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JR Gershen-Siegel

@jespah2.bsky.social
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Novelist: sci fi w/snarky older heroines who've run out of f***s to give. In Boston, into Star Trek since B4 ya were born ya young whippersnapper + delight in smol dogs that make shnurffly sounds. Write content for Fidelity & seek more fiction publication!

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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 5h
From a shortish story (more or less novella length) called Julie's Dollar ~
excerpt from as-yet unpublished novella by indie author JR Gershen-Siegel, Julie's Dollar.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How I arrived on Bluesky.
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Cute Puppy's Road Trip Adventure
Alt: Cute Golden Retriever Puppy's Road Trip Adventure
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A lesser-known quote from the Gospel of St. Thomas the Tank Engine.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
FYI for Massachusetts residents, check your voter registration status: www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistr...
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From The Duck in the Seat Cushion, ladies and gentlemen and third gendered persons, I present to you the inciting incident.
Page from the end of Chapter 1 of the as-yet unpublished novel, The Duck in the Seat Cushion, by independent author JR Gershen-Siegel
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Eros v Thanatos, prequel to The Obolonk Murders. What, your alien characters don't have reputationally-based names? Sacre bleu!
Page from the as-yet unpublished prequel novel, Eros vs Thanatos, the prequel to the also not yet published novel, The Obolonk Murders. Both are by independent author JR Gershen-Siegel.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Older people, pregnant people, and disabled people, too.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Stable as in stability. Of the financial kind. And why #TheInvisibleGang took up their thieving ways in the first place.
Snippet from the first page of Chapter 36 of the as-yet unpublished heist novel, The Invisible Gang, by indie author JR Gershen-Siegel. POV is character Jackie Gallagher Ivanston.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is how we're gonna get rat Uber for chipmunks and mice.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Writing Progress Report – Third Quarter 2026 At the start of September, the company switched over to full-time in the office. This effectively doubled the amount of time I spend on the road. Of course, this added to my fatigue and to time that I could not spend writing. And I was starting to think…
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Writing Progress Report – Third Quarter 2026
At the start of September, the company switched over to full-time in the office. This effectively doubled the amount of time I spend on the road. Of course, this added to my fatigue and to time that I could not spend writing. And I was starting to think that 30Day50k would be an impossible dream.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Welp, ya know that this is no social crisis, just another tricky day for this RS writer. <shrug>
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Or the portrait for their single: To all the Treats I've Loved Before/b side: Walkies this Way
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They don't seem real. :)
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Caption: Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Debauchery and questionable decisions could also be your rock band and/or your campaign slogan. Lots of potential there.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You strip, the paint strips, it's all a blur after a while.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Helfino how I got into a poetry starter pack but I'll take it (thank you!) <3 Like much of my writing, even my poems are snarky. Here's one about work. #poetry #poetsky
Poem, The SLA in Hell, by indie author JR Gershen-Siegel, written and copywritten 2026.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@jahoobalooski.bsky.social well hi there. My late dad would make homemade wine (back in the 70s, 80s). It was a good paint stripper. :)
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
May your treat jar never be empty May your human always be up for walkies May your zoomies always be oddly fulfilling May the poodle down the street notice you May the neighborhood cats stop hissing
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Halloween is right around the corner! www.amazon.com/dp/1626017158/ And as Netflix brings Lizzie's story to life, check out our book about her life and times and so much more. Hell, she's even vital to the timeline. ;) #indiebooks @riverdaleavebooks.bsky.social
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The Lizzie Borden House Anthology: Girón, Sèphera, Graham, Heather, Addison, Linda, van Belkom, Edo, Wilson, Trish, Grant, Shannon, Wytovich, Stphanie M.: 9781626017153: Amazon.com: Books
The Lizzie Borden House Anthology [Girón, Sèphera, Graham, Heather, Addison, Linda, van Belkom, Edo, Wilson, Trish, Grant, Shannon, Wytovich, Stphanie M.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying ...
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
500 Sources of Writing Inspiration The English alphabet has, of course, 26 letters. But let's nix X for the moment. Er, sorry, not sorry, Elon Musk. Find four words for each of the remaining 25 letters. But not just any four words. Oh, no. I want you to find four words which have multiple…
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500 Sources of Writing Inspiration
The English alphabet has, of course, 26 letters. But let's nix X for the moment. Er, sorry, not sorry, Elon Musk. Find four words for each of the remaining 25 letters. But not just any four words. Oh, no. I want you to find four words which have multiple meanings. The weirder and more out-there the different meanings are, the better.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another one from The Duck in the Seat Cushion, when MJ Tanner visits the U of Chicago, hoping to get off the waitlist ~
Excerpt from as-yet unpublished novel, The Duck in the Seat Cushion, by indie author JR Gershen-Siegel
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
From a contemporary piece, Julie's Dollar ~
Snippet from an as-yet unpublished novel, Julie's Dollar, by indie author JR Gershen-Siegel
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
From one of my fave books to write: The Duck in the Seat Cushion. MJ Tanner's stepmother is VERY angry that MJ's dad decided to name their baby William, not Walter and never actually tell her.
Excerpt from Chapter 10 of the as-yet unpublished coming of age story, The Duck in the Seat Cushion, by indie writer JR Gershen-Siegel.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Aha! #TheInvisibleGang and a certain legal kerfuffle.
Excerpt from Chapter 56 of the as-yet unpublished novel by indie author JR Gershen-Siegel, The Invisible Gang.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Looks like a nifty, eclectic mix. Go git 'em!
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
@lifelovelily22.bsky.social ooh many thanks for putting me in a starter pack :) <3
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Grateful for the Writing Community
ALT: Grateful for the Writing Community
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
From The Real Heart of the Universe (love this idea, BTW) ~
Snippet from The Real Heart of the Universe, an as-yet unpublished novel from independent author JR Gershen-Siegel
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@inventingreality.bsky.social moochos graziaz for putting me in a starter pack <discreetly slips you a plate of homemade cookies>
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@jordanagreene.bsky.social thanks for putting me in a starter pack (sorry if I elbowed anyone else while I was getting in)!
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Falcons' Legacy The Truth About the Falcons Falcons' Legacy Rewritten (or Legend) Fledgling Flight (<— hard to say) Taking to the Skies Kinda depends on if Book 2 is a continuation, a contradiction, a retelling, a left turn to somewhere new, a romance portion, a character death is set up, etc.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
& no one screams louder that they care, support the troops, etc. How 'bout paying a living wage instead of making the govt pick up the slack? & pay yr fair share of taxes, ya deadbeats I will never, ever buy from them. Frankly I'm shocked 1/2 the time that no one's made the Walton fam a ft shorter
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
That's how Walmart got their hooks into so much of the south. They've got jobs. They pay garbage but people are desperate. No competition = price fixing. Walmart doesn't do well when there are competing retailers and employers.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Best choice: Eden Cruickshank from The Invisible Gang b/c sex sells! Worst choice would be Nell from Mettle. She's painfully shy + picked on as a result.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Craig Firenze (Mettle) was an Army Col + will fight dirty if necessary. Runner-up: Jacob Radford (Real Hub of the Universe) tho Jake is too much of a gentleman to fight dirty. Still, he was a deserter (from the Confederate Army). For ♀♀, Trixie LaRue (Enigman Cave) & Peri Martin of Obolonk fame
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I tend to run between 42 - 44+ on this. It's quite the rabbit hole. With an attitude. dialed.gg
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Color Game — How Well Can You Remember Colors?
We show you colors. You recreate them from memory. Challenge friends to beat your score. It's harder than you think. Play free at dialed.gg.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
... and Bryl Creem.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Well, I am a married woman....
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Make New Hampshire the filling in a Massachusetts sandwich!
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I keep wanting to arrange these into an acronym. You need an S and then it can be SPLEEN. :D
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Writing Progress Report – Second Quarter 2026 Right now, I just plain do not feel like putting myself out there these days. And good lord, all the adulting I have had to do recently is just plain exhausting.
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Writing Progress Report – Second Quarter 2026
Right now, I just plain do not feel like putting myself out there these days. And good lord, all the adulting I have had to do recently is just plain exhausting.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Craig after he proves himself (usually). Tommie sees Lola as her right hand, so yes although Tommie has the final say.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Craig Firenze in #Mettle, 100%. The engineer-turned NASA spokesman will do all that while swearing a blue streak. In The Invisible Gang, the voice of reason belongs to Lola, warehouse order packer-turned hacker.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Over 176k words later, the novel I started on November 1st 2025, The Invisible Gang, is FINALLY done! W00t! #TheEnd
Last page of The Invisible Gang, an as-yet unpublished novel by independent author JR Gershen-Siegel
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Jackie's kind of been buffeted around by life + her husband treats her like bad news will break her in 1/2. So, he keeps a lot of things from her, including that they're near bankruptcy. It's a form of financial abuse
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
For #TheInvisibleGang: Jackie: pink (dressed up like a doll most of her life); Lola: dk green/rust; Eden: classic autumn palette w/rich texture; Tommie: whatever she can thrift. #Mettle is gray anyway tho Craig: army green; Nell: black; Kitty: neon animal prints; Minka: copies Kitty w/duller colors
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Vibrant Nail Designs
ALT: Vibrant Nail Designs
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
He's also lousy at SEO if he thinks he'd be able to get any traction with NFL as the keyword phrase, particularly with an article that sounds like it had very little do with, you know, football.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It's kinda his love language. This character is a little like my dad (very little) but that was my dad in terms of he'd show you he cared by rewiring or fixing something for you.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
In Mettle, Craig realizes he's in love with <spoiler, sorry> when he vows to be there for her, for whatever is coming. In Real Hub of the Universe, Jake takes Ceilidh seriously and treats her like an equal, a rarity for the 1880s.
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JR Gershen-Siegel @jespah2.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Self-Review – Recruitment Time Debris rained all around her. Shoes. A teapot. A crate for an animal that she hoped was empty. A small piece of luggage in an ultra-feminine shade of pink nearly hit her on the head. “That’s, that’s a train case,” she mumbled. Why did I remember that, of all things?
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Self-Review – Recruitment Time
Debris rained all around her. Shoes. A teapot. A crate for an animal that she hoped was empty. A small piece of luggage in an ultra-feminine shade of pink nearly hit her on the head. “That’s, that’s a train case,” she mumbled. Why did I remember that, of all things?
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