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Francesca Luisa
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teacher / mother / writer
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Officially got the whole first row of badges for this smutty little magic school novel! (It's about a group of teachers who band together to try and save the hot new teacher from having his position eliminated at the end of the school year. Spice! Hijinks! Intersectionality!) #novnov #writesky
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I have some mixed feelings about ProWritingAid as a whole—I'm not using the extension because writing "helpers" feel gross to me (I don't even like when Google tries to finish my emails). Still, I am really enjoying logging Novel November progress and getting badges every day! #novnov #writesky
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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I'm cleaning out old photos to free up storage and I cannot for the life of me remember the context in which I drew this graphic for my students?? Also which kid said "there's incredible friction in the void"? I love it, but why did I write it down? What does it MEAN? #writesky
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Am I slightly behind on my Novel November word count for today? Yes. Am I also cuddling the most majestic queen while I make my plodding progress? ALSO YES. #novnov #writesky
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Novel November is off to a solid start! I'm just past 1200 words towards today's goal, and am breaking for a trip to the dog park.
November 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Highly recommend grocery shopping with Mando.
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Have you ever seen the sweetest baby kitten to ever exist?
September 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Holly appears to be making progress re: not playing too hard with Remus #catsofbluesky #meow
July 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Is anyone surprised that Ricketts has the WORST grade this guy has done so far? He wasn't even elected, he was appointed by the governor to fill Sasse's seat. Vote Dan Osborn, independent for Senate, 2026! @osbornforne.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Linnea needs to stay hidden to stay safe. When an informant hands over a potential Rosetta Stone for the Voynich Manuscript, her relative safety in the shadows is shattered and she plunges headfirst into an intercontinental race to translate the text before her enemies can.
#BluePit 📖 #Q #NA #A #SF
Top image of a woman dressed in dark clothes walking down a city street. She is facing away from the camera and has a backpack slung over her shoulder. In the center of the image is the text THE DYNAMIS CODE in red. Below, in black text on a white background are the details of the manuscript: complete at 128k words, a crossover sci fi thriller, and the words "an agent's guide." An image of a train in a dimly lit subway tunnel sits under the story pitch: "On a job for her revolutionary uncle in Northern Italy, Linnea stumbles upon a potential key to translating the Voynich manuscript. At the same time Seth causes a car crash in rural Connecticut, blowing his cover and endangering the program he has been writing to translate the same manuscript. Now, the two of them race to uncover the secrets within the text, and—unwittingly—within their own tangled history." An image of a lake at sunset sits on the bottom of the image, while above are the first 150 words (approximate) of the manuscript: "1 — May 2014; Blevio, Italy “How long are we waiting?” “Be patient choupette,” Roxana turned, lowering binoculars from her round green eyes. Half-moon indentations were left on her cheekbones, a darker brown against her tawny skin. “It’s only been twenty minutes.” Linnea slid down in her seat so that her feet were set against the dashboard, elbows resting on her knees. “He’s sending us on a wild-goose chase.” Roxana exhaled hard, her brow flattening to a thin line. “Yes, your suspicion of Volpi has been noted, darling. I would like to think that Jack and I have a little more experience in these situations than you.” Linnea opened her mouth to reply, but Roxana had already turned back to the windshield, peering down the steep roadside with those large binoculars again. “I see Eamon.” Linnea sat back up, straining to look down over the treetops to the villa far below. They were near the top of a low mountain, car ensconced in the foliage as they waited for Eamon to finish his reconnaissance of the estate perched at the shores of Lake Como." 4 small images of books that comp this one: top left is THE MINISTRY OF TIME, comp'd because it's sexy, fast paced, and grounded sci fi. Upper right is THE BOURNE IDENTITY, comp'd because it's a European thriller with high stakes fight scenes. Lower right is A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, comp'd because of its dealings in secret history and untranslated texts. Bottom left is SIX OF CROWS, comp'd because of the found family and heist tropes.
July 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Here's Holly saying hi from her most recent hiding spot.
A Siberian cat resting between a wall and a Nugget cushion.
July 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Multiple POVs, 5 countries, 4 time zones, and an incredibly tight timeline: THE DYNAMIS CODE takes place over 4 days and I created this chart while editing to make sure every single hour is accounted for #A #SF #AmQuerying #unhingedpit
A long timeline color coded by time zone that covers the 4 days of action in THE DYNAMIS CODE. (An epilogue takes place 2 days after the final chapter). All text detailing the plot overview is blurred out for privacy.
July 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Linnea needs to stay hidden to stay safe. When an informant hands over a potential Rosetta Stone for the Voynich Manuscript, her relative safety in the shadows is shattered and she plunges headfirst into an intercontinental race to translate the text before her enemies can.

#playlistpitch #A #SF
Two images superimposed over a charcoal background: in the first, a young woman dressed in black hurries down a city sidewalk, backpack slung over one shoulder. The second shows a screenshot of a playlist featuring the songs "Cigarettes & Feelings" by The Haunt, "Bow" by Reyn Hartley, "Run Baby Run" by the Rigs, "American Money" by BØRNS, and "Lion" by Saint Mesa.
July 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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My character map is a little more text heavy than average, but each image selected from my mood board fits this MMC so perfectly 🥹

#BluePitHype #AmQuerying
A character map that explores Alessio Volpi's name meaning, clothing choices, a key relationship in the text, and his most important personal object.
July 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM