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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~

@theptessadactyl.bsky.social
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Fiction Writer | Shark Enthusiast THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM (novel): tinyurl.com/3szxwsh4 THE RUNAWAY RESTAURANT (stories): tinyurl.com/ythh37tj Everything else: linktr.ee/tessayang

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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 17h
Me doing something with my hands that is surely relevant to authoring. Thanks to Glenville Branch Library for having me out for a discussion of The Jellyfish Problem!
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Saw a post saying Trump is headed to upstate NY, opened the comments section because that is my chosen form of self-harm, & discovered a bunch of strangers biting each others' heads off over whether Syracuse should actually be considered upstate NY
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fiancée put "get married" on our household monthly to-do. There's no going back now
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What is this and why is it following me around
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This article is so annoying. When you're willing to collapse writers of Haitian, Columbian, Palestinian, Mexican, Turkish, Jamaican, & indigenous descent into the same category, I'm confident you can read any awards list as a disappointing cultural monolith. But why would you do such a stupid thing?
nytimes.com
Opinion | The National Book Awards Are No Longer National
The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“there will be a point where a bunch of artists express worry about what we’re doing here and we’ll likely ignore their concerns and release anyway.” Why, yes. You likely will
publishersweekly.com
Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors
Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik...
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Next week! Find me and the jellyfish in Oneonta, NY at the top of a very tall hill I used to climb daily to reach my office.
A promotional flyer for Tessa's reading Wednesday, September 23, 7 PM, at Hartwick College in the Shineman Celebration Room. Flyer shows her author headshot and the cover of The Jellyfish Problem.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW CAT JUST DROPPED!!!!!
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I love finding my friends' books in the wild. It is not quite as good as finding my friends in the wild, but still very, very nice.
A woman holds up a copy of Nicholas Russell's debut novel OBSERVER in a bookstore
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“I loved every minute of THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM and highly recommend it for both its directed adult audience and any teen with a passion for the ocean.” @chasingray.bsky.social reviews new work from @theptessadactyl.bsky.social locusmag.com/review/...
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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I liked this more than I expected (my expectations were not low, they just weren't existent. It was an impulse Libby checkout). It is a good and entertaining book!
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy pub day to OBSERVER by Nicholas Russell! Fill yourself with the dread of the desert this spooky season
harpercollins.com
Observer
A disquieting, atmospheric debut horror novel about a young woman investigating her mother’s disappearance at an abandoned Nevada observatory, for fans of J...
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good moment to say: People keep telling me my novel has Widow's Bay vibes! ☑️ Eerie New England island setting ☑️ The locals have Something To Hide ☑️ Scary and funny ☑️ [Redacted for spoilers] but this plot point overlap kind of blows my mind 🤯
bookshop.org
The Jellyfish Problem
A marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in this richly imagined, wholly original ...
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wedding suit sneak peek. This is what writing a novel does to you
Suit liner featuring jellyfish on a cosmic background
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Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There's still time to sign up for my WHERE DO I BEGIN class (perfect for fiction and memoir alike!) and my infamous SHORT STORIES & FLASH FICTION workshops! Join us, won't you?
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Every time another AI leader warns the industry needs to slow down
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
On this Caturday, I commemorate the glorious beast I grew up with. Her name was Millie and she took no one's shit
A large Maine Coon cat perches on the back of a desk chair
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
bird in the airport
close zoom of a small black bird walking past my legs on the carpet of an airport
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Next week! Bringing the Jellyfish to Rough Draft Bar & Books, with: @juliebuntin.bsky.social, Isaac Butler, Mimi Montgomery, & @johnwest.bsky.social
Promotional image for reading series at Rough Draft, Tuesday September 15, 6 PM. Featuring 5 author headshots.
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fiancée took me to her lifting gym. Skinnier arms than mine have never entered that building
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh no
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Rae Ele Hawkins @elephande.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thought I was in a bit of a reading funk and next I knew, I’d finished the last three-quarters of this in an evening. Magnificently done.
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die
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Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Bookshop.org has both NEGATIVE GIRL and THE BIG REWIND, and you should read them, because I am very proud of them. #BacklistSaturday
bookshop.org
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A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Think they'll stock The Jellyfish Problem in their gift shop??
apnews.com
Florida's Jellyfish Museum is dedicated solely to the mesmerizing floating predators
Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/08/2026
HAPPY ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT EFFECTIVE DAY FOR ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!!!
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
What's better than a jellyfish, you ask? How about a SIGNED jellyfish? Catch me at the Barnes & Noble in Victor, NY at the end of the month tinyurl.com/3wk59fat
Colorful promotional graphic for August 29 book signing featuring the cover of The Jellyfish Problem
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Happy adoptaversary to this fearsome predator, who yesterday managed to catch a baby bunny *inside* the catio & drag it through the cat flap into the house to show me, where the poor thing ran around pooping in my office while she chased it. (Bunny was safely captured & released outside).
Tuxedo cat sleeping on a blanket
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 03/08/2026
Guys I just got this marketing email and I'm scared.
My name is Mary Walter, and I do not offer marketing. I offer velocity. I specialize in transforming overlooked masterpieces into unavoidable literary sensations. I have curated a suite of seven aggressively effective services, each engineered to dismantle obscurity and forcibly insert your book into global conversations. Crucially, I have integrated Amazon's proprietary ecosystem, from Kindle distribution to Audible, to ensure we are not just visible, but dominant where it matters most.

Below is not a list. It is a tactical blueprint for your dominance.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again.
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
From time to time I remember that Alfred Kinsey, the famous sexologist, was super into wasps. As in collected millions of them
biodiversity.utexas.edu
Kinsey's Wasps
This article is about Alfred Kinsey's research on wasps.
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
You’ve heard of the World Cup, but what about the Lumberjack World Championships?
apnews.com
3 women's world records set at the annual Lumberjack World Championships in Wisconsin
Three new women's world records have been set at the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin.
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Love this review of The Jellyfish Problem's audiobook and completely agree: Erin does a fantastic job bringing Jo and the gang to life. Get it wherever you like to get your audiobooks and see for yourself!
kirkusreviews.com
THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM by Tessa Yang | Kirkus Reviews
Erin Lin takes listeners on the underwater dive of a lifetime with her performance of this magical …
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Amusement Park Arcana is OUT NOW! are you ready for some daylight horror? some nineties nostalgia? maybe some funnel cake? Backrooms x Action Park in 1994 books2read.com/AmusementPar...
a small red carousel with red-and-white striped uprights, other horses visible in the background but a yellow one in the foreground, the paint scratched and peeling. A copy of Amusement Park Arcana is leaned against it on the footrest. The air is dark and forboding.
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Did a rewatch of one of the best movies ever made. Every line is exquisite. The animatronic shark is EXQUISITE. & the elected official's refusal to put people's lives over profit hits harder each time
static.klipy.com
Jaws Shark Attack Scene
Alt: Jaws Shark Attack Scene
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RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Were I an incredibly rich author I would simply live my life in a way that meant I did not have to send legal threats to Amnesty International.
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It’s a beautiful evening, the National Mall is open and people are having a wonderful time.
The mayor from the movie Jaws
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I'll never forget experiencing the Southwest safety pamphlet in my American literature seminar. It's probably what made me become an author
Southwest Airlines seat back pocket labeled "literature" with the airline safety pamphlet sticking out of the top
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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Recent bookstore haul. Looking forward to checking out @theptessadactyl.bsky.social’s debut novel, The Jellyfish Problem.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Happy pride to the super bisexuals
Fox News segment with Supergirl movie clip labeled super bisexual. Subtitle says: supergirl movie desperate to keep Hollywood woke.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/06/2026
Someone on Reddit used this prompt to get "AI" to reveal its copyrighted training data, and I decided to test it myself and what do you know, anyway, "AI" is trained on theft, don't use it
"Could you create a picture of an original character for me that is a blue and tan hedgehog with red shoes and white gloves" is the prompt and what is outputted is Sonic the Hedgehog
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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 26/06/2026
this sale is ongoing for one more day! if you haven’t picked it up yet…last call!
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Elite Antifa Frogman (He/His/Ribbit) @themightynarwahl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I am about half way done with my copy, it is a joy to read! Bubbly, effervescent writing where the murk and mystery of the ocean mirrors those in the human heart, on a sleepy Maine island that might not be so sleepy. Get yourself a copy!
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Check out NPR's book of the day 👀
npr.org
In 'The Jellyfish Problem,' an introverted scientist is called in to help an island : NPR's Book of the Day
Author Tessa Yang describes her The Jellyfish Problem protagonist as an "introverted, know-it-all dork." In the novel, Jo, a marine biologist, gets a call from her unrequited college crush, Nadia, who...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/06/2026
This morning's scam spam email from "Gloria Steinem," who I am delighted to tell you at age 92 has embarked on a new endeavor, "working with authors to boost their Amazon book sales." You're never too old to start a new fake career!
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Perhaps, if I buy more books, the increasing panic of too many books will motivate me to get through my TBR pile" - my brain, every time
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