Julia Fine

If this picture of my empire of Jell-O shots speaks to your soul, that's your sign to read HONEYMOON STAGE

Have you ever wanted a personal writing mentor? Good news! Our next Intensive Coaching Cohort -- this one starting Dec. 1 with Julia Fine -- is now open for registration. Read about the program and register now: buff.ly/fYJInGl #writingcommunity

FUTURES, a novel for anyone who loves The Fox sisters, is sick of private equity, and wonders what the witches from Macbeth would be doing today, headed soon to a future near you 🔮🔥

My favorite Sondheim genre is "philosophical revelation that explains the whole show, experienced while getting dressed after good sex" (examples include Moments in the Woods, The Miller's Son)

Decades of my life spent thinking Meredith Blake's line was "what are you, rubber taniro" when Hallie asks "are you talking to me"

Feeling seen

Our fifth installment in the Chicago Renaissance series is an essay about Megan Stielstra (@meganstielstra.bsky.social)—and her book The Wrong Way to Save Your Life (2017, @harpercollins.bsky.social)—by Julia Fine (@finejuli.bsky.social). chireviewofbooks.com/2026/04/15/t...

FREE! TONIGHT! FOR WRITERS! An online intro to publishing class with the brilliant @finejuli.bsky.social to kick off @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's monthlong Pub Crawl (where you can learn a LOT more about publishing), but tonight is commitment-free and you can just get the lay of the land! 1/

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.

an arc where the former governor of NY loses increasingly inconsequential elections until the series finale is him trying to run for senior class president at a local high school and getting his ass kicked by some 17 year olds.

Thank you @finejuli.bsky.social! I could not put this book down, riveting and fascinating!

Now serving ep. 375D: Margaux Eliot stopped by to talk about HONEYMOON STAGE, which explores early 2000s culture via a former production assistant’s descent into the confusion, chaos, and karmic consequences of reality TV. @finejuli.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/11/06/t...

Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.

For him? Gosh I hope so -H

God I hope so, or I have been putting in all this effort for nothing.

can't believe we have to do another full year of this robocop cosplay starving children golden ballroom bs before the midterms

I have a book out today, so obviously my agent and I have been discussing each character's vote in the NYC election. Anyway: it's about early 2000s reality TV and identity performance and trust, I'm proud of it, it's on sale today, and its main gal would go for Zohran

"Do we feel better about ourselves and the fact that we are not billionaires, because we can sit here making fun of them?" @finejuli.bsky.social (Margaux Eliot)'s interview with @awolfson.bsky.social on her new book "Honeymoon Stage” (Little A) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/04/i...

In my first article for Newcity magazine, I spoke with @finejuli.bsky.social (writing as Margaux Eliot) about Honeymoon Stage, her "MTV reality show book" 🎬🌴💄 More on this witty & humorous romp through early aughts pop culture in the story linked below!

Where did everyone from the golden age of lit twitter ultimately end up settling down? Feeling especially bummed right now about the loss of that community.

So proud of Chicago right now. We show up for each other.

my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"

The answer is The Hobbit part one

Guess what age-inappropriate movie my 5yo was watching when she said "they're not his friends, they're just some elves who came randomly to his house!"

Fun & clever & kept me up late—go preorder!

Get in, we're reading oldschool Ishiguro

Very funny to me that when my 8yo asks about MLB trades, he says "what did he evolve from?"

My literary hot take is that every novel should be somehow inspired by Daphne du M's Rebecca

Exciting news today! Our next Intensive Coaching Cohort -- with @finejuli.bsky.social‬ leading -- is now open for registration. This six-month program, with weekly online meetings, begins August 11. Only six spots per cohort, so grab yours now! buff.ly/GRW5Bdg #writingcommunity

Chicago! Join us for a FRONTIER launch party next week! @ericarstern.bsky.social & @finejuli.bsky.social at @volumesbooks.bsky.social, on 6/5

Really missing old Twitter right now as a place to document how desperately NYTCooking wants me to make rhubarb crisp

Severely underestimated how much of parenthood would include 4yo explaining scenes from Home Alone 2

Pope Hotel has prepared us for this

Okay so, the SAVE act requires 60 votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster. The Republicans have 53 votes. Now is the time to call your senators and demand they block this thing, because they absolutely can.

Popping in to let you all know that this season of White Lotus was actually the best one yet

I copied the wrong post, but HERE is more on the 3.5% figure: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

3.5% is all we need. 3.5% of the population being engaged and committed is the magic number to overthrow a dictator. And I'd bet that if 2% of us were *out protesting* yesterday, more of us are out there than that. Keep up the pressure.

Lesson #13 from @timothysnyder.bsky.social: Practice Corporeal Politics. "Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them." Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...