Kjelli Blaik
@kjelliblaik.bsky.social
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Ask me about living in a haunted house.
https://kjelliblaik.com/
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For 4 decades, I’ve been a mostly pseudonymous writer of 100s of dark character-driven songs. Last 10 years been publishing open source research on semantic data. Now channeling a love of language into horror novels inspired by the Patapsco Valley, where I’ve lived in a haunted house for 23 years.
12 days ago
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Lawrence Lanahan
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I am going to run heedlessly into the arms of optimism and declare this satire.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Editing.
2 days ago
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Ok. Epilogue is in the bag. Now I go back to page one and start a line-by-line edit.
4 days ago
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Time to write an epilogue.
5 days ago
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The story proper is finished — 83,000 words and now I need to write the epilogue and start the first big edit.
6 days ago
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Got a handful of Bandcamp codes left for the new album. And so, I share them here with you.
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/return...
Codes
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/yum
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Returning to the Fork in the Road, by Kjelli Blaik
10 track album
https://kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/returning-to-the-fork-in-the-road
7 days ago
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I don’t think I trust writers who know how their books end.
7 days ago
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I am at the point in writing this story that I’m walking around asking myself questions like: what questions would you have for a mummified dog?
8 days ago
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Pretty sure that everybody who says they've *seen* a ghost, haven't actually seen a ghost. But I'm also pretty sure anyone who *thinks* they've seen a ghost have probably seen a ghost.
10 days ago
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Considering options.
10 days ago
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Boy, is it hard to kill dead things.
#horrorwriting
12 days ago
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For 4 decades, I’ve been a mostly pseudonymous writer of 100s of dark character-driven songs. Last 10 years been publishing open source research on semantic data. Now channeling a love of language into horror novels inspired by the Patapsco Valley, where I’ve lived in a haunted house for 23 years.
12 days ago
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80,000 words in and I just figured it out how the story should end. I guess that’s better than not figuring out how it should end.
12 days ago
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Adrianna Amari
13 days ago
egret extravaganza
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I’m up to just over 70,000 words. Four chapters left to write in Part Two — at least according to my plan. Would love to finish this up by next weekend.
13 days ago
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I’m getting used to writing dialogue delivered by dead people.
#horrorsky
14 days ago
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Kristin Hersh
15 days ago
morning xo
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Managed to get a full day of writing in, despite errands. Taking a break to go to the grocery store was a good thing — you can pick up a lot of descriptive material about human nature while getting your shopping done.
18 days ago
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Won’t stop working on this dream sequence until everything outside the dream sequence feels like a dream sequence.
19 days ago
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Songwriting Tip: Treat the traditional as untraditional, and vice-versa.
youtu.be/ziktdx46wuo?...
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Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
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https://youtu.be/ziktdx46wuo?si=-JRcAEz63nYVrPC4
20 days ago
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Dreams last night again about the characters from the book-in-progress. Years ago when I was intensively studying German for school, I would often have these vivid dreams where I would be reading long passages of German — despite not understanding. These dreams about the characters are similar.
20 days ago
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Sometimes I get too caught up in the mechanics of a writing project — like celebrating small milestones in page count, getting certain scenes done, etc. But what’s really exciting is when the characters — independent of the story — start to invade your dreams.
20 days ago
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After editing, I’m now at 164 manuscript pages. Would love to bring this project to a close before the end of the month.
20 days ago
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Back to writing. About a third of the way through Part Two.
20 days ago
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“It’s useless to close your eyes, blame others, or cover you ears / Because the Age of Monsters is here”
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Age of Monsters
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https://youtu.be/pAeOOUfDceg?si=uwOfucThjbUu5g2G
20 days ago
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My new album -- Returning to the Fork in the Road -- has just been released on Bandcamp. Streaming services release it tomorrow. There will also be a limited cassette release coinciding with a handful of shows.
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/return...
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Returning to the Fork in the Road, by Kjelli Blaik
10 track album
https://kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/returning-to-the-fork-in-the-road
22 days ago
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It's release week for the new album. See the comments for a few download codes.
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/return...
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Returning to the Fork in the Road, by Kjelli Blaik
10 track album
https://kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/returning-to-the-fork-in-the-road
24 days ago
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Turtles, man.
add a skeleton here at some point
25 days ago
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Prelude done. Part One done. Interlude will be done before I sleep again.
26 days ago
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210 pages written.
26 days ago
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Writing session deep into the early morning took me nearly 80 pages deeper into the story. Woke up ready to write, having dreamt all night about writing.
27 days ago
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Back from DC twenty-five pages richer.
27 days ago
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In the heart of empire. Well, at least just above most of its scuzzy roofs downtown.
29 days ago
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Headed to DC. Taking dog, guitar, typewriter.
30 days ago
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My daughter bought me a re-furbished Walkman. This is probably the greatest gift I have ever received.
about 1 month ago
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I often feel like the biggest problem with words is that they are words.
about 1 month ago
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Back at the pages. 20 more written this afternoon. Did I mention, I’m writing a sort of horror novel?
about 1 month ago
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I wrote just over 100 pages last night / this morning. I feel like my brain is on fire.
about 1 month ago
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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️
about 1 month ago
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Saturday night Bandcamp code drop...
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/yum
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about 1 month ago
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Movies shouldn’t have words. The Springsteen movie would have been perfect without dialogue.
about 1 month ago
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Best commentary I’ve seen so far.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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@therealjimsanto.bsky.social
You followed me back. Finally. Here I am. Ready for the follow. (Actually I don’t even remember how many handles I have, but all the new music stuff is going here and this is sort of becoming my main). Did I send you codes for the upcoming thing?
about 1 month ago
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Came up with the perfect Halloween costume. I’m going as a werewolf on a night when there is no full moon.
about 1 month ago
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From a hotel room in Chicago.
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about 1 month ago
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A little over two weeks until the release of…
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/return...
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Returning to the Fork in the Road, by Kjelli Blaik
10 track album
https://kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/returning-to-the-fork-in-the-road
about 1 month ago
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Looking South.
about 1 month ago
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Out on a stroll on the Southside, passed by Muhammad Ali’s house.
about 1 month ago
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Chicago River on a rainy night.
about 1 month ago
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From a hotel room in Chicago.
#WoodyGuthrie
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about 1 month ago
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