John Jupin
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ACLU supporter and Legal Observer
UT graduate
Fulton County Poll Worker
Former Naval Officer
Law Enforcement Career
Reposted by John Jupin
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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“One speaker at an Atlanta Writers Conference said not to discount the #smallpublishers. He was right! I began ignoring the mainstream agents and looked at the smaller presses instead.”
ToniBellon.com
My True Story and What Inspired Me to Write L.E.A.P.
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
“One speaker at an Atlanta Writers Conference said not to discount the #smallpublishers. He was right! I began ignoring the mainstream agents and looked at the smaller presses instead.”
ToniBellon.com
My True Story and What Inspired Me to Write L.E.A.P.
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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“One speaker at an Atlanta Writers Conference said not to discount the #smallpublishers. He was right! I began ignoring the mainstream agents and looked at the smaller presses instead.”
ToniBellon.com
My True Story and What Inspired Me to Write L.E.A.P.
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
“One speaker at an Atlanta Writers Conference said not to discount the #smallpublishers. He was right! I began ignoring the mainstream agents and looked at the smaller presses instead.”
ToniBellon.com
My True Story and What Inspired Me to Write L.E.A.P.
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
💙📚 Real literary agents do NOT reach out to authors FIRST via email or cold calls...."
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
December 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
💙📚 Real literary agents do NOT reach out to authors FIRST via email or cold calls...."
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
💙📚. “AWC serves all who are interested in writing, from well-published authors to those aspiring to write for the first time. Our members include writers of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, essays, blogs, graphic novels, poetry, screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, journalism, and freelance work.”
December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
💙📚. “AWC serves all who are interested in writing, from well-published authors to those aspiring to write for the first time. Our members include writers of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, essays, blogs, graphic novels, poetry, screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, journalism, and freelance work.”
💙📚Get to know the genius who insisted his readers wanted a Christmas Ghost Story: Charles Dickens
“The Man Who Invented Christmas”: I list it right up there with Die Hard on my must watch Christmas shows. Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie!”
ToniBellon.com
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“The Man Who Invented Christmas”: I list it right up there with Die Hard on my must watch Christmas shows. Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie!”
ToniBellon.com
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
December 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
💙📚Get to know the genius who insisted his readers wanted a Christmas Ghost Story: Charles Dickens
“The Man Who Invented Christmas”: I list it right up there with Die Hard on my must watch Christmas shows. Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie!”
ToniBellon.com
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
“The Man Who Invented Christmas”: I list it right up there with Die Hard on my must watch Christmas shows. Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie!”
ToniBellon.com
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
💙📚Got Writer’s Block? Imposter Syndrome? So did Charles Dickens
Try this Christmas movie
“If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an author, The Man Who Invented Christmas gets it right.”
Toni Bellon
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Tonibellon.com
Try this Christmas movie
“If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an author, The Man Who Invented Christmas gets it right.”
Toni Bellon
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
Tonibellon.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
💙📚Got Writer’s Block? Imposter Syndrome? So did Charles Dickens
Try this Christmas movie
“If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an author, The Man Who Invented Christmas gets it right.”
Toni Bellon
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
Tonibellon.com
Try this Christmas movie
“If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an author, The Man Who Invented Christmas gets it right.”
Toni Bellon
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
Tonibellon.com
💙📚This is one example of how Victoria Strauss protects writers like my author wife,tonibellon.com
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December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
💙📚This is one example of how Victoria Strauss protects writers like my author wife,tonibellon.com
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💙📚 “If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an author, The Man Who Invented Christmas gets it right. The characters take on a life of their own and often interrupt your sleep to let you know that the story is going in the wrong direction.”
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tonibellon.com
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tonibellon.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
💙📚 “If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an author, The Man Who Invented Christmas gets it right. The characters take on a life of their own and often interrupt your sleep to let you know that the story is going in the wrong direction.”
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
tonibellon.com
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tonibellon.com
💙📚 #DieHard is a #ChristmasMovie
“it’s time for me to tell you about my annual Christmas movie list. I tell friends who are interested in #writing and #writers, they should watch the movie - The Man Who Invented Christmas.”
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Check out tonibellon.com for more
“it’s time for me to tell you about my annual Christmas movie list. I tell friends who are interested in #writing and #writers, they should watch the movie - The Man Who Invented Christmas.”
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Check out tonibellon.com for more
Back by popular demand!😄
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December 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
💙📚 #DieHard is a #ChristmasMovie
“it’s time for me to tell you about my annual Christmas movie list. I tell friends who are interested in #writing and #writers, they should watch the movie - The Man Who Invented Christmas.”
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
Check out tonibellon.com for more
“it’s time for me to tell you about my annual Christmas movie list. I tell friends who are interested in #writing and #writers, they should watch the movie - The Man Who Invented Christmas.”
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9616...
Check out tonibellon.com for more
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
💙📚 Read my books and you will find a kernel of my truth in each of them. You will also find lies and humor. I’m not going to tell you what is true and what is not. Just know, there is a brick wall nearby with imprints of my head banging.
Tonibellon.com
#teacher
#librarian
#schoolcounselor
#YAbook
Tonibellon.com
#teacher
#librarian
#schoolcounselor
#YAbook
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
💙📚 Read my books and you will find a kernel of my truth in each of them. You will also find lies and humor. I’m not going to tell you what is true and what is not. Just know, there is a brick wall nearby with imprints of my head banging.
Tonibellon.com
#teacher
#librarian
#schoolcounselor
#YAbook
Tonibellon.com
#teacher
#librarian
#schoolcounselor
#YAbook
💙📚”I feel really lucky. Being a member of the Atlanta Writers Club allowed me to meet Geoff Habiger from #ArtemesiaPublishing. Geoff deserves a huge amount of credit. He continues to answer all my questions (no matter how dumb) and calms me down.”
Toni Bellon.
Check out Tonibellon.com
Toni Bellon.
Check out Tonibellon.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
💙📚”I feel really lucky. Being a member of the Atlanta Writers Club allowed me to meet Geoff Habiger from #ArtemesiaPublishing. Geoff deserves a huge amount of credit. He continues to answer all my questions (no matter how dumb) and calms me down.”
Toni Bellon.
Check out Tonibellon.com
Toni Bellon.
Check out Tonibellon.com
💙📚Excellent advice. Authors are subject to a lot of impersonation scams: fake agents, fake publishers, fake publicists.
“Trust but verify “
Ronald Reagan
“Trust but verify “
Ronald Reagan
Copyright scams are becoming increasingly common. As I learned, no one is safe from impersonation and manipulation, even me.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/12/02/h...
#Copyright #ScamAlert #Security
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/12/02/h...
#Copyright #ScamAlert #Security
How to Avoid Copyright Scams
Copyright scams are becoming increasingly common. As I learned, no one is safe from impersonation and manipulation, even me.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
💙📚Excellent advice. Authors are subject to a lot of impersonation scams: fake agents, fake publishers, fake publicists.
“Trust but verify “
Ronald Reagan
“Trust but verify “
Ronald Reagan
💙📚. Victoria Strauss is there to protect authors from scammers. Follow her! And check out Writer Beware, her blog
#authors #publishingscams
#Atlantawritersclub
#authors #publishingscams
#Atlantawritersclub
Just emailed Grove Atlantic with info and documentation on this scam, about which I've gotten two recent reports. It's being run by publishing scammer WestPage Press. Impersonating publishers with fake contract offers is a very common ploy for this type of scam.
ICYMI #WritingCommunity Grove Atlantic is trying to track down scammers, and if you've encountered them, they'd like your help
cc @victoriastrauss.com
cc @victoriastrauss.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
💙📚. Victoria Strauss is there to protect authors from scammers. Follow her! And check out Writer Beware, her blog
#authors #publishingscams
#Atlantawritersclub
#authors #publishingscams
#Atlantawritersclub
💙📚 Our 34th Atlanta Writers Conference is open for registrations and features 28 agents and publishers, including 20 in-person guests for manuscript critiques, query letter critiques, and query letter pitches and new "lightning pitches"
atlantawritersconference.com/the-conferen...
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Conference Activities
Our 34th Atlanta Writers Conference on May 1-2, 2026, held in-person at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel, consists of ELEVEN parts and you may participate in one, some, or all of these events based…
atlantawritersconference.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
💙📚 Our 34th Atlanta Writers Conference is open for registrations and features 28 agents and publishers, including 20 in-person guests for manuscript critiques, query letter critiques, and query letter pitches and new "lightning pitches"
atlantawritersconference.com/the-conferen...
atlantawritersconference.com/the-conferen...
💙📚Romance Writers Beware: Scams are Targeting You
This is an excellent resource by Jenna Harte for all #authors too. It is full of advice. Well worth the time!
writewithharte.com/romance-writ...
JJ: Spouse of author tonibellon.com.
#Indieauthors
#romanceauthors
#authorscams
#books
This is an excellent resource by Jenna Harte for all #authors too. It is full of advice. Well worth the time!
writewithharte.com/romance-writ...
JJ: Spouse of author tonibellon.com.
#Indieauthors
#romanceauthors
#authorscams
#books
Romance Writers Beware: 11 Common Scams Targeting Authors and How to Spot
11 author scams including how to spot and avoid them, and what to do if you get caught up in one.
writewithharte.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
💙📚Romance Writers Beware: Scams are Targeting You
This is an excellent resource by Jenna Harte for all #authors too. It is full of advice. Well worth the time!
writewithharte.com/romance-writ...
JJ: Spouse of author tonibellon.com.
#Indieauthors
#romanceauthors
#authorscams
#books
This is an excellent resource by Jenna Harte for all #authors too. It is full of advice. Well worth the time!
writewithharte.com/romance-writ...
JJ: Spouse of author tonibellon.com.
#Indieauthors
#romanceauthors
#authorscams
#books
💙📚I’ve read a lot of stories about alcoholics and many seem to have happy endings where the afflicted person agrees to go to rehab. I wanted to tell a story where the mother doesn’t get help.
Tonibellon.com
My Story
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
Free Linns Emerging Adult Plan(LEAP)
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Tonibellon.com
My Story
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
Free Linns Emerging Adult Plan(LEAP)
a.co/d/64sD4Ti
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
💙📚I’ve read a lot of stories about alcoholics and many seem to have happy endings where the afflicted person agrees to go to rehab. I wanted to tell a story where the mother doesn’t get help.
Tonibellon.com
My Story
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
Free Linns Emerging Adult Plan(LEAP)
a.co/d/64sD4Ti
Tonibellon.com
My Story
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
Free Linns Emerging Adult Plan(LEAP)
a.co/d/64sD4Ti
💙📚 Real literary agents do NOT reach out to authors FIRST via email or cold calls...."
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
Thanks for clarifying J.S.Living
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
Thanks for clarifying J.S.Living
Angela’s Desk
Paying Markets for Writers, Freelancing Job Listings, and Whispers and Warnings About the Writing and Publishing Industries!
writersweekly.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
💙📚 Real literary agents do NOT reach out to authors FIRST via email or cold calls...."
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
Thanks for clarifying J.S.Living
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
Thanks for clarifying J.S.Living
💙📚 Real literary agents do NOT reach out to authors via email or cold calls. They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
💙📚 Real literary agents do NOT reach out to authors via email or cold calls. They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...
JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
Reposted by John Jupin
💙📚Self Publishing? Check it out
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
💙📚Self Publishing? Check it out
L.E.A.P. is an honest view into the life of a #teen living with an #alcoholic parent and the systemic dysfunction that happens in a family that tries to pretend everything is normal.
Kim Ottesen, Forsyth County Public Library
My story
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
Check out tonibellon.com!
Kim Ottesen, Forsyth County Public Library
My story
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
Check out tonibellon.com!
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
L.E.A.P. is an honest view into the life of a #teen living with an #alcoholic parent and the systemic dysfunction that happens in a family that tries to pretend everything is normal.
Kim Ottesen, Forsyth County Public Library
My story
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
Check out tonibellon.com!
Kim Ottesen, Forsyth County Public Library
My story
nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...
Check out tonibellon.com!