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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s the month I become a traditionally published author! The wait was slow and brutal, but now we’re 13 days away from Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder being on shelves and in the hands of readers. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827351...

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Perfect comedic timing. Perfect horror timing. I've said, "He was bit by an animal and then became that animal," in my head dozens of times today. #WidowsBay

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You can say anything you want on the internet!

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And we can't forget this PW review of GRACE AND JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER by @jessmeywrites.bsky.social, publishing on 10/13/26! 🔎 "[R]eaders will be rewarded with a satisfying conclusion. Mey proves her chops on her first try."

The Publishers Weekly review for GRACE AND JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER by Jess Mey: "In Mey’s affable debut, 30-year-old Grace Anderson leaves her Florida hometown to work as an assistant for renowned portraitist Garrett Baros in Philadelphia. One morning, she finds Garrett’s body slumped over his desk in a pool of his own vomit. The police suspect Garrett was poisoned the night before and clear Grace as a suspect. Shaken, Grace is considering returning to Florida when Garrett’s widow, philanthropist Jo Baros, knocks on her apartment door. Jo doesn’t trust the police will catch her husband’s killer, so she offers Grace a job helping her to solve the murder. What follows is a funny, good-spirited whodunit that races through a string of suspects and undercover operations, as when Grace and Jo pretend to run a cleaning business and offer a complimentary service to local politician Mark King, who wrongfully accused Garrett of having an affair with his wife. Mey tastefully balances the plot’s comedic and serious moments, fleshing out the blossoming friendship between the two women along the way. Though the momentum occasionally flags, readers will be rewarded with a satisfying conclusion. Mey proves her chops on her first try."

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m a month out from my debut novel hitting shelves, and I’m over-the-moon excited and grateful… but I’m also stressed, disappointed, frustrated, and feeling stuck. Let’s normalize accepting that achieving your dreams has some less-than-dreamy moments. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Debut Dossier: Events & (Less Than) One Month Until Pub 😱

GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER comes out October 13th!

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hey, #writingcommunity, if you’re looking for a sign to bedazzle your book, this is it.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

People wonder why writers are so anxious when two of the most common comments about going on submission are “nos are fast, yessss are slow,” and, “if it’s going to sell, it’ll probably sell in the first three months”

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Schitt's Creek: David Rose's Confused 'Umm'

ALT: Schitt's Creek: David Rose's Confused 'Umm'

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Kinda chic to be a writer. 💅🏻

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Surprise!!! I get to write about werewolves now too!!! I so firmly believe in this book, and I'm SO thrilled to have found a home with Orange Blossom! I hope you're all ready to fall in love with a chronically ill werewolf, her nerdy best friend, and the shenanigans they get up to along the way!

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I do not need to watch reality television because every day there is a new bombshell in the villa/publishing AI scandal.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A watched pot never boils. But just in case…

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

How people sound when they say they don’t have the money to pay an artist or write their own book: “I don’t have the budget for Louboutins or the time to save the money, so I’ll just steal someone else’s!” It’s not meant for you (for the time being or maybe not at all), and that’s ok.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today on Substack, I wrote about the ethics and economics behind choosing whether to purchase a book new, buy secondhand, or get it from the library. (Spoiler alert, my answer as a debut author was no.) open.substack.com/pub/jessmeyw...

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Thrifting & Borrowing: Is There a "Wrong" Way to Consume Books?

Costs are up and literacy is down - is reading a book for free still supporting an author?

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I almost signed an email "Jedd."

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Canva mockup of my next bookish tattoo. 🤣 #writingcommunity

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

*Cries in American Harrogate FOMO.*

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today was one of those low low and high high days, but I'm excited to say that the highest high was a positive Publishers Weekly Review! www.publishersweekly.com/9781917415309

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We can’t go outside in Pittsburgh because of the smoke from the Canadian wildfires (stay safe Canada!) but at least my book looks pretty in the apocalyptic lighting.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I cannot even imagine what it is like trying to breathe in Canada today when it is this difficult in Pittsburgh. 😭

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Taking photos of my book baby as I did with my real babies. GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED THE MURDER's official birthday is October 13, 2026! In lieu of a registry, I have a pre-order link. 😘 #booksky

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Be like my daughter. Don’t save the dress for a special occasion. Wear that dress to happy hour at Primanti’s.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 05/07/2026

Turned in copy edits on my latest book this week so I should probably remind people I have a book coming out later this year. It’s called ETERNITY’S TOMB and it answers the question we’ve all asked ourselves: what if we were robbing a space tomb heading for a black hole?! dmoren.com/writing/eter...

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Love modern cozy mysteries like FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT? You might enjoy my debut novel, GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER. This reader did! #booksky

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Me leaving the marketing and social media industry saying I never wanted to do it again, but then becoming an author.

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Tom Senya Puts on Clown Mask

ALT: Tom Senya Puts on Clown Mask

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER is now fully request-able on NetGalley! Link is in my bio and my team will be approving tons of requests for the next few hours!

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My daughter just screamed, “YOU’RE A FREAK!” to my son and then, “MOM, WHAT IS A FREAK??” to me.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Imagine all of the great stories that wouldn’t exist if people had just gone to therapy

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

If you think my TBR is big, wait til you see how many manuscripts I've started.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Don’t cry over spilled milk but definitely cry because you apparently didn’t save your document and lost 3k words to a heat wave outage… or however the saying goes. 😭

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Oh my gosh. SO many people were reading this book at the pool today. It must be so good. 👀

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Last year I was a stay-at-home mom who wrote a book, got an agent, and sold my debut. After a year of wishing for things to work out, that debut is now available to “wish” for on NetGalley! Early Netgalley reviews are a huge help to new authors, so make a wish! ✨ www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A good way to remind yourself that you can't please everyone as an #author is to read 1-star reviews from books you rated 5 stars.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I love the early stages of drafting a new novel because you're looking at a line and paragraph level and don't realize the plot doesn't make sense yet. #author

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Thought I came up with the perfect name for my WIP, asked my husband if he liked it, and he pulled up the text where he suggested it to me a month ago. 😂

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Flying home from Disney World and what I really need are some vegetables and to sit for a week or so.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I just typed “Kindgom” and, once again, AI could never.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Does anyone else live in perpetual fear that they will type pooping instead of popping, or is it just me? #writingcommunity

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My response to the “Hot Girls Read” drama as a cozy mystery writer. 😂

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Just a weekly reminder that generative AI has no place in creative work! ✨

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Just another day of trying to promote my book without sounding like a broken record. 😂

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Feeling major FOMO with #Stokercon being in Pittsburgh even though I don’t write horror. 😂

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

There are two wolves inside of me. One looks like this in a baseball hat. The other is worried about SPF being enough to avoid forehead wrinkles. Both want to spend the whole summer at the pool.

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

PGH Bookfest was amazing. Too tired to elaborate at the moment. ❤️

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A year ago I signed with @jamesfarner.bsky.social and @awfulagent.bsky.social and I cannot express how smart of a choice it was. 🍾

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Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I wonder if everyone in this doctor’s office waiting room can tell I’ve been here an hour because I got the time wrong. Also I forgot my book.

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