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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today's the last day to grab an ARC of THE GROTTO before sign-ups close. My historical novel — 1228, a friar and a crusader knight, and whether the unforgivable can be forgiven. Honest reviews welcome 👇 booksprout.co/reviewer/re...

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Week in review: Pulled my numbers and learned most of my readers aren't reading me in English. Spent 2 days thinking about that instead of writing, which I'm choosing to count as work. Got the Grotto ARC ask out 2x more. 10 days left on that one.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I never thought I'd finish LA CAMPAGNE. Not dramatically. In the ordinary way — I started it assuming it would join the other folders, the ones with 30k words and no ending, because that's where books go when you're building a company at the same time.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Two of my characters don't share a language. That turned out to be the most interesting problem in THE GROTTO. You can't lean on dialogue. Everything is gesture, what gets misread, and the enormous effort of making yourself understood to someone you badly want to understand you.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A thing I keep having to relearn about the 13c: the people in it did *not* think they were living in the Middle Ages. Obvious when you say it out loud. Very easy to forget when you write.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I pulled my sales numbers this wk and found something I wasn't looking 4. 71% of every page anyone has ever read of my books, they read in a language I didn't write it in.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Week in review: Two ARC posts out. The part of this job I'll never get used to is asking people for something. Free book, honest review, an entirely fair trade — and it still takes me 3 drafts to write the ask without an apology buried in it. Otherwise: 1228 all week.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I've been asked: why write queer characters into centuries that punished them for it? B/c they were there. In 1228, in 1740, in every year nobody bothered to write down. The absence in the record isn't evidence they didn't exist — it's evidence of what was done to the records.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Still open: ARC copies of THE GROTTO, my historical novel set in 1228 — a friar, a crusader knight, and one unforgivable thing between them. Histfic readers, an honest review on release would mean a lot 👇 booksprout.co/reviewer/re...

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Research will never stop being my personal trap. Writing THE GROTTO, I caught myself giving a 13c character a gesture I'd absorbed from a film. Not a fact I'd got wrong — a reflex. The way he'd have shrugged.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Drafting and revising are 2 *very* different beasts, and I've stopped trying to do both in the same day.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm author J.F. Evans. I write queer fiction spanning centuries. My latest book, "Savannah Legal," is my queer homage to Stephanie Plum. It's a witty, heartflet RomCom.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Woes of a writer: I'm at the stage with THE GROTTO where if I reread a chapter, I genuinely cannot tell whether it's good or whether I've simply looked at it 200 times. Both, probably.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I run a company and I write novels. People ask how. The honest answer is that I'm bad at it roughly 3/4 the time. What works: the writing happens before the company wakes up. Not because mornings are magic — because nobody emails at 4.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A drafting day, honestly: 04:30 — coffee, re-read yesterday's last paragraph, hate it 06:00 — write badly for ninety minutes 08:30 — the first sentence that's actually alive turns up 11:00 — stop while I still know what happens next That's the whole method. (Also, insomnia.)

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The best research note I took for THE GROTTO never made it into the book. Three pages on what a thirteenth-century road actually was. Who maintained it. Who was allowed on it. What it cost you to cross another man's land.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Writing 2 books @ once isn't just twice the work. AM: I'm in 1228, in a language that thinks in Latin and grief. PM: I'm in a Savannah law firm with a man who makes jokes when he's frightened. The mental whiplash is about 40 mins. I've stopped pretending otherwise.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I wrote a novel, and today I'm asking for readers. THE GROTTO — 1228, a friar and a crusader knight, and whether the unforgivable can be forgiven. Out for ARC review now. Grateful for honest reviews 👇 booksprout.co/reviewer/re...

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's here. LA CAMPAGNE is out today. An American inherits a life he never asked for, in a village that won't let him leave. Funny, then not. A mystery he can't stop pulling at. Book 1 of Bienvenue à France. Start here. geni.us/tK88T #booksky

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hey everyone! My book, “Thread and Nail,” is finally available on Kobo! Thread and Nail is a sweeping work of literary historical fiction set in the raw, contested landscape of pre-Revolutionary America. www.kobo.com/fr/fr/ebook/...

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Thread and Nail eBook by J.F. Evans - Rakuten Kobo

Lisez « Thread and Nail » de J.F. Evans disponible chez Rakuten Kobo. Savannah, Georgia Colony, 1740. Thomas Hendricks came back from war with steady hands and a rule he's kept since boyhood...

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Read Ch1 of my current work-in-progress, “The Grotto.” 1228 Languedoc, France. A Franciscan friar arrives at a small castrum. What will he find in the land scarred by war and marred with blood? Pre-orders on Amazon. Read the chapter on Medium: medium.com/@johnathenev...

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Pre-orders are up on Amazon, here: a.co/d/09YsxIwL

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Hi everyone! I’m J.F. Evans, newly self-published indie author. I focus on LGBT+ stories, particularly those of a historical literary nature, but I also write contemporary romantic works. I have 2 novels out currently. You can read them on KU or order them here: www.amazon.com/stores/autho...

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J.F. Evans: books, biography, latest update

Follow J.F. Evans and explore their bibliography from Amazon's J.F. Evans Author Page.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Working on a new literary historical fiction novel called, “The Grotto.” I’ve written about it here: www.goodreads.com/author_blog... Feel free to follow along as we construct this world set in 1228-1229 Languedoc, France.

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J.F. Evans's Blog - "The Grotto" - May 30, 2026 14:42

If you follow my social media on Threads, then you'll know I've begun to work on my next literary historical fiction book, The Grotto.This book was i...

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Thread and Nail has been out for almost two months. If you've read it: I'd love to hear what landed for you. Reviews on Amazon or Goodreads mean more than I can say — they're how the book finds the readers it was written for.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Thinking of writing a new novel set during the Middle Ages. Thoughts?

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Thread and Nail ends with a household of four people. Two men who chose each other in a world that called them criminals. A tavern keeper who built a shelter before anyone asked for one. A librarian who was chosen into something she didn't know was possible.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Mary Collingwood runs the Grey Swan Tavern. She holds a feme sole licence, forges customs documents, and manages a web of debts and loyalties that keeps half of Savannah's merchant class moving.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

If you loved the slow burn of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, the historical texture of Hamnet, or the found-family ache of anything TJ Klune has written — Thread and Nail might be for you.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

There's a scene in Thread and Nail I keep thinking about. Thomas and William are standing eight feet apart under a fig tree in a church garden. It's November. They've been circling each other for months. Thomas says: "I wore the shirt."

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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ukraine Is Shielding Europe From War 2014 — it began 2022 — it escalated 2026 — we stand ”Families being murdered, cars burned down, houses erased to the ground.” Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social International advocacy/ ICUV, AntAC. Stand With Ukraine 💙💛 Thread 1/5🧵

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

One of the hardest craft problems in Thread and Nail: how do Thomas and William understand themselves, when no useful language existed yet?

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Well, I’ve submitted my book proposal to Oxford University Press for possible publication. Much fear and trepidation about the whole affair. I mean, it’s Oxford! Still, the subject is compelling and deserves its attention in scholarly circles. Nothing to do now but wait and see.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Shamelessly self-promoting my latest novel, ‘Thread and Nail,’ as well as my debut work, ‘Love is Blind.’ Both are only available on Amazon. Why? B/c I don’t have an agent. Author name is J.F. Evans. I’d appreciate your feedback and patronage. Also, doesn’t cost to repost. a.co/d/0iORBqqR

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In 1740s Georgia, the law called what Thomas and William were to each other by one word: sodomy. The penalty was death. They knew the cost. They chose each other anyway.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Thread and Nail is for people who've had to build a life in a language the 🌍 didn't give them. For the homes that exist w/o a legal name. The ❤️ that happens anyway, at cost, b/c the alt. is disappearing. Colonial Georgia, 1740. 3 people the colony has no words for. Available now → a.co/d/06qNCslx

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Thread and Nail is out today. A blacksmith, a tailor, and a tavern keeper in 1740s Georgia, building a household the colony has no name for. A love story forged in a world that would kill them for it. For everyone who ever built a family from scratch. a.co/d/0a1DjSAD

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Thomas made a rule at twelve: don't look, don't want, don't reach. William learned to perform normalcy so perfectly it became its own kind of prison. Mary learned that love and survival rarely fit the same shape. Thread and Nail is their story. April 1. a.co/d/0a1DjSAD

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This novel took 3 years. Most of that was research. Parish records, indenture contracts, forge inventories, tailor's pattern books. I needed to know how a blacksmith held a hammer before I could write 1 reaching for someone's hand. The details aren't background. They're the story. a.co/d/0a1DjSAD

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

What if you, as a job seeker, could show employers not just what you’ve done, but *how well* you did it? More importantly, what if this was something you owned entirely? Something evolved alongside you as your career progressed? That’s what we’re building @Open HR. We call it: RefScore.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Why set a novel in 1740s Georgia? Because the colony was an experiment — convicts and tradesmen building something from scratch, with no blueprint. Nobody's story was clean. Everyone was making it up as they went. That felt true enough to write about. Pre-order Thread and Nail → a.co/d/0a1DjSAD

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Open HR @open-hr.work · 25/02/2026

Your RefScore shows you patterns — not surveillance. You'll learn that multiple people noticed your communication skills. You won't learn which specific person said what. This isn't about hiding information. It's about showing you what matters: consistent signals about how you work.

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Johnathen Evans-Guilbault @johnathenfevans.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I wrote a novel. Thread and Nail — queer historical fiction set in 1740s Georgia. A blacksmith, a tailor, and a tavern keeper building a household the colony has no language for. Pre-order is live. Out April 1. a.co/d/0a1DjSAD

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Open HR @open-hr.work · 23/02/2026

Here's the problem with traditional references: The person giving feedback knows their words might get back to the candidate. So they hedge. They soften. They say "great team player" when they mean "struggled with deadlines." Anonymity isn't just privacy — it's permission to be honest.

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Open HR @open-hr.work · 17/02/2026

Status Update: We’ve completed the majority of our live testing. You should be able to access our web platform application. Please let us know if you encounter any problems or issues. Again, thank you for your patience and understanding.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 15/02/2026

We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.

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Open HR @open-hr.work · 14/02/2026

Hello everyone. The root causes of our issues have been resolved. However, our in-person testing uncovered half of our code wasn’t been implemented. We’re working on this issue now. We are aiming to work through the weekend and have everything set for Monday. Thanks, again, for your patience.

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