10/25
Never a dull day on London's tube.
#photography #london #street #streetportrait #streetphotography #people #portrait #monochrome #subway #legday #tube
London 10/25
Never a dull day on London's tube.
#photography #london #street #streetportrait #streetphotography #people #portrait #monochrome #subway #legday #tube
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Can you really even call yourself a writer if you've never used an ellipsis... (a parenthetical aside) and an em dash—in the same paragraph?
(this is a joke, don't yell at me)
(but also, I just did this, no regrets)
(this is a joke, don't yell at me)
(but also, I just did this, no regrets)
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Can you really even call yourself a writer if you've never used an ellipsis... (a parenthetical aside) and an em dash—in the same paragraph?
(this is a joke, don't yell at me)
(but also, I just did this, no regrets)
(this is a joke, don't yell at me)
(but also, I just did this, no regrets)
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"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
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Rain Street Glow
8”x10” oil on wood panel
8”x10” oil on wood panel
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Rain Street Glow
8”x10” oil on wood panel
8”x10” oil on wood panel
Have worked in restaurants/fast food, can confirm #thelinecookisamagician
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Have worked in restaurants/fast food, can confirm #thelinecookisamagician
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I'm sure you guys are all great at shopping like normal ppl but I wish I could remind some folks:
Take bags, or at least don't kick off at having to pay for one. That's been the law for 10 years now.
Don't fucking haggle, you're not Indiana Jones
You're not The Protagonist.
Neither's your kids.
Take bags, or at least don't kick off at having to pay for one. That's been the law for 10 years now.
Don't fucking haggle, you're not Indiana Jones
You're not The Protagonist.
Neither's your kids.
In these busiest shopping weeks of the year, with everyone under horrible pressure over money, job security etc, try to be nice to retail staff (who likely have unreasonable sales targets from HQ to make up for a lousy retail year). Far too many stressed customers will behave appallingly right now.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I'm sure you guys are all great at shopping like normal ppl but I wish I could remind some folks:
Take bags, or at least don't kick off at having to pay for one. That's been the law for 10 years now.
Don't fucking haggle, you're not Indiana Jones
You're not The Protagonist.
Neither's your kids.
Take bags, or at least don't kick off at having to pay for one. That's been the law for 10 years now.
Don't fucking haggle, you're not Indiana Jones
You're not The Protagonist.
Neither's your kids.
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Berkeley mural - love how the restroom in front is painted to blend with the wall mural… #Photography #Mural #StreetArt #Berkeley 📷
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Berkeley mural - love how the restroom in front is painted to blend with the wall mural… #Photography #Mural #StreetArt #Berkeley 📷
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November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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We wake to mornings of cold magic. Exhale dragon-breath, crunch frost-frozen leaves as we walk. The year is dying. We feel it as rush of ghosts, a shivering that foretells the blade of ice upon its neck. No wonder this is the season where folklore burns bright. – #DAKilroy, 1982 #Folklore
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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As C.L. Nolan said: “We must acknowledge there are places where the land growls.”
October 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As C.L. Nolan said: “We must acknowledge there are places where the land growls.”
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Me (to a little boy beside me in a cafe who is wearing a yellow coat): Nice coat.
Little boy: Thank you. It means when night comes I can hide as a star.
Little boy: Thank you. It means when night comes I can hide as a star.
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Me (to a little boy beside me in a cafe who is wearing a yellow coat): Nice coat.
Little boy: Thank you. It means when night comes I can hide as a star.
Little boy: Thank you. It means when night comes I can hide as a star.
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When you finish a book and you just know when you go onto goodreads the ratings will be abysmal because so many people hate a story that doesn't do the things they want it to, instead of appreciating that an author is doing their own damn thing.
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
When you finish a book and you just know when you go onto goodreads the ratings will be abysmal because so many people hate a story that doesn't do the things they want it to, instead of appreciating that an author is doing their own damn thing.
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Maple leaves with a few raindrops.
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Maple leaves with a few raindrops.
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For Monday: a carrion crow inflight on a grey day.
Isle of Bute 💚
Isle of Bute 💚
October 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
For Monday: a carrion crow inflight on a grey day.
Isle of Bute 💚
Isle of Bute 💚
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A bird with urgent business in the shop when it opens
July 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A bird with urgent business in the shop when it opens