J.A. Jablonski
@jajablonski.bsky.social
Multi-genre writer: Academic Mystery, Speculative SF, & Magical Realism | One-time academic & librarian | Style guide nerd | NO AI | No autofollows | Alt Text used
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J.A. Jablonski
@jajablonski.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Setting the stage: J.A. Jablonski (Jude) writes in three different genres (mystery, speculative SF, and magical realism) while keeping one foot in the academic scene by researching material culture in utopian fiction. (She/They/Dr/Ms/Mx)
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Woo-Hoo! It's our 39th anniversary today! Beloved spousal person & I are celebrating with a visit to one of our fave art museums--the John Kohler Arts Center--and lunch at the Black Pig (both in Sheboygan, WI).
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Woo-Hoo! It's our 39th anniversary today! Beloved spousal person & I are celebrating with a visit to one of our fave art museums--the John Kohler Arts Center--and lunch at the Black Pig (both in Sheboygan, WI).
Absolutely cracking up here. My neffers, a mechanical-engineering major, has just ranked in the top 10 of USA's Red Bull Tretris players. He'll be playing in the Florida championship next week! 🎉
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Absolutely cracking up here. My neffers, a mechanical-engineering major, has just ranked in the top 10 of USA's Red Bull Tretris players. He'll be playing in the Florida championship next week! 🎉
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Skill issue, David.
I need a flowchart that says "character(s) is/are having sex; is it fun?" And if you say "yes, everyone has a good time" the book is worthless, and if you say "no, everyone hates it" you get to win a literary prize.
I need a flowchart that says "character(s) is/are having sex; is it fun?" And if you say "yes, everyone has a good time" the book is worthless, and if you say "no, everyone hates it" you get to win a literary prize.
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Skill issue, David.
I need a flowchart that says "character(s) is/are having sex; is it fun?" And if you say "yes, everyone has a good time" the book is worthless, and if you say "no, everyone hates it" you get to win a literary prize.
I need a flowchart that says "character(s) is/are having sex; is it fun?" And if you say "yes, everyone has a good time" the book is worthless, and if you say "no, everyone hates it" you get to win a literary prize.
Yep...they're boring & we're bored with them.
Hot take: pre-game studio shows have pretty much run their course.
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Yep...they're boring & we're bored with them.
Setting up to weed and/or rearrange the books in my office. The weeding part will be difficult as I've decided to step away from some scholarly stuff I was hoping to write. Those books will be going out. But life is short so I am focusing on other writing. Still...ouch! 📚💙
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Setting up to weed and/or rearrange the books in my office. The weeding part will be difficult as I've decided to step away from some scholarly stuff I was hoping to write. Those books will be going out. But life is short so I am focusing on other writing. Still...ouch! 📚💙
Fascinating opinion piece by Hanna Thomas Uose: "Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing?"
Pullquote: "I’ve always been struck by the Benedictine teaching: 'Keep death daily before your eyes.'”
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pullquote: "I’ve always been struck by the Benedictine teaching: 'Keep death daily before your eyes.'”
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing? | Hanna Thomas Uose
Authors are sounding warnings about the length of the modern attention span, but my series of abandonments is a sign of something else, says author Hanna Thomas Uose
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Fascinating opinion piece by Hanna Thomas Uose: "Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing?"
Pullquote: "I’ve always been struck by the Benedictine teaching: 'Keep death daily before your eyes.'”
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pullquote: "I’ve always been struck by the Benedictine teaching: 'Keep death daily before your eyes.'”
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This comment means the world! The library is for everyone. For autistic you, ADHD you, dyslexic you, neurodivergent you 💚
It is difficult for some to use a library voice, to whisper. THAT’S OKAY. You belong in the library, we will work together. I admire YOU 😊
Take a look, it’s in a book 💛
It is difficult for some to use a library voice, to whisper. THAT’S OKAY. You belong in the library, we will work together. I admire YOU 😊
Take a look, it’s in a book 💛
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This comment means the world! The library is for everyone. For autistic you, ADHD you, dyslexic you, neurodivergent you 💚
It is difficult for some to use a library voice, to whisper. THAT’S OKAY. You belong in the library, we will work together. I admire YOU 😊
Take a look, it’s in a book 💛
It is difficult for some to use a library voice, to whisper. THAT’S OKAY. You belong in the library, we will work together. I admire YOU 😊
Take a look, it’s in a book 💛
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the obsession with how history remembers…leaving the “record” to time insinuates the future record has a “neutral” author that won’t censor, distort, or willfully ignore the truth.
“history” & willful remembering is the responsibility of us all, not for unnamed people for a under-regarded future.
“history” & willful remembering is the responsibility of us all, not for unnamed people for a under-regarded future.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
the obsession with how history remembers…leaving the “record” to time insinuates the future record has a “neutral” author that won’t censor, distort, or willfully ignore the truth.
“history” & willful remembering is the responsibility of us all, not for unnamed people for a under-regarded future.
“history” & willful remembering is the responsibility of us all, not for unnamed people for a under-regarded future.
Last weekend I combined book research with play and lucked out on both sides! The home debut of the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s women’s ice hockey team was fast and fiercely played. And one of their players matched a character I'd created 3 years ago!
More: tinyurl.com/kyk3etdt
More: tinyurl.com/kyk3etdt
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Last weekend I combined book research with play and lucked out on both sides! The home debut of the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s women’s ice hockey team was fast and fiercely played. And one of their players matched a character I'd created 3 years ago!
More: tinyurl.com/kyk3etdt
More: tinyurl.com/kyk3etdt
Some kind soul absolutely *stuffed* our #StreetLibrary with so many books that you couldn't get at things. I did a little curating to make access easier. (The extras will go back in later.)
#LittleFreeLibrary 📚💙
#LittleFreeLibrary 📚💙
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Some kind soul absolutely *stuffed* our #StreetLibrary with so many books that you couldn't get at things. I did a little curating to make access easier. (The extras will go back in later.)
#LittleFreeLibrary 📚💙
#LittleFreeLibrary 📚💙
I'd read Becky Chambers 2nd Wayfarers book--A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT--a while ago but didn't take to it. (I was still missing the sweet characters in Bk 1 🥰.) This time around, I'm finding it rich & interesting. She has a few writerly hitches that distract, but it's quite good for all that.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'd read Becky Chambers 2nd Wayfarers book--A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT--a while ago but didn't take to it. (I was still missing the sweet characters in Bk 1 🥰.) This time around, I'm finding it rich & interesting. She has a few writerly hitches that distract, but it's quite good for all that.
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Didn't, don't & won't. Nor will I work with anyone who does or promote their work. My entire professional & creative career has been based on critical thinking, original thinking, & respecting the same of others.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Didn't, don't & won't. Nor will I work with anyone who does or promote their work. My entire professional & creative career has been based on critical thinking, original thinking, & respecting the same of others.
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If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.
For those of you who read large print books, of the 2 samples here (both are in 16 pt font), would you still be comfortable with the narrower line spacing of the page on the left? Thx!
#ManuscriptFormatting #LargePrint #LineSpacing
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#ManuscriptFormatting #LargePrint #LineSpacing
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November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For those of you who read large print books, of the 2 samples here (both are in 16 pt font), would you still be comfortable with the narrower line spacing of the page on the left? Thx!
#ManuscriptFormatting #LargePrint #LineSpacing
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#ManuscriptFormatting #LargePrint #LineSpacing
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Yesterday morning's sun absolutely lit up the small maple tree in our front yard!
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Yesterday morning's sun absolutely lit up the small maple tree in our front yard!
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These 3 reference books have been super useful for me as I've worked with my #CoverArtist & worked out other practical & legal aspects of my #SelfPublishing project.
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
These 3 reference books have been super useful for me as I've worked with my #CoverArtist & worked out other practical & legal aspects of my #SelfPublishing project.
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
These 3 reference books have been super useful for me as I've worked with my #CoverArtist & worked out other practical & legal aspects of my #SelfPublishing project.
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
These 3 reference books have been super useful for me as I've worked with my #CoverArtist & worked out other practical & legal aspects of my #SelfPublishing project.
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Full citations in Alt Text.
#WritingCommunity
Redoing my fictional college campus map using a proper design software. (I used Word some bleems ago when first envisioning the setting.) What a pain in the tuchus! 🗺️
#Wordbuilding #PageDesign
#Wordbuilding #PageDesign
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Redoing my fictional college campus map using a proper design software. (I used Word some bleems ago when first envisioning the setting.) What a pain in the tuchus! 🗺️
#Wordbuilding #PageDesign
#Wordbuilding #PageDesign
Reading 3 books concurrently & nearing the end of each. Do not want any of them to end! All are re-reads. Guess I know what happens next.
📚💙 #Rereading
📚💙 #Rereading
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reading 3 books concurrently & nearing the end of each. Do not want any of them to end! All are re-reads. Guess I know what happens next.
📚💙 #Rereading
📚💙 #Rereading
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The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
We decommissioned our small garden this weekend. We're planning a 3rd raised garden container next year for veggies.
#EndOfSummer
#BackyardGarden
#EndOfSummer
#BackyardGarden
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We decommissioned our small garden this weekend. We're planning a 3rd raised garden container next year for veggies.
#EndOfSummer
#BackyardGarden
#EndOfSummer
#BackyardGarden
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Made the tough decision to post a notice on our #StreetLibrary asking folks not leave foodstuffs. Suggested they donate to our local Hunger Taskforce who can make a larger difference. (We'll take the several cans of beans & dry soups to our grocery store's food bin.)
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Made the tough decision to post a notice on our #StreetLibrary asking folks not leave foodstuffs. Suggested they donate to our local Hunger Taskforce who can make a larger difference. (We'll take the several cans of beans & dry soups to our grocery store's food bin.)
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
#LittleFreeLibrary #EndHunger
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CS Lewis: No one who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
CS Lewis: No one who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
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"The wind groomed the speechless grass."
From KA: DAR OAKLEY IN THE RUIN OF YMR (2017) by John Crowley.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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From KA: DAR OAKLEY IN THE RUIN OF YMR (2017) by John Crowley.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"The wind groomed the speechless grass."
From KA: DAR OAKLEY IN THE RUIN OF YMR (2017) by John Crowley.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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From KA: DAR OAKLEY IN THE RUIN OF YMR (2017) by John Crowley.
#SentencesIHaveLiked
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