Juliet Blackwell
@julietblackwell.bsky.social
Asylum Hotel is my 30th novel! Writer, traveler, lover of animals, nature, magic, and open-minded, kind-hearted, free-thinking peeps of all stripes (and the polkadot ones, too). She/her
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After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
Artist Gary Tyler turns 40 years of wrongful imprisonment into powerful textiles
An exhibition of Tyler’s quilts captures scenes of humanity from within the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
My upcoming novel, The Séance Garden, is based in Monterey & I did a lot of research on the Monterey Bay Aquarium -- & its otter program! They've done such important work to help bring sea otters back from the brink of extinction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxy...
Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in California after long search
YouTube video by Associated Press
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November 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My upcoming novel, The Séance Garden, is based in Monterey & I did a lot of research on the Monterey Bay Aquarium -- & its otter program! They've done such important work to help bring sea otters back from the brink of extinction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxy...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Forgot to send this one out to the book overs out there! #Booksky
Cover reveal!
(The Séance Garden doesn't come out until summer, but isn't it pretty? Sending thanks to the artists and designers at Penguin/Random House!)
(The Séance Garden doesn't come out until summer, but isn't it pretty? Sending thanks to the artists and designers at Penguin/Random House!)
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Forgot to send this one out to the book overs out there! #Booksky
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Pardon my suddenly watery eyes, but a long-time regular just stopped in with this.
He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.
"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."
📚❤️
He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.
"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."
📚❤️
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Pardon my suddenly watery eyes, but a long-time regular just stopped in with this.
He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.
"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."
📚❤️
He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.
"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."
📚❤️
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November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Hey could really use some of that good ole “red wine and chocolate actually have huge health benefits” type news in the cycle again please. Some of that “cheese has way more protein per serving than you think” energy
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hey could really use some of that good ole “red wine and chocolate actually have huge health benefits” type news in the cycle again please. Some of that “cheese has way more protein per serving than you think” energy
Cover reveal!
(The Séance Garden doesn't come out until summer, but isn't it pretty? Sending thanks to the artists and designers at Penguin/Random House!)
(The Séance Garden doesn't come out until summer, but isn't it pretty? Sending thanks to the artists and designers at Penguin/Random House!)
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cover reveal!
(The Séance Garden doesn't come out until summer, but isn't it pretty? Sending thanks to the artists and designers at Penguin/Random House!)
(The Séance Garden doesn't come out until summer, but isn't it pretty? Sending thanks to the artists and designers at Penguin/Random House!)
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Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.
My dad was a proud veteran (Marine, Coast Guard, Navy).
He was gone a lot, missed a lot. The family moved around often. Dad experienced a lot of trauma, and though he never spoke of it, it left its mark.
No matter one's political perspective, I hope we can all agree that service equals sacrifice.
He was gone a lot, missed a lot. The family moved around often. Dad experienced a lot of trauma, and though he never spoke of it, it left its mark.
No matter one's political perspective, I hope we can all agree that service equals sacrifice.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My dad was a proud veteran (Marine, Coast Guard, Navy).
He was gone a lot, missed a lot. The family moved around often. Dad experienced a lot of trauma, and though he never spoke of it, it left its mark.
No matter one's political perspective, I hope we can all agree that service equals sacrifice.
He was gone a lot, missed a lot. The family moved around often. Dad experienced a lot of trauma, and though he never spoke of it, it left its mark.
No matter one's political perspective, I hope we can all agree that service equals sacrifice.
Late harvest: the last of the tomatoes, artichokes, two kinds of green peppers, parsley, tarragon... #bounty #gardening
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Late harvest: the last of the tomatoes, artichokes, two kinds of green peppers, parsley, tarragon... #bounty #gardening
Had a visitor the other day. He was *not* happy with me waking him from a well-deserved nap -- thus the side-eye.
In related news, Fernando-the-Cat was PISSED.
(In *other* related news, my house sure looks messy! And yes, those are my feet.)
#dogsitting
In related news, Fernando-the-Cat was PISSED.
(In *other* related news, my house sure looks messy! And yes, those are my feet.)
#dogsitting
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Had a visitor the other day. He was *not* happy with me waking him from a well-deserved nap -- thus the side-eye.
In related news, Fernando-the-Cat was PISSED.
(In *other* related news, my house sure looks messy! And yes, those are my feet.)
#dogsitting
In related news, Fernando-the-Cat was PISSED.
(In *other* related news, my house sure looks messy! And yes, those are my feet.)
#dogsitting
We have not long to love.
Light does not stay.
The tender things are those
we fold away.
Coarse fabrics are the ones
for common wear....
So moments pass as though
they wished to stay.
We have not long to love.
A night. A day.... ---Tennessee Williams
Light does not stay.
The tender things are those
we fold away.
Coarse fabrics are the ones
for common wear....
So moments pass as though
they wished to stay.
We have not long to love.
A night. A day.... ---Tennessee Williams
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We have not long to love.
Light does not stay.
The tender things are those
we fold away.
Coarse fabrics are the ones
for common wear....
So moments pass as though
they wished to stay.
We have not long to love.
A night. A day.... ---Tennessee Williams
Light does not stay.
The tender things are those
we fold away.
Coarse fabrics are the ones
for common wear....
So moments pass as though
they wished to stay.
We have not long to love.
A night. A day.... ---Tennessee Williams
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
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November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Went to a beautiful impromptu wedding at the courthouse! So uplifting & fun & hopeful.
Still, this is the second wedding I've gone to which had to happen immediately due to legal threats to same-sex marriage. How are we still dealing with this basic right for loving adults to be together???
Still, this is the second wedding I've gone to which had to happen immediately due to legal threats to same-sex marriage. How are we still dealing with this basic right for loving adults to be together???
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Went to a beautiful impromptu wedding at the courthouse! So uplifting & fun & hopeful.
Still, this is the second wedding I've gone to which had to happen immediately due to legal threats to same-sex marriage. How are we still dealing with this basic right for loving adults to be together???
Still, this is the second wedding I've gone to which had to happen immediately due to legal threats to same-sex marriage. How are we still dealing with this basic right for loving adults to be together???
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I traded my pants in for the racing snail and have no regrets
#artcriticfromhell is clearly 6 (or maybe 8), as without pockets I must brandish my weapons accordingly, ahem, without guile but with gusto.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I traded my pants in for the racing snail and have no regrets
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By the way if you don’t want people to celebrate your death try this one trick: don’t endorse or plan war crimes!
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
By the way if you don’t want people to celebrate your death try this one trick: don’t endorse or plan war crimes!
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Asylum Hotel was picked up by Once Upon a Book Club -- they asked me to sign 1000 bookplates! I returned from my travels to find the box includes not only my novel but novel-related items such as a clock, journal, & travel mug marked with the page references. Such fun! Thank you, OUBC!!!
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Asylum Hotel was picked up by Once Upon a Book Club -- they asked me to sign 1000 bookplates! I returned from my travels to find the box includes not only my novel but novel-related items such as a clock, journal, & travel mug marked with the page references. Such fun! Thank you, OUBC!!!
I lost my phone somewhere in my house (this is not unprecedented for me) and asked my BF to call me so I could hear the ringer. Then I picked up the phone and thought, "Oh! I missed a call! I'll call ba--"
*Wait a minute...*
*Wait a minute...*
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I lost my phone somewhere in my house (this is not unprecedented for me) and asked my BF to call me so I could hear the ringer. Then I picked up the phone and thought, "Oh! I missed a call! I'll call ba--"
*Wait a minute...*
*Wait a minute...*
Dia de los Muertos
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dia de los Muertos
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I want a sequel! Jenn McKinlay's Witches of Dubious Origin has a librarian, mysterious books, witches, magic, a touch of romance, a woman learning her own powers. Wonderful! #BookSky #Witches #Librarians tinyurl.com/4skxv7nz
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I want a sequel! Jenn McKinlay's Witches of Dubious Origin has a librarian, mysterious books, witches, magic, a touch of romance, a woman learning her own powers. Wonderful! #BookSky #Witches #Librarians tinyurl.com/4skxv7nz
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If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
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bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/