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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 17h

Knowing your per-platform royalty breakdown is basic financial hygiene for authors. Author's Toolbox delivers it. Join the beta

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 17h

A smaller, well-tracked pantry beats a full, chaotic one every single time. What The Fridge?! – free trial

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 19h

2,869 words written in BOOKSIX (title to be revealed once I settle on one of the two I'm toying with). All while walking on the treadmill. Multitasker, thy name is me!

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

I applaud so many authors who are able to quit their jobs to follow their dreams. Will that ever be me? Probably not. Am I jealous because I’m stuck in soul sucking corporate America? More than a little.

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

The best communication tool is the one that requires the least work from the recipient. A direct text requires nothing. MegaMessenger sends direct texts.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

3296 words typing uncomfortably in the driver’s seat of my Explorer in just over an hour. I could have kept going, but my back, wrists, and butt hurt. I miss my ergonomic keyboard. But I hit my goal and that’s what’s important!

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mobile writing studio tonight while the kiddo is in art class. Why is it so uncomfortable to use a laptop in a car? This is a Ford Explorer. It’s not like it’s tiny. But I still can’t fit the laptop on my lap. Here we go. Shooting for 3,000 words tonight. 90 minutes.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The author-creator who has one system for all their revenue streams is running a real business. Free beta – link in bio

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just got my royalty report from Ingram Spark for August. I made $1.22.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Texts get opened. Emails get skimmed. Push notifications get dismissed. Group chat messages get lost in noise. MegaMessenger puts your message in the one channel people consistently read.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is my Github history. For those not familiar, every time you submit a code change to _anything_, the little dot gets brighter. I guess I've been getting busy on stuff since March-ish. Which is around when I started building The Author's Toolbox, MegaMessenger, and What The Fridge?! Septembe…

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My last computer was named Bane. I got a new one last week. In keeping with my Batman naming convention for my desktops (Pennyworth, Alfred, Bane), I named it Lucius. As in Lucius Fox, Bruce Wayne’s top guy. Smart and cunning. Like me? Like me.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Day two of walking on the treadmill while working. I did 90 minutes yesterday and am shooting for the same today. Also shooting for consistency. My fractured collarbone from 2.5 years ago (it never healed properly) is acting up, so I’m less inclined to go to the gym so this is the best I can do.…

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Intentional grocery shopping: only buy what you need because you already know what you have. Download on iOS

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's not just about avoiding group chats. It's about respecting your recipients' inboxes. MegaMessenger sends messages people will actually read, not notifications they'll dismiss.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My first day back to work after vacation confirms that I, in fact, enjoy doing whateverthefuckIwant while on vacation better than being a responsible adult with people I have to report to. Thumbs down ten times over.

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The query tracker you build in a spreadsheet is always missing something. Author's Toolbox is complete. Join the beta free

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Day two of writing. Added around 2500 words. Seeing the word count go up in a tool I built is super cool. While I was building Author's Toolbox, I did a lot of theoretical testing, but now using it as a real author is something else. I'm really proud of the suite of tools I built. And am so happy…

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The pantry purge hits differently when you realize you bought three of the same thing. Link in bio

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M. Jandreau @jandreauwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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 · 04/10/2026

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 · 04/10/2026

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 · 04/10/2026

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 · 04/10/2026

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 · 04/10/2026

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

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

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 · 03/10/2026

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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