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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 5h

Wrapped up like a deuce Another rumor in the night

brown tabby cat Charlie sitting on my floor with a spiral tunnel cat toy wrapped around him like a yellow tornado.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

How is that photo sideways. Posting again so it's right side up.

Bouquet of green and red and pink with antheriums, bitd of paradise, and protea.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Flowers from my home state (island of Kaua'i) from friend and purchased from another friend's business. Just glorious. Want some? Flowerskauai.com.

A bouquet of tropical flowers including different types of antheriums in red and pink, bird of paradise, and protea.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Covers I Can't Use for Book 3 in the Pagan Jones Chronicles... Festival of Spies.

A mock up of a fake book cover using the Penguin Classics template for Festival of Spies by Nina Berry. The black and white photo used is from the Cannes Film Festival in the early 1960s. Two fashionable women walk away from the camera toward the white Carlton Hotel along the busy palm-tree-lined boulevard. A man in a uniform facing the camera glances back at them over his shoulder.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Covers I Can't Use for Book 2 in the Pagan Jones Chronicles... City of Spies.

A mock up of a fake Penguin Classics cover for my book, City of Spies, which features a black and white photo of a couple embracing or perhaps dancing under a chandelier. You can't see the girl's face, just the knot of her hair and her neck, oh, and also her hand, which she's put over the mouth of the very handsome man to shut up him.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's a cool site where you can mock up your own Penguin Classics book cover, so I did that with my own books! The Pagan Jones trilogy is coming soon, so voila - the first Cover I Can't use for Book 1.... This is the 1961 Dior suit-dress Pagan is wearing the night the Berlin Wall goes up.

A mock up for a Penguin Classics book cover for The Notorious Pagan Jones featuring a photo of the classic 1961 Dior suit-dress with leather gloves. It is so gorgeous and flattering and practical, made of brown wool, with a wide belt, long sleeves, and a cute bolero jacket attachment. I want one! The protagonist wears this outfit when she's caught on the wrong side the night the Berlin Wall goes up.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Paused to discuss the beauty of the sunset with this French bulldog, but he just kept staring at the top of my head. His ex was a redhead too. It's a thing.

A French bulldog that's mostly black with a white chest looks up at the camera with big brown eyes, mouth slightly agape. All redheads don't know each other, Rosco!

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Next, I stopped to chat with the Narnia lamp posts outside this condo. Great gossip. Mrs. R is stepping out on Mr. R and she kissed the sideliece in the Narnia lamplight! Much more interesting than Mr. Tumnus.

Two white lamp posts outside a yellow condo, behind red metal fences. They each have four heads, well, 4 lamps on top of the posts, but don't let that throw you. Makes for a cacophony when they talk, though.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Encountered on my walk today: a rose "bush" ... tree? Seven feet tall, and bit full of herself because of it. Okay, okay, you're beautiful. Stop fishing for compliments.

A very tall rose bush tree with pink roses clustered at the top. She's got her hands, er, branches on her hips expectantly, waiting for me to compliment her. And she's gorgeous, sure, but I was too contrary to give her what she wanted.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Spotted on my walk: a waxing Gibbons moon, a pair of children's moccasins, my Halloween-loving neighbor's new additions.

The Gibbous moon in blue sky as a plane flies by.

The gibbous moon in a darkening sky framed by tree branches.

The house where evil (complimentary) lives. Evidence: standees of Pennywise and Freddy Krueger outside a hedge.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Went to CVS to get my flu and Covid shots and saw this across the street...

Photo of a mechanic's business with garages and cars, and outside it, to the side, about eight feet up on a pole is a Paul Bunyan-tyoe figure, three times the size of a person, in jeans, shirt, cap, holding a... butterfly net?

A closer shot of the Paul Bunyan figure in his red hat holding a butterfly net instead of an axe.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's Greta Garbo day on Turner Classic movie, and I realize I've never seen Conquest w/Charles Boyer. Setting my VCR. Remember those? If you haven't seen the great Ninotchka, it starts at 1:15pm PT. Fabulous, hilarious film, directed by the great Ernst Lubitsch.

Old movie poster for Ninotchka showing a smiling Garbo in the arms of Melvin Douglas.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

World's greatest thread award goes to...

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

When you've got 4 words left on your Outlier game, but the cat NEEDS to be on your lap.

From Nins's POV we see the back of her cat Charlie's head, all brown and darker brown stripey fur, in the foreground. In the distance on a coffee table and out of focus is her laptop with the game Outlier on the screen.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Throwback Thursday to the 2010 SCBWI conference in LA. Can't remember the gentleman's name, but I'm next to him, then the fabulous Leah Odze Epstein, then my amazing critique partner and writer Elisa Nader. (Photo by Rita Crayon Huang, copyright SCBWI 2010.)

Golden hour photo of four people... an unnamed gentleman in sunglasses, then redhead Nina, then Leah also wearing sunglasses, and Elisa in sunglasses and leather jacket. Wait. Am I the only one not wearing sunglasses? Oh well. We're all smiling and wearing our lanyards. Rita takes a great photo.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Been a rough couple of weeks.

A photo montage of young Tim Curry smiling, Dolly Parton, Shlley Fabares, and Hayden Panettiere.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I shall sleep inside my fairy tunnel with a rainbow as a pillow.

A plump, fluffy gray and white cat lies "inside" a spiral of fabric covered wire with her head in a catnip rainbow pillow.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

They say write what you know. Apparently I know a lot about teenage angst, shifters, and friendship.

Photo of Nina holding up her book, Otherkin in front of her face. Her red hair frames the book's cover, which features a different redhead. And a tiger.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The legs have pink paw pads.

Two furry ivory legs stick out from under an ivory cotton quilt. Little pink paw pads can be seen on the dainty feet.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In addition to showcasing the Don Juan soundtrack on the original (!) Vitaphone disc synced with the film's final reel (sounded pretty great for a 100-year-old record) Archives brought out some amazing bits of history. Like Ilsa's outfit, Paul Henried's suit, and Sam's piano from Casablanca.

Photo of Ilsa's tan blouse, red sash, and black skirt from Casablanca ona mannequin standing next to Sam's painted upright piano from the film.

A closer look at Sam's colorful piano from Casablanca. It's in great shape.

Close up of Ilsa's blouse showing the pattern of birds, shapes, plants.

Photo of a tan/cream double breastfed suit with a white shirt, black tie, and spectator shoes on a mannequin.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Warner Bros had a 100 Years of WB sound on the lot today, the anniversary of the premiere of Don Juan with its synchronized score. We saw the final reel of the film where they used the actual 100-year old Vitaphone disc for the sound. A veteran protectionist handled it. Tricky stuff.

A one sheet brochure for the WB Celebration of Film Sound at the Steven J. Ross theater on the Warner Bros lot in Burbank. It's a dark cream color with a fancy border.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Oh dear. Sadie's trapped in her fairy tunnel again.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Flashback to my first book event/signing. My YA paranormal debut Otherkin is available wherever you like to get your books. "A page-turner." - Kirkus Reviews. bookshop.org/p/books/othe...

Nina smiling, wearing flower leis given to her by her amazing friends, smiling and standing behind a table holding her first book, a YA paranormal adventure and romance titled Otherkin.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Grooviest arrival in the mail today - Blades '68! Photos don't do the glory of the design and art justice. The cover has strategic shiny bits. I want to eat this book it is so delicious.

Groovy cover of Blades '68 ttrpg book with groovy art in yellow, blue, and red that's very Swingin' 60s.

Inside look at the book showing art of two women, one white, one Black, looking super cool. The art is stylized and evocative of the 60s, in yellows, pinks, and oranges.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

- have you made the world a better place with your adorableness and sweetness? Then you, too, can be a Cat of Peace. Miss you, Maxie.

Another photo of Max, the black Cat of Peace, by a sunlit window, his favorite spot.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

When Max, the Cat of Peace, show's up in your timeline it means repost and take stock of your life. - have you graciously allowed dogs 10x your size to worship and nervously groom you as they furiously wag their tale? - have to stoicly taken your meds and eagerly eaten the treats that come after?

Photo of a beautiful black cat with white whiskers by a sunlit window. He stares up at the camera with calm green eyes. He knows you. He SEES you.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

When Max, the Cat of Peace, shows up in your timeline, it's a sign to take stock of your life. - Do you stare hard into the eyes of new acquaintances as you greet them, unnerving and charming them all at once? - Have sniffed anyone's breath, politely, recently?

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I've been lying on my couch reading for hours because this book is so so good. It depicts nothing like my childhood in Honolulu, yet it stirs so many feelings and memories.

Cover of The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. It shows a black-haired girl in a red coat seated in front of wallpaper filled with roses and birds. The girl's bright blue eyes stare out at you. That's Maeve, sister of the book's narrator, and she's amazing.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Garbo. Flesh and the Devil. I will take no further questions.

Shot from Flesh and the Devil showing Garbo kissing John Gilbert. Her lips are inches from his, but her eyes are on us, on the camera. She knows we're watching. And she likes it. This movie is ridiculously hot and sexy and crazy and you should watch it.

Garbo in a publicity still from Flesh and the Devil looking at the camera with perfect hair and that heavy-lidded gaze that'll scorch your pants off. Sure, she's wearing beautiful jewelry and the lighting is amazing, and her eyebrows are perfectly arched. But it's those eyes, man. She knows what you want.

Garbo looking super hot and pensive in a low-cut gown, jeweled pendant, and danging earrings. She's slumped every so slightly, as she often is, in the sexiest sort of slinky way.

John Gilbert (looking pretty great himself) kissing a recumbent Garbo on the cheek as she stares off in the distance with eyes like limpid pools that'll draw you in until you drown.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Amazing bookstores: Seminary Co-op & 57th St Books. And the most underrated, under-reported great museum in the city, the Institute for The Study of Ancient Cultures Museum, where I worked as a student wrapping up items from the gift shop. It includes a Persian stone bull's head, my one true love.

A shot of the great bull's head from Persepolis, a black stone carved head of a bull, its neck gracefully curved, hair picked out in impeccable rows arcing up its head and around its jaw. A thing of beauty and power. A thing college-aged Nina dreamed of stealing away, though it weighed many tons, to live with her forever.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Currently devouring Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim. I love a speculative novel that showcases something the author has clearly been deeply affected by. The examination of borders and identity is fascinating. Page-turner!

Book cover of Sublimation with the tagging "the Border Cuts You in Two."

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The chonky predator stalks from above.

A cat crouches atop a kitchen cupboard, framed by triangular windows, ready to pounce, kill, rend. That damn spider criticized her knock knock jokes, and he's about to reap the whirlwind.

A closer shot of Sadie the cat in ready-to-pounce mode on top of the cupboards. She enjoys sprinkling their dusty tops with her fur.

Sadie triumphant. A close-up of a chunky little cat seated now on the cupboard, green eyes staring daggers at the offending spider, who has apologized and retreated to a crevice. Her nose is very pink.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finding solace and delight in this sparkly Pixie sticker from @gloriousalliance.bsky.social and @freshstarttblc.bsky.social , which takes the absolute best care of its thoroughbred rescues. Gotta find a good spot for this one.

Photo of a beautiful sticker showing a lovely petite brown mare on a sunlit green hill. The edges of the sticker sparkle!

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Are you seeing how cute I am? Are you getting this down? My nose is pink!

Close up of Sadie the cat, curled as if sleeping but with one eye ever so slightly open because she needs to know you're appreciating her cuteness.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

About to go on a long afternoon walk, feeling like a rebel.

Photo of my feet in black socks. The socks have an L on one sock for the left foot and an R on the other for the right foot. But I gave them switched and can't be bothered to switch them back.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Switched briefly to Turner Classic movies and thank God, Carole Lombard is hosting a clatch of twittering women in the most ridiculous bedroom I've ever seen. I think some of the walls are padded satin.

Screenshot of my TV from the movie "Fools for Scandal" showing a gorgeous Carole Lombard wearing a silk bed gown with a fur collar in a sumptuous bed with a 10-ft high padded headboard. A row of eight women face her, all wearing hats and stoles. The bedroom around them is enormous, with wall to ceiling slated blinds by the bed and a padded fabric wall next to them. Everything gleams like it's made of satin.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Just dipped into my Wallace Stevens collection randomly and read this absolute banger of a poem called Men Made Out of Words. Seems to me he's saying we are driven to act "by the fear that defeats and dreams are one." Plus: "Castratos of moon-mash" "Torn by dreams" I fucking love poetry.

A screenshot of the Wallace Stevens poem:
Men Made Out of Words

What should we be without the sexual myth,
The human revery or poem of death?

Castratos of moon-mash—Life consists
Of propositions about life. The human

Revery is a solitude in which
We compose these propositions, torn by dreams,

By the terrible incantations of defeats
And by the fear that defeats and dreams are one.

The whole race is a poet that writes down
The eccentric propositions of its fate.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Charlie could assess you better than any personality test, but he can't be bothered.

An elegant brown tabby lounges on the thick arm of a sofa. His long front legs jut outward, elegantly crossed. His eyes are shut, but he's listening, and judging.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Good morning, Your Fuzziness.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

When you feel pretty after decapitating and eating your mate.

Illustration of a female praying mantis with her long elegant back legs holding her up on some green branches. Her upper half is raised triumphantly upward, forelegs extended up in a victory stance or a lovely morning stretch, back wings fluttering happily.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Bellows Beach yesterday. My favorite place in the universe. Even too windy, with warning flags and choppy waves, I loved it. Tempting fate by going back today.

A glorious stretch of white sand stretches toward sheer green cliffs with frothy turquoise ocean on one side and dark green ironwood trees on the other. Blue sky and white clouds above. Hardly any people below.

Looking the other way down the beach. The sand here is so soft, fine, and white. The puffy white clouds above are echoed in the frothy white waves in the ocean below. An orange warning flag stands out. A lifeguard stand rests in the shed of the trees. A few people walk the shoreline.

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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The gray lumps in the photo are two monk seals on Kaimana beach today, Oahu. The lighter one is a mom who had her pup there (pup not visible), and the darker one is her fully grown son, who swam up to check on her as we watched. So cool! We NEVER saw monk seals in the 80s. Conservation efforts work!

Two gray lumps on a sugar white sand beach that I promise you are monk seals. Beyond them the blue ocean, rocks, and the sky. In the foreground is the protective fencing to keep meddling boneheads away.

A more distant shot of the gray monk seals lumps on Kaimana beach.

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