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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My editor loves the new book. Now it begins its long, mysterious journey through publishing, with an estimated arrival of early 2028.

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A.J. Griffiths~Jones @authoraj66.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Book of the Day ~ Songs of Willow Frost by @jamieford.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DFM6ZRM

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Things you should not get for $1.99: Brazilian wax Bullet-proof vest Casket “slightly used” Wedding ring Vasectomy Discount Botox Reserve parachute Things you should get for $1.99: The eBook of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Writers using AI. Publishers using AI to detect writers using AI. Writers using AI to get past publishers using AI to detect writers using AI. Me using AI to build a time machine so I can go back to an era before AI...

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I disappeared for a while to finish the new book. It’s now with my agent, which means I’ve entered that liminal space where writers alternate between hope, dread, and wondering...

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Trump didn't fire Bondi because she's bad. He fired her because she's not bad enough. She's insufficiently corrupt and hasn't been able to jail his critics.

nytimes.com

Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Furiously finishing a book, getting ready for my trip to China, and digging through archives for my dad’s prison records from San Quentin, in case anyone’s wondering what passes for Friday around here.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

One Friday the 13th, back in high school, I broke my arm playing soccer. I was such an incredibly gifted athlete that I managed to injure the one part of my body you’re not supposed to use in the sport.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It’s tragic, but not surprising, that GOP lawmakers who regularly ignore school shootings would also ignore a U.S. Tomahawk missile destroying a girls’ school and murdering 165 children.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

My flight’s delayed again, so I’ll be rolling into Houston around 1:30 AM. Is there a combo rave/barbecue/rodeo still going somewhere, or does that not start until 2:30 AM?

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Hello Houston! I'll be part of a community conversation following the afternoon performances this Saturday and Sunday. If you’re there, ask hard questions. Bring your aunt. Bring your book club. Bring that one friend who always says, “I don’t usually like historical fiction, but…”

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

History is littered with men who confused spectacle with statesmanship.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Hey, I’ll be at Mam's Books in Seattle this Saturday 12-3pm, talking books, telling stories, probably oversharing. Come say hi.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Ahhh, the joy of reading all the love-filled Bad Bunny comments this morning. Pure sunrise energy. Warm, inevitable, and beyond argument.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Many of the people hating on Bad Bunny do so because they’re limited people living in an unlimited world. They’re either too self-centered or simply incurious. So they end up afraid of books they haven’t read, places they’ve never been, and people they’ve never met.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Thank you! Give them my best.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

It's official. The producers of the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet musical are doing a 1st Act Showcase in Seattle on May 23-24, at the Langston Hughes Theatre. Will post ticket info soon. Stay tuned.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

So…that was fun. And by “fun,” I mean I briefly thought a nuclear bomb had gone off somewhere within driving distance.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Andrea Gibson being alive felt like something from a higher plane had dropped into this grimy world and kept glowing anyway. A living proof-of-concept for what we could be if we were braver, kinder, and less afraid.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Calm down, everyone, January 6th was just a bunch of peaceful grandmothers taking photos and exploring the building.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Applying for my visa to China. Two hours of forms so I can spend weeks eating dumplings on a train going 217 mph.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Our daughter is a tattoo artist and for Christmas she tattooed the family. Some families do pajamas. We do permanent life choices.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Leesha lost her mom at 23. I lost both my parents by 32. A few years ago, we set up a small family shrine. It helps, especially on holidays. It gives grief somewhere soft to land. If you’ve lost someone, I can’t recommend it enough.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Tonight we’re doing our traditional Christmas Eve nacho bar, as described in the Bible.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The Epstein files aren't the downfall of Trump. They're the autopsy of our legal system. Cause of death: rich men protecting themselves at the expense of victimized children and teens.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Next year I'm leading my third writing retreat in France. Wanna join us? The past two years have sold out. I’d like to take credit, but honestly, have you met French wine?

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Next year I'm leading my third writing retreat in France. Wanna join us? The past two years have sold out. I’d like to take credit, but honestly, have you met French wine?

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Have a weird holiday job memory? When I was 19, I worked as a portrait artist at Nordstrom in Seattle—posted up in the cosmetics department, sketching quick (and awful) portraits that came free with certain facial products.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Sometimes I think about Cary Grant, the man who looked like a Republican senator—dropping acid more than a hundred times in the '50s. While most of America was hosting Tupperware parties, dude was spelunking his psyche like it was a national park.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

My friend Lainie was Mrs. Claus in this year's Macy's Parade, delighting some parents, enraging others. Meanwhile her ethnicity went absolutely unnoticed by the only people who matter: children. Kids don't care. Just let Santa and Mrs. Claus live their best lives at the North Pole.

justaddcoloronline.com

Mrs. Claus Keeps Changing — And It’s Redefining Who Gets to Be Magical

The 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Parade has made history once again, thanks to the first East Asian Mrs. Claus.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We chose this over Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

My book club picked A Very Russian Christmas this month. It’s like The Grinch, except the Grinch never learns anything and everyone stays sad.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

When Typhoon Halong struck during the govt shutdown, this corner of Alaska got no aid and barely a headline. Families are still trying to rebuild. Author Don Rearden, raised in the Kuskokwim, and Beth Hill, are leading a relief effort. Your support can finally reach the people who were forgotten.

bcsfoundation.networkforgood.com

Storm Relief: An Alaskan Family Giving Back

Kuskokwim-raised siblings, author Don Rearden and artist Beth Hill, team up to raise funds for storm relief. Choose the donation level and destination that fits your interest. All donations will recei...

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

If the Epstein files are a hoax, why was Prince Andrew stripped of his titles, why is Trump fighting so desperately to keep them hidden, and why does everyone on that flight log suddenly have amnesia?

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Hello darkness, my old friend. You’re putting on a show again.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Why stop at a 50-year mortgage? Let's go full dystopia and make it a 150 years, with your debt lovingly passed down like an heirloom of financial despair. Generation after generation, working not for wealth, but for the privilege of almost owning drywall. Why own a house, when you can haunt it?

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Anyone who thinks the Founding Fathers were somehow proto-evangelicals has clearly never seen the Jefferson Bible—where Jefferson literally cut out every miracle, every hint of the supernatural, and even the resurrection. Age of Enlightenment? Yes. "Praise hands" Christianity, not so much.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

If the ending of House of Dynamite left you frustrated and unsatisfied, try its intellectual sequel—Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen. It'll make you ache for the gentle apocalypse that Dynamite gave you.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

All stocked up for tomorrow. Candy and comics. Promoting literacy and tooth decay, one trick-or-treater at a time.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

"What are going as for Halloween?" "Oh, it's actually something quite literary..."

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

If someone's complaining about people on SNAP, ask if they know how much a can of formula costs. Or diapers. Or a month of daycare. More than half of SNAP recipients are single parents—mostly moms. And about 90% of the people complaining about them are men who should fucking know better.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This is an incredible, in-depth piece about Toby's House. Hard to believe it's been eight years since Leesha was out there pitching this idea, trying to explain what a crisis nursery is and why it matters.

montanafreepress.org

Great Falls nonprofit provides free child care for families in need

The organization is set to expand and continue providing an option for parents that goes beyond typical child supervision.

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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Okay, I might snore a little...

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