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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

April pick for Diverse Historical Romance bookclub is Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa!

Cover of Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa. Illustrated cover of a Black man in a period suit (1800s England) holding close a Mexican woman in a dress.

Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The difference between now & then? Now we know the signs. Now we know what the outcome will be on this path. Now we can share the truth to millions within moments on social media. Now we know better. Now, what will we do?

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Top 3 favorite things we did on our trip to Arizona: -Grand Canyon, of course -Petrified Forest National Park -Walnut Canyon, Cliff Dwelling Island Trail Sooo much more we want to see next time. #Arizona

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The moment we cross the line into Florida we get to see a guy run from the woods, onto the highway, almost get hit, then be tackled by a bunch of cops. Oh Florida. 🤦‍♀️

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“Cats don’t like to travel.” Tell that to Miss Jiji who will try to run out our front door to get to the RV.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Going to Arizona on vacation has taught me that everything tastes better on fry bread.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Question for people in #Flagstaff, if I run into a mountain lion on a hike, can I do the slow blink & it will know I love it & mean it no harm?

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The park ranger at the national park we just visited: “Don’t get lost because we don’t have enough employees to come look for you.”

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Every day finding it harder & harder not to put curses on people.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I love the “call me when you can” texts from moms. It’s either something as simple as: you should try this recipe. or: so & so died. There is no inbetween.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

As someone with adhd, being able to use my Apple Watch to find my phone…game changer

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I’m going to start using the instant replies on my Apple Watch when people text me & see if they notice. You bet! You betcha!

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

My husband watching TV: “He’s that titanic guy or something…Will Smith…” It was Matt Damon, you guys. Matt Damon.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Please continue to post your travels, your books, your arts & crafts, your photos of nature. Don’t feel guilty about posting your feel good moments. We need those posts more than ever. We can’t let them beat the joy out of us.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

When his crew realizes he’s losing power, they’re going to step back, pretend as if they had nothing to do with him; they’re going to toss him under the bus. When he goes down, they all need to fall with him. We can’t forget the many people who allowed this to happen, helped make it happen

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Here’s what I worry about: when the idiot in charge is gone, we’re going to forget the many people who gave him his power, supported & even used him. What’s happening now isn’t a one person job. This is multiple narcissists, multiple sociopaths who are happy seeing us suffer if they make money

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Having a good agent is life changing. Having a mediocre or bad agent can not only stall your career, but even greatly harm it. Choose wisely.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Well, if we actually are able to vote in the next election & get a liberal in office, they’re going to have a hell of a mess to clean up. But on a good note, they can’t possibly do worse than our current.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The best thing about self-publishing is you can actually change your manuscript if needed. I talked about CDs in my YA book I wrote over 14 years ago 😂😭

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

There’s an incredibly popular book that has ton of reviews. 300,000+. I enjoyed this book but when I looked on Amazon not a 1 or 2 star review. I find that incredibly suspicious, not because the book sucked, but because people are haters. You’re telling me not one hater left a 1 or 2 star review?🤔

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

You ever read a book you thought was good or just ok, but then find yourself thinking about it months, even years later? And it makes you rethink your judgement of it being average?

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I remember years ago when he first became president my son’s tennis coach who is from Latvia being worried because she knew he was in Putin’s pocket & she knew it could hurt her country & those around that area. He won’t stop with Ukraine.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Dear supporters of the idiot in charge who regret your vote, it’s not our job to make you feel better, to accept your apology. But it is now your job to put a stop to the shit you’ve created.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Conversation my husband heard at grocery store yesterday: Old employee: you hear we don’t have to pay taxes on tips now? Isn’t that great?! Young employee: really? I heard that wasn’t actually in the bill. Old employee: oh yes it was, I heard it on…

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

To anyone saying “I didn’t vote for this; I didn’t know he’d do this…” respectfully, f*ck you. He has said from the beginning what he’d do, he has been a narcissistic bully from the beginning. You didn’t care until now because it didn’t hurt you. So yeah, f*ck all the way off…respectfully.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I swear, the more I like one of my own books, the worse it sells. And I’m not sure what to think about that.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Having ADHD is having a significant other who occasionally has to murmur to me: “don’t say it,” because they know you & how sometimes you just can’t help yourself.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

One of most frustrating things about YA are low reviews from adults because the books are “too young” for them. Umm yeah. They’re clearly labeled for teens & preteens. I think lot of adults reading popular New Adult books are going into YA expecting the same thing, & they’re clearly not the same.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Don’t care how many engineers you have working for you, how many millions or billions you have, you can’t beat Mother Nature. And the shittier you treat her, the harder she hits back.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Still have my instagram page, my only meta left. But just realized I can see what videos people I follow/follow me like. I’m learning a lot about my friends/family 👀

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Just a reminder, national park employees get paid incredibly little. They do it because they love the job & love nature & want you to be able to enjoy that nature.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I just gently got out of bed because my back is aching, while holding my phone, knocked a water bottle from my bedside table, tripped on it, & accidentally turned on the flashlight app on my phone. I’ve reached peak middle age

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I’d like you all to appreciate this picture I just took of our cat, Mimi

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Since people seem to be missing the basics of science, this is just a reminder that plants prevent erosion & I’d argue there is no man made object that works as well as plants at preventing erosion & flooding.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

So posted about how my college son got 0 on an assignment because it was flagged as plagiarism…yeah the AI program made a mistake and sent it to the wrong student. Glad it’s fixed but it’s also disturbing because how often does this happen in which AI makes mistakes?!

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Ugh our son got a 0 on an assignment in college because the AI program the prof uses said it was AI. I know it wasn’t because I was sitting right there while he wrote it. I googled how to appeal & there are multiple articles about college kids being falsely accused by AI programs.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Having a cat means you put away whatever you’re working on, no matter how important, if they want to cuddle.

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Author L.R. Olson/Lori Brighton @authorlrolson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Gotta love it when people leave their continuously barking dog outside all day.

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