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J.A. Jablonski

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Multi-genre writer: Academic Mystery, Speculative SF, & Magical Realism | One-time academic & librarian | Style guide nerd | NO AI | No autofollows. My other online activities: https://jajablonski.com/linktree/

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · Oct 11

Setting the stage: J.A. Jablonski (Jude) writes in three different genres (mystery, speculative SF, and magical realism) while keeping one foot in the academic scene by researching material culture in utopian fiction. (She/They/Dr/Ms/Mx)

For more about me, see jajablonski.com/linktree/

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Against a closeup backdrop of fire are two square images: one of a vivid red/orange/yellow sunset, the other a graphic of a red skull wearing a red academic mortarboard against a black background. The tag "Speculative SF" overlaps the first image while the tag "Academic Mystery" labels the second. When I focus on my day job, the hashtag "Am Writing" is included in the corner of a post.

Closeup color portrait of a middle-aged. female-presenting white person with dark brown eyes. They have a white pageboy hairstyle and are wearing large-ish blue-framed eyeglasses. They look directly at the camera with an amused expression.

Header image from J.A. Jablonski's website shows her name printed in white in a serif typeface against a starry night sky with a horizon of fir trees.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 14h

A book I've been reading has this occasional 1st person narrator who pops into the story intermittently. Really annoying! The storytelling gets thrown out of wack every time. It's as if the author can't help themselves: "See me! That's me! I'm here! Aren't I clever?" 😄

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 1d

It seems someone bookish has befriended our little #StreetLibrary of late. At least 2/3 of the current holdings are shared-in. (Plus several Pokémon cards!)

#LittleFreeLibrary

Handcrafted wooden street library box contains a wide range of items: mystery, SF/fantasy, & regular fiction novels, children & YA books, a few DVDs, a literary magazine, and several Pokémon cards.

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 1d

We have a street library and every week or so someone tucks a Pokémon card in. Really sweet. 😃

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos nothing...I wish I liked/drank coffee...cuz I just love the little Moka pot I got in grad school. ☕️ Clearly, the solution is to have one of my characters use one. 😄

#AmWriting

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 2d

Recalling the day a while back when a new boss asked to see me in his office, looked at me from across his not small desk, and asked if I could "promise my loyalty." I said I thought loyalty was earned not promised and "did he have something specific in mind?" Was on his sh*t list from then on. 😄

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 2d

An absolutely lovely (and hopeful) read. Rocky Horror was formative for me.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘Risky is the best way to be’: Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom

From Rocky Horror to the Muppets, Curry’s extraordinary career made him world-famous. Then, a stroke left him paralysed. The actor talks about his cocaine years, his friendship with David Bowie – and ...

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking of baseball ⚾ . . .

That double play in last night's Brewers/Dodgers game was freaking amazing! We actually screamed at the TV when we saw it!

Damn, I love this game. #GoBrewers

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 2d

The range of thoughts in this IG post by Gina Moffa, LCSW was hugely useful to me in many ways--how grief isn't only in response to a person's death.

"The Grief Before Goodbye: Understanding Anticipatory Loss"
www.instagram.com/p/DPlsbIrDrb_/

Screenshot of Slide 1 of Moffa's IG post titled "The Grief Before Goodbye: Understanding Anticipatory Loss." Additional text below reads "The Invisible Mourning That Begins Before a Loved One, Relationship, or Life Chapter is Truly Gone."

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 2d

Re: finding typos while editing...

I had a prof in grad school who said he hoped there was at least 1 typo in every handout he gave us: "Otherwise it would be perfect & I would vanish into thin air."

He was a medievalist, which may have had something to do with it. 🙃

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 2d

👏👏👏 TY!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

The answer to "how does [author] hold up?" is always "for whom?" Bester holds up fine to me, but I'm a 56-year-old white dude who has a vested interest in the genre. My take on his hold-uppedness will be different than, say, a 15-year-old BIPOC girl approaching science fiction for the first time.

Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 3d

How does Alfred Bester hold up?

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 2d

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 2d

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 2d

Titles in the street library gift box we gave to dear friends at dinner out last night:

Time of the Great Freeze by Robert Silverberg

Library Ethics by the legendary Jean Preer

12th Night -photo essay by Mary McCartney

Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer

A Piece of Justice by Jill Paton Walsh

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 3d

Have to agree. Don't have the time. Life is short.

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 3d

Awww. Blue Jays fans have all the sads tonight. ⚾️

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 3d

Favorite line from KJC's review: "deeply kind but never sentimental or (shudder) cosy." 👏

Curious overall (as this isn't a genre I dip into often), I found another, confirming review At Locus by Liz Bourke here: locusmag.com/review/liz-b...

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 3d

I read The Assassins of Thasalon (Penric and Desdemona, #10)
by Lois McMaster Bujold, along with the 10 accompanying novellas, in 36 hours.

K.J. Charles's review of The Assassins of Thasalon (Penric and Desdemona, #10)

This review is going to have to stand for the entire Penric and Desdemona series, all 11 books of which I have just glommed over a 36 hour period. All the rest are novellas and I've been sick okay, le...

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 4d

Is life often terrible? Yes.
Are there still always people out there going “Let’s make a cool ass thing for other people to see?” Also yes.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 4d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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lawrence jones @lawrentian.bsky.social · 8d

Just been made aware that the new documentary The Librarians is available for free on BBC iPlayer for the next 12 mths. It investigates what librarians in the US are going through right now as they unite to combat book banning & defend free speech. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Storyville - The Librarians

A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.

www.bbc.co.uk

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 5d

Da Big Game tonight--our Brewers vs those pesky Chicago Cubs--and we have tickets! Game 5 of 5. Our lads were stunning in games 1 & 2, then fell off the table in 3 & 4. All the marbles tonight. If we win, it's on to the World Series semifinals.

Go Crew! ⚾️

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 5d

IYKYK

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Bob Wait @bobwait.bsky.social · 5d

We're about one inning away from Bill Clement looping his necktie around his head. #Tigers #Mariners

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry, though not surprised, to learn that Blue & Koepsell, one of the few Milwaukee businesses that cleaned & repaired #ManualTypewriters has closed its doors. 😥

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 6d

Total snort laugh over here. 🐴🤣

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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 6d

Last night my dreams were filled with lines & fences. Fraught & weird. (And I slept nearly 12 hours solid. Atypical for me.)

#WriterBrain

Close view of window blinds at sunrise with odd vertical shadows.

Close view of pleated Roman window shade seen at a slight diagonal.

Long view of a wooden backyard fence being prepped for repainting.

Metal fencing along walkway in a baseball stadium with steel roof arches in the background.

J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · 7d

Also really fun to read!
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E. H. Lupton @pretensesoup.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, it's spooky season, so check out my spooky books! There's magic, romance, demons, compost zombies, and all kinds of groovy stuff.

ehlupton.com/links