KJ Cartmell

Unpublished writers

Butterfinger

Lovely

I have a vintage Day of the Jackal with water stains on the jacket, and it smells of cigarette smoke. Definitely adds to the ambience of book and shelf.

Glad to hear you're making a good home over there!

I play with gender roles with my new novel, A Kiss from Starwind. Lacy is the superhero Starwind, while Oliver is her regular-guy boyfriend. Check it out on Archives of Our Own.

@archive.org #writingcommunity #superhero #girlpower

Rapture (The Gospel of Thomas Book 2) Amazon.com: Rapture (The Gospel of Thomas Book 2) eBook : Cartmell, KJ: Kindle Store

I wrote a book called Rapture! It wasn't exactly what the religious folks were looking for, but still ...

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I completely re-envision the superhero romance with my novel A Kiss from Starwind. New chapters up on Archives of our Own.

#superhero #Philadelphia #AO3

A Kiss from Starwind - Chapter 1 - KJCartmell - Original Work [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I re-envision the superhero romance with my novel A Kiss from Starwind. New chapters up now at Archives of Our Own. Check it out and let me know what you think!

archiveofourown.org/works/601377...

PBS is being shut down because of "anti-right wing bias?" So, should Sesame Street have had a Gestapo Muppet arresting and deporting all the brown-skinned Muppets and cast members? Maybe Mr. Rogers could come back from the dead and sing a song about how it's okay to lie if you're the president?

SF gets a bad rap, but it's a great place to take pictures. #sanfrancisco
@skye297.bsky.social

Let's have some pretty landscapes for our Monday morning. These are from the California coast, taken with my Olympus E-M10. @skye297.bsky.social

Here's my haul from @powells.bsky.social today! I was there last in 2014. It was great to be back!

#supportindiebookstores

My latest find - yesterday at The Avid Reader in Davis, CA - a hardcover of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. Another contestant for my 20th Century Novel comparo.

Support #independentbookstores
#buylocal

Love these! They look right out of a storybook.

Revelation: Book One of the Gospel of Thomas Amazon.com: Revelation: Book One of the Gospel of Thomas eBook : Cartmell, KJ: Kindle Store

I don't do enough to promote my books, Revelation and Rapture. I was thrilled to learn that someone checked them out of the Kindle Lending Library and read them both! Yes, I get a little royalty, but it's much more important to me to be read.

#amwriting #writerslife

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In the story I'm writing, my character Theo has a sister, Persephone, that he calls Seffie, which Google Docs auto-corrects to Selfie. "That's what you meant to write, did you?" #writerslife #amwriting

Somehow, I earned a BA in English Lit while never having read Virginia Woolf. Circling back after 30+ years, I found To The Lighthouse exquisite. Making my way through The Waves. "I attach myself only to names and faces; and hoard them like amulets against disaster."

I think she's reminiscing about Germany by drinking wine and smoking cigars.

Nice work!

Here's another shelf. These books are more fun.

Here's another case of books. This one's not so snooty.

Here's another of my bookcases. This one is not so snooty.

I'll get to it later this year as well. Found a nice edition at my local Half Price.

This case is chronological by publication date.

Yes, I purged my cheap paperbacks and upgraded to hard covers and nicer paperbacks. Half Price Books loves me.

Several favs, yes. Lord of the Rings, for sure. Tinker Tailor is a great book, too.