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Jesse Doogan

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Bossy little bluebird. Former bookseller. Sometime children’s publishing person. Hamline MFAC ‘24. Currently querying. http://jessedoogan.substack.com

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13.11.2025 17:40 — 👍 9103    🔁 3330    💬 44    📌 45

I need someone to discuss MY COUSIN RACHEL with me. It’s my third du Maurier and I would rank it third of the three but it’s still going to stick in my head for a while.

10.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Does anyone remember that genius editorial insight I had while sleeping through the denouement of that episode of Poirot?

08.11.2025 03:51 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

All fall flavors are good but I am enjoying that pumpkin spice is shrinking enough to make room for apple again these last couple years

06.11.2025 19:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“When the Louvre heists you instead” I do love this book

06.11.2025 19:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

WAIT I DROPPED A U

06.11.2025 19:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

(He’s going to play her absent father who is somehow absent for noble and *sparkly* reasons and he’s going to be on the screen at least 7 minutes too many.)

04.11.2025 22:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot from Netflix announcement reading “Ryan Reynolds and Mae Schenk Star in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Eloise Adaptation
The live-action film is based on the beloved book series by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight.”

Screenshot from Netflix announcement reading “Ryan Reynolds and Mae Schenk Star in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Eloise Adaptation The live-action film is based on the beloved book series by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight.”

Amy Sherman-Palladino is perfect for this but WHAT ON EARTH is Ryan Reynolds going to do? Play Nanny????

04.11.2025 22:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh it’s going to be DARK dark at 5. Like nighttime.

03.11.2025 23:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Jamie, I’m really sorry.

30.10.2025 14:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
i’m going back to Minnesota where sadness makes sense o California, don’t you know the sun is only a god if you learn to starve for her? i’m over the ocean i stood at its lip, dressed in down, praying for snow. i know, i’m strange, too much light makes m...

Two landscapes for the price of one!

onbeing.org/poetry/im-go...

29.10.2025 15:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

this is the Pope

his entire thing is going around waving to crowds and looking happy

he is also such a White Sox fan that this is the maddest - and most human - I have ever a pope look

29.10.2025 00:59 — 👍 1681    🔁 251    💬 44    📌 8

Congratulations!!!! That’s amazing.

29.10.2025 14:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

He is delightful!!

28.10.2025 21:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

*polite clap*

28.10.2025 19:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
28.10.2025 03:44 — 👍 14600    🔁 4495    💬 103    📌 89

Ohhhhhh hmmmmmmmmm

27.10.2025 19:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I love the idea and have looked at them a bunch but I can’t pull the trigger when I know I’m more functional when I use pen and paper.

27.10.2025 19:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I have observed a few people who have had these and few of them seem to stick with it for more than a little while.

27.10.2025 18:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

👀

27.10.2025 18:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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26.10.2025 17:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

LinkedIn brain

25.10.2025 20:01 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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24.10.2025 13:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Breakfast was a reward but dinner is a *celebration*

23.10.2025 21:22 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you for sharing this again! I listened to it while I worked today and thought it was compassionate and fascinating. I was sorry when it was over.

23.10.2025 01:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
How To Write A Nonfiction Book Proposal January 5-15 2026 In this course, you will learn the basics of non-fiction trade book proposals, receive feedback on your proposals and queries, and become part of a...

Twice a year I hold a workshop on writing a nonfiction book proposal. It’s organized to lead you through exercises that results in a draft or revision (or just learn about the genre) Next one starts in January

22.10.2025 16:37 — 👍 44    🔁 24    💬 1    📌 1

Gotta find my originals with the red grosgrain ribbon on the slipcase

22.10.2025 03:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

thanks Frank

21.10.2025 22:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨🍐 Important thread 🚨🍐

20.10.2025 04:35 — 👍 262    🔁 45    💬 10    📌 2

I am sorry to miss it!!

20.10.2025 18:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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