J. L. Long
@jllongwrites.bsky.social
J. L. Long lives in NH w/an indeterminate number of adults, teens, & cats. Writer, poet, mac 'n cheez connoisseur. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📖 www.jllongwrites.com
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J. L. Long
@jllongwrites.bsky.social
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Heya! I now have an account on Ream. It's a monthly subscription-based site for readers, and the first book I'll be launching there is my first novel, A SLOW-MOTION SUICIDE. A new chapter will drop every month.
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Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
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It's like feeeeeceeeeees
In the litterbox!
I had just finiiiiiiished,
God Fucking Damn It, Socks!
In the litterbox!
I had just finiiiiiiished,
God Fucking Damn It, Socks!
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's like feeeeeceeeeees
In the litterbox!
I had just finiiiiiiished,
God Fucking Damn It, Socks!
In the litterbox!
I had just finiiiiiiished,
God Fucking Damn It, Socks!
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" should have included a line about cats immediately shitting in the litter box just after you've cleaned it.
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" should have included a line about cats immediately shitting in the litter box just after you've cleaned it.
Pleased to be part of the NH Writers Project's Holiday Showcase this year! Check out all the offerings at nhwritersproject.org/2025-author-....
2025 Author Holiday Showcase - New Hampshire Writers’ Project
Jump to Fiction Unwrap Nonfiction Wander to Poetry Explore Youth Reads Featuring NH Writers’ Project Authors Welcome to the 2025 Holiday Showcase—your chance to discover, explore, and connect with the...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Pleased to be part of the NH Writers Project's Holiday Showcase this year! Check out all the offerings at nhwritersproject.org/2025-author-....
This year I didn't set a word count goal but just a general goal of writing at least a bit each day. Some days that was less than 100 words, and most days that was less than 400 words, but I've got a few more chapters than I had at the beginning of the month.
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I'm participating in Novel November.
Join me for free https://prowritingaid.com/novel-november
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November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This year I didn't set a word count goal but just a general goal of writing at least a bit each day. Some days that was less than 100 words, and most days that was less than 400 words, but I've got a few more chapters than I had at the beginning of the month.
cdn.prowritingaid.com/challenges/n...
cdn.prowritingaid.com/challenges/n...
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Hey NH cat lovers, here's Branch, new to the house scene and loving. She'd like to have a furever home by the holidays. let's repost and get Branch her furever home.
#CatOfTheDay Branch is sweet! Only three years old, she used to live outdoors but now has decided she wants to be a house cat. 🏡🧡😺 Good with other cats! #Adoptable in Swanzey #NH! www.adoptapet.com/pet/46496910...
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hey NH cat lovers, here's Branch, new to the house scene and loving. She'd like to have a furever home by the holidays. let's repost and get Branch her furever home.
I have officially reached the part of the month where I am sick of writing everyday! Yay! #novelnovember #amwriting
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I'm participating in Novel November.
Join me for free https://prowritingaid.com/novel-november
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November 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I have officially reached the part of the month where I am sick of writing everyday! Yay! #novelnovember #amwriting
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Applications for the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices are now open!
Apply for your chance to work with one of our 8 amazing faculty members, attend programming aimed at developing craft and demystifying the publishing industry, and build forever-community. 🥰
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Apply for your chance to work with one of our 8 amazing faculty members, attend programming aimed at developing craft and demystifying the publishing industry, and build forever-community. 🥰
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Lambda Literary - 2026 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices Application
Retreat Dates and Location
The 2026 Writers Retreat will be held virtually from August 1-August 8, 2026.
Application Details
Applications to attend the 2026 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ* Voice...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Applications for the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices are now open!
Apply for your chance to work with one of our 8 amazing faculty members, attend programming aimed at developing craft and demystifying the publishing industry, and build forever-community. 🥰
bit.ly/48cM1iy
Apply for your chance to work with one of our 8 amazing faculty members, attend programming aimed at developing craft and demystifying the publishing industry, and build forever-community. 🥰
bit.ly/48cM1iy
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Shout out to Solange. ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app
@suzette11233.bsky.social
@beigewunder.blacksky.app
@lif3asmaj.blacksky.app
@lizzslockeroom.bsky.social
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@ebonyteach.blacksky.app
@suzette11233.bsky.social
@beigewunder.blacksky.app
@lif3asmaj.blacksky.app
@lizzslockeroom.bsky.social
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Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Hey all! The ebook version of CABINET OF CURIOSITIES is on sale for a limited time right now. Grab a digital copy for just $2.99 across all ebook retailers! Valid now until 12/1. Thanks for supporting the things I do!
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hey all! The ebook version of CABINET OF CURIOSITIES is on sale for a limited time right now. Grab a digital copy for just $2.99 across all ebook retailers! Valid now until 12/1. Thanks for supporting the things I do!
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If you'd like to donate to Trans Lifeline in honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance, you can do so here: give.translifeline.org/campaign/746...
Also, do some shopping via trans owned/operated small businesses, especially if you'd just be buying stuff for the sake of it during Black Friday week. 🏳️⚧️
Also, do some shopping via trans owned/operated small businesses, especially if you'd just be buying stuff for the sake of it during Black Friday week. 🏳️⚧️
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you'd like to donate to Trans Lifeline in honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance, you can do so here: give.translifeline.org/campaign/746...
Also, do some shopping via trans owned/operated small businesses, especially if you'd just be buying stuff for the sake of it during Black Friday week. 🏳️⚧️
Also, do some shopping via trans owned/operated small businesses, especially if you'd just be buying stuff for the sake of it during Black Friday week. 🏳️⚧️
"We say their names because silence is a grave that tries to bury the truth."
-Rev. Carmarion Anderson (from the UCC's TDOR service)
#tdor
-Rev. Carmarion Anderson (from the UCC's TDOR service)
#tdor
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"We say their names because silence is a grave that tries to bury the truth."
-Rev. Carmarion Anderson (from the UCC's TDOR service)
#tdor
-Rev. Carmarion Anderson (from the UCC's TDOR service)
#tdor
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Time for a new set of Weekly Sketchbook Pics, and this month is all about #nintendo! #nintendovember, if you will. First up: a pair of #papermario partners! If #sushie thought the #yoshi kids from the ISLAND were a fin-full...!
#gojiart #supermario #fanart #mariofanart
#gojiart #supermario #fanart #mariofanart
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Time for a new set of Weekly Sketchbook Pics, and this month is all about #nintendo! #nintendovember, if you will. First up: a pair of #papermario partners! If #sushie thought the #yoshi kids from the ISLAND were a fin-full...!
#gojiart #supermario #fanart #mariofanart
#gojiart #supermario #fanart #mariofanart
Come by the HoliGAY Fair on December 6th to check out my books, browse through the other vendors' awesome stuff, and freeze your ass off by the campfires!
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Come by the HoliGAY Fair on December 6th to check out my books, browse through the other vendors' awesome stuff, and freeze your ass off by the campfires!
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I just want to say I am offended by the idea of a movie where people time-travel to 1995. That year just happened!
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I just want to say I am offended by the idea of a movie where people time-travel to 1995. That year just happened!
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Imari Haines, seeking a fresh start after her breakup, finds herself in Appeley where she unexpectedly reunites with childhood friend Cassidy Martinez, igniting an instant connection. Is it possible for Imari to trust Cassidy and find love? is.gd/bjElfS #booksky #blackromance #blackbooksky
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Imari Haines, seeking a fresh start after her breakup, finds herself in Appeley where she unexpectedly reunites with childhood friend Cassidy Martinez, igniting an instant connection. Is it possible for Imari to trust Cassidy and find love? is.gd/bjElfS #booksky #blackromance #blackbooksky
Two weeks of writing every day! cdn.prowritingaid.com/challenges/n... #novnov #novelnovember #amwriting
I'm participating in Novel November.
Join me for free https://prowritingaid.com/novel-november
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November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Two weeks of writing every day! cdn.prowritingaid.com/challenges/n... #novnov #novelnovember #amwriting
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
New poem from our NH State Poet Laureate, and it's great: swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/rom... #poetry
Romance in a Capitalist Age – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
November 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New poem from our NH State Poet Laureate, and it's great: swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/rom... #poetry