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Odessa Blaine
@odessablaine.bsky.social
Professional Wordser, General Oddment, & Probably a Figment of Your Imagination
https://substack.com/@odessablaine
Tonight's current plans include a little reading by wine light.

Featuring Conjuror by Holly Sullivan McClure because it caught my attention at Everywhen store in Marble Hill, GA.

And Prophecy Buttery Chardonnay because that's what my husband brought home.
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If the coffee cup ain't this big... I'll still want it, but it's going to take a few refills to get me through the day.

Maybe it'll fuel a writing frenzy later. A girl can dream anyway.

🤣☕😍

#Coffee #WriterSky #BookSky
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
So much talent sitting next to me at the Broadleaf Writers Conference today!!!!

From left to right: Robert Gwaltney, Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Lisa Harrison, and me

#livingthedream
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Excited to be back for another Broadleaf Writers Conference!
Some of my favorite people are here. Can't wait to meet new favorite people.

I've been a writer all my life, but my journey as an author and filmmaker started at a Broadleaf conference three years ago.

#writersky #booksky
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Have another awkward bathroom selfie. As a treat. 🤣
Can I get some crossed fingers and well wishes? 🤞

Award ceremony for Cobb International Film Festival is this evening. I'm not expecting anything, but it'd be fantastic if we earned a little something with And the Moon Sees Me.

#writersky #film
August 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm at the Strand in Marietta, GA for the Cobb International Film Festival.

Our short film, And the Moon Sees Me, will be screened later.
It's based on an original short story I wrote.

I figured it was a good time to do my first bathroom selfie.
Bask in the awkward.

#WriterSky
August 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm very early for Lo Patrick's pub event Poe & Company Bookstore for her novel Fast Boys and Pretty Girls.

It goes from 6:30-8:00pm this evening in Milton, GA, so there is still plenty of time for you to join me!

#books #booksky
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Last night, I went to my very first storytelling event put on by The Moth, but it definitely won't be my last.

Eventually, I'm going to throw my hat in and see if I get a chance to tell a story.
😍😍😍

#storytelling #writerlife #authorlife
July 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When you thought you were recording a video for work
... but you accidentally take a selfie instead
... and it looks both good and somehow a little angry

#selfie #writerslife
June 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I don't often Zodiac, but when I do, it's extra awesome with cats and ice cream.
June 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I was invited to deliver a performance story at the Reinhardt University summer residency program.
We also screened And the Moon Sees Me, the short film based on a performance story.
Plus was the first time my fam saw me perform. 😁
Wonderful time! Appreciated the opportunity!

✨✨✨ #WriterSky
June 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I do love a good Writerly Meetup and these are some of the bestest folks.
Featuring
@dzgrizzle.bsky.social
@billbridges.bsky.social
@marcmonroe.bsky.social Jessica Nettles
Derek Phillips
C. Adam Volle

#WriterSky
June 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Pickles just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing. Life has been heckin' stressful for a lot of folks.

💜💜💜

#doggo #mentalhealth #selfcare #checkin
June 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Are the lemons haunted?

#lifeadvice #whenlifegivesyoulemons
June 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I found a pretty thing in the woods and I thought I'd show you.

Do you have a cool rock to share?

💜💜💜
June 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Perks of my job: sometimes I can go by Huck's in Blue Ridge and grab a Birch Beer.
I'm not a big soda drinker, but I absolutely love these.

💜💜💜
June 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Fresh off the presses: My new tattoo.
I promised myself when I signed my first publishing contract, I'd get this one.
I created the concept, my niece designed it, and my friend James Tuck did the ink.
It'll need a touchup. There are a lot of details.
June 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Current Status: Badly playing a new instrument and being absolutely thrilled with the experience

#FindingJoy #TreatYourself
May 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
They say never meet your idols, but I was thrilled to meet Aughra.

#DarkCrystalLife #AughraCanBarelyControlAughra

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May 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Y'all catch that latest episode of Dante's New South?
I was one of the guests! 😁

open.spotify.com/episode/1c23...

#WriterSky #Storytelling #Southern
May 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Oh noooo... I had to get some Blue Ridge content today and stopped by Mercier Orchards for some of it.
What an imposition. 😉😂

💜💜💜
April 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Join me in congratulating Director, Director of Photography, and film editor Timothy Lee Glover and the folks that worked so hard to make And the Moon Sees Me such a visually stunning short film.

I'm proud my story inspired this work and to have acted in it.

😁💜😍
April 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Excited for the film festival debut of And the Moon Sees Me, the short film based on my performance story and partially filmed on my property.

#WriterSky #Storytelling #ShortFilm
April 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
IT'S OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL, Y'ALL!!!!!!!
🥳 I'm going to be a published author!!! 🥳
Where the Roots Tangle will be published in Fall 2026 by Mercer University Press!

#WriterSky
April 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Went with my mom to do artsy stuff yesterday at a ceramic painting place.
Of course I chose a coffee cup.
This was the work in progress. I'll show the finished results after it's been in the kiln.

#ArtSky #Artsy #Coffee
April 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM