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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Are you going to Can*Con next month? Be sure to say hi! This is where I’ll be:

A lined notebook with a Lamy Safari strawberry pen with Diamine Writer’s blood ink and this written out:

where I’ll be at Can*Con 2026:

Friday October 16:

8 pm Wolsak & Wynn Book Party

Saturday October 17:

11:30 am Panel: “The Desire for Competence Porn”

7 pm Panel: “Geopolitics is a thing but I still want/need to write”

Sunday October 18: 12:30 pm Book Signing

Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’ve never had a dog that watches tv before but the Chaos Puppy is fascinated by the big screen. He got so upset last night with a nasty man with a gun that we had to turn on Airbud for him. He watched the whole thing.

Black dog in front of a living room tv screen with a nearly life size golden retriever on it.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Tonight’s sunset: understated but lovely.

Dark blue clouds against a darkening sky with a line of pink at the horizon. A glassy lake reflecting the clouds and trees in the foreground.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Monarch sighting! I have been nurturing every milkweed plant that grows in my yard in hopes of attracting some of these butterflies.

Beautiful orange, black and white butterfly sitting on a milkweed plant against a grey brick background.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’m been aware of this game by @bcdreyer.social for a couple of years and could never get hold of a copy. Today I found it in my local indie bookstore. Now I just need to find another grammar nerd to play it with.

A small box held up in front of a book store window. It says: STET! Dreyer’s English: A Game for Language Lovers, Grammar Geeks and Bibliophiles. Benjamin Dreyer.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Chaos puppy accomplished a thing! He passed Basic Obedience and we were all stunned!

Black fluffy teenaged barbet behind a certificate of achievement. In the background you can see a corner of baseboard clearly chewed by a dog.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Happy Belated Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! (Made it to two bookstores today!)

A black bookmark with “Canadian Independent Bookstore Day” on it with an illustration that includes a shelf of books, a red balloon and a green arm. It sits on a freshly purchased copy of LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Hey proud Canadian science fiction and fantasy community! Tomorrow is the last day to nominate Canadian SFF works you loved this year so hop on over and share your favourite discoveries. If you enjoyed my debut novel THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT, it’s eligible.

Book on a book stand entitled THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with pinkish red tentacles alongside a Can*Con coffee mug, Lamy Safari fountain pen and brook street hotel napkin from Can*Con 2025.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Happy National Puppy Day from my floof to yours.

Black fluffy puppy with ears flapping up, clearly in full flight against a snowy driveway.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Last night: A dumpster fire across the street. Not a metaphor, a real fire that the fire department had to come and put out.

Yellow flames overtop a large dumpster and turn the whole scheme orange, eliminating tall pine trees and casting bright shadows on a frozen drive.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Makwa says it’s cold outside.

Fluffy black puppy sits tidily in a ski track surrounded by snow. His muzzle is white with snow.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I see people posting about this so: ✨ELIGIBILITY 2025 for awards ✨ Sci-fi novel: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT Sci-fi short story: Underwater Fireflies I’d be honoured to be nominated if you enjoyed my work this year.

Beautiful Brown barbet with short haircut laying beside a copy of the book The Midnight Project

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Another snowy day during the longest January on record.

Setting sun behind a snow covered pine tree.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Makwa the puppy sends you joy. ❤️

Black barbet puppy in blue coat on a snowy trail/

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I absolutely can’t wait! Excited to talk about puppies too!

Makwa absolutely slaying in a blue plush doggy jacket. In my defence, it’s -25C out!

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Beautiful snowy morning… again??!?

Snow-covered trail with trees frosted by snow on either side. The fence to the right has little snow piles along the top. Cross country ski tracks visible on both sides.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You know the weather outside is frightful and there is a lot going on. I’m looking forward to brighter days and a book event Feb 21st! Join me and @julieczerneda.bsky.social Feb. 21 at Indigo South Keys.

Photos of two fabulous looking authors holding their books with the caption:

Debut author Christy Climenhage and Hall of Fame author Julie E. Czerneda in Conversation

South Keys Indigo
February 21st 2026, noon till 2 pm.

They will sign their books and give a short reading.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If you stare hard enough at this picture, you will see a puppy-shaped rift in the space-time continuum.

A very black puppy lying on a white tile floor.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hey BlueSky, the universe has flung a puppy at me. Meet our family’s newest addition, Makwa.

A black barbet puppy lying on a blue and white fleece in front of a blue crate in a kitchen.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Snowy day and so many woodland creatures on the move! I think these are rabbit tracks.

Animal tracks across pristine deep snow.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Well 2025 is nearly gone and what a year! I reached a bunch of milestones and firsts with my writing and I am both proud and humbled by it. I transitioned from an unpublished writer to a published writer with the debut of my sci-fi novel: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT. 1/x

A display copy of THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT along with a mug with the book cover on it and four plush octopuses, sitting on top of a bookshelf. (Apparently I’m a person that people gift tentacles to, now)

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

A bit of freezing rain last night and the roads are terrible. But they were calling for even more.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I love decorating the tree every year. This ornament came to me from my grandmother. Always brings a smile.

Plastic ornament of an old lady on skates with a dog on skates holding onto her for dear life. Hanging on a Xmas tree.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Wild turkeys out in force today.

Turkey prints on snow: a long line up the middle with shorter lines radiating from 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Quite a bit of ice still on the trees after last night’s freezing rain.

A branch covered in ice in the foreground with a single ice-covered leaf still clinging to it. In the background, a snow covered trail.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Okay but I feel like it was 25C, like, 5 minutes ago!

A snowy trail covered in white white snow.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Enjoyed a book launch party last night at this lovely brew pub. Congratulations to Ian H. McKinley on the publication of THE RUNE SLATE, fourth in The North Fire series.

A row of buildings,one brightly lit, overlooking the Ottawa River.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Okay Blue Jays, GAME SEVEN let’s go!

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I’ve been a Blue Fans a long time. How long? Exhibit B:

Framed photo of me and Jose Bautista taken sometime around 2011.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I’ve been a Blue Jays fan for a long time. How long? Exhibit A:

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Starting to hop up and down with excitement!

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

A fine haul of Canadian authors from Can*Con.

Augur
Castoff by Brandon Crilly
The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed
The Mona Lisa Sacrifice by Peter Darbyshire
Hunting a Sea-Glass Heart by Carolyn Charron
A Web of Obsidian by Lydia M Hawke
The River has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction (vol. 1 and 3) edited by Stephen Kotowych
The Sad Bastard Cookbook by Zilla Novikov and Rachel Rosen

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We need a timeline cleanse. Post a photo of the sun.

Dark tree trunk in the foreground. The sun is peeking through autumn foliage.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

What a glorious Thanksgiving weekend that was!

Lake covered in lily pads with autumn foliage on an island in the background.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I’m really looking forward to Can*Con next weekend. My first as a published author. Here’s my schedule:

I will be at Can*Con, Oct 17-19, Ottawa, Canada.

Come find me!

Saturday:

2:30 - 3:20 pm: Crone Lit: The Time has Come
4:00 -4:50 pm: Wolsak & Wynn Book Party
5:30 - 6:20 pm: The Biology of Zombies

Sunday:

10:30 - 11:00 am: Book Signing

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, I’m reflecting on the great contribution made by His Honourable Murray Sinclair, who headed the TRC and has done so much to discover and document the truth and point us all toward reconciliation. He passed last November and is greatly missed.

Book cover with photo of residential school survivors. Title: “Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Volume One: Summary”

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Hi BlueSky, please enjoy this mushroom:

An orange toadstool growing up beside a stick on the ground.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

So freaking cool to see my book in a bookstore. Every single time. Like, never gets old.

A table of books under a sign “Canadian Authors”. Books include my book, THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT, nestled in the middle on the left.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I love it when people send me photos of THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT in the wild. Here it is, just chillin’ beside Ted Chiang and Ready Player One, above To Each This World. 😊 At Indigo Rideau in Ottawa. Photo credit: @toddkuiack.bsky.social

Shelves at a book store. The Midnight Project by Christy Climenhage sits face out on the third shelf with a Canadian sticker on it.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

My first Comicon was a blast! I met a wookie!

Christy Climenhage standing next to a Chewbacca cosplayer who looks exactly like Chewbacca the wookie.

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Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

New toy that lets me see craters on the moon.

A telescope set up on a dock in front of a lake and night sky.

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