Julie Salmon Kelleher

@julieskelleher

I write about selkies and saints. PNW. THE SEA-GLASS SHORE forthcoming from Forest Avenue Press in Fall 2026. www.underrevision.com

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Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· 11d

It's officially backyard #apple season.

A bowl of mostly-green slightly-red apples.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· 12d

One month until the release of The Sea-Glass Shore! So many reasons to pick up this book, including how well @gigilittle.bsky.social's cover design matches the new #Bellingham Waterfront Trolley colors. Accessorize! 🌊🚍🌊

A woman holding a blue and green book stands in front of a city bus painted sea green and sky blue with fish, whales, and other sea creatures on it and the lettering "Waterfront Trolley."

Close up of a woman holding a copy of a book, The Sea-Glass Shore, standing next to the Waterfront Trolley.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jul 13

Sleepy summer dog. #corgi #BookSky

A corgi slumps with half-closed eyes against a pile of books.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jul 4

Independence Day. #weathergram #LeGuin

Worn-out weathergram hanging in a tree: "Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. --Le Guin"

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jul 3

This week's #porchflowers, before and after the rain.

#solomonseal leaves splashed in rain beside a blooming #oceanspray

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jul 2

Found this note in a copy of Cecire's Re-Enchanted & because I teach from it, was trying to remember who the students Will & Bran had been. Then I realized: it's Will & Bran from #SusanCooper 's #TheGreyKing. I was doing a Sea-Glass Shore rewrite, & trying to work out how children relate to magic.

Sheet of notes on yellow-edged paper: Will--totally ordinary kid discovers extraordinary world where others recognize a side of him nobody else knows. Bran--totally oddball kid who doesn't fit into his place and time discovers who and what he's supposed to be. [W--think book world. B-think college =>and in both? What's the common thread? What is magic? Blake--themes: fear, love, time.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jun 24

Mock orange climbing into the window.

White flowers and shady green leaves through a window screen, reaching past the angled-open edge of the window.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jun 4

June morning.

Two blooming red climbing roses at an arched picket fence gate, with hills and blue sky with scattered clouds in the background.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· May 20

Forget sharing the last picture you saved, I want to see the very first picture on your phone. Scroll back until your fingers bleed.

A shadow of a person on a lawn of greening grass.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· May 19

Look, it's morning here and the sky's still gray but the roses roses roses roses roses are back!

A sheaf of new-blooming red roses over a wooden arch with gray skies and a forested city hill behind them.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· May 10

Just gonna remain a little drunk on the hawthorn bloom while it's still around.

A woods path with blooming hawthorn trees over it.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· May 6

We're back.

Branches from a hawthorn tree in full bloom.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Apr 27

Feeling like the city works has respect for my signage. @sierraclub.org

Back corner of a city tractor that has just torn up a yard by a sidewalk right up to the limit of a sign that says "Protect Our Public Lands And Workers."

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Apr 24

Book mail! The ARCs are in. #booksky #bookunboxing

A mailing label for The Sea-Glass Shore.

A smiling woman in glasses holds the book The Sea-Glass Shore in front of a background of new green leaves.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Apr 20

Spring blues. #dogs #bluebells #blueheeler

A blue heeler in a blue collar sitting before a mass of bluebells.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Apr 8

Evening protest. #Bellingham

Building behind a parking lot with a projected sign, "Congress! Remove Trump from office now"

Crowd of people with candles in the dark in front of a building with a projected sign: "Iranian people want peace."

Crowd of people at a city intersection before a sign projected on a building: "Congress! Do your job. Stop this illegal war."

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Apr 6

All the green coming in.

New green leaves against a backdrop of dark firs and their trunks with a little blue sky peeping through.

Sun-hazy photo of green leaves emerging in a forest understory.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Feb 20

It's willow season.

Pussy willow buds and branches against a partially cloudy blue sky.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Feb 16

Actual photo of me taken one year ago today, approximately 1/2 hour before I checked my email and, after over 24 years of writing novels, found my first publication offer (from @forestavenuepress.bsky.social). #writingcommunity #publishing #booksky

A person hidden in an oversize red sweatshirt with the hood up over her head lies in a fetal position by a white baseboard radiator on a wood-grain floor.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Feb 14

(The #dogs have seriously missed this routine.)

A blue heeler licks his lips behind a plate of pink and yellow cakes and a copy of Ann Foster's Rebel of the Regency.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Feb 13

It's been a long while since I've done a book birthday week cake pic, but it's been a long wait for @vulgarhistory.bsky.social's debut. All the cake and all the congrats!

A copy of Ann Foster's Rebel of the Regency, with a glass dish and 4 square pink and yellow pastille cakes.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Feb 11

Hosted a visitor this week. Fit right in.

Three dogs curled up in sleepy dog balls on three dog beds.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Feb 5

Good morning.

A bare tree and rosebushes in front of a picket fence, all silhouetted by sun-shotted morning mist.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Feb 2

"You know how it is, to hear everyone and feed them too. You know it’s no wonder Brigit sleeps through sermons. And now this guy." #stbrigid #Imbolc #stbrigidsday www.underrevision.com/blog/post/23...

Clip from John Duncan's "Study for St. Bride": a woman with a halo turning her head backward.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Feb 1

"Imagine it. An infinite cloak, a shadow hung on light. Imagine all the trouble in the world." #stbrigid #stbrigidsday www.underrevision.com/blog/post/23...

Stained glass image of a woman in a blue nun's habit.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jan 27

Possibly the most beautiful squirrel I have ever seen.

A plump sable-colored squirrel upright on a grassy lawn.

A plump, sable-colored squirrel with a magnificent tail on a grassy lawn in front of a red ceramic bird feeder.

An upright sable-colored squirrel peering ahead on a green lawn.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jan 16

Root posers. #dogs #PNW

A red and white corgi sits atop a large fir root protruding from the ground.

A blue heeler stands ears-up on a fallen tree rootball.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jan 15

Spotted in the wild at @villagebookswa.bsky.social Congratulations, @carolinebonin.bsky.social, on a big week in a long journey!

A book shelf with three copies of A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny, by Caroline Bonin.

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Jan 1

Well, grr.

Screenshot of the Merriam-Webster 2026 Word-finder with the word, "melancholic."

Julie Salmon Kelleher@julieskelleher· Dec 24

Convenient that the classic Christmas greens are considered invasives here, so nobody minds if you pull a few out of the woods.