Tess Gerritsen
@tessgerritsen.bsky.social
Thriller novelist, traveler, gardener, proud Mainer. Oh, and medical doctor. Author of the Rizzoli & Isles series and the Martini Club series.
Maine voters, on Tuesday we vote whether to keep our right to vote absentee. In a state with many elderly voters, this right is essential for everyone's voice to be heard.
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Vote No on Question One
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November 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Maine voters, on Tuesday we vote whether to keep our right to vote absentee. In a state with many elderly voters, this right is essential for everyone's voice to be heard.
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Exclusive: The Trump administration has used misleading footage to promote its immigration agenda in at least six videos in the last three months.
Some videos that purported to show chaos in Trump-targeted cities had footage from completely different states.
Some videos that purported to show chaos in Trump-targeted cities had footage from completely different states.
Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Exclusive: The Trump administration has used misleading footage to promote its immigration agenda in at least six videos in the last three months.
Some videos that purported to show chaos in Trump-targeted cities had footage from completely different states.
Some videos that purported to show chaos in Trump-targeted cities had footage from completely different states.
How to spot if a video is AI. A few quick tips:
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OpenAI’s Sora Makes Hoax Videos. Here’s How to Spot Them
Tips and tricks to identify AI-generated videos, including those produced by OpenAI’s Sora 2 text-to-video model
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October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
How to spot if a video is AI. A few quick tips:
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The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
Same here. I can watch it a hundred times and it still has that effect on me. Go Frodo.
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‘Cosy and comforting’: why The Fellowship of the Ring is my feelgood movie
The ongoing series of writers paying tribute to their easiest rewatches continues with an arduous yet immensely satisfying journey
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October 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Same here. I can watch it a hundred times and it still has that effect on me. Go Frodo.
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Just got hit by two identical but quite professional reviews for money scammers with very accurate comments about The Four Deadly Seasons. The excellent Writer Beware site has covered this. Worth a read.
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Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations th...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Just got hit by two identical but quite professional reviews for money scammers with very accurate comments about The Four Deadly Seasons. The excellent Writer Beware site has covered this. Worth a read.
writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r...
writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r...
Are these or are these not trilobites? (Spotted on a stone pillar in a ramen restaurant in Trieste.) You never know what you might see when you’re idly waiting for a bowl of noodles.
September 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Are these or are these not trilobites? (Spotted on a stone pillar in a ramen restaurant in Trieste.) You never know what you might see when you’re idly waiting for a bowl of noodles.
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading" — Isaac Asimov
September 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Any book worth banning is a book worth reading" — Isaac Asimov
Thrilled to meet Paolo Fazioli (founder of Fazioli pianos) in Italy today. I’ve owned one of his wonderful pianos for two decades. And here I am with the very first piano he ever made. It has to be close to 50 years old.
September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thrilled to meet Paolo Fazioli (founder of Fazioli pianos) in Italy today. I’ve owned one of his wonderful pianos for two decades. And here I am with the very first piano he ever made. It has to be close to 50 years old.
If you’re feeling discouraged by the publishing world, here’s the rejection letter for LORD OF THE RINGS. Tolkien’s trilogy was judged “too Nordic” for the publisher’s taste. (Spotted today in a wonderful Tolkien exhibit in Trieste.)
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If you’re feeling discouraged by the publishing world, here’s the rejection letter for LORD OF THE RINGS. Tolkien’s trilogy was judged “too Nordic” for the publisher’s taste. (Spotted today in a wonderful Tolkien exhibit in Trieste.)
In Padua’s medical museum, I came across a relic from a time when “trust your immunity” was our only defense against viruses. And some people call it the good old days.
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In Padua’s medical museum, I came across a relic from a time when “trust your immunity” was our only defense against viruses. And some people call it the good old days.
Innocent words have now become hand grenades.
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Innocent words have now become hand grenades.
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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As everyone knows, “True warfighters instilled with the warfighting ethos, however, know that a warfighting ethos is only at its warfighting ethos-iest when warfighters are fighting a war on boredom. And here among the embattled mulch beds of D.C., cousin, boredom is ah-boomin.”
This is absolutely amazing. From the Air Force Times, too. Read w tongue in cheek.
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The National Guard, DC landscaping and the great pursuit of lethality
Few training methods guarantee a better fighting force than boredom-induced annoyance.
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August 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As everyone knows, “True warfighters instilled with the warfighting ethos, however, know that a warfighting ethos is only at its warfighting ethos-iest when warfighters are fighting a war on boredom. And here among the embattled mulch beds of D.C., cousin, boredom is ah-boomin.”
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This week on the #AmWriting podcast, Sarina & I interview a new favorite author of ours, Tess Gerritsen! We talk about her process, switching genres, and finding a new series right there in her backyard in mid-coast Maine.
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Writing Thrilling People & Places: Jess and Sarina talk with Tess Gerritsen
Jess and Sarina talk with thriller author Tess Gerritsen about constructing fictional worlds and the people who live there
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August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This week on the #AmWriting podcast, Sarina & I interview a new favorite author of ours, Tess Gerritsen! We talk about her process, switching genres, and finding a new series right there in her backyard in mid-coast Maine.
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Loved having this conversation about writing!
This week on the #AmWriting podcast, Sarina & I interview a new favorite author of ours, Tess Gerritsen! We talk about her process, switching genres, and finding a new series right there in her backyard in mid-coast Maine.
amwriting.substack.com/p/writing-th...
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Writing Thrilling People & Places: Jess and Sarina talk with Tess Gerritsen
Jess and Sarina talk with thriller author Tess Gerritsen about constructing fictional worlds and the people who live there
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August 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Loved having this conversation about writing!
Cannot wait to be part of the International Thriller Writers Online Thriller School this fall! Eleven weeks, 14 classes and 3 bonus panels. I'll be teaching “Move It Along! Pacing, Velocity, and Suspense.” See you there.
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The 2025 Online Thriller School - International Thriller Writers
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August 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Cannot wait to be part of the International Thriller Writers Online Thriller School this fall! Eleven weeks, 14 classes and 3 bonus panels. I'll be teaching “Move It Along! Pacing, Velocity, and Suspense.” See you there.
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LA archbishop, business leaders start fund to help families affected by ICE raids www.ncronline.org/news/la-arch...
LA archbishop, business leaders start fund to help families affected by ICE raids
"As an Angeleno and as a Catholic priest, I'm just very embarrassed by the whole thing." said Msgr. John Moretta.
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July 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
LA archbishop, business leaders start fund to help families affected by ICE raids www.ncronline.org/news/la-arch...
Really, ICE? Boarding cruise ships docked in US ports and arresting employees just because they're Filipino?
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July 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Really, ICE? Boarding cruise ships docked in US ports and arresting employees just because they're Filipino?
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