J.A. Jablonski
@jajablonski.bsky.social
Multi-genre writer: Academic Mystery, Speculative SF, & Magical Realism | One-time academic & librarian | Style guide nerd | NO AI | No autofollows | Alt Text used
My other online activities: https://jajablonski.com/linktree/
My other online activities: https://jajablonski.com/linktree/
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J.A. Jablonski
@jajablonski.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Setting the stage: J.A. Jablonski (Jude) writes in three different genres (mystery, speculative SF, and magical realism) while keeping one foot in the academic scene by researching material culture in utopian fiction. (She/They/Dr/Ms/Mx)
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Last weekend I combined book research with play and lucked out on both sides! The home debut of the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s women’s ice hockey team was fast and fiercely played. And one of their players matched a character I'd created 3 years ago!
More: tinyurl.com/kyk3etdt
More: tinyurl.com/kyk3etdt
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Last weekend I combined book research with play and lucked out on both sides! The home debut of the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s women’s ice hockey team was fast and fiercely played. And one of their players matched a character I'd created 3 years ago!
More: tinyurl.com/kyk3etdt
More: tinyurl.com/kyk3etdt
Some kind soul absolutely *stuffed* our #StreetLibrary with so many books that you couldn't get at things. I did a little curating to make access easier. (The extras will go back in later.)
#LittleFreeLibrary 📚💙
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November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Some kind soul absolutely *stuffed* our #StreetLibrary with so many books that you couldn't get at things. I did a little curating to make access easier. (The extras will go back in later.)
#LittleFreeLibrary 📚💙
#LittleFreeLibrary 📚💙
I'd read Becky Chambers 2nd Wayfarers book--A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT--a while ago but didn't take to it. (I was still missing the sweet characters in Bk 1 🥰.) This time around, I'm finding it rich & interesting. She has a few writerly hitches that distract, but it's quite good for all that.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'd read Becky Chambers 2nd Wayfarers book--A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT--a while ago but didn't take to it. (I was still missing the sweet characters in Bk 1 🥰.) This time around, I'm finding it rich & interesting. She has a few writerly hitches that distract, but it's quite good for all that.
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Didn't, don't & won't. Nor will I work with anyone who does or promote their work. My entire professional & creative career has been based on critical thinking, original thinking, & respecting the same of others.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Didn't, don't & won't. Nor will I work with anyone who does or promote their work. My entire professional & creative career has been based on critical thinking, original thinking, & respecting the same of others.
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If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
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November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.
For those of you who read large print books, of the 2 samples here (both are in 16 pt font), would you still be comfortable with the narrower line spacing of the page on the left? Thx!
#ManuscriptFormatting #LargePrint #LineSpacing
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#ManuscriptFormatting #LargePrint #LineSpacing
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November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For those of you who read large print books, of the 2 samples here (both are in 16 pt font), would you still be comfortable with the narrower line spacing of the page on the left? Thx!
#ManuscriptFormatting #LargePrint #LineSpacing
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#ManuscriptFormatting #LargePrint #LineSpacing
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Yesterday morning's sun absolutely lit up the small maple tree in our front yard!
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Yesterday morning's sun absolutely lit up the small maple tree in our front yard!
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These 3 reference books have been super useful for me as I've worked with my #CoverArtist & worked out other practical & legal aspects of my #SelfPublishing project.
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
These 3 reference books have been super useful for me as I've worked with my #CoverArtist & worked out other practical & legal aspects of my #SelfPublishing project.
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
These 3 reference books have been super useful for me as I've worked with my #CoverArtist & worked out other practical & legal aspects of my #SelfPublishing project.
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
These 3 reference books have been super useful for me as I've worked with my #CoverArtist & worked out other practical & legal aspects of my #SelfPublishing project.
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Redoing my fictional college campus map using a proper design software. (I used Word some bleems ago when first envisioning the setting.) What a pain in the tuchus! 🗺️
#Wordbuilding #PageDesign
#Wordbuilding #PageDesign
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Redoing my fictional college campus map using a proper design software. (I used Word some bleems ago when first envisioning the setting.) What a pain in the tuchus! 🗺️
#Wordbuilding #PageDesign
#Wordbuilding #PageDesign
Reading 3 books concurrently & nearing the end of each. Do not want any of them to end! All are re-reads. Guess I know what happens next.
📚💙 #Rereading
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November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reading 3 books concurrently & nearing the end of each. Do not want any of them to end! All are re-reads. Guess I know what happens next.
📚💙 #Rereading
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The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
We decommissioned our small garden this weekend. We're planning a 3rd raised garden container next year for veggies.
#EndOfSummer
#BackyardGarden
#EndOfSummer
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November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We decommissioned our small garden this weekend. We're planning a 3rd raised garden container next year for veggies.
#EndOfSummer
#BackyardGarden
#EndOfSummer
#BackyardGarden
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Made the tough decision to post a notice on our #StreetLibrary asking folks not leave foodstuffs. Suggested they donate to our local Hunger Taskforce who can make a larger difference. (We'll take the several cans of beans & dry soups to our grocery store's food bin.)
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Made the tough decision to post a notice on our #StreetLibrary asking folks not leave foodstuffs. Suggested they donate to our local Hunger Taskforce who can make a larger difference. (We'll take the several cans of beans & dry soups to our grocery store's food bin.)
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
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CS Lewis: No one who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
CS Lewis: No one who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
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"The wind groomed the speechless grass."
From KA: DAR OAKLEY IN THE RUIN OF YMR (2017) by John Crowley.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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From KA: DAR OAKLEY IN THE RUIN OF YMR (2017) by John Crowley.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"The wind groomed the speechless grass."
From KA: DAR OAKLEY IN THE RUIN OF YMR (2017) by John Crowley.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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From KA: DAR OAKLEY IN THE RUIN OF YMR (2017) by John Crowley.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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Right up there with A. Bartlett Giamatti's essay "The Green Fields of the Mind" (Yale Alumni Magazine. Nov 1977) that includes this: "It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart."
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Right up there with A. Bartlett Giamatti's essay "The Green Fields of the Mind" (Yale Alumni Magazine. Nov 1977) that includes this: "It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart."
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Pitchers and catchers report on February 10, 2026. Just sayin'.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pitchers and catchers report on February 10, 2026. Just sayin'.
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Ok! Educate those young men abt affirmative consent & safer sex. Make abortion & contraception free & available everywhere. Enforce sexual assault laws actually. Create media that cultivates sex positive respect & care for everyone. Get ppl who don’t suck in office.
Culture change is possible!!
Culture change is possible!!
I am not in any way disagreeing with you Rabbi. However with the huge number of sexless young men 18-30 is creating a social hazard.
We need to get gender relationships fixed or we'll suffer from a lot of troubles later on.
We need to get gender relationships fixed or we'll suffer from a lot of troubles later on.
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ok! Educate those young men abt affirmative consent & safer sex. Make abortion & contraception free & available everywhere. Enforce sexual assault laws actually. Create media that cultivates sex positive respect & care for everyone. Get ppl who don’t suck in office.
Culture change is possible!!
Culture change is possible!!
"Ashby didn't care much for gravity that couldn't be turned off."
From Becky Chambers' THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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From Becky Chambers' THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Ashby didn't care much for gravity that couldn't be turned off."
From Becky Chambers' THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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From Becky Chambers' THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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Introducing #writingcommunity and #booksky to @malagopress.bsky.social and our new spooky story book! Quite Weird www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Weird-...
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Introducing #writingcommunity and #booksky to @malagopress.bsky.social and our new spooky story book! Quite Weird www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Weird-...
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An Online Trove of Historic Sewing Patterns & Costumes
An Online Trove of Historic Sewing Patterns & Costumes
As Halloween draws nigh, our thoughts turn to costumes.
www.openculture.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An Online Trove of Historic Sewing Patterns & Costumes
Made the tough decision to post a notice on our #StreetLibrary asking folks not leave foodstuffs. Suggested they donate to our local Hunger Taskforce who can make a larger difference. (We'll take the several cans of beans & dry soups to our grocery store's food bin.)
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Made the tough decision to post a notice on our #StreetLibrary asking folks not leave foodstuffs. Suggested they donate to our local Hunger Taskforce who can make a larger difference. (We'll take the several cans of beans & dry soups to our grocery store's food bin.)
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
I was an archivist for a bit, an academic librarian for a bit, & a professor who taught new librarians for yet another bit. So I know the theory & need for occasionally weeding books. But it still gives me a gut punch to see this sort of stamp on a used book when I buy it.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I was an archivist for a bit, an academic librarian for a bit, & a professor who taught new librarians for yet another bit. So I know the theory & need for occasionally weeding books. But it still gives me a gut punch to see this sort of stamp on a used book when I buy it.
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