I'm a professional. AND YET open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

I just got permanently banned from threads. No idea why! But as I only had mental capacity for one of these apps, you’ll see me on here more now.

We are delighted to reveal the gorgeous cover for NEWBOURNE PARK by @juniperjennyt.bsky.social🩸 “Saltburn with werewolves”, this is a darkly hilarious novel about dysfunctional families, class, and other things that howl at the moon… Coming September 2026! 🌝

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

We are thrilled to announce that Titan Books will be publishing NEWBOURNE PARK by @juniperjennyt.bsky.social🩸 From the author of Diavola comes “Saltburn with werewolves” in this novel about dysfunctional families, class, and other things that howl at the moon. Coming September 2026 🌓

In "Lute" by @juniperjennyt.bsky.social the action takes place in a small island in the Bristol Channel (a sort-of Lundy) against the backdrop of a mysterious and terrifying war between Europe and America. I think of that more than I should, really. www.amazon.co.uk/Lute-Jennife...

It’s out! I spoke to @zoejardiniere.bsky.social about migration, the realities, the challenges and how to confront the real threat of far right takeover of our country on a platform of fear and disinformation. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

DMing my first DnD campaign today despite never having played before is a pretty good encapsulation of how I’ve lived my life thus far.

EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role FREE to read www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Twelve years ago today, our original location on 31st Street opened for business 🥳

I’ve learned more about being a better advocate for my son, through the questions children have been kind enough to ask. A little essay for The Huffington Post, and how I learned to shed my “it’s not my job to educate everyone” armor, for the child who needed me to. www.huffpost.com/entry/answer...

I feel much more outrage than I express online, mostly due to a general sense of who the fuck am I, but I am DISGUSTED by the international community's cold and quiet reaction to the plight of starving and murdered civilians in Gaza. Why are we not stopping this?!???

Long stretches of unsupervised time. Print pornography left in remote places. An inability to get factual answers to your questions. Everyone smoking everywhere, all the time. Bizarre pastimes born of true boredom. Long stretches of screen-free time. Going to the library nearly every day.

Why doom scroll when you can escape read? 5 Books to Help You Ignore the Fact That the Country’s On Fire ⬇️

This collection is SO BRILLIANT.

Too angry to internet. (This is a placeholder post for the foreseeable future.)

my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

It is amazing how the forward momentum of a revision can be completely derailed by an intensive web search for a piece of information that winds up affecting only one word of the entire manuscript.

Sending love to all of my trans friends, relatives, and readers on this #TransDayOfVisibility. 🏳️‍⚧️

Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?

Lute was probably more sad than vicious, Diavola more vicious than sad - Newbourne Park is right there in the intersection where sad causes vicious.

new & restocked horror now available at b&n sioux falls 🤓 @charleneelsby.bsky.social @shannon-said.bsky.social @sylvesterbarzey.bsky.social @spookysterling.bsky.social @drewhuff.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @patrickbarb.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @natcassidy.bsky.social

Every single werewolf book I read features a completely different body horror metaphor and I love that for us.

This is a not-so-subtle point, but I’m not interested in Democrats winning. I’m interested in democracy winning.

Okay! Rough* draft of Newbourne Park is DONE! Time to break out something bubbly. *when I say "rough" I mean "holy shit this is terrible"

There's this sweet spot in writing where you have enough ideas to fill a novel but not too many to fit. I have too many ideas for my current book. It's feeling like a TV series with many many seasons, not a 110 minute movie, and I have got to find a way to rein this beast in.

Incredibly irritating that the cure for all my current writing problems turned out to be: setting a one hour timer and writing during that time.

My Instagram and Threads accounts were suspended without any reason given so....I'll be on here more, I suppose! (Or working on my book, yeah yeah yeah, I know)

In the end, our generation has often wondered what we would do when confronted with fascism. It's here now.

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

Thanks so much for the shout, Arthur! Can’t believe we’re closer to this scenario again.

So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.

RE: FWD: FWD: FWD: I don't understand why I received this BlueSky post...

We have this in the UK - a shadow government - and it’s helpful

I am currently in bed with the kind of touch and go illness that, were I an eligible young lady in a Jane Austen novel, would result in a marriage proposal upon my recovery.

Anybody else just, like, SO TIRED

I'm watching The Mirror and the Light as slowly as I read the book and for the same reason.

So far threads is better for chatting and bluesky is better for lurking, but maybe that’s just because I’m new here?

I am so excited to be working with the brilliant Daphne Durham again, this time at Putnam. Looking forward to welcoming you all to Newbourne Park! 😈 🐺 🏘️

Related, I liked Tom Vilsack's answer to JMart - and thought, why don't Dems run bolder presidential campaigns? One reason is that they are very responsive to MSM and worry about the "but how? And how will you PAY for it" Qs. Rs are not. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Today's rabbit hole is "heroic nudity," because it ONLY JUST NOW occurred to me it's a bit weird that all classical depictions of mythological figures leave out the clothing.

I am begging every streaming service to simply have what I've been watching as the FIRST THING I see on their interface. JFC

I’m gonna give myself the gift of one more solid Nothing But Reading day tomorrow before I jump back into the rough drafting fray.

Bon Appetit paywalled me on THANKSGIVING!!! The absolute nerve! I'm going to have to go by memory for my green bean casserole recipe this year. Harumph.

We are thrilled that FOUR Titan Books titles are in the final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! 💀 WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT by @tkingfisher.com 🩸 DIAVOLA by @juniperjennyt.bsky.social 🔪 I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by @sgj.bsky.social 🌴 BURY YOUR GAYS by @chucktingle.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2vy6usb6

People who love reading horror short stories - where's your favorite place to find them?

The Connections today is Eloise themed and oh my Lord, that is fun fun fun

I have seventy two bazillionty things I need to write right now but I’ve got a low grade fever and the sleepies so I’m gonna play Veilguard instead.

As I procrastinate on sharing my own awards eligibility, I've posted my Favorite Reads of 2024 on my website: Favorite books include COUNTESS by @sillysyntax.bsky.social, MIDNIGHT ROOMS by @okokno.bsky.social, and DIAVOLA by @juniperjennyt.bsky.social. lyndsiekay.wordpress.com/publications...