Nephele Tempest
@nepheletempest.bsky.social
Literary agent at The Knight Agency, writer, and unapologetic bookworm. 📚 She/her. Pasadena, CA.
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Happy New Year! I'm starting the new year by bringing back some old habits, good things that used to be routine but got lost along the way. Come discuss in my latest newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/everything...
Everything Old Is New Again
Reviving Foundational Strengths
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January 3, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Happy New Year! I'm starting the new year by bringing back some old habits, good things that used to be routine but got lost along the way. Come discuss in my latest newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/everything...
Ever resent the implication that the changing year requires changes from you, as well? On this New Year's Eve, I'm taking a look at what a new year should mean, in my latest newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/chasing-no...
Chasing Novelty
Build Yourself a Truly New Year
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December 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ever resent the implication that the changing year requires changes from you, as well? On this New Year's Eve, I'm taking a look at what a new year should mean, in my latest newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/chasing-no...
Ticking down to the end of the year, and with it the end of my December Writing Challenge. Still time to get some words in, however many days you’ve written this month. It all counts. #DecWritingChallenge
December 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Ticking down to the end of the year, and with it the end of my December Writing Challenge. Still time to get some words in, however many days you’ve written this month. It all counts. #DecWritingChallenge
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December 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Still my favorite round up of the year's best titles. Absolutely always discover something terrific that slipped under my radar.
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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December 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Still my favorite round up of the year's best titles. Absolutely always discover something terrific that slipped under my radar.
A quick note in today's newsletter, wishing you all the best for this holiday season and sharing gratitude as the year winds down: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/looking-back
Looking Back
Gratitude for the Season and the Year Gone By
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December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A quick note in today's newsletter, wishing you all the best for this holiday season and sharing gratitude as the year winds down: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/looking-back
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The 60 Minutes reporting on CECOT, with video recorded straight from broadcast (not multi-part phone recording off tv), now on Internet Archive.
Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is:
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Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The 60 Minutes reporting on CECOT, with video recorded straight from broadcast (not multi-part phone recording off tv), now on Internet Archive.
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Discussing the positive potential of losing yourself down a research rabbit hole, today in the newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/in-defense...
In Defense of Rabbit Holes
Embrace Your Curiosity
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December 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Discussing the positive potential of losing yourself down a research rabbit hole, today in the newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/in-defense...
Who’s writing today? We’re in the thick of the holiday season, but if you’ve committed to keeping up with your latest project, just grab a notebook and take it with you as you go about your day. Get some words down at lunch or during that coffee break! #DecWritingChallenge
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Who’s writing today? We’re in the thick of the holiday season, but if you’ve committed to keeping up with your latest project, just grab a notebook and take it with you as you go about your day. Get some words down at lunch or during that coffee break! #DecWritingChallenge
Discussing the positive potential of losing yourself down a research rabbit hole, today in the newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/in-defense...
In Defense of Rabbit Holes
Embrace Your Curiosity
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December 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Discussing the positive potential of losing yourself down a research rabbit hole, today in the newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/in-defense...
My client @brooklynannauthor.com has experienced a tragic loss. Friends have set up a GoFundMe for her and her son; please contribute or boost the message if you can, and keep them in your thoughts. gofund.me/85d19798d
Donate to Help Brooklyn Rebuild After Tragic Loss, organized by hans curtis
Brooklyn Ann is one of the most loving and creative people I know. As a horror rom… hans curtis needs your support for Help Brooklyn Rebuild After Tragic Loss
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December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My client @brooklynannauthor.com has experienced a tragic loss. Friends have set up a GoFundMe for her and her son; please contribute or boost the message if you can, and keep them in your thoughts. gofund.me/85d19798d
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Trump has pardoned 17 drug dealers and nearly 1600 people who attacked Congress on January 6, 2021.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Trump has pardoned 17 drug dealers and nearly 1600 people who attacked Congress on January 6, 2021.
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Adapting a deeply personal story in a way that makes the person who wrote it experience it all over again is a real kindness and a small miracle. There's been a lot of pain adjacent to this film, a lot of sad stories that touch it. But Reiner seems to have done his part with great kindness.
Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
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December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Adapting a deeply personal story in a way that makes the person who wrote it experience it all over again is a real kindness and a small miracle. There's been a lot of pain adjacent to this film, a lot of sad stories that touch it. But Reiner seems to have done his part with great kindness.
What better time to reflect on what fun bits of culture I’ve enjoyed or encountered over the week than this busy holiday season? Sharing the bits and bobs in my latest newsletter, and hope you’ll join in: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/rubbing-el...
Rubbing Elbows with Culture
Small Moments of Joy and Interest that Fill the Week
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December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What better time to reflect on what fun bits of culture I’ve enjoyed or encountered over the week than this busy holiday season? Sharing the bits and bobs in my latest newsletter, and hope you’ll join in: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/rubbing-el...
Hey, writers! Who's put words on the page today? If you're participating in my challenge, you're 1/3 of the way thru the month already. Remember that all the words count, and any writing is progress. Today might be a good time to plan your weekend writing time. You've got this! #DecWritingChallenge
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hey, writers! Who's put words on the page today? If you're participating in my challenge, you're 1/3 of the way thru the month already. Remember that all the words count, and any writing is progress. Today might be a good time to plan your weekend writing time. You've got this! #DecWritingChallenge
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If you're looking to keep writing through this busy month, check out my December Writing Challenge. Never too late to start and all the words count. Just a nice, easy nudge to keep your creativity flowing through the holidays. nepheletempest.substack.com/p/working-th...
Working Through the Chaos
Welcome to the 2025 December Writing Challenge
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December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you're looking to keep writing through this busy month, check out my December Writing Challenge. Never too late to start and all the words count. Just a nice, easy nudge to keep your creativity flowing through the holidays. nepheletempest.substack.com/p/working-th...
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A reader sent me this article they wrote on a bit of history I used in THE LISTENERS—the story of Robert Prager. In my novel, one character is obsessed with Prager’s story; so was I. Feels like a lesson Americans need to learn and relearn each decade. unseenstlouis.substack.com/p/from-colli...
From Collinsville to Bevo: The Lynching of Robert Prager
How fear and anti-immigrant hysteria can turn deadly
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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A reader sent me this article they wrote on a bit of history I used in THE LISTENERS—the story of Robert Prager. In my novel, one character is obsessed with Prager’s story; so was I. Feels like a lesson Americans need to learn and relearn each decade. unseenstlouis.substack.com/p/from-colli...
If you're looking to keep writing through this busy month, check out my December Writing Challenge. Never too late to start and all the words count. Just a nice, easy nudge to keep your creativity flowing through the holidays. nepheletempest.substack.com/p/working-th...
Working Through the Chaos
Welcome to the 2025 December Writing Challenge
nepheletempest.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you're looking to keep writing through this busy month, check out my December Writing Challenge. Never too late to start and all the words count. Just a nice, easy nudge to keep your creativity flowing through the holidays. nepheletempest.substack.com/p/working-th...
Happy Friday! Who has writing plans this weekend? Maybe a fun writing-sprints session over coffee with some friends? If you're participating in my December Writing Challenge, now is the time to schedule in your writing the next couple of days, before other shiny activities fill your schedule.😉
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy Friday! Who has writing plans this weekend? Maybe a fun writing-sprints session over coffee with some friends? If you're participating in my December Writing Challenge, now is the time to schedule in your writing the next couple of days, before other shiny activities fill your schedule.😉
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The end of the year makes me long for very specific sorts of books. Discussing reading in December in today's newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/end-the-ye...
End the Year Reading
Thoughts on Books for December
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December 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The end of the year makes me long for very specific sorts of books. Discussing reading in December in today's newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/end-the-ye...
The end of the year makes me long for very specific sorts of books. Discussing reading in December in today's newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/end-the-ye...
End the Year Reading
Thoughts on Books for December
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December 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The end of the year makes me long for very specific sorts of books. Discussing reading in December in today's newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/end-the-ye...
Who's participating in my annual December Writing Challenge? How are you doing, working writing into your daily schedule? I've been getting words down early, over coffee, before I even download new emails. Perfect for avoiding distractions. #DecWritingChallenge
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Who's participating in my annual December Writing Challenge? How are you doing, working writing into your daily schedule? I've been getting words down early, over coffee, before I even download new emails. Perfect for avoiding distractions. #DecWritingChallenge
Far too much politics in my feed this morning. What's everyone reading? I just started the first volume of Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume (yes, I'm late to the party) and I'm transfixed. Kinda wishing I stayed up late last night to finish it, but then I'd just be dashing out for book 2.
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Far too much politics in my feed this morning. What's everyone reading? I just started the first volume of Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume (yes, I'm late to the party) and I'm transfixed. Kinda wishing I stayed up late last night to finish it, but then I'd just be dashing out for book 2.
Challenge day 2! Who's writing today? Have you put in your time yet? Remember, all the words count. Work on your current project or take this holiday season as a time to play and experiment. You've got this! #DecWritingChallenge
Hey writers! Who's joining me for my annual December Writing Challenge this year? We're kicking off today. No big word-count goals. Just butt in chair, getting some words down, keeping your creative muscles flexing through the holiday season. Details: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/working-th...
Working Through the Chaos
Welcome to the 2025 December Writing Challenge
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December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Challenge day 2! Who's writing today? Have you put in your time yet? Remember, all the words count. Work on your current project or take this holiday season as a time to play and experiment. You've got this! #DecWritingChallenge
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"