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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 17/09/2026

Non-US writers, I checked with the Anthropic settlement folks and we do need to file W-8 BEN forms to avoid IRS tax withholding. Thanks to the nice helpline people for the response. Here is the form: www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...

If you are not a US resident, provide Form W-8BEN: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf

This allows you to certify nonresident status. Upload your documentation in the update information portal. You will need your claim number and the email address used to submit your claim.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 19/07/2026

stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness:

Timothy Omundson as King Richard from Galavant holding his baby dragon, Tad Cooper.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 08/06/2026

So I mostly buy ebooks these days, because shelf space is scarce, but when @kateheartfield.com asked if I wanted a hardcopy of MERCUTIO, you'd best believe I was all over this gorgeous volume. This boooooooooooooook omg.

A copy of Kate Heartfield's novel MERCUTIO sitting on a table.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 07/06/2026

I don't usually post these but my brain hurts and I need someone to appreciate; please validate me @didichanoch.northsky.social (also have this handy link for anyone who is not already playing cluesbysam.com)

A results grid from the Clues by Sam game, at "brutal" level with no mistakes and a 37-minute time.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 01/06/2026

OMG -- The Drowned Man's Daughter is on the longlist for the Sunburst Award! Grateful to the judges and the organizers, and in awe of the fantastic company. Congratulations to all the nominees. www.sunburstaward.org/node/147

The cover for C. J. Lavigne's novella The Drowned Man's Daughter, with a pair of green eyes superimposed over a painted ocean.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 03/04/2026

Aurora nominations close tomorrow! Canadians, please vote for what you loved. And if you are still filling out that ballot, just a small reminder that I would love for you to consider my novella, THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER.

The cover for C. J. Lavigne's novella THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER, featuring a pair of green eyes superimposed over a painted ocean.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 03/03/2026

Grateful for Candas Jane Dorsey's lovely review of THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER in Alberta Views: albertaviews.ca/the-drowned-...

The Drowned Man's Daughter is a fine book: rich, dark, intense, sneaky, secretly literary. On first reading I was simply lost in the strange and complex world of Naia and her cohort of generational slow-apocalypse survivors. As I read, I also wondered: does every generation of writers write the apocalypse that they have not earned but their forebears deserve?

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 24/02/2026

Nebula nominations are about to close, and Aurora nominations are about to open, so it seems like I should post this again -- if you are reading for awards, I'd really love for you to consider The Drowned Man's Daughter for best novella. Thank you for your time!

Cover of C. J. Lavigne's The Drowned Man's Daughter (green eyes floating above a painted ocean). To the right of the book cover, text: "The Drowned Man's Daughter by C. J. Lavigne (NeWest Press, 2025). Eligible for Best Novella in fine awards everywhere -- yes that one, and also that other one. Graphic design is absolutely not my passion. Thank you for your consideration! Look at my cute cat." In the lower right corner is a close-up of an adorable grey and white mantle tabby with golden eyes. He does not know he is being used for marketing. No thoughts, only crimes.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 09/02/2026

Hello! A gentle periodic note that if you are reading for awards--Nebula, Hugo, Locus, all of it--I would love for you to consider The Drowned Man's Daughter for Best Novella. It's available to SFWA members via the reading list, or just ask me:

Text: The Drowned Man's Daughter by C. J. Lavigne (NeWest Press, 2025). Eligible for Best Novella in fine awards everywhere -- yes that one, and also that other one. Graphic design is absolutely not my passion. Thank you for your consideration! Look at my cute cat.

Text is awkwardly arranged in gold text on a green background, along with the cover of Drowned Man's Daughter (green eyes on a painted ocean) and a close-up of a grey mantle tabby with a white face and gold eyes.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 16/12/2025

This was a tie between @jordankurella.com's THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS and @kateheartfield.com's MERCUTIO, because oh my god.

A two-panel comic. Top panel, a femme-presenting person holding a sparkling ball and smiling. Caption: Enjoying Something. Bottom panel, person with same sparkly ball totally freaking out, screaming pointing holding it up to the world AHHHHHH. Caption: Enjoying Something Made By Your Friend. Comic is by @ArtbyMoga.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 07/12/2025

A friend just gave me an early Christmas gift of... a custom tea blend based on my novel?? This is SO AMAZING. From The Sunny Teacup in Edmonton; this is not promo, I just think this is lovely, so here's her Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/TheSunn...

A white bag of herbal tea blend labelled IN VERITAS. The brew contains: chicory root, lavender, clove, cardamom, lemongrass, sage, elderberry, orange peel, dandelion root, cacao nibs.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 02/12/2025

Hello! Apparently it is now awards season (??!) so I hope I have done this correctly:

The cover of C. J. Lavigne's The Drowned Man's Daughter (green eyes on an ocean background), along with text that reads: "Eligible for Best Novella in fine awards everywhere -- yes that one, and also that other one. Graphic design is absolutely not my passion. Thank you for your consideration! Look at my cute cat." There is a small photo of a grey and white mantle tabby looking out at the reader; he's so adorable.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 17/11/2025

your last saved meme is your moral philosophy oh damn

It's Clippy! He's saying "Hey, it looks like you're waiting for ideal conditions to do that thing you've been wanting to do. Need I remind you that ideal conditions do not exist and will never happen?" Your options for response are "I'm aware" and "Wow, rude."

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 11/11/2025

Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want. OK sure, it's a novella, but perhaps you would like to see the opening for THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER? bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

There's no way that I could really remember the drowned man. People have told me the story so many times, though, that I've seen him all my life. He washed up on the shore below the station, in the crescent bay where the jut of the dead reef lends respite from the sea. Matin saw hm lying there in the first light of dawn, years past, long and pale and unmoving. He was tangled in seaweed, his hand outstretched, but Matin knew even from the bluff's edge that there was no life in him, and she did not hurry on her way down the rocks to the water.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 25/09/2025

Face of an absolutely unrepentant goober

A fluffy grey and white mantle tabby sitting on a lap, totally uncaring that he just tried to be an attack hat during a reading.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 20/09/2025

No new pictures, where are you at mentally?

A four panel comic. 1) hand of a drowning person in the ocean. Text: me sharing a meme about how difficult everything is rn. 2) another drowning person hand appears. Text: you 3) the two hands high five. Text: "hard relate" 4) both hands sink into the ocean. Text: us

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 12/09/2025

Problem: this box contained a grocery delivery two months ago, and I would like to recycle it. It's cluttering the... it blocks the.... nevermind

A fluffy grey and white mantle tabby curled in a cardboard box that he adopted two months ago and apparently has no intention to ever abandon. This is his home now.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 12/09/2025

Oh, hey, I did this interview with @oncreativewriting.bsky.social! I promised to be at my most sedate and diplomatic.

CJL: Oh, hey, I am not a fan of the environmentally ruinous plagiarism machine. Current LLMs were trained on stolen work, without consent or recompense, and now a bunch of tech evangelists are promising to replace writers and other artists by producing poor sludge imitations of human creativity (and facts, and news, and history). These programs are devaluing our very real skills, and they’re burning the planet. I value our air, water, and work; generative AI is for people who want to feel like they “made” something but don’t actually want to put in any effort or thought. No, thank you.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 09/09/2025

Goood morning, and HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER! Here for all your mossy dystopian needs. A heartwarming tale with almost no cannibalism. Out now from @newestpress.bsky.social, available at your favourite bookstore! bookshop.newestpress.com/collections/... #booksky #novella

A fluffy grey and white mantle tabby lying on the floor and looking up at the camera, being both puzzled and patient about the copy of The Drowned Man's Daughter that some person has leaned against him like he's some sort of fuzzy display rack.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 03/09/2025

every author who has ever tried to get their cat to pose for a nice promo photo

A fluffy grey and white mantle tabby who was supposed to pose with a book but has instead shoved the book off himself onto the floor and is busy licking his paw. Author's foot visible at bottom right.

A fluffy grey and white mantle tabby who was supposed to pose with a book but has instead gotten up to sniff the camera. Author's hand visible at left, futilely trying to hold book in shot. This photo is out of focus.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 03/09/2025

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes look, I will include a pre-order link like a good author: bookshop.newestpress.com/collections/... LOOK HOW PRETTY not the cat, ok also the cat

A fluffy grey and white mantle tabby who is looking up at the camera with wide golden eyes, wondering why the photographer is making him lie there with a copy of C. J. Lavigne's The Drowned Man's Daughter leaning against his soft tum. He certainly wants you to read this book.

A cardboard shipping box filled with copies of C. J. Lavigne's The Drowned Man's Daughter. The book cover has a pair of disembodied green eyes over a backdrop of painted ocean.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 02/09/2025

Just waiting on my Drowned Man author copies and being very normal about it

Part of a Canada Post tracking screenshot, indicating a package was sent on August 29 and is expected today between 9am-1pm

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 28/08/2025

Grateful for this lovely advance review of The Drowned Man's Daughter in @onspecmag.bsky.social! Generous and insightful. Some minor spoilers: onspec.ca/book-reviews...

"I have to say when I read the opening paragraph of The Drowned Man’s Daughter, I had that delicious feeling I was going to be pulled into a transportive story, and Lavigne delivered beautifully. Her writing and story-telling ability are top of the game, a novelist capable of creating stories which transcend genre and are just simply excellent literature."

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 18/08/2025

When @sfwa.bsky.social gave me this year's service award, I did not realize it was an actual... physical award? We have defeated the shipping goblins and now look how nice in my office. Aw.

A dark glass statue for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association 2025 Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award, with C. J. Lavigne's name on it. It's rectangular, roughly eight inches tall and an inch thick, with a gold swirly nebula in it. Random things on the shelf include an image of the author's cat, a partially viewed monster finger puppet, and a painted egg. Reflected in the shiny statue you can see shocking details of the office, like a bookshelf, a low filing cabinet, and a printer.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 18/08/2025

So apparently The Drowned Man's Daughter comes out in TWO WEEKS? A watery dystopian tale! Creepy moss! Deadly seals! Almost 100% no cannibalism! I can't think what more anyone might want. Pre-order from @newestpress.bsky.social or your fave bookstore: bookshop.newestpress.com/products/the...

The cover for C. J. Lavigne's The Drowned Man's Daughter, with a pair of green eyes superimposed over a painted ocean.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 01/08/2025

post a random picture or everything will go bad in August. (oh noooo, no no no no damnit Jordan I'm not taking any chances)

An ad for "New VitaCup Peeps Coffee" -- if it uploads as a GIF there's a pink peep and then a blue peep bursting out of a yellow coffee cup. I don't know why I have this. It looks like it might have been an April Fool's thing? What is a VitaCup? Who can say and there is no possible way to find out.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 10/07/2025

Name a film flop that you wish had done better at the box office. #filmsky Nobody rocks the mic like DuJour

The movie poster for Josie and the Pussycats, with Tara Reid holding drumsticks, Rachael Leigh Cook holding a guitar, and Rosario Dawson holding a bass. They are dressed in various forms of purple/pink glittery things. Reid and Cook have kitty ear headbands. So sassy.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 01/07/2025

I have ARCs!! Would you like one? The Drowned Man's Daughter, coming from @newestpress.bsky.social in September 2025. A heartwarming tale with almost no cannibalism! Repost this before midnight Pacific on July 3 to be entered to win a signed hardcopy. Will ship worldwide. :)

A hardcopy of C. J. Lavigne's The Drowned Man's Daughter, nestled into a couch corner because the cat was not available to do his duty and pose. The cover has green eyes superimposed over a painted ocean. This is an ARC (an advance copy/uncorrected proof), and the cover is stamped "on sale Sept 2025."

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 01/07/2025

This is evergreen now, isn't it

The "This is Fine" dog enjoying a coffee in the house that's burning down, except in the panel that zooms in on him in the fire, he's cheerfully saying, "So I have a book coming out."

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 26/06/2025

Hmmm is this what we mean by "Team Arley"

Screenshot of the bottom corner of Microsoft Word, for some unidentified file. Page: 80 of 80. Words: 50,042.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 24/06/2025

40 plus appreciation post. reskeet with a pic if you're on the right side of 40. OK thankfully this does not provide any specifications about the pic

A fluffy grey and white mantle tabby stretched out on his back, right paw extended toward the camera, showing beans and his fuzzy white belly. He looks extraordinarily self-satisfied. He is lying on some sort of human couch that is mostly visible as jeans and purple socks.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 09/06/2025

Have somehow managed to update my bio within wordcount--do you think anyone will notice this tiny change ALSO: thrilled to say I'm now repped by @arleysorg.bsky.social at kt literary! No one warn him. Shhhhhhh.

A screenshot of C. J. Lavigne's Bluesky bio. It reads, "Canadian SFF writer. Author of In Veritas. The Drowned Man's Daughter coming fall 2025. Short stories in On Spec, Fusion Fragment, Augur, PodCastle, and other fine publications. Rep: Arley Sorg. I like coffee and cats. www.cjlavigne.com." Two scribbled red arrows are pointing to Arley's name, which has also been underlined twice.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 05/06/2025

BABY'S IN THE WILD -- my spies just sent this from Kansas City, where ARCs of The Drowned Man's Daughter have been spotted at the Nebulas.

A small pile of books; they are advance reader copies of C. J. Lavigne's The Drowned Man's Daughter. The cover art has a pair of green eyes over a painted ocean backdrop.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 26/05/2025

There is half a bag of cat food on my dining room floor, AMA* *no actually it is better if we do not discuss

A blurry shot of the floor underneath the dining room table; this is mostly black chair legs and a grey laminate floor covered in very small brown pellets that are gonna be super easy to clean up, so easy.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 05/05/2025

Cloistered with some writers today and we have very specific nutritional needs

Two boxes of Dare maple cookies, a partially filled bodum of coffee, a net bag of mandarin oranges, a box of Honeycomb cereal

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 02/05/2025

We have COVER ART!! So thrilled with this beautiful work by @michelvrana.com. THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER: a heartwarming tale with almost no cannibalism, coming from @newestpress.bsky.social in Sept. 2025. #booksky

Green eyes superimposed over a painted ocean background; a book cover with text reading, "The Drowned Man's Daughter: a novella." The author is C. J. Lavigne.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 26/04/2025

We have achieved first-round page proofs of The Drowned Man's Daughter. Awyiss, @newestpress.bsky.social.

A coil-bound hardcopy 8x11" printout of The Drowned Man's Daughter, on a wooden tabletop.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 05/04/2025

I know it's, like, Second False Spring, but we still made time for adventures today

A fluffy grey and white mantle tabby on a black leash, lying in the grass in the sun in front of a black iron fence. He's surrounded by dead leaves that have been left behind by the recently melted snow.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 20/03/2025

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh hey AI bros, get fucked

A screenshot of the LibGen search, showing that C. J. Lavigne's novel In Veritas is in the database.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 14/03/2025

I have made a terrible mistake

A totally innocent-looking grey mantle tabby, placed on a political compass that measures BRAIN to NO BRAIN and NO CRIMES to CRIMES. He is high in the corner of BRAIN and CRIMES.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 09/03/2025

So a little while back, @kateheartfield.com was posting about her A++ habit of gifting herself small tangible things to celebrate book milestones--I remembered I'd vowed to use the advance for The Drowned Man's Daughter to finally get this painting framed (Bouldering, 2015, artist Daniel Cormier):

An oil painting of the Atlantic ocean after a storm. Dark blue-green waves crash against golden rocks. Dark clouds retreat as the sky lightens above. The painting has been framed (with a dark blue and pale gold border) but not yet hung; it's on a table, resting on the brown wrapping paper in which it was encased.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 04/02/2025

OK is this what we are doing, because someone is busy shedding up all my laundry but if you need him he's here for you

A fluffy grey mantle tabby shedding all over the laundry that's piled in a white basket. He knows neither shame nor regret.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 01/02/2025

There are so many more important things in the world, but after my debut novel launched 2 months into a global pandemic, I must say I'm gonna love hurtling the second book into a trade war. 😅😂😭🙃 Support small presses and indies and books everywhere, y'all, we are begging.

Two panels of This Is Fine Dog, except when he sits with his coffee in the flames he says brightly, "So I have a book coming out."

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 25/12/2024

Always remembering the real reason for the season Also my sister gets me and this baby will be in my office forever

A boxed Hallmark ornament commemorating the classic game The Oregon Trail. It has an ox pulling a wagon. At the bottom, it reads, "You have died of dysentery."

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