J.S. Living

@thejsliving

I write character-driven fiction that will excite you with its unique lore & slow-burn romance. My cat Haruhi is my life. Feed me & I'm happy. I support BIPOC, disability, LGBTQIA+, & other marginalized groups unapologetically. Anti-Gen-AI. Human art only!

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J.S. Living@thejsliving· Jul 10

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J.S. Living@thejsliving· Dec 27

Hey #booksky! #Urbanfantasy, #paranormal, #romance, #mystery, etc. are on sale for free or $0.99 right now! For every book you purchase, authors will #donate $0.02 to the Mary Cariola Center! Shop Indie Authors: megasale.yrliu.com About Mary Cariola Center: www.marycariola.org

A black and white background, that kind of looks like a snow blizzard, with white and blue text that reads:

2025 Holiday Megasale
More than 300 authors!
Over 650 Books free or $/£0.99!
To Benefit the Mary Cariola Center

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Nov 27

Hey, hey Bloodlings! 🩸🩸🩸💉💉💉 I'm hitting pause on discussing my audiobook so you can check this out: A mega #creatorbundle for Creator's Day on Friday, 28 Nov. It has 74 items from 45 creators for $50! Normally a $293.66, this is an 82% discount! itch.io/b/3410/creat...

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Nov 26

Only seven days left to support my @backerkit.com campaign. Did you know that funding the #audiobook means anything you purchase helps me out? If you're an eBook or physical book person, I've got those too! Pledge on Tiers 1, 2, or 4 and add-on physical books and swag.

A picture of the Blood Ties audiobook campaign page. Of note, J.S. Living has raised $448 out of $1000, has 16 backers, and 7 days left.

Text reads:

Blood Ties: A Collection of Three COB Shorts Audiobook

The voices of Jynelle Brown, Prince Bolton, and Carlos Kasse come together for the audiobook production of Blood Ties: A Collection of Three Covenant of Blood Shorts. Your new fave Urban Fantasy X Historical Fiction book.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Nov 16

She's trapped in a mind prison. He just wants love and happiness. His father is a maniac. Urban fantasy meets historical fiction in this short story turned audiobook production. Sound like something you'd listen to? Go to @backerkit or @thebookbazaar to pledge! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Oct 18

Quote with a vampire. 😈😈😈

A photo of Mihnea "Cel Rău" Tepés, the son of Dracula. He's a black man with amber eyes and long black and red locs, sitting on an ornate gold throne with a white cushion. He wears 15th-16th century Hungarian inspired clothing that's a mix of black, white, red, gold, and blue. He also wears a gold ring on his left ring finger.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Oct 15

Hey, hey Booksky! Today I'm manifesting my book series becoming a @netflix.com series one day with this faux mockup! Anyways, check out my @backerkit.com campaign to get a sample recipe and follow my project. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

A mock up of a faux Netflix ads for the audiobook Blood Ties by J.S. Living.

Image of a black woman with loose, white curls, white eyebrows, and red eyes looking into a mirror.

Text on the left says:
N series
Blood Ties
#1 The Audiobook
95% match 2024 Book 2
16+ violence, language, murder, child abuse, suicide

She's trapped in a mind prison. He just wants love and happiness. His father is a maniac. Urban fantasy meets historical fiction in this short story turned audiobook production.

Listen (with a play button next to it)

On the right side is an image of the Blood Ties book.

Text says:
Premiering on Backerkit Nov 12
Cast: Jynelle Brown, Prince Bolton, and Carlos Kasse

Genres: Urban fantasy, Historical Fiction, short stories
This book is: Dark

Top says:
Netflix, TV Shows, Movies, Latest, My List, Browse by Language

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Oct 15

Just saw that we're at 28! Woo-hoo! Here's three more pics. Twenty-two more people to go until y'all can see the Christmas fit! Also, make sure you follow the campaign so you can get the sample recipe book. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

My sweet boi Haru, a domestic short hair cat, curled up and shelling on a bed/blanket.

My sweet boi Haru, a domestic short hair, staring with longing in his eyes...probably for snacks.

My sweet boi Haru, a domestic short hair, curled in a ball next to me on the couch. I'm looking up at the camera while wearing teal glasses, a grey sweatshirt with GRU on it, and a patterned orange and dark blue workout set.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Oct 7

The sample recipe book for my campaign is up! No purchase necessary. To access it, you just have to follow my Backerkit Campaign: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

A book cover with a dark blue background with white dots. In the foreground, from top to bottom: a red half circle, a white chef's hat, seven white chef's tools (pan, pitch fork, ladle, spatula, etc.), and the title and author of the book, Those Bloody Recipes, J.S. Living.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Oct 5

Okay! You held up your end of the bargain! I present: Haruhi's Halloween fit! Follow my project and, once we get to 50, you'll get Haru's Christmas fit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

My boi Haru, a tabby cat, wearing a Jack Skellington Halloween costume. It shows Jack's face and his suit. Can barely see Haru's face though.

My boi Haru, a tabby cat, wearing a Jack Skellington Halloween costume. It shows Jack's face and his suit. Cannot see Haru's face because it's from the back side. Only the costume is visible.

My boi Haru, a tabby cat, wearing a Jack Skellington Halloween costume. The white hood of the costume is up, so you can see Haru's face. He's not happy! 😂😂😂

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Oct 3

I finally made it to 25 followers! Yay! We were at 22 last time, so I owe y'all 3 photos & the Halloween fit. The Halloween fit will get its own post, but here are the 3 photos I owe y'all. Follow for more cat pics. Next up is a Christmas fit at 50! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

My boi Haruhi, a tabby cat, peeks his head out from a box. He looks surpised/confused/like he just got caught. 😂😂😂

My boi Haruhi, a tabby cat, looks up at me (lovingly, I think 😅😅😅) while leaning against my leg. Only my leg is in the photo, and I have on black and blue compression pants for working out.

My boi Haruhi, a tabby cat, lays on wood flooring with his front paws outstretched. My hand is in the lower right corner.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 26

Hey, hey Bloodlings! 🩸🩸🩸💉💉💉 🩸It's ya Black Beautiful goddess J.S. Living here. 🩸My brain isn't braining today, but I wanted to remind y'all to pledge to my @backerkit campaign so I can reach $1000 in funding for Blood Lies. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 17

We've made it up to 22! Just need three more people to follow the campaign before I show you our Halloween fit. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

My boi Haruhi, a black, tan, and grey, and white American short-hair cat, laying on top of a gray couch and tan pillow with a toast shaped "cone" around his neck.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 13

We're now at 21 people! Yay! Four more until your special reward! Remember: Each follow is a cat picture! Let's do it! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j... As promised, you're new cat pic!

My sweet boi Haruhi, a black, white, and tan American short hair, laying on top a white, dark pink, and burgundy llama/alpaca blanket. His head faces toward the camera while the rest of his body faces the opposite direction.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 12

Looks like I owe y'all another cat picture! We're up to 20 followers! Five more and y'all will get to see the cute Halloween costume! Keep sharing Blood Ties: A Collection of Three CoB Shorts Audiobook - BackerKit share.google/4I2O8k42g8Nw... Here's your cat pic:

My soft boi Haruhi, a black, white, and light brown American shorthair, sleeping in his cat bed on top of an empty bookshelf. His eyes are closed, and you can only see his head.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 12

💙📚 🎧🎧🎧 to Sunrise on the Reaping and wondering if @suzannecollins1.bsky.social will ✍️🏾✍️🏾✍️🏾 the war or the 1st Hunger Games for her next 📚📚📚. I'd be very interested to see one or both stories play out. Anyways, here's a cat 📸📸📸 because we hit 18 followers my campaign! share.google/4I2O8k42g8Nw...

My precious boi (a black, white, and light brown tabby) sits on top of a green bean bag chair after he's had his special appointment. He was wearing a white cone so he wouldn't disturb the area by licking it.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 6

Just checked my campaign and we're now at 18 followers. Which means: Another cat photo! Woo-hoo! Look at my boi Haru and keep following my project for more photos: share.google/5FiG0oXD1sJV...

My cat Haruhi laying on top of a blanket in 2018. I keep sharing these because I just love how leeeetle (little) he was!

In this photo, his belly is out and he's probably swatting at me. Look at how big his head was! I'm so glad he grew into it!

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 4

⏳️📚💙 Picked up some more books from the library. I think I might have a problem. 😅😅😅 Anyways, I'm really excited to dive into Vlad the Impaler: The Real Dracula! What are y'all reading? 👀👀👀 #history #vladtheimpaler #Dracula

Photo of the book Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula. The cover has a white background and pictures a chibi version of Vlad the Impaler in his blue uniform.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 3

📚💙 Sooo, I finished the book about psychopaths I posted the other day. It was good, way more interesting than I thought. Now, I'm reading Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think by Gaslit Nation. Bet you can't guess why I'm reading these...😈😈😈

A photo of the book Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think by Gaslit Nation.

Book has a purple background, a wheel of five notable Dictatorship (Hitler, Stalin, Kim Jung Un [sp?], Velveeta Voldemort, and one other).

In front of the wheel is a TV from the early/mid 1900s (1950s maybe?) and a grinning man wearing a yellow suit with a black tie.

The cover is cartoonish.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 2

I got a new follower on my Backerkit page! As promised, here's another photo of Haruhi. 🥰🥰🥰 For more photos of this little guy, make sure you Listen to the Voices, Find Your Family Ties, and follow my audiobook campaign on Backerkit! Here's the link: share.google/5FiG0oXD1sJV...

Photo of my American short-hair cat Haruhi from 2018. He was the size of my foot, so I had to take a picture! I'm wearing a black sock, and he's nuzzled against it with a pink and white collar on. He's brown, black, and white in color and his eyes are closed.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 1

I love this one minute audio sample from Jynelle Brown! She'll be voicing Liz and she sounds AMAZING! She'll also be producing the audiobook once I receive all the files. Follow the project today! Listen to the Voices, Find Your Family Ties share.google/5FiG0oXD1sJV...

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 1

Well, at this point, I'm going to do it: For every follow on my Blood Lies Teaser page, I'll post a photo of my precious boi Haruhi! When I reach 25, I'll show y'all a photo of us dressed up for Halloween! (We're adorbs!) Let's go! Here's a photo of him @3/4 weeks to start off: 1/2

An early photo of my American short-haired cat Haruhi. He has brown, black, and white fur, and green eyes. He was sooooo leeeetleee (little)! Probably about 3 or 4 weeks old. He's sitting in a grey and pink cat bed that looks like a cat. He's halfway hidden under the pillow and is low-key posing with his tiny paw open near his mouth, kind of like a human going "oh" with a devilish smile.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Sep 1

📚💙 Has anyone read this book? Because I'm on chapter two and I'm so intrigued. Like, I'm really into it. 🫣🫣🫣 Hoping to make one of the characters in my new book a psychopath, so finding this in my local library was pleasantly surprising. 😅😅😅 Book: Making a Psycopath by Dr. Mark Freestone 📚📚📚

Photo of a hardback version of the book Making a Psychopath: My Journey Into Seven Dangerous Minds by Dr. Mark Freestone.

Cover is plastic and depicts a black door cracked open and a bit of white light coming through. Text overlaid on door.

Quote above title reads: "The psychologist who...helped bring Killing Eve's assassin to life. " —Evening Standard (UK)

J.S. Living@thejsliving· Aug 17

Last day at #OUAC. Who from #booksky made it here this weekend, and what we're your thoughts? 👀👀👀

Beautiful black woman wearing a flower crown, elf ears, moon earrings, black choker, white flower dress, and pink and teal glasses.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· May 29

Hey, hey Bloodlings! 🩸🩸🩸💉💉💉 This is a throwback post on Insta from when I ran my last #Backerkit Campaign & it didn't fund. I was soooo disappointed. Maybe when I re-do this campaign with the #BookBazaar in Sept, the results will be different since y'all are gonna 🆘️ 👀👀👀 at 📚💙 & #blackbooksky

J.S. Living@thejsliving· May 21

When I was a kid, I wanted the McDs Happy Meal (HM) toys, but we seldom ate out, & we definitely didn't get the HMs. ➡️➡️➡️ now: I LOVE Squishmallows (SM). Like, I own 2 big ones, & I'd buy more if I had 🪙🪙🪙. Anyways, I'm a Big Kid with 💰💰💰, so I bought the HM & got a tiny SM to go w/ my big one.

In a booth in McDonald's sits a large, blue, smiling Squishmallow with green cat ears. On top of it is a tiny brown, black, and white smiling Squishmallow. Ignore blue Southwest bag in background because it's not aesthetically pleasing.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· May 20

Hey, hey Bloodlings! 🩸🩸🩸💉💉💉 🩸Apollycon was amazing! 🩸Longhaul Covid is annoying, but I PLANNED the crash. 🩸Went to sleep watching TV w/ my contacts in! P.S. #booksky, Did I look unhinged in this video? 👀👀👀 #books #authorlife #writer #writerlife #read #readers #blackauthors #urbanfantasy

J.S. Living@thejsliving· May 20

This was posted to my IG, but I want #booksky and #blackauthors to see all the things I usually post. I might play catch up until all my IG kids are here too. So, yeah...hope you all enjoy me posting a few videos a day until I'm all caught up. 😅😅😅 But, let me know if its too much. 😂😂😂

J.S. Living@thejsliving· May 20

💙📚 Oh, oh, #booksky, one more thing! 📚💙 I'm looking for a Black male presenting or non-binary person with a deep voice to be a #narrator for the #audiobook version of #BloodTies. Pay is $200 per finished hour (PFH). Comment if interested! Character pic below!

A Black man with braids wearing a grey-tan short-sleeved shirt and dark blue jeans stands on an empty street. The street has a tall building with a lot of windows. There's also a street lamp with wires. On top of the image is a design meant for Oracle Cards because I couldn't find the image without it. The Oracle Cards came from a project called Booktopia, and was hosted on Backerkit last year. Anyways, the top of the design says Blood Ties, and the bottom says Investigator. In tiny print on the bottom left are the words Art: (by) Dini X Luna.

J.S. Living@thejsliving· May 20

I guess since I'm here I should tell #booksky I write #books with fresh #lore & #slow-burn #romances. I'm looking for people to #review my books #TheCovenantofBlood & #BloodTies. So, if you're interested in #vampires, #onebed, #urbanfantasy, or #historicalfigure tropes, I'm your gal!