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Jade Wildy Wordsmith
@jadewildy.bsky.social
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Writer of speculative fiction, sci fi, fantasy and horror. www.jadewildywordsmith.com 📚💙
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Convincing you to read my novel by sharing the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(From Missing Blood)
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I dunno who Dorothy is but I like the spurrs on her boots!

Book is the 1937 edition of 'They Died with their Boots On' by Thomas Ripley.
Handwritten inscription in book: Top right - Dorothy M Pyatt. August 4th 1938. Middle - To myself, for being a Bloodthirsty Ruffian. Cover of Dorothy's book. Top is a pale green background with yellow block writing providing the title of the book: 'They Died with their Boots On' (Thomas Ripley). Underneath is a cowboy on horseback taking aim with a gun at folk standing outside a building in the same yellow and green tones.
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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I said what I said.
Image is of a huge pan of Bolognese sauce on a stove with a carton of lactose free milk being poured into it.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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We do love our pop culture! ;)

@teamcherry.bsky.social #HollowKnight #Silksong
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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If anyone wants to have a crack at it.
BLISS BALLS (Snack) - I added details with * Need: 300g pitted dates (soaked for 15 min " *in hot water*) 100g cacao powder *or cocoa* 200g shredded coconut, 2tbsp chia seeds, 100g coconut oil, Extra coconut *or cocoa* to coat. Do: Mill cacao (if nibs), 30 sec Speed 9. Add nuts and chop *coarsely* 20 sec speed 4, Add fruit (all of the ingredients) chia, oil, coconut, cacao powder, *soaked* dates. Blend for 50 sec speed 6 using spatula to push mix down. Leave to sit for 10 min. Spoon out small amount and roll into balls. Roll in extra coconut *or cacao powder* and place in fridge for 1 hour to set.
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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All food should be made with love. These weren't. These were pure rage. Bliss balls that taste like vaguely sweet, cocoa, compressed gritty dirt. Sensory hell to make. Stupid attempt at increasing energy. Mana from hell.

(I forgot to soak the dates... 🤦🏻‍♀️)
Inside a plastic tub is a selection of brown balls that look suspiciously like large cooked meatballs but are in fact date, LSA, cocoa bliss balls.
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Take a moment to stop and smell the roses (and the rain).
Image is of a hot pink rose covered in droplets of rain. Green foliage provides a backdrop.
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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My eldest turned all the shop lights off at 1 min past closing turning my youngest into the escalation point of a horror movie.
Image shows rows of darkened bookcases cast in shadows leading to a creepy backlit figure in the background.
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Apparently, there is only 1 left in the state and I did laugh at what's playing given the text I posted was from The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones. IYKYK 😉 I guess it *is* for Halloween. Still only 1 screen though.
Image is from the Coober Pedy Drive In website listing what is playing this month. Two red arrows point to the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer playing on 31st October 2025.
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Wait, 6+ screen drive-ins were a thing in the USA? By the time I was old enough to go to the drive in with relatives (1990s) there were only 2 left in my city, & by the time I was old enough to go to with *not* relatives 😉 they had both closed. Neither had more than 1 screen.
@sgj.bsky.social ??
Image is of a passage of text from The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones. It describes the existence of "six or eight or ten drive-in screens all in this big-ass Stonehenge circle, each with their own parking lot."
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Weather is warming up and you just have to lean into those summer vibes.

I should be writing... We'll call this research.
Image is of a wood, slatted outdoors table. On it is a bottle of ginger beer, a mosaic candle, two clear glasses, a bottle of Christmas gin in a dark pink bottle, and a copy of the book "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Stephan Graham Jones with a bright red cover.
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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It's either one of my kids or BTs... IYKYK
Image is of a black Minky blanket with distinct hand prints walking over it.
October 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Naturally, after spending an hour making a gourmet lasagne and getting it into the dish for the last stage, my oven decided to die... Fortunately, I have a friend who is smarter than me who reminded me that many things can be cooked in the BBQ!

Recipe is from Nat's what I say on YT.
An aluminium foil wrapped rectangular dish sits in a open, black Webber Q. The most amazing lasagne sits in its dish in the centre of a wood slatted table. An orange bottle of Sunkist sits behind it as well as an empty white waiting plate.
October 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Okay, quick poll: who has actually heard of this book? (Bonus if you have read it)
Image is of the front cover of The Bugalugs Bum Thief by Tim Winton. It has bright yellow at the top and bottom and in the middle is a cartoon of two people standing on a beach. One is inspecting the posterior of the other where there is a noticeable divot where their backside should be.
October 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Hmm. Playing Death Stranding 1 a second time. This did not end well...

@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp
A photo of a tv screen showing a scene from the computer game Death Stranding. A man with a yellow package on his back stands on an elevated road. A rusted truck is caught by its back wheels, teetering off the end of the road. A back drop of a rocky mountainous vista sits in the background. A screenshot of the computer game Death Standing shows an elevated road with a dark truck hanging from it by its back wheels. A rocky vista stretches out on either side of the road.
September 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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And in the other direction.
A slope of green grass with several dark blackwood trees sits in front of the shadow of rolling hills. Dark blue clouds partially obscure the bright glowing orb of the setting sun.
September 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Peaceful evening walk to clear the mind.
Image is of a dirt track curving through green grass, moving between sheoak and gum trees. A pale blue, clear sky is behind them.
September 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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It's not a bad backdrop for writing but it can be an intimidating one, esp. when people ask if I'm okay because my face is acting out scenes. Lol

There are a few perks to owning a secondhand bookshop. ;)
The top of a small laptop displaying white text on a black background sits in the bottom left. The background is of several bookcases full of general, science fiction, and fantasy books.
September 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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This is one of those opposite day things right? Where @abraham.bsky.social is weird and @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social is wholesome...
Image is a screen grab of two consecutive posts on BlueSky. One is from Daniel Abraham's providing a quote, reading: "He lived weird, he died weird, and id he left any message for posterity, any fragment of wisdom to hand down through the ages of humanity, it was this: That was fuckin' weird." The other is from Jeff VanderMeer staring "it wholesome" in response to a comment from Toast Conger saying "I'm really afraid to drill down on this thread".
September 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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I went to a writer's festival today and I realised I have undergone an curious mindset shift: I'd go to artist talks and walk out thinking "I wish I could do that." With writers talks, I walk out saying "I'm going to do that..."

Why yes, I do have poor impulse control when it comes to books...
Image is of a stack of books laying on their side by Australian authors.
September 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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17/20 ??
Image is of the cover of Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and shows a maze built of blue circuitry on a slant. In front of the opening of the maze is a white laboratory mouse.
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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It was roughly then that we got smited... Lol.

Been playing Hollow Knight with the kids ahead of getting Hollow King: Silksong both by @teamcherry.bsky.social

Anyone else do "family screen time"?

#hollowknight
Image is of a stylised, horned bug on a blue hued background. At the bottom of the bug is a flash of white lightning radiating out to the sides.
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Bookshop dog is behaving nicely for the chicken and peanut butter treat I have in my hand. She's such a good girl.

#dogs #bookshop 📚
A very large black dog sits on a mottled grey carpet in between several full bookcases. A white cart with even more books sits behind her.
August 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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16/20
Image is of a screenshot of the audio book of Buffalo Hunter Hunter. The grey cover shows a buffalo and sits on a black background.
August 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Quote with your own dramatic black and white selfie!
July 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM