Prone to a ❤️ of ginger & greyhounds. Writer. Novella | Collection | Lambda, Locus, & Bram Stoker finalist | 40+ stories. Publisher & Editor Essential Dreams Press. Newsletter, books, & other things me at linktr.ee/thisjulieday. (she/her)https://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3ml2q4qbul22gDark confession: today I organized a junk drawer and my fire safe of family docs instead of writing. The guilt is real.04 May 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2q4qbul22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mkv3aifujk2eSo #DerryGirls isn’t an earnest period piece?! So “Rock the Boat” is a classic Irish wedding dance?! How did I miss all this for so damn long? 😂 youtu.be/NcXmTcsr6LA https://youtu.be/NcXmTcsr6LA02 May 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv3aifujk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mkt3wvclrs2eLast month was crazy stressful. I was determined May would be different. What a great start! Thank you #HWA!01 May 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt3wvclrs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mkkjsb6xls2tI finally caved. My laptop is currently out for repairs. I wore out the e on the keyboard (it works except when it doesn’t) The worst part? Entering a password and having to count the number of characters to determine if the e had actually been entered. 😂28 Apr 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkjsb6xls2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mk2dzp5bn22ePicking up a novelette in progress with historic elements, I remember mapping out the drinking water sources in the nineteenth-century town. Buttt I can't find the info or let it go—logic be damned. I guess I'll be repeating the research cause there’s truly no talking myself out if it 😂22 Apr 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2dzp5bn22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mjuncuh44c2rJust bought my ticket to SF for the Locus Awards!🎉19 Apr 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuncuh44c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mjfrmmmmfc2mI'm absolutely thrilled to see Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology make the finalist list for the Locus Awards! An enormous congratulations to all my fellow finalists. It’s amazing to be in such great company! https://locusmag.com/2026/04/2026-top-ten-finalists-for-locus-awards/ @carinabissett.bsky.social @ethereallad.bsky.social13 Apr 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfrmmmmfc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mg3xva6ywk2iThe latest Essential Dreams Newsletter just dropped! The amazing Julia Deridder, intern and assistant editor extraordinaire, is back at. Sharing all our news and all her enthusiam with the world. She truly is amazing. https://essentialdreamspress.substack.com/p/reading-lists-awards-discounts-and02 Mar 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3xva6ywk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mfzjq2owlk2lMy Bram Stoker Award finalist page just went up. All of a sudden, this feels way more real. https://bramstokerawards.horror.org/anthology/day-julie-c/01 Mar 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzjq2owlk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mfuoqjwex22oPlans with good friends fell through for tomorrow night, which means I get to watch SNL and Connor Storrie. Emotional conflict resolved!27 Feb 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfuoqjwex22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mfmqoskovk2hSo totally this. The loss isn’t just how it impacts me. It’s that the individual is no longer living their life. There is some basic “ick factor” about assuming we can recreate a person’s persona with all of its contradictions AND pretending their lack of existence isn’t the central point. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmqoskovk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mfkjxzxeqk23A decade ago, I started trying to track down a novel I read when I was twelve that has never entirely left me. Today, I finally rediscovered the author and title! The 1980 Orson Scott Card novel A Planet Called Treason. It had a trans protagonist, parthenogenesis, & a surreal delirium section.23 Feb 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkjxzxeqk23https://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mfkgbmlwyc2lI’m experimenting with the air fried. Clearly, it’s a snow day! (I honestly barely ever cook.)23 Feb 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkgbmlwyc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mfk7yt7yxc27Shocking. Amazing. Thrilling. And that’s just the Blizzard of 2026! I’m so damn happy and grateful to see Storyteller is a finalist for the Stokers! @carinabissett.bsky.social @ethereallad.bsky.social23 Feb 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk7yt7yxc27https://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mffgpxqprk26I'm working on redrafting a second novella. Did I mention that? I think not. It's still flabergasting to realize how much material I have waiting for me to polish it. The last few years have been incredibly busy and for family/personal reasons particularly hard. It's lovely to find myself again.21 Feb 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffgpxqprk26https://bsky.app/profile/thisjulieday.bsky.social/post/3mffgmnkte226.@sfwa.org folks. If you're reading for the various awards, Storyteller is now available on the Recommended Reading List: https://www.sfwa.org/reading-list-entry/storyteller-a-tanith-lee-tribute-anthology-by-multiple-authors-2/ @clhellisen.bsky.social @marthawells.com @csecooney.bsky.social @nisishawl.bsky.social @mythicdelirium.bsky.social @carinabissett.bsky.social21 Feb 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:lifawlbt3ifrkan7trmr7rtg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffgmnkte226