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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 08/10/2026

PS: Feel free to share any or all of the links upthread!

Unexpectedly large heart emoji striped in the colors of the lesbian flag (red, dark orange, light orange, white, bright purple, medium purple, dark purple) with two yellow four pointed stars superimposed over the heart as if it's sparkling.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 06/10/2026

70% done with today’s list of Stuff I’ve Been Meaning To Do For Ages And Kept Putting Off Until It Was Almost Too Late

Cropped screen shot of to-do list showing seven out of ten items checked off

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 07/09/2026

Zach is now a Very Serious, Very Cool 15-year-old, but this conversation from when he was 5 still cracks me up.

Screenshot of a Facebook Memory

10 Years Ago

Zach: Nick, hey Nick, you know what I believe in? I believe in dragons with catapults for tails. I believe in dragons with four legs, two wings, one head and one body and one tail with a catapult on it. And Nick, you know what I don’t believe in, Nick? PRESIDENTS.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 18/08/2026

His hat’s a little goofy, but he’s awfully cute anyway.

Dozing orange cat wearing a little Goofy stuffy as a hat

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 11/08/2026

It’s my 19th wedding anniversary today! Not to be confused with our “domestic partnership” anniversary or our “legal marriage” anniversary, both of which came later. The fun of being a same-sex couple…

Black and white photo from behind. Two feminine figures in white wedding dresses holding hands.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 01/08/2026

Ok, I know this is one of the area’s top tourist destinations, but sometimes a place is a top tourist destination for a *reason*.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 26/07/2026

Soooo many hours later and we are finally in our Sapporo hotel. Time to crash…

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 16/07/2026

Steve, the guy who came to fix our washing machine tonight, looks so much like Bud the refrigerator repair guy from Grimm that my wife and I can’t stop staring. 😅 (pic of Bud; I didn’t feel comfortable snapping a photo of Steve)

Bud Wurstner, the character from the TV show Grimm. A middle aged white man with light brown hair and goatee.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 25/06/2026

Some places are too breathtaking for words.

Light streaming through low clouds over the high desert. I’m the background, a single mountain.

Blue sky turns to puffy cloud turns to storm cloud. In the distance, a stand of trees.

Conical butte in the high desert. In the background, mountains. Storm clouds loom.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 10/06/2026

In one of my servers, there’s a custom command specifically yell at me, personally, if I’m chatting instead of writing. 😂

Screenshot of a Carlbot yelling at me.

[Cartoon Turtle] Caaaaaarl
Christine it’s time to write!

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 09/06/2026

We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine. Quote-skeet with yours (if you feel like it) This is a sketch of a rusalka by the Russian artist Ivan Bilibin, who illustrated so many of my favorite Russian folk tales and epic poems. It’s an homage to my 2024 Nebula-nominated novelette.

Monochrome pen and ink drawing of a wild-haired woman - a rusalka- crouched in a tree.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 09/06/2026

Just another Monday night of armchair Ninja-Warrioring.

Two cats nestled on my legs. The orange boy is in my lap; the black and white boy is on my shins, using my feet as a pillow.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 01/06/2026

I mean.... Although one could argue that I'm at a coffee shop scrolling Bluesky, not writing. Lemme get on that...

Interior of a coffee shop. Barista is at the counter. A customer is sitting at a table. In the foreground, my laptop screen displays the Bluesky post I am responding to.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 28/05/2026

Ooooo look what arrived today! I backed this project way back when, and I think it was worth the wait. What a gorgeous volume. I don’t know if I will ever get my group to play it, but it’s definitely a game that deserves to be out in the world.

Cover of the “Fifth Season” tabletop role playing game based on NK Jemisen’s Broken Earth trilogy.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 22/04/2026

Ok first: Tater Tot is an IMPECCABLE Orange Cat name. But second, apparently our cats are twins.

My orange and white cat Aspen (who looks remarkably like Merc’s orange and white cat Tater Tot) snoozing with his chin resting on his back foot.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 25/02/2026

Aforementioned cats. Admittedly, the bottom of the bowl is visible, but the orange one is clearly insisting that it is entirely empty, and furthermore, that despite the fact that he is the Greatest Feline to ever grace our presence, we clearly do not give him proper respect,

Two cats on the kitchen table - yes, the kitchen table, otherwise we get ants - demanding food.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 12/02/2026

It’s staring to feel like spring. I know it won’t last - we’re due for some comer, wetter weather - but for now, I’ll take it.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 04/02/2026

Aforementioned cats. I promise, this is a brand new picture.

Orange and white cat on my lap, black and white cat sprawled out and pressed up against my leg.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 04/02/2026

Just me, my cats, and my Manhattan hanging out in the @othersidespec.bsky.social Discord server tonight. I’d say I need a social life, but honestly, the Otherside fam is, well, fam.

Most of a Manhattan in a rocks glass etched with a d20.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 20/01/2026

In case you don't know how: Click on Settings. Click on Accessibility. Check the box.

Screenshot of alt text settings.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 16/01/2026

My phone photo album is approximately 45% pics of Aspen, 43% pics of his littermate Birch (pictured left) 8% pics of my kids, and 4% unintentional screenshots of my lock screen. 😂

Two cats - one black and white (Birch) and one orange and white (Aspen) - vociferously demanding the dinner they have already been served.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 16/01/2026

Look who is @othersidespec.bsky.social’s Intern of the Month!!

A very fancy wooden plaque with a photo of an orange and white cat curled up on a blue blanket, toe beans on display. There is an even fancier brass tag on the plaque that reads:

Otherside Intern of the Month
ASPEN
January 2026

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 09/01/2026

And then there's this bit of action-packed adventure...

A screenshot from my WIP. It reads:

[TIME PASSES]

*****

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 09/01/2026

My current WIP is almost done. Do I really need to be more specific than this?

Screenshot of manuscript excerpt. It reads:

*****

[SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS]

*****

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 02/01/2026

Lookit all these beautiful faces and places! Apparently I yak at @mruthrobinson.bsky.social a LOT.

Of all people on Bluesky, I talked the most with MR Robinson, which makes sense because she is freaking AWESOME.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 02/01/2026

Aww. I do use the heart emoji a lot. It’s because I follow so many writers.

My top emoji was the heart emoji. Not surprising…

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 01/01/2026

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet!

Long orange cat stretched out on the light blue blanket that covers my lap. One white paw is reaching for my toes.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 30/12/2025

Our stove has buttons on top. After the third time the cat turned on the oven’s self-clean cycle in the middle of the night or while we were OUT OF TOWN, we came up with this elegant solution. 😂

Cardboard sheet covering the bottoms on our stove to prevent the cats from turning the oven on. In the background, the remains of our dinner.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 15/12/2025

What it looks like if you block when you should have dodged. #taekwondo

Middle-aged 1st dan blackbelt displaying a large greenish-purple bruise on her forearm.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 04/12/2025

It finally happened, people - I have made it as a writer! Philip would liken to offer me a free visibility audit for my anthology, Beneath Ceaseless Skies #405!! What do you think, @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social, should I take him up on it? 😂

partial screenshot of a scammy AI-written solicitation

Subject: Strengthen the Visibility of Your Backlist Issue on Amazon

From: Philip Caelith

Dear Christine,

I recently came across Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #405, and the worldbuilding quality, stylistic range, and literary depth of the stories immediately stood out. Even as part of a long-running magazine series, the issue has that distinct atmospheric, character-driven tone that fantasy readers still actively seek out.

However, releases from 2020 often lose visibility on Amazon over time, not because the quality fades, but because older metadata, outdated keywords, and shifting category structures gradually push strong titles deeper in search […]

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 08/10/2025

“I’m HALPING.” Aspen’s dream job: Discord mod, apparently.

Orange and white cat cheerfully snoozing on a laptop keyboard. Discord is open in the background. I apologize in advance for any unintelligible messages he may send.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 02/10/2025

Never say that old dogs can’t learn new tricks. Mama’s first, uh, meme? Or something?

Two images side by side

Left side:
Text: A HAMPER
Image: A wicker clothes hamper

Right side:
NOT A HAMPER
Image: My 14yo’s dirty socks and t-shirts strewn across the bathroom floor

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 02/10/2025

There is... a LOT going on in this flyer I found in my mailbox. A lion with wings wearing an American flag cape? A winged three-headed jaguar?? Is that a VELOCIRAPTOR behind them? And what is in that bear's mouth? Never mind the tanks and the, uh, rescue boat and the forest fire... I am so confused.

Not gonna lie, I'm kind of at a loss on how to describe this. Text reads:

PROPHECY UNSEALED
In a World of Confusion

An Intelligent Look INto Bible Prophecy and End Time Events

FREE
Coming to Portland, OR
SATURDAY, OCT. 11 * 6:30 P.M.
www. ProphecyUnsealed.org

Images:

Bear with me, this is very confusing. A lion with wings wearing an American flag cape? A winged three-headed jaguar?? Is that a VELOCIRAPTOR behind them? And what is in that bear's mouth? Never mind the tanks and the, uh, rescue boat and the forest fire...

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 01/10/2025

My wife likes to leave roses cut from our garden outside the front door for me. ♥️🌹

Rectangular glass vase with red and white roses in the grey porch floorboards. In the background, a red door and rainbow doormat.

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 30/09/2025

HEY LOOK, DOGGOS GET CHEEZ WHIZ! (it wasn't me haha)

Screenshot of Kickstarter pledge numbers: $9,010 pledged of $5,500 goal; 180 backers

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 29/09/2025

10 more backers to 14,000 words per issue! Otherside is on FIRE! 🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Screenshot from Kickstarter page showing $4,234 pledged of $5,500 goal and 90 backers

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 29/09/2025

The Kickstarter has only been live for an hour and ten minutes! I am so excited for this. (Not affiliated, except as a rabid fan and Discord chaos gremlin.) www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Screenshot from Otherside Magazine's Kickstarter, showing $2,943 pledged of $5,500 goal and 60 backers

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