jmdonowriter
jmdonovan.bsky.social
jmdonowriter
@jmdonovan.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Composer. Left-hander. Midwesterner. Progressive. Humanist.

Most recent novel: The Smalltown Way
Now available: Confessions of the Tenth-Smartest Person in the World (and Other Delusions)
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
August 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#booksky

If you happen to be in Iowa this Saturday, particularly in the Des Moines area and even more specifically in the neighborhood of Beaverdale Books, please stop by and say hi and consider buying a book or two! I'm fun to talk to, I promise--and the new book is pretty funny.
July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
July 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#cats

This picture of Mynx was taken last Saturday morning, but I love the fact that it looks like it could have been taken a hundred years ago.

Except for the plastic liner barely visible in the vase, I guess.
June 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#karenread

Any channel broaadcasting the Karen Read trial missed a golden opportunity for some extra ad revenue.
June 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
June 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Helly R says good morning.
June 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
June 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
May 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Here’s Cooper taking a snooze
May 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#8647

Someone please send this pic to President Dickhead and see how long it takes for him to post that egg prices are down bigly.
May 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
St Edgar of Bergen and J.C. McCarthy
May 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Top Ten Reasons to Purchase and Read My Memoir

Number Three

Mark Twain had lots of cats and wrote great books.

Ernest Hemingway had lots of cats and wrote great books.

I have a lot of cats.

Just sayin'.

a.co/d/dPGRdpI
May 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#booksky #memoir

Coming out in paperback and on Kindle April 23, Shakespeare's birthday.

"Jeez-louise, even I never thought I was the tenth-smartest person in the world--and there were a lot fewer people in the world then."
--William Shakespeare
April 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
#booksky

Release date: April 23!

Learn more here:
www.hillsboropublishing.com/coming-soon

Enjoy the cover here:
April 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Taking a break from book promotion and mocking MAGA to post a picture of the lovely Miss Harmony.
April 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#booksky

Coming soon! Like maybe this week!

"Self-deprecating and hilarious"

"Maybe Dono's funniest book"
April 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Finally, something concrete I can send in reply to all those “We’ll get ‘em in the midterms” fundraising messages.
April 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#booksky #litfic

Well, the cover hasn't loaded yet, but the Kindle edition of The Snappy Cola Clock and Other Colby County stories is now available!

a.co/d/aOhxNZS

(Cover looks the same as it does on the paperback, obviously.)
March 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The Fulton brothers could not have looked less alike if one of them had been Ethel Merman."

Coming soon on Kindle:
March 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#booksky

Coming soon (finally): The Smalltown Way in Kindle format!

Just take the picture below and imagine a bunch of cell phones stacked up.
March 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#Meta Really good at disabling your account for not following the rules. Really bad at letting you know which rule you didn’t follow.
March 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Mynx concedes but would like to be considered in a tie for second.
January 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM