Julia Fine
@finejuli.bsky.social
Wrote MADDALENA AND THE DARK (Flatiron), THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE and WHAT SHOULD BE WILD (Harper). The witch from next door.
Pinned
If this picture of my empire of Jell-O shots speaks to your soul, that's your sign to read HONEYMOON STAGE
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an arc where the former governor of NY loses increasingly inconsequential elections until the series finale is him trying to run for senior class president at a local high school and getting his ass kicked by some 17 year olds.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
an arc where the former governor of NY loses increasingly inconsequential elections until the series finale is him trying to run for senior class president at a local high school and getting his ass kicked by some 17 year olds.
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Thank you @finejuli.bsky.social! I could not put this book down, riveting and fascinating!
Now serving ep. 375D: Margaux Eliot stopped by to talk about HONEYMOON STAGE, which explores early 2000s culture via a former production assistant’s descent into the confusion, chaos, and karmic consequences of reality TV. @finejuli.bsky.social
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November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Thank you @finejuli.bsky.social! I could not put this book down, riveting and fascinating!
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“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
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Now serving ep. 375D: Margaux Eliot stopped by to talk about HONEYMOON STAGE, which explores early 2000s culture via a former production assistant’s descent into the confusion, chaos, and karmic consequences of reality TV. @finejuli.bsky.social
turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/11/06/t...
turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/11/06/t...
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Now serving ep. 375D: Margaux Eliot stopped by to talk about HONEYMOON STAGE, which explores early 2000s culture via a former production assistant’s descent into the confusion, chaos, and karmic consequences of reality TV. @finejuli.bsky.social
turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/11/06/t...
turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/11/06/t...
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Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
If this picture of my empire of Jell-O shots speaks to your soul, that's your sign to read HONEYMOON STAGE
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If this picture of my empire of Jell-O shots speaks to your soul, that's your sign to read HONEYMOON STAGE
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For him? Gosh I hope so -H
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For him? Gosh I hope so -H
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God I hope so, or I have been putting in all this effort for nothing.
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
God I hope so, or I have been putting in all this effort for nothing.
can't believe we have to do another full year of this robocop cosplay starving children golden ballroom bs before the midterms
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
can't believe we have to do another full year of this robocop cosplay starving children golden ballroom bs before the midterms
I have a book out today, so obviously my agent and I have been discussing each character's vote in the NYC election.
Anyway: it's about early 2000s reality TV and identity performance and trust, I'm proud of it, it's on sale today, and its main gal would go for Zohran
Anyway: it's about early 2000s reality TV and identity performance and trust, I'm proud of it, it's on sale today, and its main gal would go for Zohran
Honeymoon Stage
Check out Honeymoon Stage - <p><b>Brimming with wit and romance, this twisty trip back to the early 2000s follows as a former production assistant's upcoming marriage descends into the confusion, chao...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I have a book out today, so obviously my agent and I have been discussing each character's vote in the NYC election.
Anyway: it's about early 2000s reality TV and identity performance and trust, I'm proud of it, it's on sale today, and its main gal would go for Zohran
Anyway: it's about early 2000s reality TV and identity performance and trust, I'm proud of it, it's on sale today, and its main gal would go for Zohran
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"Do we feel better about ourselves and the fact that we are not billionaires, because we can sit here making fun of them?"
@finejuli.bsky.social (Margaux Eliot)'s interview with @awolfson.bsky.social on her new book "Honeymoon Stage” (Little A) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/04/i...
@finejuli.bsky.social (Margaux Eliot)'s interview with @awolfson.bsky.social on her new book "Honeymoon Stage” (Little A) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/04/i...
“Inauthentically Authentic”: Reliving Reality TV in the Aughts with Margaux Eliot (aka Julia Fine) - Chicago Review of Books
When you discover that everyone around you is performing a role, how can you learn to trust anyone at all? In Honeymoon Stage, Margaux Eliot’s debut novel—Eliot is the nom de plume of Chicago-based th...
chireviewofbooks.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Do we feel better about ourselves and the fact that we are not billionaires, because we can sit here making fun of them?"
@finejuli.bsky.social (Margaux Eliot)'s interview with @awolfson.bsky.social on her new book "Honeymoon Stage” (Little A) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/04/i...
@finejuli.bsky.social (Margaux Eliot)'s interview with @awolfson.bsky.social on her new book "Honeymoon Stage” (Little A) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/04/i...
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In my first article for Newcity magazine, I spoke with @finejuli.bsky.social (writing as Margaux Eliot) about Honeymoon Stage, her "MTV reality show book" 🎬🌴💄
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
Julia Fine Takes Readers Behind the Reality Show Cameras in “Honeymoon Stage,” Writing as Margaux Eliot
For anyone who's ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the making of a reality show, Chicago author Julia Fine provides a look at the off-screen drama in her new novel, “Honeymoon Stage.”
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November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In my first article for Newcity magazine, I spoke with @finejuli.bsky.social (writing as Margaux Eliot) about Honeymoon Stage, her "MTV reality show book" 🎬🌴💄
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!
Where did everyone from the golden age of lit twitter ultimately end up settling down? Feeling especially bummed right now about the loss of that community.
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Where did everyone from the golden age of lit twitter ultimately end up settling down? Feeling especially bummed right now about the loss of that community.
So proud of Chicago right now. We show up for each other.
October 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So proud of Chicago right now. We show up for each other.
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my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
The answer is The Hobbit part one
Guess what age-inappropriate movie my 5yo was watching when she said "they're not his friends, they're just some elves who came randomly to his house!"
August 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The answer is The Hobbit part one
Guess what age-inappropriate movie my 5yo was watching when she said "they're not his friends, they're just some elves who came randomly to his house!"
August 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Guess what age-inappropriate movie my 5yo was watching when she said "they're not his friends, they're just some elves who came randomly to his house!"
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Fun & clever & kept me up late—go preorder!
August 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Fun & clever & kept me up late—go preorder!
Get in, we're reading oldschool Ishiguro
Ever wonder how your favorite writer wrote a seemingly “effortless” sentence? Learn how to close read like a writer in @finejuli.bsky.social's @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… Five classes, in person, starts August 21!
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How to Close Read and Influence People: Reading Like a Writer with Julia Fine - StoryStudio Chicago
As creative writers, we’re often told to study other books to figure out how they’re built. What does that look like? How can it help us as writers? What can…
www.storystudiochicago.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Get in, we're reading oldschool Ishiguro
Very funny to me that when my 8yo asks about MLB trades, he says "what did he evolve from?"
July 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Very funny to me that when my 8yo asks about MLB trades, he says "what did he evolve from?"
What radicalized me? The feeling that it's all a lot of oysters but no pearls
June 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What radicalized me? The feeling that it's all a lot of oysters but no pearls
My literary hot take is that every novel should be somehow inspired by Daphne du M's Rebecca
June 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My literary hot take is that every novel should be somehow inspired by Daphne du M's Rebecca
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Exciting news today! Our next Intensive Coaching Cohort -- with @finejuli.bsky.social leading -- is now open for registration. This six-month program, with weekly online meetings, begins August 11. Only six spots per cohort, so grab yours now!
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#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
June 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Exciting news today! Our next Intensive Coaching Cohort -- with @finejuli.bsky.social leading -- is now open for registration. This six-month program, with weekly online meetings, begins August 11. Only six spots per cohort, so grab yours now!
buff.ly/GRW5Bdg
#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
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Chicago! Join us for a FRONTIER launch party next week! @ericarstern.bsky.social & @finejuli.bsky.social at @volumesbooks.bsky.social, on 6/5
May 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Chicago! Join us for a FRONTIER launch party next week! @ericarstern.bsky.social & @finejuli.bsky.social at @volumesbooks.bsky.social, on 6/5
Really missing old Twitter right now as a place to document how desperately NYTCooking wants me to make rhubarb crisp
May 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Really missing old Twitter right now as a place to document how desperately NYTCooking wants me to make rhubarb crisp