JF Quinn
@jfquinnwrites.bsky.social
Writer, horror, poetry, non-fiction
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
When do you know when to call it on querying agents and just send a book straight to smaller publishers, a process in its own right? Should I just start doing both?
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
When do you know when to call it on querying agents and just send a book straight to smaller publishers, a process in its own right? Should I just start doing both?
8 tops, probably 6
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
8 tops, probably 6
This post led me to learn some horrifying things. Including the fact that I absolutely use three-cueing when I read French, which feels less than ideal
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This post led me to learn some horrifying things. Including the fact that I absolutely use three-cueing when I read French, which feels less than ideal
This lies at the heart of why movies are like 3 hours long these days. In 80s and 90s movies, they would just serve you up literally any concept in the first 20 minutes and audiences would go "okay, that's fucking stupid but I'm watching it." Today, you need an hour to convince people it's realistic
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This lies at the heart of why movies are like 3 hours long these days. In 80s and 90s movies, they would just serve you up literally any concept in the first 20 minutes and audiences would go "okay, that's fucking stupid but I'm watching it." Today, you need an hour to convince people it's realistic
Can they make an AI that will update the drivers of my aging printer before one that will take my job (too late for that, but like conceptually)
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Can they make an AI that will update the drivers of my aging printer before one that will take my job (too late for that, but like conceptually)
Querying agents at the same time that you're hunting for a job is a great way to harden yourself to rejection
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Querying agents at the same time that you're hunting for a job is a great way to harden yourself to rejection
Querying agents while also job hunting is certainly an exercise in humility
September 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Querying agents while also job hunting is certainly an exercise in humility
Am I getting sick or has it just been a week of wildfire smoke coupled with a job where I partly work outside?
August 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Am I getting sick or has it just been a week of wildfire smoke coupled with a job where I partly work outside?
I have too many word docs whose titles make me wonder just how depressed I was when I wrote those 200 to 850 words
May 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I have too many word docs whose titles make me wonder just how depressed I was when I wrote those 200 to 850 words
I could be wrong about the details, but my understanding is canada has a few high end, limited book printers and a lot of paper, so this tracks
Learned from a newspaper ad woman in upstate NY and a bookshop owner in Montreal what this trade war could do to words. Much or most newsprint comes from Canada, soon subject to U.S. tariffs. & Canada is putting 25% on U.S. books. Which includes, get this, Handmaid’s Tale.
March 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I could be wrong about the details, but my understanding is canada has a few high end, limited book printers and a lot of paper, so this tracks
Milan Kundera is a great source of insights into art allowed by totalitarianism. There is no conflict. There is nothing to make you even slightly comfortable. There is also nothing funny
We're not ready for how eye-gougingly boring art is going to be under fascism.
Like Disney removing the context of Lilo taking photos of white tourists in order to remove the critiques of colonialism sucks all the depth and humor out of the scene.
It's so boring.
Like Disney removing the context of Lilo taking photos of white tourists in order to remove the critiques of colonialism sucks all the depth and humor out of the scene.
It's so boring.
March 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Milan Kundera is a great source of insights into art allowed by totalitarianism. There is no conflict. There is nothing to make you even slightly comfortable. There is also nothing funny
Now that I've started looking after my partner's dog, I really do think abundance would ease a lot of the conflicts that come up. Dog parks kinda suck.
The apparent conclusion of this story: dog owners constantly break the law, there’s no enforcement, and the city takes terrible care of its parks, so it should.. acquire more green space.
March 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Now that I've started looking after my partner's dog, I really do think abundance would ease a lot of the conflicts that come up. Dog parks kinda suck.
Il y a trop des francais qui habitent au Plateau pour que la France accepter un occupation americain, evidemment
Uhhhhhh hi France. Thank you. I think? But uhhhhhhhh. www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/vid...
French nuclear attack submarine docked in Halifax
A French nuclear attack submarine docked in the Halifax area is getting a lot of attention recently.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Il y a trop des francais qui habitent au Plateau pour que la France accepter un occupation americain, evidemment
This was definitely a "The magic are down bad" win and I had to remind myself the Raps are trying to lose, but how do you not get up for that shot
Ja'Kobe Walter. No way. What a shot. Orlando can't catch a break rn.
March 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This was definitely a "The magic are down bad" win and I had to remind myself the Raps are trying to lose, but how do you not get up for that shot
One of the downsides of renting is going to the grocery store with plans to cook something modest and healthy and then immediately smelling the most incredible food cooking from the neighbours
March 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of the downsides of renting is going to the grocery store with plans to cook something modest and healthy and then immediately smelling the most incredible food cooking from the neighbours
Finally watching The Crow 2024 and I cannot believe the betrayal in having Shelly and Eric killed for reasons with some kind of back story instead of just protesting evictions
February 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Finally watching The Crow 2024 and I cannot believe the betrayal in having Shelly and Eric killed for reasons with some kind of back story instead of just protesting evictions
I bet that doing an actually big podcast is very stressful but everyone just laughs at you when you're like "work's just been so busy man"
February 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I bet that doing an actually big podcast is very stressful but everyone just laughs at you when you're like "work's just been so busy man"
I don't know how this photo turned out so good but the Scottish Highlands did most of the work
January 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I don't know how this photo turned out so good but the Scottish Highlands did most of the work
As a bit of a sucker for boarding school horror I would 100% be up for adult-oriented books with monsters in a post-secondary setting. Like Mona Awad's Bunny.
Mostly ppl on twitter are making fun of the book for "sounding YA" when it actually doesn't. It's just utilizing a common YA trope. Great! Adults are now the biggest market share of YA readers, which sucks, but it also means they want these types of stories and aren't getting them elsewhere.
December 12, 2024 at 4:28 PM
As a bit of a sucker for boarding school horror I would 100% be up for adult-oriented books with monsters in a post-secondary setting. Like Mona Awad's Bunny.
This is what books are for
Random question, does it bug y’all when you’re watching a science fiction show or something and they don’t make an effort to explain things like how the characters eat and breath or other science facts?
December 7, 2024 at 6:31 PM
This is what books are for
Black cat watching snowflakes
December 7, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Black cat watching snowflakes
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Moses Znaimer once made me cry. From Citytv. MuchMusic. Speakers Corner. The list of what he created goes on and on. Moses Znaimer made Toronto great. Why don’t we talk about him more? I wrote about it @tvotoday.bsky.social + also, why he made me cry 🥲
www.tvo.org/article/opin...
www.tvo.org/article/opin...
December 4, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Moses Znaimer once made me cry. From Citytv. MuchMusic. Speakers Corner. The list of what he created goes on and on. Moses Znaimer made Toronto great. Why don’t we talk about him more? I wrote about it @tvotoday.bsky.social + also, why he made me cry 🥲
www.tvo.org/article/opin...
www.tvo.org/article/opin...
Toronto's a great town for the end of autumn
December 3, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Toronto's a great town for the end of autumn
Everyone using AI for their little event posters/social media ads is so crushingly spiritless. Of course it makes no sense to pay for a poster when you could do it for free. Of course it will also look terrible and have no sense of fun at all.
December 3, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Everyone using AI for their little event posters/social media ads is so crushingly spiritless. Of course it makes no sense to pay for a poster when you could do it for free. Of course it will also look terrible and have no sense of fun at all.