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Emily J. Edwards
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She/Her. Author based in beautiful Los Angeles. Staunch woman. Links to podcasts, projects, and books: linktr.ee/msemilyedwards
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You'll be visited by three spirits.

The three spirits:
A promo image from THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, with Cary Grant and James Stewart picking up Katharine Hepburn, and each kissing a cheek. Kate is wearing a tiered gingham dress and looks SENSATIONAL.
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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you’re welcome.
a soft, light-orange kitty boules up in a white fleece cat bed. you can tell she has a luxuriant pelt. and she also Smells Like Cat.
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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did you know you could log into your library app RIGHT NOW and borrow Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man in eBook? you should try it.
the cover of viviana valentine gets her man. a cartoon white roman in a green dress sits back at a desk smoking
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey,
Don't you know that i love you?
In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby,
Don't you know that i'll always be true?
the chicago pope wearing the full white garb, holding a microphone to his face in front of an ecclesiastical backup band
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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gotta celebrate #BeaujolaisNouveauDay (somehow i managed to buy Nick & Nora glasses already but not wine glasses yet)
a bottle of chateau d’ouilly beaujolais nouveau next to a nick and nora glass of deep red wine
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Holiday collar: donned

Toy: chewed

Neighbors: alerted
a large gray and white pit bull type dog wears a red and green plaid collar, chews on a black rubber ring toy, and looks out French windows onto a verdant front yard.
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Trying hard not to write a 3,000 word piece on Steve Martin's "Stany's bad wig in DOUBLE INDEMNITY" gag in DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID for #SilverScreenSleuths and kids, I might be failing

Perfect joke, no notes

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A black and white still from DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID. Steve Martin in drag in front of boxes of Farina with a fat baby on the box, he's in Barbara Stanwyck's outfit and wig from double indemnity.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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so we’ve been getting some rain 😯
an enormous puddle of muddy water in the corner of a walled garden.
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I tried to endear myself to the neighborhood corvids but ended up with a Scrub Jay pal who demands daily peanuts instead.

The Scrub Jay has also figured out windows, and likes to land in our spurge outside the kitchen to get our attention.
through a gridded leaded glass window a bright blue jay sits in a green bush, looking at the camera and cocking his head
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The dog heard that the husband was making biscuits for breakfast.

He *loves* biscuits.

Tried to explain they weren’t dog biscuits.

He doesn’t believe me.
A large gray and white pit bull type dog sits in the center of a kitchen, staring at the back of a white man in a blue sweatshirt, cooking. The kitchen has light wood floors, green lower cabinets, and beige upper cabinets in white walls.
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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ya know, the x files would have solved a lot of problems if mulder had walked around with a kodak funsaver like i did in middle school
a vintage yellow kodak funsaver single use camera. it’s yellow with a dash of red and black plastic grips on the side
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
a screen grab of a tweet about ocean spray cranberry jelly: **Buy my BOO-k** Emily J. Edwards…. 1d i should take a moment to remind you that Ocean Spray is actually a cranberry growers collective and by supporting the superlative "goo in a can" name-brand cranberry sauce, you're supporting workers and small farmers oatmeal influencer **Buy my BOO-k** Emily J. Edwards .. 1d: so many reasons to love Superlative Canned Goo this holiday season Lindsey Becker @lcatebecker • 1d Replying to @MsEmilyEdwards Plus, their manufacturing plants are
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Keith took my weather! I have this:
a rainy day in a yard with no grass just means mud.
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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You could literally make a better movie out of those 90s snark keychains they sold at Claire*s
three plastic keychains featuring text: i'm not arrogant i'm just a whole lot better than you, i'm not weird, i'm gifted, and i don't have an attitude problem it's supposed to be like this
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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my husband sent this to me and honestly it’s been making me giggle for days
Hippos can run faster than humans on land, and swim faster than humans in water Your only chance of beating a hippo in a triathlon is the bicycle. an image of a large river hippo walking towards the camera. it churns up some water into a froth and disturbs some green reeds at the edge of the river.
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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i can never believe that this little thing is 11.
a small orange kitty kat sitting on a marble coffee table.
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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we had one ON our backyard fence the other day
a cinderblock fence in a dusty yard. the blocks are covered with creeping fig. at the top of the wall, a coyote hunches. he’s looking at the camera, inquisitively.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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okay, angelenos. if you need a gate, do i freaking have the guy for you. jorge barragan at barragan ironworks. incredible customer service, excellent price, top notch work. would trust him with anything. is this a sexy photo? no. but i have to tell everyone i can about this guy.
a black ironwork gate across a driveway
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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oh no, i just realized that thanks to BOB’S BURGERS i need to start making a dutch baby for christmas eve dinner
a scene from bob’s burgers. linda is in a diner in a brown coat. she is accepting a to go box from a server in a blue shirt. she says “oh, it’s a preemie just like jesus!”
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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vote for miette
the zohran sign generator that says JAIL for Mother the zohran sign generator that says JAIL for mother for 1,000 years
November 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Happy 3rd Publish-iversary to my first book, Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man! It has been a wild (and stressful) past three years. I didn't have as much time as I wanted to debut Viv to the world, but I'm glad there are people who love her as much as I do! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711852...
the cover of the book VIVIANA VALENTINE GETS HER MAN. that text appears above the image with a bold midcentury sans serif font. the image is of a cartoon woman sitting at a desk with her feet up, wearing a green dress. by her feet is a typewriter and a gun. in the drawer of the desk, a bottle of whiskey.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Ticking Clock starts on New Year's Eve, but if you're in the mood for a Thanksgiving mystery, check out book two, VIVIANA VALENTINE GOES UP THE RIVER

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717309...
the cover of VIVIANA VALENTINE GOES UP THE RIVER. that text is written in bold, sans serif midcentury font. it hovers above a cartoon woman in a green dress, smoking a cigarette. in the background, a large, cream-colored mansion sits with a white car approaching it.
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Happy Second Publish-iversary to VIVIANA VALENTINE AND THE TICKING CLOCK! It came out 364 days after VIVIANA VALENTINE GETS HER MAN, so tomorrow I'll be just as obnoxious about my book babies :-)

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729815...
the cover of VIVIANA VALENTINE AND THE TICKING CLOCK. that text is written in bold mid-century sans-serif text, above the image of a cartoon woman in a yellow trench coat walking down an alley. behind her, the shadow of a man looms. she is walking towards times square.
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Does anyone know where this cartoon is from? Because it's basically my whole personality now that I'm crone aged.
What to do if there's a witch at your door step one: invite them in step two: make tea step three: plot against the puritans
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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don’t worry i also had cornichons
off work late? hungry, but too tired to cook? try 30 to 40 olives 30 to 40 olives an easy weeknight dinner eat them directly out of the jar with your fingers you will certainly not regret eating 30 to 40 olives
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM