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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 25/09/2026

Here's a heads-up -- I'm going to be talking with Tiffany Vega on the First Time for Everything podcast on the GoIndieNow network this coming Tuesday, September 29, at 8 p.m. Slap on your headphones, pull up YouTube on your favorite browser, and see for yourself what transpires over that hour.

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First Time For Everything Season 4 w/ Tiffany Vega meets Julia Benson Slaughter

YouTube video by GoIndieNow

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 24/06/2026

They bloody misspelled my name, but I'm going to still be there. Table 27. Columbus, GA, Trade and Convention Center. VIP admission at noon, general admission 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 12/06/2026

I'll be on Spotlight on Multiverse 2026 this coming Monday, 6/15! SM Hillman will be interviewing me in the last slot of the night, 9:30 - 10 p.m. We'll of course be talking about Multiverse Con, coming up in October, but who knows what else may come up? You'll just have to watch!

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Don't Miss This: Multiverse Convention 2026 Preview Episode 1

YouTube video by GoIndieNow

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Kyddryn @kyddryn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Image of an arched rainbow with “ALLY AF” in white, capital block letters below it, all on a black background.

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 03/06/2026

At least you're willing to attempt it!

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 19/05/2026

Oy. Just oy. Perhaps they should READ that Bible they purport to value so highly.

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 18/05/2026

If you are voting in Georgia tomorrow on a Democratic ballot, here's some useful analysis from George Chidi.

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 18/05/2026

We don't know what we are going to do with our late nights after this week. I guess we'll just have to read. Or ::gasp:: TALK TO EACH OTHER!

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 18/05/2026

::blinks in surprise:: Why do I not already have this book?

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 06/04/2026

I talk with Joe Compton, Venessa Giunta, Jessica Nettles, and AF Stewart about magic in our fictional worlds.

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What is Magic? How do you write it?

YouTube video by GoIndieNow

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 06/04/2026

The best time was months ago. The second best time is NOW!

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 05/04/2026

Morally sound people respect other people's spiritual beliefs.

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 03/04/2026

Shameless self-promotion warning: This Sunday (yep, Easter Sunday), I'll be a guest on This Week in Indies! Watch live at noon EDT or replay it as your leisure at www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2YR.... #goindienow #thisweekinindies #whatismagic #magicinfiction #indieauthors

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What is Magic? How do you write it?

YouTube video by GoIndieNow

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 28/03/2026

That picture looks like way more than 6K people.

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 28/03/2026

I wore that shirt today to the No Kings East Cobb rally!

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 18/03/2026

Yep, my second appearance at JordanCon! And, I'll have book 4 of The Littleton Chronicles, Shìzú, hot off the presses, with me!

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 18/03/2026

Proof copies!!! Yes, this means I'll have it for JordanCon!

Two copies of a book. Cover shows three women and four men, all wearing black, standing in an open area with trees behind them.

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George Chidi, Evil Reporter @neonflag.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Miami International Airport. 30 minutes to clear TSA on the day Republicans blocked a bill to pay agents, guaranteeing they will miss paychecks. I asked the TSA agent how many of his people called out. "Not enough," he said. "Nothing changes until people feel pain."

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 06/03/2026

Wait, what??? Catoosa County is in the 14th District. MTG's (former) district. That... makes zero sense

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 05/03/2026

This blog post was bait. I took it. I follow you now, even though I'm 800-ish miles away.

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Emerson UU Church @emersonuuchurch.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

An inspirational message from this morning's silent meditation:

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 04/03/2026

I know, right? And Chip Roy lost his primary as well. Oh, darn </s>

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 03/03/2026

I can't see Massie becoming a Democrat -- most of his positions are completely antithetical to theirs. Becoming an independent, though, and refusing to caucus with the Republicans, now, there's a thought.

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 03/03/2026

Doing final cleanup on paperback master copy of Shìzú before sending off for proof copies. I am so proud of myself for working a riff on the "AK-47 -- the very best there is" line from "Jackie Brown" into the book ::snrk::. Apparently, I am also easily amused!

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George Chidi, Evil Reporter @neonflag.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A gentle reminder that DEI was never about hiring and promoting underqualified Black people. It was about preventing underqualified white people from sliding through. DEI is antidiscrimination law. If you oppose DEI, you want racial discrimination to go unpunished except as applied to white men.

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Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com · 20/02/2026

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and the late Congressman John Lewis. Warnock is one of the best in speaking out for the teachings of Jesus Christ and against Christian Nationalism.

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Undaunted in Denouncing Religious Hypocrites

A tribute to those who fearlessly call out white Christian nationalists

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George Chidi, Evil Reporter @neonflag.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The trucking thing might be the most interesting, and I'm working on more reporting about it. A state strategy could cut the country in half for undocumented drivers going cross country.

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Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement

Bills mandate ICE cooperation, school status checks and criminalize information release, testing constitutional lines

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George Chidi, Evil Reporter @neonflag.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I suspect I am going to have to compile a list next week of all the times ICE agents went into churches without a warrant over the last 12 months, with Pam Bondi's quote about people being free to worship safely at the top of the story. Reasonable people are not the audience for their bullshit.

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Heather Greene @heathergreene01.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Standing ovation for Bad Bunny at Grammys: “I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."

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