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Stacey Kondla
@staceykondla.bsky.social
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Books are life. Biophilic. Soup lover. Concerts feed my soul. Stroke survivor. Opinions are my own. Smash the patriarchy. she/her
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I am sad to announce that I am stepping away from agenting for personal reasons. It was an intensely difficult decision involving a lot of crying but in my heart I know it is the right decision for myself and my clients. 1/4
Post by brightwanderer I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success. Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it's a "failed" business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don't actually want to keep doing that, you're a "failed" writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it's a "failed" marriage. The only acceptable "win condition" is "you keep doing that thing forever". A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a "real" friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a "phase" - or, alternatively, a "pity" that you don't do that thing any more. A fandom is "dying" because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things. I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it's okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don't think that's doing us any good at all.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I have just been notified that my name is being used to potentially scam authors and I am raging. 1/3
Red background with alarm lights emojis and text that reads SCAM ALERT in all caps
September 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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#vote #never51 #CarneyForCanada #notpoilievre
Yellow elections Canada vote sign Liberal candidate Corey Hogan Calgary Confederation sign with small Canadian flag
April 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I went to see Apocalyptica last night - incredible talent and fabulous show 🖤🤘 #metalsky
Photo of three men on stage each with a cello. Two of them have long hair and the lighting is red Photo of one man with long black hair playing a cello on stage in red lighting Photo of a blond long haired man playing cello on stage and sticking his tongue out Photo of a man with short hair playing a cello and looking happy. The lighting is bright and white
February 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Next concert I am attending is Mother Mother on the 21st so I’m hopping off social media for the next week so I can focus on completing some very important work for some very wonderful people and not get dragged down by news and politics. The news related depression is real. See y’all next Friday 🖤
Screen shot of ticket to Mother Mother with the seating info blacked out
February 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Went to a metal show with @jchevais.bsky.social today and got to meet Vancouver metal duo Opal in Sky. Big energy show and great music 🖤🤘 #metalsky
Two women in center with identical twin men on either side. They are are all wearing metal band tshirts
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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If music is therapy, who is your therapist
February 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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When I went to Frankfurt in 2022 for the Frankfurt Book Fair, I made it a point to find this book burning memorial.
The text reads "At this place on May 10, 1933 National Socialist students burnt books by authors, scientists and publicists." Those students were Nazis. 1/3
February 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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LinkedIn literally just recommended that I follow Snoop Dogg 🤨 #hardpass
February 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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This dude followed me and it’s an autoblock from me. Like seriously your whole bio is a sexist Bible verse?! Gross
Picture of Louis Celik bio page in BlueSky referencing Bible verse John 4:16
January 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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This is my fave picture I took of them last night 😊
Shows a heavy metal guitarist and vocalist both making a face while singing
January 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Vexing Hex‘s new album Solve et Coagula. Doomy goodness 🖤 📌

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Album cover for Vexing Hex‘s Solve Et Coagula. Colours are mostly shades of green and purple with laboratory and skull imagery
January 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Took myself out to see some live music last night at @dickensyyc.bsky.social
This is the opening act - Red Cain. A little bit folk metal, a little bit Goth, a lot entertaining 🖤
#metalsky
January 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Tried out my new tea cup today 🦖
Picture of a wood table with a white mug and green cartoon trex dinosaur holding a cup of tea with the words TEA REX above the dinosaur. It is adorable
January 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Popping in briefly to say Happy New Year! I’ll be back into social media mid-January
Meme showing a Gizmo toy (from the movie Gremlins) held in a hand with a sink and water running from the tap in the background with the text at the top saying “Might as well get 2025 started”
January 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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This was in my inbox this morning! If you are looking for a great read over the Xmas holidays, this is a great pick! Audio and ebook on sale through Kobo.
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Screen shot of Kobo email promoting the book The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite. EBook on sale for $4.99 and audiobook on sale for $9.99 - both prices are CAD
December 8, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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Got my Apply Replay today. #metalsky 🖤
Apple replay image that says There was one genre you came back to again and again. Metal. List of top bands listened to month by month, in order Creeper, Ghost, Tyr, The Mission, Ghost, Stray Cats, Avatar, Social Distortion, Poltergeist, Unto Others
December 6, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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It is very wintery here today #yycwinter #winter #snowday
Picture of a snow covered silver minivan and a snowy street with houses and trees blanketed in snow. Looks greyscale but is a colour photo.
November 23, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Went to see Unto Other last night at Dickens. Awesome show - they exceeded expectations 🖤
#metalsky #livemusic #concert
November 19, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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I made soup today. It is good.
#soupislife #lovesoup
A slow cooker full of chopped broccoli, potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, garlic and seasoning. The view is from above A bowl of green soup with flecks of carrot. View from above. A silver spoon is submerged and the handle is resting against the side of the white soup bowl
November 18, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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Unto Others most recent album - going to see them live on Monday 🖤 Gothy, grungey, metal goodness
Album cover of Unto Others most recent album Never, Neverland. Mostly black with a sprig of lavender flowers and the band logo
November 12, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Meme featuring Papa Emeritus IV of the band Ghost on stage but kind of hiding behind a raised set with text along the top that reads Me hiding from being an adult
November 12, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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I haven’t been using X for quite a while but popped in today to remove my headshot and leave a couple messages on my profile 😈
I’m mostly on FB, Insta, and BlueSky. I have profiles on Threads and Mastodon but always forget they exist. Happy to be hanging out with you all here
Picture of my X profile. Text in the profile header reads Reproductive rights are human rights. Abortion is healthcare. Text in the bio section reads Donal Trump and Elon Musk suck and so does X
November 12, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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If you see this, post a concert pic you took.
Picture of Blackie Lawless of the band WASP pointing at another band member. The lighting is red.
November 11, 2024 at 4:21 AM
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Name an album you like with a grey cover
Album cover of Dance Devil Dance by Avatar - is an image of the lead singer’s face with black clown makeup
November 11, 2024 at 12:54 AM