Jody Hobbs Hesler
@jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social
Writer & Writing Teacher
Without You Here, Winner Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction, 2025
What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better, story collection
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www.jodyhobbshesler.com
She/her
Without You Here, Winner Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction, 2025
What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better, story collection
https://linktr.ee/jodyhobbshesler
www.jodyhobbshesler.com
She/her
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Novel, Without You Here (Sept. 24), about a niece growing up in the shadow of her beloved aunt's loss to suicide, and story collection, What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better (Oct. 23), with 17 stories of disconnection and longing set in Central Virginia. (Bonus glimpse of Vonnegut.)
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"She never made it outside in time to see how dregs of trash managed to fly from the truck and land on her specific lawn every week."
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"She never made it outside in time to see how dregs of trash managed to fly from the truck and land on her specific lawn every week."
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
NO
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
NO
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Our ability to weep for others who are not us is an essential part of being human.
August 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Our ability to weep for others who are not us is an essential part of being human.
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Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
August 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Nicely said, @gabino.bsky.social!
Struggling to finish the novel, so I’m reading this again every morning: A Guide to Writing Your Next Novel in 10 Easy Steps
open.substack.com/pub/gabinoig...
open.substack.com/pub/gabinoig...
A Guide to Writing Your Next Novel in 10 Easy Steps
And some other things...
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Nicely said, @gabino.bsky.social!
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Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name.
wapo.st/3GZuXCW
wapo.st/3GZuXCW
U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’
Three Venezuelans, released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said they were repeatedly beaten and denied access to lawyers.
wapo.st
July 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name.
wapo.st/3GZuXCW
wapo.st/3GZuXCW
Resurrection lily, reprise, with crepe myrtle confetti
July 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Resurrection lily, reprise, with crepe myrtle confetti
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🌍 is whack. Grateful for small #joys. New #shortstories up at Swing Literary Journal and in The Overturning, a new post-Roe-v-Wade-overturning anthology from the great folks at @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social. Keep #reading. Keep #writing. Keep your good hearts.
July 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌍 is whack. Grateful for small #joys. New #shortstories up at Swing Literary Journal and in The Overturning, a new post-Roe-v-Wade-overturning anthology from the great folks at @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social. Keep #reading. Keep #writing. Keep your good hearts.
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Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
July 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
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it's prime day and bookshop has free shipping. yes please, but go further. it's a great day to think about ethical, sustainable, access to culture. under capitalism, we are where we spend and we die without art. buy from brick and mortar or online indie (every and) today.
kithbooks.com/shop
kithbooks.com/shop
July 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
it's prime day and bookshop has free shipping. yes please, but go further. it's a great day to think about ethical, sustainable, access to culture. under capitalism, we are where we spend and we die without art. buy from brick and mortar or online indie (every and) today.
kithbooks.com/shop
kithbooks.com/shop
June 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Cool building. Ypsilanti. #writeratlarge
June 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Cool building. Ypsilanti. #writeratlarge
Cool building. Ypsilanti. #writeratlarge
June 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Cool building. Ypsilanti. #writeratlarge
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None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested
Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
Catawba rhododendron.
May 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Catawba rhododendron.
Not to be redundant, but here's some #bluesky. I love #clouds and their reminder of the bigness of the world, the sky, the universe. It's a great time for #deepbreaths and #selfcare while we navigate these turbulent times. #solidarity
May 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Not to be redundant, but here's some #bluesky. I love #clouds and their reminder of the bigness of the world, the sky, the universe. It's a great time for #deepbreaths and #selfcare while we navigate these turbulent times. #solidarity
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🧡 Introducing the 2025 Cows in Residence! #MtSanAngelo #VCCAFellows
May 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🧡 Introducing the 2025 Cows in Residence! #MtSanAngelo #VCCAFellows
Greetings from Little.
April 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Greetings from Little.
If you've never been to @the-vcca.bsky.social, or any artist residency, tune in for this primer on how to apply. It's a magical place.
We're one month away from VCCA's next application deadline (May 15, 2025) — an opportune time for the VCCA Fellows Council to host another Artist Residency Application Primer (this Friday, April 18, at Noon ET)!
RSVP and bring your questions: www.eventbrite.com/e/april-2025...
RSVP and bring your questions: www.eventbrite.com/e/april-2025...
April 2025 Art Residency Application Primer: An Interactive Conversation
Get insider tips on applying to artist, writer and composer residencies straight from the Fellows and Staff of the VCCA!
www.eventbrite.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
If you've never been to @the-vcca.bsky.social, or any artist residency, tune in for this primer on how to apply. It's a magical place.
Spring in Virginia.
April 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Spring in Virginia.