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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 6m

My daughter turned 9 in August. How old do I have to wait for her to be to watch Gilmore Girls with her? (I’ve already seen it and love it, but don’t know what an appropriate age is for her.)

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 3h

I’m 75% done with @chuck_wendig ‘s The Calamities. It’s epic and dense. It has so many references to his other works that it makes me giddy. I feel like I’ll need a vacation when I’m done, but I don’t know why.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 4h

No subscription pricing. One-time purchase. The creative tool pricing model that actually respects you. theauthorstoolbox.com

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 5h

A clutter-free fridge is a fridge where you know exactly what's in it and when it expires. What The Fridge?! – download

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 5h

Summer camp check-in day. Arrival windows, parking info, what to bring. MegaMessenger reaches all the parents in one send. Individual messages, no group confusion.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 22h

Mindful consumption starts with knowing what you already have. Try What The Fridge?! free

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 23h

The solopreneur who has one clean system instead of seven partial ones wins every time. Free beta – link in bio

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 23h

Someone two towns over bought a copy of Dudley Road today. It’s killing me to not just drive it over to her house so she can read it tonight. 😃

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

End of sports season banquet. MegaMessenger sends the details to every family on the roster. Each family gets the message privately. No group chat to manage for a one-time event.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Is there a better feeling in the world than starting to write a new book, having the first two chapters just NOT work, scraping it, starting something else and then LOVING EVERYTHING YOU WROTE? That happened today the thing Itgought Iwas going to write didn’t work. So I shelved it and I shelved t…

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Decluttering the pantry is not about throwing things away. It's about not accumulating unnecessarily. Download now

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ok, so I gave up on Ellipsus right after I started. It's just one long document and my brain doesn't work that way. I found out I have Ulysses through Set App, so I'm trying that. Day one I knocked out 4,224 words. And also today, I wrote around 13,000 lines of code changes for The Author's Tool…

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Back to school season means new parent contact lists, new teams, new car lines. MegaMessenger is how you stay ahead of logistics without becoming the person who creates 6 new group chats.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Welp, here we go. Kicking off book #6 with writing day number one. I felt overwhelmed with Scrivener, like I do every time I open it, and I still don't 100% trust Atticus after it lost some chapters of Upstairs and required lots of support to restore. So I'm trying Ellipsus, which seems promising…

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Background piracy scanning while you write. You'll know about the leak before you find it by accident. Join the beta

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The most cluttered space in most minimalist homes? The fridge. Free trial – link in bio

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@boris_cherny how come a remote controlled session sometimes archives itself and turns off remote control? I have to then remote into my host machine, find the code session, and unarchive and restart remote control. Happens a lot with longer chats. Is this the system telling me I shouldn’t have m…

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New Year's Eve party. You need to send the address and parking info to 35 people. You don't want 35 people in a group asking questions everyone can see. MegaMessenger.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The mental overhead of managing an author career is massive. A proper system reduces it significantly. Free beta access

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I unlocked the “dad” badge 9 years ago. How do I unlock “dad who doesn’t get screamed at because he makes you do your homework”? Anyone know?

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bunch of new stuff just dropped in Author’s Toolbox; form builder, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud email, Yahoo email, and more. Don’t miss out on the beta! It’s your key to free subscription for life!

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Before Thanksgiving, someone in every family sends the "here's the plan" message to 20 relatives. MegaMessenger is how that person does it without creating a month-long group thread.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Minimalism in the kitchen means owning only what you'll actually use. That includes food. What The Fridge?! – iOS

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What promo actually moved the needle last quarter? Author's Toolbox tells you with data, not guesswork. theauthorstoolbox.com

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Waiting in line to get an inspection sticker for my car. Because that’s how you spend a birthday PTO week, apparently. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So many new features coming to Author’s Toolbox later this week!: Forms - unlimited forms with unlimited fields. Write to CSV or feed the data right into our ARC tracker and BETA Tracker tools. Dropbox and Google Drive integrations so your files stay your files and never touch my servers. More e…

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Holiday coordination is exactly when you need to reach a lot of people at once with information that requires no group discussion. MegaMessenger is built for those moments.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The snack situation in this house is now tracked, shared, and expiration-dated. Order achieved. Download What The Fridge?!

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indie authors deserve tools as good as the books they write. Join the beta free

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Aww, man. Not Mr. Belding! 😔

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The author who can see their whole business in one place makes better decisions than the one drowning in tabs. Free beta – link in bio

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My spouse can see what we have from anywhere. No more 'can you check if we have sour cream' calls. Link in bio

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Extended family across multiple time zones? MegaMessenger handles the announcement. Each person gets it when it arrives. Nobody's woken up by reply-alls in the middle of the night.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My birthday is Tuesday. If you’re up there listening, big guy, all I want from you is to wake up to an obituary. You know which one I mean. Yes, I also want Lego, cake, and video games. But all I want from you is this one thing.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Did anyone else want an apartment over the garage growing up because of Growing Pains or was it just me?

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If one more book blog subscribes me to their mailing list without my consent, I am going to burn their house to the ground. It’s happened six times today. Six.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

From catalog metadata to DMCA takedowns: Author's Toolbox covers the full publishing operational layer. Join the beta free

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Reunion logistics. Travel updates. Emergency contacts. Gift coordination. The family communication use case for MegaMessenger writes itself.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Family of four + shared inventory + expiration alerts = fewer grocery trips and less waste. Try it free for 14 days

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes when I’m reading a book, I wonder how many times the author had to right click and “add to dictionary” on words they made up, so they wouldn’t get flagged as misspelled. Looking at you, right now, @chuck_wendig !

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anyone ever seen this with Eero routers? A reserved IP + real MAC = unreachable from LAN peers; same device, same MAC, DHCP-pool IP = reachable instantly. The only thing I’veN think of is that I changed the IPs on existing reservations when I added my new machine to my network.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The publishing tech stack is finally catching up to what indie authors actually need. theauthorstoolbox.com

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You've probably been in a 47-person family group chat. You know what it's like. MegaMessenger is the alternative: reach the whole family, let each reply come back to you personally.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Push notifications for expiring food saved me from sending questionable yogurt in a lunchbox. Win. What The Fridge?! – free trial

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Running a family kitchen without tracking inventory is just organized chaos. It can be actual organization. Download on iOS

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The piracy problem in publishing is real and getting worse. A tool that monitors and enables takedowns helps. Free beta access – link in bio

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Set up my new computer today. Upgraded from a M1 Mac Studio to a M5 Mac Studio (fast!) And launched my new, simpler, non-WordPress author site!

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The best group chat is the one that doesn't exist. MegaMessenger helps you avoid creating them in the first place.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks to all my beta users on Author’s Toolbox. Another bunch of bug fixes and two new features launched today!

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Think about how many times you've been in a group chat that started for a specific purpose and became something else entirely. MegaMessenger prevents that by not creating the group in the first place.

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