juls
@julsmac.ca
🐦 spec & fantasy writer, short story scaredy-cat, poet, florist, gardener, fourth year writing student applying for an MFA. she/him.
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had a really handy info session about MFAs today in which I asked if the profs knew of many past students currently studying in the states and they were like "it's going ok for some" and then to me, after, were like, "do not go there" :')
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
had a really handy info session about MFAs today in which I asked if the profs knew of many past students currently studying in the states and they were like "it's going ok for some" and then to me, after, were like, "do not go there" :')
I finished a fanfiction I first published in 2020 yesterday. 70-something thousand words. I forget sometimes I've written like 300k+ of just zelda fanfic.
Anywayyy I'm glad it's done and it's cool to see how much better my writing is since that first chapter came out!
Anywayyy I'm glad it's done and it's cool to see how much better my writing is since that first chapter came out!
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I finished a fanfiction I first published in 2020 yesterday. 70-something thousand words. I forget sometimes I've written like 300k+ of just zelda fanfic.
Anywayyy I'm glad it's done and it's cool to see how much better my writing is since that first chapter came out!
Anywayyy I'm glad it's done and it's cool to see how much better my writing is since that first chapter came out!
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forever thinking of the elif batuman n+1 essay where she digs into two best american short stories collections and literally has to say, in the essay, that the purpose of the short story form is to tell a short story—"this sounds trivial, but isn’t"
October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
forever thinking of the elif batuman n+1 essay where she digs into two best american short stories collections and literally has to say, in the essay, that the purpose of the short story form is to tell a short story—"this sounds trivial, but isn’t"
too many people read first person as if the “I” is them thinking to themselves, and not the voice of a character telling a story (like how a friend would tell you about their day).
if you find yourself “disagreeing” with a 1st person narrator, you are the one self-inserting, not the author.
if you find yourself “disagreeing” with a 1st person narrator, you are the one self-inserting, not the author.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
too many people read first person as if the “I” is them thinking to themselves, and not the voice of a character telling a story (like how a friend would tell you about their day).
if you find yourself “disagreeing” with a 1st person narrator, you are the one self-inserting, not the author.
if you find yourself “disagreeing” with a 1st person narrator, you are the one self-inserting, not the author.
I made my first-ever pie yesterday, crust and all, with apples from the garden. and it was good!! I overworked the crust a bit but have notes for next time. like this friday for harvest party. 🍏
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I made my first-ever pie yesterday, crust and all, with apples from the garden. and it was good!! I overworked the crust a bit but have notes for next time. like this friday for harvest party. 🍏
our incredibly stinky memory foam mattress is being picked up for return today and, allowed back in the office finally, Greta promptly carried out a toy mouse that been unjustly trapped in there for months
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
our incredibly stinky memory foam mattress is being picked up for return today and, allowed back in the office finally, Greta promptly carried out a toy mouse that been unjustly trapped in there for months
some pics from recently. if you look carefully you can see the ghost of a man my friend used an app to delete in the background of our selfie
I hadn’t seen Vanja in like 3 years so it was nice to catch up with a friend I’ve had since grade 5!!
I hadn’t seen Vanja in like 3 years so it was nice to catch up with a friend I’ve had since grade 5!!
October 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
some pics from recently. if you look carefully you can see the ghost of a man my friend used an app to delete in the background of our selfie
I hadn’t seen Vanja in like 3 years so it was nice to catch up with a friend I’ve had since grade 5!!
I hadn’t seen Vanja in like 3 years so it was nice to catch up with a friend I’ve had since grade 5!!
chatted w a friend this morning who has written a paper on robotics ethics and she had a great point on the bluesky mods AI approach in that AI usage and development is colonial in nature, and they really can’t say it’s bigotry to hate AI when they don’t treat AI as a person in any other way.
October 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
chatted w a friend this morning who has written a paper on robotics ethics and she had a great point on the bluesky mods AI approach in that AI usage and development is colonial in nature, and they really can’t say it’s bigotry to hate AI when they don’t treat AI as a person in any other way.
really enjoying hades 2!! Beat Chronos last night for the first time using the flames surprisingly?? the aspect of eos is very Cardcaptor Sakura aesthetic and I love it
also really enjoying the axe though which I didn’t expect since I usually love zoomy weapons, but it’s just so satisfying
also really enjoying the axe though which I didn’t expect since I usually love zoomy weapons, but it’s just so satisfying
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
really enjoying hades 2!! Beat Chronos last night for the first time using the flames surprisingly?? the aspect of eos is very Cardcaptor Sakura aesthetic and I love it
also really enjoying the axe though which I didn’t expect since I usually love zoomy weapons, but it’s just so satisfying
also really enjoying the axe though which I didn’t expect since I usually love zoomy weapons, but it’s just so satisfying
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This FBI Special Agent wants you to sacrifice yourself so that your brutal treatment will engender sympathy and melt the hearts of those who brutalise you.
This FBI Special Agent does not want you to understand that this is not what worked in India and instead wants you to watch a Hollywood movie
This FBI Special Agent does not want you to understand that this is not what worked in India and instead wants you to watch a Hollywood movie
We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This FBI Special Agent wants you to sacrifice yourself so that your brutal treatment will engender sympathy and melt the hearts of those who brutalise you.
This FBI Special Agent does not want you to understand that this is not what worked in India and instead wants you to watch a Hollywood movie
This FBI Special Agent does not want you to understand that this is not what worked in India and instead wants you to watch a Hollywood movie
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pics from the last few days of garden visits
October 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
pics from the last few days of garden visits
the bluesky mods are perfect foils apparently
how can one of them be saying “if you swapped these words you’d be saying something bigoted”
while the other references the waffles/pancakes tweet
do you see yourselves @hailey.at @jay.bsky.team ? genuinely wondering
how can one of them be saying “if you swapped these words you’d be saying something bigoted”
while the other references the waffles/pancakes tweet
do you see yourselves @hailey.at @jay.bsky.team ? genuinely wondering
October 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the bluesky mods are perfect foils apparently
how can one of them be saying “if you swapped these words you’d be saying something bigoted”
while the other references the waffles/pancakes tweet
do you see yourselves @hailey.at @jay.bsky.team ? genuinely wondering
how can one of them be saying “if you swapped these words you’d be saying something bigoted”
while the other references the waffles/pancakes tweet
do you see yourselves @hailey.at @jay.bsky.team ? genuinely wondering
one of the Anticipations causing me background stress finally resolved today.
i got another poetry scholarship. this one wasn’t just “good job at being good at school” (grateful as i am for that too) but based on a submission of work.
i don’t have to empty my savings for next semester anymore!!
i got another poetry scholarship. this one wasn’t just “good job at being good at school” (grateful as i am for that too) but based on a submission of work.
i don’t have to empty my savings for next semester anymore!!
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
one of the Anticipations causing me background stress finally resolved today.
i got another poetry scholarship. this one wasn’t just “good job at being good at school” (grateful as i am for that too) but based on a submission of work.
i don’t have to empty my savings for next semester anymore!!
i got another poetry scholarship. this one wasn’t just “good job at being good at school” (grateful as i am for that too) but based on a submission of work.
i don’t have to empty my savings for next semester anymore!!
climbed a chain link fence today for the first time in forever, and the bounty was worth it.
(there was no stealing involved - just a branch of the garden’s apple tree that sits over a fence)
seeing apple pie as something to add to this weekend’s plans :)
(there was no stealing involved - just a branch of the garden’s apple tree that sits over a fence)
seeing apple pie as something to add to this weekend’s plans :)
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
climbed a chain link fence today for the first time in forever, and the bounty was worth it.
(there was no stealing involved - just a branch of the garden’s apple tree that sits over a fence)
seeing apple pie as something to add to this weekend’s plans :)
(there was no stealing involved - just a branch of the garden’s apple tree that sits over a fence)
seeing apple pie as something to add to this weekend’s plans :)
exercising extreme willpower to not join the two cats on the bed and Go To Class instead
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
exercising extreme willpower to not join the two cats on the bed and Go To Class instead
if i put this in a rice cooker for thirty days will it ferment and become black garlic aioli scented instead
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
if i put this in a rice cooker for thirty days will it ferment and become black garlic aioli scented instead
i went hunting for that David Whyte poem because he showed up on my instagram feed in a very timely reel explaining:
“how do you know you’re on the right path? because the path disappears.”
and it’s exactly the sort of cold comfort i need for the remainder of this last uni year.
“how do you know you’re on the right path? because the path disappears.”
and it’s exactly the sort of cold comfort i need for the remainder of this last uni year.
October 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
i went hunting for that David Whyte poem because he showed up on my instagram feed in a very timely reel explaining:
“how do you know you’re on the right path? because the path disappears.”
and it’s exactly the sort of cold comfort i need for the remainder of this last uni year.
“how do you know you’re on the right path? because the path disappears.”
and it’s exactly the sort of cold comfort i need for the remainder of this last uni year.
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"Now is the path
of leaving the path."
• David Whyte •
of leaving the path."
• David Whyte •
August 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"Now is the path
of leaving the path."
• David Whyte •
of leaving the path."
• David Whyte •
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Wallace Stevens was born on this day in 1879. This uncollected poem by David Ignatow was written to commemorate his centenary.
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Wallace Stevens was born on this day in 1879. This uncollected poem by David Ignatow was written to commemorate his centenary.
the number of quote posts of this by people who have clearly not watched the video is astounding
Im still halfway through my coffee but something something media literacy and the prevalence of AI going hand-in-hand
follow through for fuck’s sake! it’s a dictionary!
Im still halfway through my coffee but something something media literacy and the prevalence of AI going hand-in-hand
follow through for fuck’s sake! it’s a dictionary!
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
the number of quote posts of this by people who have clearly not watched the video is astounding
Im still halfway through my coffee but something something media literacy and the prevalence of AI going hand-in-hand
follow through for fuck’s sake! it’s a dictionary!
Im still halfway through my coffee but something something media literacy and the prevalence of AI going hand-in-hand
follow through for fuck’s sake! it’s a dictionary!
started Hades 2 last night and i’m already really enjoying it! got to the second boss and promptly died but it’s a good time
October 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
started Hades 2 last night and i’m already really enjoying it! got to the second boss and promptly died but it’s a good time
@amalelmohtar.com got me into Clues by Sam and I passed it on to a couple friends; one of those, "I cannot suffer alone/let me, on occasion, feel smarter than someone else" situations
and we're having fun, but at what cost!!
and we're having fun, but at what cost!!
September 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@amalelmohtar.com got me into Clues by Sam and I passed it on to a couple friends; one of those, "I cannot suffer alone/let me, on occasion, feel smarter than someone else" situations
and we're having fun, but at what cost!!
and we're having fun, but at what cost!!
yesterday we popped into a mattress shop cause the one we ordered is STILL off-gassing after 3 wks. I asked for no foam
the clerk assured me their mattress are all Certi-Pur certified
well so is the one we first ordered, and it gives me a sore throat every time I run into the room it’s stored in.
the clerk assured me their mattress are all Certi-Pur certified
well so is the one we first ordered, and it gives me a sore throat every time I run into the room it’s stored in.
September 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
yesterday we popped into a mattress shop cause the one we ordered is STILL off-gassing after 3 wks. I asked for no foam
the clerk assured me their mattress are all Certi-Pur certified
well so is the one we first ordered, and it gives me a sore throat every time I run into the room it’s stored in.
the clerk assured me their mattress are all Certi-Pur certified
well so is the one we first ordered, and it gives me a sore throat every time I run into the room it’s stored in.