J.D. Hepler
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J.D. Hepler
@ink-and-coffee.bsky.social
I like writing things. I may or may not be any good at it. I mostly work in YA fiction, screenplays, and sketch.

This is mostly just an internet refrigerator for magnet-ing up story fragments and other creative oddities.
Doing some cinematic research for a freelance writing project and watched this. Recommend.

Side note, this is the original ‘Vanilla Sky’, and I love Cameron Crowe, but (especially) if you haven’t seen that movie, this is worth checking out. Currently streaming on Criterion (and Tubi for free)
April 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Current soundtrack: Inuktitut by Elisapie
March 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Currently finishing off this trio of comedy-influenced Sci-Fi and Fantasy titles.

Writers like these make balancing satire and story look so deceptively easy.
March 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Current soundtrack: Panorama by The Main Squeeze
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Spent a non-zero amount of time tonight rearranging the names of 90’s celebrities to create trendy new Gen Z celebrity names. Costin Kevner was a stand-out.
A lot of them are just flips - Houston Whitney, Riley Jonsee. Robert Julias is decent. Rad NoCap Leo Dirio is a great rapper name.
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This morning, I worked on my Dystopian Teen Dark Fantasy Romance Novel, Chapter 8: “Souls Laid Bare in Illusory Isolation, Hunted by the Unquenchable Phantom Maw of Their Infinite Yesterdays”. I edited down the title a bit so it wouldn’t feel pretentious.
March 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just watched (Derek Delgaudio / Frank Oz):
March 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just finished: Perfect Days (Wim Wenders, Takuma Takesaki, Koji Yakusho). Instant classic for me.
February 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Finished reading:
February 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I am currently working on a Dystopian Teen Dark Fantasy Romance Novel and it is a supremely important work of literary genius and the working title is “Bone & Shadow & Ash & Dust & Glitter & Also Sprinkles”
February 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM