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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 11/08/2026

I love @bpl.boston.gov in Copley Square and any excuse to visit—it's my favorite library! Got my library card renewed today for another 4 years so I can continue borrowing on Libby. #BookSky

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 06/08/2026

My dog and I visited the Brattle Book Shop today! A used bookstore with over 250,000 books, maps, and prints. The outdoor section is the sales area with books as low as $1. #BookSky

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 06/07/2026

What I'm reading this week: FIEND by Alma Katsu @almakatsu.bsky.social After @annahirsch.bsky.social recommended it to me, I borrowed it on libby and I'm loving it so far! Definitely a comp for the manuscript that I'm currently drafting. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734363... #BookSky

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 20/03/2026

Taking a break from the keyboard today ☀️

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 16/12/2025

Taking a break from the keyboard this week...

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 08/11/2025

What I’m reading this weekend: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield It’s a horror novel about a woman who returns from a catastrophic deep-sea mission but is no longer the same. #BookSky

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 18/10/2025

Visited a castle yesterday for some writing inspiration... #WritingCommunity

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 27/09/2025

What I’m reading this weekend: The Extra by Annie Neugebauer. 10 people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night 11 set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who's the extra? #BookSky

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 23/08/2025

What I'm reading this weekend: Leigh Radford's One Yellow Eye 👁️ A horror novel about a scientist seeking a cure for her undead husband. #BookSky

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 22/08/2025

Wrapping up the first draft of my WIP! Here's a chart of my daily word count since I started 2.5 months ago. #WritingCommunity

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 09/08/2025

Last Read: Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal. I read this short horror novella in just two sittings. Set in Reykjavík, about a woman who wakes up with increasingly disturbing injuries. What I'm reading this weekend: Suzanne Collins's Sunrise on the Reaping.

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 28/07/2025

Taking time away from my keyboard this month...

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 13/07/2025

A fugitive astronomer must seek the truth about his family’s doomsday prediction that led to their persecution and deaths. #BluePit #A #F #Q #agentsguide #BluePit📖

A Fate So Dark. Adult Fantasy. 93,000 words.

What's Inside. Perfect for fans of James Islington's The Will of the Many and Rebecca Roanhorse's Black Sun.

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 23/05/2025

In a republic where divination prevails, a lone astronomer infiltrates an observatory full of his family’s killers to seek the truth about a planetary collision prediction that led to their persecution and deaths. #WIPPIT #F #A #FBW #agentsguide

List of themes and images of comparative titles

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 07/05/2025

A FATE SO DARK, an adult fantasy novel which will appeal to readers of James Islington's The Will of the Many. - astronomy vs. astrology - renaissance vibes - morally gray characters - cost of identity - unexpected romance - societal inequities - planetary catastrophe #QUESTPIT #A #F #W

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 19/04/2025

Presenting my adult fantasy work-in-progress: A FATE SO DARK 🔭 A young astronomer hides from the astrologers who persecuted and killed his family... until he must become one of them as he infiltrates their observatory. Comp: James Islington's The Will of the Many #POSTERPIT #F #A #POSTERPITW

A young astronomer hides from the astrologers who persecuted and killed his family... until he must become one of them as he infiltrates their observatory.

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 09/04/2025

Presenting an agent's guide to A MOCKERY OF BROKEN RELICS, an adult fantasy novel at 91k words! #agentguide #agentsguide #amquerying

An adult fantasy novel called A Mockery of Broken Relics, at 91k words.

A mid-career lawyer investigates enchanted relics that form the cornerstone of his realm's legal system... except the relics are failing and all signs point to his revered mentor.

Comps are The Tainted Cup and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.

Inside the book: a middle-aged protagonist, unreliable magic, unlikely allies, magical creatures, mentor trope, fast-paced with big twists, heart-wrenching betrayals, accessible worldbuilding, and madness... or not.

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 06/12/2024

Anyone else's dog equally obsessed with resting their head on elevated surfaces?

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