jmdonowriter

@jmdonovan

Writer. Reader. Composer. Midwesterner. Progressive. Humanist. Coming in summer 2026: Ripples in the Catfish Pond, a mystery with more sex and murder than all my other books combined Bob Smith, a comic literary fantasy 40 years in the making

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Bluesky

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jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· 20h

#booksky #poetry

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· 4d

#booksky Work proceeds apace on the cover of Bob Smith and I still hope to get it out in August. In the meantime, here's some back cover copy to whet your appetite.

It's all text just so I wouldn't have to divide it up into multiple posts.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· 7d

#cats Nick Furry just climbed into my arms and went to sleep so today’s writing is on pause.

Black kitty cat snoozing peacefully in his dad’s arms.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· 19d

Slow-witted Simpsons character Ralph Wiggum standing in front of his school locker with caption "Today I'm an expert on classic Greek literature and Canadian forestry."

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 27

#caturday This picture of Mynx was taken last June, but I think it looks like something from a hundred years ago.

Gray ragdoll cat peeking out of a hole in a garage next to a big planter. It's a color photo but everything seems to be in shades of gray.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 24

Our basset Chloe knocked the container off the cats' automatic feeding system and is now applying for the Dogs in Space program.

Basset hound with a cat feeder on her head, looking like an astronaut. Sort of.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 24

Cooper says hey.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 15

Quick poll, just out of curiosity: Which of these covers do you prefer?

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 3

#booksky Fifty-some years ago I read Philip Roth’s *The Great American Novel,* which turned out to be a major influence on my own novel pictured below. But in that whole half-century, I’ve never met one other person who’s read the Roth book. Surely there’s at least one fan of TGAN on Bluesky?

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 1

Iris and Mynx

White cat looking over the back of an Australian Shepherd

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· May 29

White cat peeking out from the crook of a catalpa tree.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Apr 25

#caturday Nick Furry says hey.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Apr 14

We could’ve avoided all of this if, back in 2016, enough people would’ve had the critical thinking skills to ask themselves “What does Fox News have to gain by telling me that Hillary Clinton is a bad person?“

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Apr 13

#booksky #literaryfiction I just happened to look down at the word count on my novel in progress:

Bottom of laptop screen showing that I’ve reached 77,777 words on my novel.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Mar 26

#cats Our tortie Etta with a protective paw around one of her new kittens.

Tortoise-shell mama cat protecting her sleeping kitten

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Mar 21

Thinking about business names…

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Mar 12

#cats One of my cats is water. One is a roll of paper towel.

Cat making himself at home in a six-pack of paper towels.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Oct 22

#nokings

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Aug 16

Satirical ad for "Faux-Blo Theatrical Blood." Picture shows some idiot pretending to have been shot in an assassination attempt.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jul 30

#booksky If you happen to be in Iowa this Saturday, particularly in the Des Moines area and even more specifically in the neighborhood of Beaverdale Books, please stop by and say hi and consider buying a book or two! I'm fun to talk to, I promise--and the new book is pretty funny.

Poster showing the five writers who will be present at the Local Author Fair at Beaverdale Books in Des Moines, Saturday Aug 2 from 1-3 pm. Attendees include Winter Austin, Elizabeth Donne, Emma Fust, Jackie Reinig, and yours truly John M Donovan.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 26

#cats This picture of Mynx was taken last Saturday morning, but I love the fact that it looks like it could have been taken a hundred years ago. Except for the plastic liner barely visible in the vase, I guess.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 17

#karenread Any channel broaadcasting the Karen Read trial missed a golden opportunity for some extra ad revenue.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 5

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 4

Helly R says good morning.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· Jun 1

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· May 23

Here’s Cooper taking a snooze

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· May 17

#8647 Someone please send this pic to President Dickhead and see how long it takes for him to post that egg prices are down bigly.

Distressed decorative sign reading “Fresh eggs 14 cents a dozen “

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· May 13

St Edgar of Bergen and J.C. McCarthy

Old religious statuary that looks like a ventriloquist and his dummy.

jmdonowriter@jmdonovan· May 5

Top Ten Reasons to Purchase and Read My Memoir Number Three Mark Twain had lots of cats and wrote great books. Ernest Hemingway had lots of cats and wrote great books. I have a lot of cats. Just sayin'. a.co/d/dPGRdpI