Melia's Mouth
@meliasmouth.bsky.social
Author * Attorney * Shit Disturber * Dual 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Proud 2nd Generation Antifa
I write soft boiled mysteries and feminine rage, featuring fierce women protagonists.
Oh, and I practice law.
Proud 2nd Generation Antifa
I write soft boiled mysteries and feminine rage, featuring fierce women protagonists.
Oh, and I practice law.
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Melia's Mouth
@meliasmouth.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I’m delighted to see all you Book People moving away from Leon’s World. Over here, the air is clean, the water is pure, and the skies are blue.
I am
* a soft-boiled mystery writer (pjdonison.com), indie published, working on Book 3, Death of the Butcher.
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I am
* a soft-boiled mystery writer (pjdonison.com), indie published, working on Book 3, Death of the Butcher.
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My Arizona senator! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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I can't believe this needs to be said, but if you go access someone's work without them being paid, you are, in fact, A THIEF. Libraries pay for their copies! Second hand bookstore, someone paid for it first. Borrowed from a friend, they better have paid for it or get a new friend.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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On walkabout on a chilly afternoon.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
On walkabout on a chilly afternoon.
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There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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My book, The Killing Fields of East New York, is on NPR’s 2025 Books We Love list!! “Horn offers a more complex diagnosis of East New York’s decline with her searing investigation of a white-collar criminal conspiracy …” apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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If I were in the US …
If I were in the US …
💻Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA can live with cats, no dogs. She needs a patient, loving human who can train and be her forever. She needs a calm adult only home. 3.5 years old. Around 50 pounds. Over 800 days 😢
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA can live with cats, no dogs. She needs a patient, loving human who can train and be her forever. She needs a calm adult only home. 3.5 years old. Around 50 pounds. Over 800 days 😢
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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If I were in the US …
If I were in the US …
#BookSky
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With all these resources there’s no need to engage in theft by proxy by using pirate sites.
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With all these resources there’s no need to engage in theft by proxy by using pirate sites.
As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
#BookSky
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With all these resources there’s no need to engage in theft by proxy by using pirate sites.
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With all these resources there’s no need to engage in theft by proxy by using pirate sites.
I’ve seen a few people on #BookSky asking for HOLIDAY BOOK recommendations. How about if we start a thread? No judgment about what you pick. It’s not like Die Hard. If you tell us it’s a holiday book in your mind, it’s legit. Helpful if you give title, author, and maybe genre. Self promo is OK. 📚💙
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November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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@captmarkkelly.bsky.social and I have this in common. I took the USAF oath in 1980, and again for the State Bar of Arizona in 1999.
As people like us know, it has no expiry date.
As people like us know, it has no expiry date.
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social and I have this in common. I took the USAF oath in 1980, and again for the State Bar of Arizona in 1999.
As people like us know, it has no expiry date.
As people like us know, it has no expiry date.
Twiggy Voo?
Napoleonic Britain 1913
A body in the library - or is there?
Doubles - and I don't mean tennis
Christmas is coming ...
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#booksky #cosycrime #Christmas #fiction
Napoleonic Britain 1913
A body in the library - or is there?
Doubles - and I don't mean tennis
Christmas is coming ...
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#booksky #cosycrime #Christmas #fiction
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Hey #WriterSky / #BookSky! It’s Serotonin Sunday, with support for escapism, skin care recommendations, and a killer Greek potato recipe. And don’t forget to subscribe — it’s free!
open.substack.com/pub/pjdoniso...
open.substack.com/pub/pjdoniso...
Serontonin Sunday
Embracing Escapism
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hey #WriterSky / #BookSky! It’s Serotonin Sunday, with support for escapism, skin care recommendations, and a killer Greek potato recipe. And don’t forget to subscribe — it’s free!
open.substack.com/pub/pjdoniso...
open.substack.com/pub/pjdoniso...
My publisher never emails me on weekends, but . . . there was good news yesterday. ncte.org/awards/orbis...
Scroll down for the first honor book.
My editor said it's a big deal so I believe him.
Scroll down for the first honor book.
My editor said it's a big deal so I believe him.
Orbis Pictus Award (Nonfiction for Children)
ncte.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Any fans of ultramarine blue out there?
Gulf Storm. 6”x6” oil painting
Gulf Storm. 6”x6” oil painting
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I'm thrilled to share that my book won the Indie Author Project Annual Contest in the General/Contemporary Fiction category and received a $2500 prize!!!
#debutauthor #shortstorycollection #librariesrock
#debutauthor #shortstorycollection #librariesrock
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
From Bernadette Calonego
Horrific events took place years ago on a lonely island in the wild Labrador Sea. Wealthy James Drake owns the only house there. Calista Gates suspects him of being involved in the disappearance of a young woman.
www.bernadettecalonego.com
@bernadettecalonego.bsky.social
Horrific events took place years ago on a lonely island in the wild Labrador Sea. Wealthy James Drake owns the only house there. Calista Gates suspects him of being involved in the disappearance of a young woman.
www.bernadettecalonego.com
@bernadettecalonego.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
#WriterSky #BookSky
I’m hosting four amazing crime / mystery writers tomorrow (registration is free!) at 10 am Pacific. There will be free books, readings, and Q&A.
I’m hosting four amazing crime / mystery writers tomorrow (registration is free!) at 10 am Pacific. There will be free books, readings, and Q&A.
Last call! Join us on Zoom on Saturday, Nov 22 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific as four of our authors discuss their books, the craft of writing and their processes and read from their newest releases. Book giveaways! Event is free but registration required. sinc-cw.ca/upcoming-eve...
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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I’m hosting four amazing crime / mystery writers tomorrow (registration is free!) at 10 am Pacific. There will be free books, readings, and Q&A.
I’m hosting four amazing crime / mystery writers tomorrow (registration is free!) at 10 am Pacific. There will be free books, readings, and Q&A.
For some reason Bsky algorithm has decided to super push my stuff all of a sudden so hi I’m Jen and I write books.
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Lovely people of Bluesky: Please support my prize draw! I'm giving away recent oil painting, "Water Washed By Wind", to raise money for Care Leavers this Christmas & will ship it (free) anywhere in the world. Entry is free, but any donations would be fantastic. www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Another reason white men feature prominently in murder mysteries.
#BookSky #WriterSky #AmWritingMystery
Another reason white men feature prominently in murder mysteries.
#BookSky #WriterSky #AmWritingMystery
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Another reason white men feature prominently in murder mysteries.
#BookSky #WriterSky #AmWritingMystery
Another reason white men feature prominently in murder mysteries.
#BookSky #WriterSky #AmWritingMystery