Duchess Goldblatt
@duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social
BECOMING DUCHESS GOLDBLATT (HMH, 2020).
I've been very focused on my new series of scrimshaw on clouds. All signed, mostly abstracts, but I threw in a few whaling ships for you purists.
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 AM
I've been very focused on my new series of scrimshaw on clouds. All signed, mostly abstracts, but I threw in a few whaling ships for you purists.
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Go do something nice for a friend or neighbor today. Nothing you tweet or do will have any impact on the mess, but that will make you feel better. Build community.
January 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Go do something nice for a friend or neighbor today. Nothing you tweet or do will have any impact on the mess, but that will make you feel better. Build community.
Happy new year, lovely creatures. To better days ahead.
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Happy new year, lovely creatures. To better days ahead.
What are we looking forward to? Tell me something good and true and real.
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What are we looking forward to? Tell me something good and true and real.
I've been secretly hoarding sweet nothings all year and tonight I will whip them at you one by one, dodgeball style.
December 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I've been secretly hoarding sweet nothings all year and tonight I will whip them at you one by one, dodgeball style.
Maybe this will be the year I move full-time into a gingerbread house.
December 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Maybe this will be the year I move full-time into a gingerbread house.
Putting a hat on that baby is not within your control; it is life's longing for itself. Go forth and hat a baby, for god's sakes.
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Putting a hat on that baby is not within your control; it is life's longing for itself. Go forth and hat a baby, for god's sakes.
As you age, a day comes when the ancestors start to whisper from deep inside your bones: someone needs to put a hat on that baby.
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
As you age, a day comes when the ancestors start to whisper from deep inside your bones: someone needs to put a hat on that baby.
First have your coffee time, then do your stretching, fight evil until lunch, then you can have a little nap; then you'll bring joy to the world, then cocktails.
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
First have your coffee time, then do your stretching, fight evil until lunch, then you can have a little nap; then you'll bring joy to the world, then cocktails.
I feel like the universe is telling me today to get back into my comfort zone.
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I feel like the universe is telling me today to get back into my comfort zone.
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I try not to know the sales numbers of my own books or others, but it appears that my book on writing has this week outsold Olivia Nuzzi's book on activities that she enjoys (including, I presume, writing). Not vastly outsold, so I have included a link.
www.harpercollins.com/products/a-l...
www.harpercollins.com/products/a-l...
A Long Game
From bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing.
Writing can feel like an endle...
www.harpercollins.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I try not to know the sales numbers of my own books or others, but it appears that my book on writing has this week outsold Olivia Nuzzi's book on activities that she enjoys (including, I presume, writing). Not vastly outsold, so I have included a link.
www.harpercollins.com/products/a-l...
www.harpercollins.com/products/a-l...
Disappointing first week book sales, job loss, and public shaming are not enough. Are there no workhouses?
December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Disappointing first week book sales, job loss, and public shaming are not enough. Are there no workhouses?
Feeling nostalgic for the time when the moon was full every night of the week. We used to ship all our excess moonlight to Canada.
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Feeling nostalgic for the time when the moon was full every night of the week. We used to ship all our excess moonlight to Canada.
Seems to be quite a lot of shouting going on today. I've muted the world for a bit. It's all retreating into the mists now.
December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Seems to be quite a lot of shouting going on today. I've muted the world for a bit. It's all retreating into the mists now.
I have the answers if anyone's still searching.
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I have the answers if anyone's still searching.
The invisible thread binding us all holds fast to the spirit. Last time I had it wound around ankles instead and we saw a worrisome number of broken hips.
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The invisible thread binding us all holds fast to the spirit. Last time I had it wound around ankles instead and we saw a worrisome number of broken hips.
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Just setting this here as a reminder.
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just setting this here as a reminder.
It's not quite the end of the term, so you have a few more opportunities to bring your grades up. Where are my power sycophants?
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's not quite the end of the term, so you have a few more opportunities to bring your grades up. Where are my power sycophants?
Wild North American sugarplums are boneless, but European sugarplums have tiny, razorlike skeletons. Inbreeding, I think.
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Wild North American sugarplums are boneless, but European sugarplums have tiny, razorlike skeletons. Inbreeding, I think.
Thank you to everyone who sent me their extra shares of sleep. I'm using them tonight.
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Thank you to everyone who sent me their extra shares of sleep. I'm using them tonight.
I can see that none of you children will be at peace until you see someone compliment me. Here you are then.
Something worthy has emerged from social media. @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social has given us a beautiful memoir.
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I can see that none of you children will be at peace until you see someone compliment me. Here you are then.
Get some rest tonight, everybody. I'll expect to see your offerings tomorrow. The devil hasn't yet made the villain who can spoil Secular Pie Thursday.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Get some rest tonight, everybody. I'll expect to see your offerings tomorrow. The devil hasn't yet made the villain who can spoil Secular Pie Thursday.
I renew my request that you all stop showing me the worst people in the world morning, noon, and night.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I renew my request that you all stop showing me the worst people in the world morning, noon, and night.
The least you could do is tell me I look nice today.
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The least you could do is tell me I look nice today.