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Odessa Blaine
@odessablaine.bsky.social
Professional Wordser, General Oddment, & Probably a Figment of Your Imagination
https://substack.com/@odessablaine
If the coffee cup ain't this big... I'll still want it, but it's going to take a few refills to get me through the day.

Maybe it'll fuel a writing frenzy later. A girl can dream anyway.

🤣☕😍

#Coffee #WriterSky #BookSky
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
So much talent sitting next to me at the Broadleaf Writers Conference today!!!!

From left to right: Robert Gwaltney, Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Lisa Harrison, and me

#livingthedream
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Excited to be back for another Broadleaf Writers Conference!
Some of my favorite people are here. Can't wait to meet new favorite people.

I've been a writer all my life, but my journey as an author and filmmaker started at a Broadleaf conference three years ago.

#writersky #booksky
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Have another awkward bathroom selfie. As a treat. 🤣
Can I get some crossed fingers and well wishes? 🤞

Award ceremony for Cobb International Film Festival is this evening. I'm not expecting anything, but it'd be fantastic if we earned a little something with And the Moon Sees Me.

#writersky #film
August 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm at the Strand in Marietta, GA for the Cobb International Film Festival.

Our short film, And the Moon Sees Me, will be screened later.
It's based on an original short story I wrote.

I figured it was a good time to do my first bathroom selfie.
Bask in the awkward.

#WriterSky
August 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm very early for Lo Patrick's pub event Poe & Company Bookstore for her novel Fast Boys and Pretty Girls.

It goes from 6:30-8:00pm this evening in Milton, GA, so there is still plenty of time for you to join me!

#books #booksky
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Last night, I went to my very first storytelling event put on by The Moth, but it definitely won't be my last.

Eventually, I'm going to throw my hat in and see if I get a chance to tell a story.
😍😍😍

#storytelling #writerlife #authorlife
July 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When you thought you were recording a video for work
... but you accidentally take a selfie instead
... and it looks both good and somehow a little angry

#selfie #writerslife
June 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I don't often Zodiac, but when I do, it's extra awesome with cats and ice cream.
June 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I was invited to deliver a performance story at the Reinhardt University summer residency program.
We also screened And the Moon Sees Me, the short film based on a performance story.
Plus was the first time my fam saw me perform. 😁
Wonderful time! Appreciated the opportunity!

✨✨✨ #WriterSky
June 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I do love a good Writerly Meetup and these are some of the bestest folks.
Featuring
@dzgrizzle.bsky.social
@billbridges.bsky.social
@marcmonroe.bsky.social Jessica Nettles
Derek Phillips
C. Adam Volle

#WriterSky
June 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Pickles just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing. Life has been heckin' stressful for a lot of folks.

💜💜💜

#doggo #mentalhealth #selfcare #checkin
June 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Are the lemons haunted?

#lifeadvice #whenlifegivesyoulemons
June 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I found a pretty thing in the woods and I thought I'd show you.

Do you have a cool rock to share?

💜💜💜
June 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Perks of my job: sometimes I can go by Huck's in Blue Ridge and grab a Birch Beer.
I'm not a big soda drinker, but I absolutely love these.

💜💜💜
June 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Fresh off the presses: My new tattoo.
I promised myself when I signed my first publishing contract, I'd get this one.
I created the concept, my niece designed it, and my friend James Tuck did the ink.
It'll need a touchup. There are a lot of details.
June 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Current Status: Badly playing a new instrument and being absolutely thrilled with the experience

#FindingJoy #TreatYourself
May 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
They say never meet your idols, but I was thrilled to meet Aughra.

#DarkCrystalLife #AughraCanBarelyControlAughra

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May 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Y'all catch that latest episode of Dante's New South?
I was one of the guests! 😁

open.spotify.com/episode/1c23...

#WriterSky #Storytelling #Southern
May 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Oh noooo... I had to get some Blue Ridge content today and stopped by Mercier Orchards for some of it.
What an imposition. 😉😂

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April 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Join me in congratulating Director, Director of Photography, and film editor Timothy Lee Glover and the folks that worked so hard to make And the Moon Sees Me such a visually stunning short film.

I'm proud my story inspired this work and to have acted in it.

😁💜😍
April 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Excited for the film festival debut of And the Moon Sees Me, the short film based on my performance story and partially filmed on my property.

#WriterSky #Storytelling #ShortFilm
April 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
IT'S OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL, Y'ALL!!!!!!!
🥳 I'm going to be a published author!!! 🥳
Where the Roots Tangle will be published in Fall 2026 by Mercer University Press!

#WriterSky
April 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Went with my mom to do artsy stuff yesterday at a ceramic painting place.
Of course I chose a coffee cup.
This was the work in progress. I'll show the finished results after it's been in the kiln.

#ArtSky #Artsy #Coffee
April 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Y'all ever get such fantastic news that you feel like you are glowing?!?!?!?

#LivingTheDream
April 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM