Gerard Jones
@gerardjones.bsky.social
When my mother was having me the woman in the bed next to her said, "My baby stood up and told me he was too smart to live."
What does Trump want? To be Putin. If Putin got a hundred billion from his oligarchs, Trump would get a trillion from his. And Putin can be the boss for however long he wants. So can Trump if he plays his cards right. Russia's got a constitution. So what? #putin #trump #constitution #deal #ideal
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What does Trump want? To be Putin. If Putin got a hundred billion from his oligarchs, Trump would get a trillion from his. And Putin can be the boss for however long he wants. So can Trump if he plays his cards right. Russia's got a constitution. So what? #putin #trump #constitution #deal #ideal
Ah! The summing up chapter. Would that I could do it justice but I can't; there's too much to do justice to: #booksky #audiobook #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #lovely #apt #magnificant #literary #invade #privacy #beatles #theend
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Ginny Good: Chapter Thirty-Five (2004)
A Mostly True Story (I-5)
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October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ah! The summing up chapter. Would that I could do it justice but I can't; there's too much to do justice to: #booksky #audiobook #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #lovely #apt #magnificant #literary #invade #privacy #beatles #theend
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Here's a piddly little toss off chapter that's all by itself better than most whole books written so far this century: #booksky #audiobook #narrativenonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #golf #ducks #fantasy #fairy #tinkerbell
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Ginny Good: Chapter Thirty-Four (1992)
A Mostly True Story (Colma)
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October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here's a piddly little toss off chapter that's all by itself better than most whole books written so far this century: #booksky #audiobook #narrativenonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #golf #ducks #fantasy #fairy #tinkerbell
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This and the acid chapter have to be my two favorites, but I HATE this one: #booksky #audiobook #narrative #nonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #cemetary #death #funny #donkey #harmonica #cribbage #hospice #cancer #therose
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Ginny Good: Chapter Thirty-Three (1990)
A Mostly True Story (Scenic Hills)
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October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This and the acid chapter have to be my two favorites, but I HATE this one: #booksky #audiobook #narrative #nonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #cemetary #death #funny #donkey #harmonica #cribbage #hospice #cancer #therose
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I LOVE this chapter. I love most of them but this, along with four or five others, is special: #booksky #audiobook #narrativenonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #vermeer #goya #swastica #tattoo #hillsborough #insane #suicide
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Ginny Good: Chapter Thirty-Two (1982)
A Mostly True Story (Hillsborough)
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October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I LOVE this chapter. I love most of them but this, along with four or five others, is special: #booksky #audiobook #narrativenonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #vermeer #goya #swastica #tattoo #hillsborough #insane #suicide
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This chapter's pretty good. It gets a little racy, though. You can read, watch and/or listen to it. Or not.: #booksky #audiobook #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #heroin #drseuss #shakespeare #sacramento #hot #weddingring #proust
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Ginny Good: Chapter Thirty-One (1973)
A Mostly True Story (Sacramento)
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October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This chapter's pretty good. It gets a little racy, though. You can read, watch and/or listen to it. Or not.: #booksky #audiobook #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #heroin #drseuss #shakespeare #sacramento #hot #weddingring #proust
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This chapter's so short I can leave the music in: #booksky #audiobook #narrativenonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #sweet #love #marriage #newage #flowers #blues #manitou #colorado #sacramento
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Ginny Good, Chapter 30, Manitou Springs
GINNY GOOD is a flawless book. It's also an annotated, multimedia audio and video book, a nonfiction story of the decade of the sixties in San Francisco, a…
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October 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This chapter's so short I can leave the music in: #booksky #audiobook #narrativenonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous #sweet #love #marriage #newage #flowers #blues #manitou #colorado #sacramento
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That other one may be my current favorite, but this is the best: #booksky #audiobook #narrativenonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous
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Ginny Good: Chapter Nineteen (May 1965)
A Mostly True Story (La Honda)
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October 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
That other one may be my current favorite, but this is the best: #booksky #audiobook #narrativenonfiction #bookcommunity #books #read #write #perfect #gorgeous
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I've been writing intelligible stuff for seventy years. At the moment this feels like the best thing I've written. #writing #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #memoir #litagent #publisher #whatever
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Ginny Good, Chapter 27, Sutro Heights (Voice Only) Summer, 1969
GINNY GOOD is a flawless book. It's also an annotated, multimedia audio and video book, a nonfiction story of the decade of the sixties in San Francisco, a…
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October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I've been writing intelligible stuff for seventy years. At the moment this feels like the best thing I've written. #writing #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #memoir #litagent #publisher #whatever
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Query letter, part one:
Two Gorgeous Books
Hi, I need an agent for two gorgeous, cinematic books but I don't know how to do query managers or wish lists, etc. Here are three consecutive chapters you can READ, LISTEN TO and/or WATCH. Click the links. They're on Substack, an industry standard:
Two Gorgeous Books
Hi, I need an agent for two gorgeous, cinematic books but I don't know how to do query managers or wish lists, etc. Here are three consecutive chapters you can READ, LISTEN TO and/or WATCH. Click the links. They're on Substack, an industry standard:
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Query letter, part one:
Two Gorgeous Books
Hi, I need an agent for two gorgeous, cinematic books but I don't know how to do query managers or wish lists, etc. Here are three consecutive chapters you can READ, LISTEN TO and/or WATCH. Click the links. They're on Substack, an industry standard:
Two Gorgeous Books
Hi, I need an agent for two gorgeous, cinematic books but I don't know how to do query managers or wish lists, etc. Here are three consecutive chapters you can READ, LISTEN TO and/or WATCH. Click the links. They're on Substack, an industry standard:
New query letter: Part Five
If you find a single lousy chapter (out of seventy), let me know. Either would be ideal for "book to film" adaptations (or the other way around), as well. Thanks. G.
#booksky #audiobooks #queryletter #literaryagents #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction
If you find a single lousy chapter (out of seventy), let me know. Either would be ideal for "book to film" adaptations (or the other way around), as well. Thanks. G.
#booksky #audiobooks #queryletter #literaryagents #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction
October 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
New query letter: Part Five
If you find a single lousy chapter (out of seventy), let me know. Either would be ideal for "book to film" adaptations (or the other way around), as well. Thanks. G.
#booksky #audiobooks #queryletter #literaryagents #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction
If you find a single lousy chapter (out of seventy), let me know. Either would be ideal for "book to film" adaptations (or the other way around), as well. Thanks. G.
#booksky #audiobooks #queryletter #literaryagents #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction
New query letter: Part Four
They're both finished and ready for a serious publisher or movie maker who might like a Pulitzer or an Oscar or two, i.e., they're among the few truly significant pieces of writing you'll ever be given the chance to consider.
#literaryagents #booksky #audiobooks
They're both finished and ready for a serious publisher or movie maker who might like a Pulitzer or an Oscar or two, i.e., they're among the few truly significant pieces of writing you'll ever be given the chance to consider.
#literaryagents #booksky #audiobooks
October 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
New query letter: Part Four
They're both finished and ready for a serious publisher or movie maker who might like a Pulitzer or an Oscar or two, i.e., they're among the few truly significant pieces of writing you'll ever be given the chance to consider.
#literaryagents #booksky #audiobooks
They're both finished and ready for a serious publisher or movie maker who might like a Pulitzer or an Oscar or two, i.e., they're among the few truly significant pieces of writing you'll ever be given the chance to consider.
#literaryagents #booksky #audiobooks
New query letter: Part Three
If you want to see ALL of BOTH books, click these links. The first is literary fiction:
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The other is narrative nonfiction:
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#booksky #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction #literaryagents #movies #audiobooks
If you want to see ALL of BOTH books, click these links. The first is literary fiction:
gerard596.substack.com
The other is narrative nonfiction:
gerardjones.substack.com
#booksky #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction #literaryagents #movies #audiobooks
Oprah's Dead Son: A 9/11 Novel | Gerard Jones | Substack
This is a novel, written twenty years ago, about what happens to various people in the aftermath of 9/11. Click to read Oprah's Dead Son: A 9/11 Novel, by Gerard Jones, a Substack publication. Launche...
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October 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New query letter: Part Three
If you want to see ALL of BOTH books, click these links. The first is literary fiction:
gerard596.substack.com
The other is narrative nonfiction:
gerardjones.substack.com
#booksky #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction #literaryagents #movies #audiobooks
If you want to see ALL of BOTH books, click these links. The first is literary fiction:
gerard596.substack.com
The other is narrative nonfiction:
gerardjones.substack.com
#booksky #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction #literaryagents #movies #audiobooks
New query letter: Part Two
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#booksky #literaryagents #publishers #producers #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction #books #audiobooks
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#booksky #literaryagents #publishers #producers #literaryfiction #narrativenonfiction #books #audiobooks
Ginny Good: Chapter Six (1960-62)
A Mostly True Story (San Mateo)
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October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here's the chapter from Ginny Good that gives some of my literary credentials.
#booksky #literaryagent #books #children #money
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#booksky #literaryagent #books #children #money
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Ginny Good, Chapter 08, Coyote Point
GINNY GOOD is a flawless book. It's also an annotated, multimedia audio and video book, a nonfiction story of the decade of the sixties in San Francisco, a…
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September 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here's the chapter from Ginny Good that gives some of my literary credentials.
#booksky #literaryagent #books #children #money
vimeo.com/402765709
#booksky #literaryagent #books #children #money
vimeo.com/402765709
Here are the books I'm bragging about.
#booksky #literaryagent #books #morons #etc.
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#booksky #literaryagent #books #morons #etc.
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Ginny Good and How to Write | Gerard Jones | Substack
Ginny Good is a real book and the only annotated, multimedia video book ever made and How to Write is self-explanatory. Click to read Ginny Good and How to Write, by Gerard Jones, a Substack publicati...
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September 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here are the books I'm bragging about.
#booksky #literaryagent #books #morons #etc.
gerardjones.substack.com
#booksky #literaryagent #books #morons #etc.
gerardjones.substack.com
Here are the books I'm bragging about.
#booksky #literaryagent #books #morons #etc.
gerard596.substack.com
#booksky #literaryagent #books #morons #etc.
gerard596.substack.com
Oprah's Dead Son: A 9/11 Novel | Gerard Jones | Substack
This is a novel, written twenty years ago, about what happens to various people in the aftermath of 9/11. Click to read Oprah's Dead Son: A 9/11 Novel, by Gerard Jones, a Substack publication. Launche...
gerard596.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here are the books I'm bragging about.
#booksky #literaryagent #books #morons #etc.
gerard596.substack.com
#booksky #literaryagent #books #morons #etc.
gerard596.substack.com
They're both done, ready for sale to a serious publisher or movie maker who might like a Pulitzer or an Oscar or two, i.e., these are among the few truly great books you'll ever be given the chance to consider. See for yourself. If you're interested in literary credentials, watch this:
#booksky
#booksky
September 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
They're both done, ready for sale to a serious publisher or movie maker who might like a Pulitzer or an Oscar or two, i.e., these are among the few truly great books you'll ever be given the chance to consider. See for yourself. If you're interested in literary credentials, watch this:
#booksky
#booksky
I need an agent for two gorgeous books. The first is easy to read literary fiction, a funny, apt, engaging, psychological thriller. The other is straightforward, credible, character driven narrative nonfiction about the rise, demise and repercussions of San Francisco in the sixties. #booksky #agent
September 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hey, when you fiddle with words, therapist is the rapist. I never thought of that before...it would've come in handy. Anything worth reading or writing is up to morons, imbecilic, money-grubbing goons. So much worth reading and writing, so little getting through. G.
#litagent #query #submit
#litagent #query #submit
September 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I just spent a month sending an extraordinarily good query letter for two books to 3,000 appropriate lit agents and got a few snippy, ill-considered responses. Fuck 'em all, the long and the short and the tall.
Click on the title, not the picture. G.
#literaryagent
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Click on the title, not the picture. G.
#literaryagent
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September 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I just spent a month sending an extraordinarily good query letter for two books to 3,000 appropriate lit agents and got a few snippy, ill-considered responses. Fuck 'em all, the long and the short and the tall.
Click on the title, not the picture. G.
#literaryagent
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Click on the title, not the picture. G.
#literaryagent
vimeo.com/showcase/986...
Our glorious president is only going to allow people over 65 to have the newest covid vaccine. That has me worried. Wouldn't the easiest, cheapest way to get rid of social security be to kill off everyone over 65? How much money would THAT make us? Remember Midas? #covid #socialsecurity #trump
August 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Our glorious president is only going to allow people over 65 to have the newest covid vaccine. That has me worried. Wouldn't the easiest, cheapest way to get rid of social security be to kill off everyone over 65? How much money would THAT make us? Remember Midas? #covid #socialsecurity #trump
This very likely isn't a new idea but if Trump thought it was okay to take over Canada of course he's going to think it's okay for Putin to take over Ukraine. I'm pretty sure neither of them wants to test each other's nuclear arsenal. Gimme Canada, take Ukraine; give and take, such a deal!
August 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This very likely isn't a new idea but if Trump thought it was okay to take over Canada of course he's going to think it's okay for Putin to take over Ukraine. I'm pretty sure neither of them wants to test each other's nuclear arsenal. Gimme Canada, take Ukraine; give and take, such a deal!
My math may be wrong. I was never any good at that shit. But did the US just drop one-quarter of an atom bomb on Iran for no fucking reason whatsoever? The kind of bomb that blew up Hiroshima and Nagasaki? The one that killed 130,000 people in a few minutes and 200,000 in a few months? #Iran #USA
June 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM