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J.D. Cunegan

@jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social

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Storyteller. Fiction is the weapon I wield against an unjust world I am powerless to change. Bi/pan. He/Him/His. jdcuneganbooks.com

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

#IndieAuthors I write about superheroes and prophecies and assassins and corrupt billionaires getting what they deserve. Oh, and my books are queer as hell. 👇

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Meet Summer (left) and Lola.

Lovers-turned-enemies-turned-lovers-again. Maybe.

Assuming Summer survives the next seven days.

SUMMERTIME, ASSASSINS, AND OTHER SKULLDUGGERIES: out in paperback and all major ebook outlets!

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Zazie Beetz leans against an off-white wall, wearing a white tank top and a thin golden necklace with matching hoop earrings.

The cover for J.D. Cunegan's lesbian assassin thriller novel SUMMERTIME, ASSASSINS, AND OTHER SKULLDUGGERIES.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 1d

I do not know why THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS ebook is on sale at all of your chosen electromagic bookmonger sites, but it is. So if you want a haunted house, a mysterious boulder field, a nightmare coal mine, a family under siege, and a disappearing serial killer — well, this might be the book for you.

Book cover text:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
THE
BOOK
OF
ACCIDENTS
A
NOVEL
CHUCK WENDIG
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WANDERERS

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Compared to what his party's become... yep. Even though almost everything we're dealing with now started with him.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Corporate-owned media isn't worth shit, example number I've lost count.

Stop giving these people your money and your eyeballs.

Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 4d

Just insane thing for a NYT editor to say publicly:

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Today's thought. Number 3.

A journal page with text reading, "Writing is art. Writing is science. Writing is human. Writing is essential. Writing is the foundation of everything we say, think, and do. Writing is life."

Oh, and a thumb.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 3d

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 3d

I remain convinced that had Joe Biden remained in the race, he would've won re-election.

NOTE: This is not a knock on Kamala Harris; she did the best she could given the circumstances, and was failed on multiple fronts.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Adulthood.

-2025

Two pills, one pink and one white, sit on a wooden counter beside a blue and clear pill cutter.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Them: "You should have your books available outside of Amazon."

Me: "I do. My books are available in several different places. You can even request them from your local library."

Them:

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 4d

We didn't see Tom Hanks with impossibly dark hair and some leggy brunette running off from the Louvre this morning, did we?

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Today's thought. Number 2.

A journal page with text that reads:

"Laziness does not exist. Whatever prevents us from doing, whatever saps us of our energy and our joy is always external and almost always systemic. To live today is to be exhausted, and what outsiders may deem to be 'lazy' is often rest, recovery, rebellion... or all of the above."

Oh, and a thumb.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Today's thought. Number 1.

A journal page with the text:

"Let today be the beginning of something momentous. Not an end. Not a flash in the pan. The Beginning."

Oh, and a thumb.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 5d

How to use fiction to process existential dread. The power of story to help authors and readers alike deal with the things about life and society they are powerless to actually change.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

Okay #WritingCommunity...

You've recruited as a teacher at a new writing school. You get to choose a custom class to teach.

What are you teaching?

Mine? How to develop interesting quirky characters that readers will love.

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Baseball owners who refuse to invest in player payroll and even ✨️attempt✨️ to be competitive bother me far more than the teams that seemingly throw money at every good player available. We need a salary floor more than we need a cap.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 5d

#WritingCommunity

Are yours? 👇

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Define your music taste in eight artists.

-System of a Down
-Jinjer
-Spiritbox
-Evanescence
-Scars on Broadway
-Unleash the Archers
-Gojira
-Weird Al Yankovic

❤️🏳️‍🌈🐾Ember Darkpaw🐾🏳️‍🌈❤️ @prowlingpaws.bsky.social · 5d

Define your music taste in eight artists. (It's everything and anything just so long as I like the song/music. I'm not picky at all and can like any genre.)

-Evanescence
-Linkin Park
-Halestorm
-Within Temptation
-Elton John
-Hozier
-Ariana Grande
-Barry Manilow

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 6d

Define your music taste in eight artists.

The National (Matt Berninger)
Josh Ritter
Gregory Alan Isakov
Sam Tinnesz
Anais Mitchell
Angus and Julia Stone
Breaking Benjamin (Benjamin Burnley)
Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong)

Your turn! 🎶🎧

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 5d

#WritingCommunity

"Why are your books so violent?"

Because I'm tired of living in a world where the wicked are allowed to get away with their cruelty, and this is the only way to enact proper punishment without ending up, you know, in prison.

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 5d

I've long thought conservative projection was little more than an acknowledgement that they behave that way, so of course everyone else does, right?

...Right?

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 5d

There's a lot of really shitty things going on right now, and I don't know what to do about... well, just about all of them. But being alive to watch Shohei Ohtani play baseball is just... I don't care what team you root for, you have to admit it's ungodly special what he's doing.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 9d

#NASCAR Charging $60 for a video game where you don't even get a physical copy, on machines that are currently north of $500, should be criminal. Especially with DLC and "season packs" that are, on day one, a combined $45.

This is why I've given up on gaming, outside of the classics.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 9d

I'm over policing Democrats' behavior when we're just letting Republicans get away with anything and everything. If you have a problem with that, you know where the goddamn block button is.

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Besides, who among us ✨️hasn't✨️ texted someone in private to bitch about fucked-up co-workers? The Second Amendment, fuck-your-feelings crowd is awfully sensitive sometimes...

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 10d

This thing in Virginia where Republicans are running on "ZOMG Jay Jones said mean things about us in text messages!!1!11!" when they've said and done far, far worse, in public and private, for decades, is just further proof that in America, consequences are only for liberals and the marginalized.

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 10d

ADULTING WIN: I've figured out a way to reliably take my blood pressure and cholesterol pills!

I'm a real adult now!

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 26d

Hard pill to swallow:

All of them. Can we get more liquids and injectables, please?

J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Looking forward to it!