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@olderjacket.bsky.social

Generally bad at social media. Occasional writer, long time lurker. Current Projects: - Jane Doe Mysteries (Death by the Bayou) - Mr. Mortimer Books (Unnamed)

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I've around four chapters of Death by the Bayou left to write! In those chapters I've got to...
- Kill one more person
- Have Jane flip her lid
- Write the parlor (parlour?) scene
- Write the epilogue, aka Chapter 13

All within....I think ~6k words? I hope.

07.11.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well. I got ahold of animorphs if that says anything! (Aka, no...No my reading was not..)

07.11.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m begging, BEGGING, authors to credit their cover artist when doing a cover reveal.
Please!

03.11.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 438    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10

Now did this or did this not result in a minor obsession with the 2005 film version of Mr. Darcy? πŸ˜‚

02.11.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This might be an odd hill to die on, but one of the children's books I remember the most was The Hobbit! Is it for children? Maybe not. But given the fact I was gifted the complete collection of Sherlock Holmes at the age of ten, I can assure you I was an odd child.

02.11.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I've somehow managed to write ~25k words of it and I am terrified!

01.11.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey howdy! I'm Artie (or Arthur), a hopeful mystery writer currently working on my first manuscript for the first Jane Doe book Death by the Bayou.
My writing goal for this month is to actually finish it and work on finding an editor! And maybe start on the second one...
#Writevember

01.11.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸπŸ‚ CURL UP WITH A COZY NOVEL: Ruby Ray Mysteriesβ€”set in 1930 Southern Californiaβ€”are available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and are FREE with Kindle Unlimited (see links in comments πŸ‘‡πŸΌ). πŸ‚πŸ #mystery #cozymystery #fallreads #fullerton #lagunabeach #booksky #readers

12.10.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey howdy!
I'm Artie, been a long time reader since the age of six and haven't managed to put a book down since! I've been writing on and off my entire life, but recently started working on my first mystery novel!

01.11.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

your manuscript inspired me to start writing too (derogatory)

31.10.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

everyone's always writing about assassins wracked with guilt and more people should write about assassins who treat it like a 9-5

01.11.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 18
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how it feels writing or drawing something almost exactly as we envisioned it in our elaborate daydreams

30.10.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Update, the something's developed into at least five chapters of what I'm now calling 'Death by the Bayou'. Tldr, Jane Doe gets forcibly sent on vacation down to Louisianna. There's a ghost tour, a murder mystery night...And plenty of death!

17.10.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyways, I don't have much planned but I do have about five pages worth of...something...surrounding my delightfully bizarre detective Jane Doe

03.10.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love it when a silly character I wrote somehow manages to throttle my brain

03.10.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

CALL YOUR FUCKING CONGRESS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. IT'S A SATURDAY. YOU GET TO JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE. SCRIPT I'M USING IS BELOW:

01.03.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3750    πŸ” 3483    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 40
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The deer episode of Adventure Time is...Unnerving. But oddly, one of my favorites. Very much fits into the group of 'parody' episodes, cause like...Is it just me, or is that NOT the Walking Dead?

16.02.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's silly bitch Saturdays folks

15.02.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The voice actor of Tree Trunks, Polly Lou Livingston, holding a small stuffed version of Tree Trunks.

The voice actor of Tree Trunks, Polly Lou Livingston, holding a small stuffed version of Tree Trunks.

You're telling me that the sultriest voice in this show belongs to a bitty green elephant voiced by THIS woman?? Fantastic. Best casting there could've ever been.

14.02.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Husband started rewatching Adventure Time from the beginning. Tree Trunks, beloved.

14.02.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Husband said I couldn't make him a sandwich. Solution? Made him an uncrustable.

12.02.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A doodle of a curled up black cat with the word 'meh...' overtop.

A doodle of a curled up black cat with the word 'meh...' overtop.

Happy monday

10.02.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know much about this Superb Owl, but I'm watching it.

10.02.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You've committed a crime. I cannot pet big soft creature. Criminal.

08.02.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But also, I cannot stress enough how much of an actual stranglehold this is. It's bordering being a problem.

Like, it's gotten to the point that at work (where my secret cinnamon crimes are committed) I've often got a lil spot on my tongue that's sorta numb from prolonged crime.

08.02.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today on, 'the things that my husband does not know': the absolute stranglehold that cinnamon flavored things has on me. Cinnamon gum? Check. Cinnamon mints? Check. Cinnamon toothpaste? Almost, but not yet. Unless that's going too far.

08.02.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Behold, some of my office artwork, a la stickynote.

07.02.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is urgent to the point that simultaneously nothing is urgent. 🀝

07.02.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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