Julia
@julesanew.bsky.social
Scientist, teacher, writer, Dodgers fan, parent, music lover.
Mostly bookposting, baseball posting, a smattering of science and politics.
Mostly bookposting, baseball posting, a smattering of science and politics.
Get more grading done. Not in the sense that itself is pleasant, but having it not be hanging over my head would be kinda nice.
#weeknightwriters
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Q4: What can you do in the next week to make your life a little more pleasant? #WeeknightWriters
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Get more grading done. Not in the sense that itself is pleasant, but having it not be hanging over my head would be kinda nice.
#weeknightwriters
#weeknightwriters
#weeknightwriters Had a relatively good teaching week. Currently listening to my son work on his audition recordings for music scholarships and I love listening to him play. And writing progress!
Q3: Let's cheer things up a bit! What has brought you joy in the past week? Remember, no joy is too small! #WeeknightWriters
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 AM
#weeknightwriters Had a relatively good teaching week. Currently listening to my son work on his audition recordings for music scholarships and I love listening to him play. And writing progress!
Not this week, thank goodness. Cracked the wall between me and outline and I’m really liking the creepy-silly-sweet-weird vibes that are coming through.
Unless someone wants to do my grading for me…?
#weeknightwriters
Unless someone wants to do my grading for me…?
#weeknightwriters
Q2: Is there anything specific you're struggling with this week? Let us know about it and we'll see what we can do to help! #WeeknightWriters
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Not this week, thank goodness. Cracked the wall between me and outline and I’m really liking the creepy-silly-sweet-weird vibes that are coming through.
Unless someone wants to do my grading for me…?
#weeknightwriters
Unless someone wants to do my grading for me…?
#weeknightwriters
I’m doing okay. I’ve been too busy for my brain to obsess about the world, so… yay? Getting better sleep at least, which has helped my mood.
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#weeknightwriters
Q1: How are you holding up this week? #WeeknightWriters
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I’m doing okay. I’ve been too busy for my brain to obsess about the world, so… yay? Getting better sleep at least, which has helped my mood.
#weeknightwriters
#weeknightwriters
Late to the party, but I am Julia, working now on the “what happens when the BBEG takes an extended vacation” WIP. I have a starting outline now! Hoping to start writing tonight! #weeknightwriters
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! Or not going, that's valid too
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Late to the party, but I am Julia, working now on the “what happens when the BBEG takes an extended vacation” WIP. I have a starting outline now! Hoping to start writing tonight! #weeknightwriters
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/2 The official policy of Trump supporters is that they support anything this government does.
Treat them accordingly.
Treat them accordingly.
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
/2 The official policy of Trump supporters is that they support anything this government does.
Treat them accordingly.
Treat them accordingly.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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got your #FirstDraftFall WIP written and stuck on how to revise it? sign up for this awesome round table discussion on revising your novel, with me and 3 other fabulous writers! $20 or join the #WeeknightWriters community discord and get it for free!
Writing Roundtables: Revising a Novel
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January 23, 2026 at 10:27 PM
got your #FirstDraftFall WIP written and stuck on how to revise it? sign up for this awesome round table discussion on revising your novel, with me and 3 other fabulous writers! $20 or join the #WeeknightWriters community discord and get it for free!
You’re doing it. Thank you. Best writing community I’ve ever been a part of.
Also, really excited for the editing roundtable in March. I want to get back to Ania’s story.
#weeknightwriters
Also, really excited for the editing roundtable in March. I want to get back to Ania’s story.
#weeknightwriters
Q5: What can we, the Weeknight Writers community, do in the next week to make your life a little more pleasant? #WeeknightWriters
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 AM
You’re doing it. Thank you. Best writing community I’ve ever been a part of.
Also, really excited for the editing roundtable in March. I want to get back to Ania’s story.
#weeknightwriters
Also, really excited for the editing roundtable in March. I want to get back to Ania’s story.
#weeknightwriters
Keep up with grading. Not having that particular axe blade hanging over my head makes everything more cheerful. And it keeps my evenings freer. More writing time!
Catch up on some projects with friends that I’ve let lag for too long. They deserve better from me. #weeknightwriters
Catch up on some projects with friends that I’ve let lag for too long. They deserve better from me. #weeknightwriters
Q4: What can you do in the next week to make your life a little more pleasant? #WeeknightWriters
January 23, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Keep up with grading. Not having that particular axe blade hanging over my head makes everything more cheerful. And it keeps my evenings freer. More writing time!
Catch up on some projects with friends that I’ve let lag for too long. They deserve better from me. #weeknightwriters
Catch up on some projects with friends that I’ve let lag for too long. They deserve better from me. #weeknightwriters
Hm. A nice day of errands with the wife. A new shirt. A fascinating rabbit hole doing research for a class lecture. Students who actually ask questions. Lots of little things! #weeknightwriters
Q3: Let's cheer things up a bit! What has brought you joy in the past week? Remember, no joy is too small! #WeeknightWriters
January 23, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Hm. A nice day of errands with the wife. A new shirt. A fascinating rabbit hole doing research for a class lecture. Students who actually ask questions. Lots of little things! #weeknightwriters
Same thing I always struggle with at the start of a new project. Developing the main character. Or maybe more convincing myself that I develop my main character best when I start writing, now that I think about it. Huh. Maybe I just talked myself around my problem. 🤦♀️ #weeknightwriters
Q2: Is there anything specific you're struggling with this week? Let us know about it and we'll see what we can do to help! #WeeknightWriters
January 23, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Same thing I always struggle with at the start of a new project. Developing the main character. Or maybe more convincing myself that I develop my main character best when I start writing, now that I think about it. Huh. Maybe I just talked myself around my problem. 🤦♀️ #weeknightwriters
Oh, you know. New semester. World falling apart. But some good things on a personal level. I wish the writing was going better, but I’m sure it’ll come eventually. #weeknightwriters
Q1: How are you holding up this week? #WeeknightWriters
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Oh, you know. New semester. World falling apart. But some good things on a personal level. I wish the writing was going better, but I’m sure it’ll come eventually. #weeknightwriters
Hi, I’m Julia and I’m working on outlining a (gasp) new WIP that I summarize as “what happens when BBEG decides it’s time for an extended vacation?”. It’s been kicking around my head for years and years. Now it’s finally time to write it. Sadly, the outlining is going slooooooowly. #weeknightwriters
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! Or not going, that's valid too
January 23, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Hi, I’m Julia and I’m working on outlining a (gasp) new WIP that I summarize as “what happens when BBEG decides it’s time for an extended vacation?”. It’s been kicking around my head for years and years. Now it’s finally time to write it. Sadly, the outlining is going slooooooowly. #weeknightwriters
I started listening to audiobooks on my drive to & from work about 5 years ago. I've had to pull over due to tears in my eyes for 2 books in that time. The first was Becky Chambers' To Be Taught If Fortunate. Today I added @alixeharrow.bsky.social's The Everlasting. I will now rave about it.
January 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I started listening to audiobooks on my drive to & from work about 5 years ago. I've had to pull over due to tears in my eyes for 2 books in that time. The first was Becky Chambers' To Be Taught If Fortunate. Today I added @alixeharrow.bsky.social's The Everlasting. I will now rave about it.
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People don’t appreciate how much academics are motivated by free food. It doesn’t even have to be good.
November 24, 2024 at 11:21 AM
People don’t appreciate how much academics are motivated by free food. It doesn’t even have to be good.
I've been making this rant for decades, just not nearly as well.
now with alt text
January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I've been making this rant for decades, just not nearly as well.
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It would be so fucking easy to pay ALL their employees a living wage.
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Crazy offseason so far! Look at these AAVs
Kyle Tucker - $57M
Shohei Ohtani - $46M
Blake Snell - $31M
Tyler Glasnow - $27M
Yoshinobu Yamamoto - $27M
Mookie Betts - $26M
Freddie Freeman - $25M
Edwin Díaz - $21M
Teoscar Hernández - $20M
Oh, wait, this is one team
Kyle Tucker - $57M
Shohei Ohtani - $46M
Blake Snell - $31M
Tyler Glasnow - $27M
Yoshinobu Yamamoto - $27M
Mookie Betts - $26M
Freddie Freeman - $25M
Edwin Díaz - $21M
Teoscar Hernández - $20M
Oh, wait, this is one team
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
It would be so fucking easy to pay ALL their employees a living wage.
So
Fucking
Easy
So
Fucking
Easy
RT this with your home river. Tough one. There are a lot near where I grew up. Spent a lot of summer days on the Columbia River around here though.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:41 AM
RT this with your home river. Tough one. There are a lot near where I grew up. Spent a lot of summer days on the Columbia River around here though.
stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do...
stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do...
Let's go morning neurons!
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 10th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 10th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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January 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Let's go morning neurons!
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 10th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 10th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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Have a finished draft of my current WIP.
Have a new WIP outlined to take into #firstdraftfall 2026.
Submit a short story.
That… might be a lot under the circumstances.
#weeknightwriters
Have a new WIP outlined to take into #firstdraftfall 2026.
Submit a short story.
That… might be a lot under the circumstances.
#weeknightwriters
Q3: Do you have any writing goals for 2026? If so, share them here! #WeeknightWriters
January 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Have a finished draft of my current WIP.
Have a new WIP outlined to take into #firstdraftfall 2026.
Submit a short story.
That… might be a lot under the circumstances.
#weeknightwriters
Have a new WIP outlined to take into #firstdraftfall 2026.
Submit a short story.
That… might be a lot under the circumstances.
#weeknightwriters
A few things I think. Starting the hard work of knowing myself better is big, but the biggest is finishing(-ish) my first ever novel draft after stalling out several times on this particular one over the last 3-4 years. Knowing I have the ability to do it is a huge accomplishment. #weeknightwriters
Q2: What was your biggest victory last year? And yes, surviving counts #WeeknightWriters
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
A few things I think. Starting the hard work of knowing myself better is big, but the biggest is finishing(-ish) my first ever novel draft after stalling out several times on this particular one over the last 3-4 years. Knowing I have the ability to do it is a huge accomplishment. #weeknightwriters
#weeknightwriters Oof, that's a loaded question. Gonna stick to writing struggles because otherwise... yeesh. I had a hugely successful summer (thank you, summer break) but hit the Midpoint Wall hard. Took months to realize I could move past it. Took a few fits and starts, but I broke through.
Q1: What was your biggest struggle last year? Feel free to share non-writing struggles #WeeknightWriters
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
#weeknightwriters Oof, that's a loaded question. Gonna stick to writing struggles because otherwise... yeesh. I had a hugely successful summer (thank you, summer break) but hit the Midpoint Wall hard. Took months to realize I could move past it. Took a few fits and starts, but I broke through.
Hi #weeknightwriters, I'm Julia. Thanks to the unwholesome (complimentary) influence of friends and family, my WIP is now either a duology or a trilogy, but the zero draft is done so now it's editing time! Do I know how to do that? No! Have I ever done it before? Also no! Am I flailing? Yes!
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going (or not going, that's valid too)
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Hi #weeknightwriters, I'm Julia. Thanks to the unwholesome (complimentary) influence of friends and family, my WIP is now either a duology or a trilogy, but the zero draft is done so now it's editing time! Do I know how to do that? No! Have I ever done it before? Also no! Am I flailing? Yes!