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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Work In Progress - Editing. It’s never easy, and Always feels like it’s going to do me in. Is it worth it? After all the sweat, tears and tantrums - yes it is. #indieauthor #workinprogress #amwriting #editing

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Help me name a gay men’s club. Which of these would you walk through the door of first? 1️⃣ Thirst Trap 2️⃣ The XChange 3️⃣ The Blowhole 4️⃣ Drift 5️⃣ Wavelength Drop your favourite number (or suggest your own!) in the comments. Bonus points if you tell me what kind of night you think happens there…

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here’s something you might not know about my books… because my books are print-on-demand, you can ask your local bookshop if they can order it for you, or ask your library to consider adding it to their collection too. #mmromance #indieauthor #nzauthor #spicyromance

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ki te kotahi te kākaho, ka whati. Ki te kāpuia e kore e whati-When we stand alone, we are vulnerable, but together we are unbreakable. Ka aroha au i koe ki tōku ngākau-I love you to my heart. What are some of your favourite expressions of love? #tewikiotereomaori #mmromance #indieauthor #nzauthor

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Kia ora anō In “The Valley Road Diaries 2,” neither of the main characters are Māori - however, Māori culture is still present in the story. What are ways that you celebrate being Māori? Mauri ora #tewikiotereomaori #mmromance #indieauthor #nzauthor

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Dead Ahead Local Aotearoa-New Zealand television production. Supernatural comedy mystery Episode 2 has me in tears #tewikiotereomaori #netflix #tvnz #authorlife

Screenshot from New Zealand television program ‘Dead Ahead,’ showing a family standing in front of a headstone.

Screenshot from New Zealand television program ‘Dead Ahead,’ showing a family standing in front of a headstone in the foreground, 3 characters in the distance.

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ānei te Wiki o te Reo Māori This is Māori Language Week, My 3 books, “The Valley Road Diaries,” are set in Aotearoa-New Zealand. I hope you find ways to celebrate being Māori this week, and throughout the year. Mauri ora. #tewikiotereomaori #mmromance #indieauthor #nzauthor

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Buffer We’ve been pondering Joy in its strange and wond’rous Ways of appearing And letting it sit A conscious awareness of How it buffers us A bulwark against The harsher edges of this Unrelenting world To let your joy breathe Let it reinforce your peace And be a buffer #poetry #buffer #indieauthor

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happy Who’s-Your-Daddy Day! (Well, it’s Father’s Day here in New Zealand). #fathersday #mmromance #indieauthor

Image of a man on a yellow background, facing left, with a farm and stream superimposed inside him.
Text reads: Happy Who’s-Your-Daddy Day. The Valley Road Diaries #1. Dion Woode.

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy Birthday Mum 🎂 Always in our hearts. #happybirthday #mum

Photo of Alison Greenwood, celebrating her birthday with a chocolate cake and candles in the foreground.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Blake Howell, Author @blakesdc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Meet Addison Beaumont and Kieren Hayes… and Wanderer… the broken 1977 Catalina 30 sailboat that unites them. Wanderer is a new MM Romance trilogy. The first book is now available on Amazon. #mmromance #slowburn #hurtcomfort #sailing #sandiego #sailboats

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

‪I only do words for a living!!‬ ‪‘He sucks on me like‬ a drowning man finally finding water.’ Umm… maybe the wrong description! #baddescription #indieauthor

Photo of a typewriter with a page in it, the text reads:
‘He sucks on me like a drowning man finally finding water.’
Umm… maybe the wrong description!

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Love it when that first paperback copy arrives!

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

At Romance Writers NZ Annual Conference - with Holly Bowen and James Blatch (of The Self Publishing Show) #romancewritersnz #romancewriters #indieauthor #writersconference

Photo of 3 people at the Romance Writers NZ Annual Conference: Holly Bowen, James Blatch, Matthew Goodall

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

New heater unit for a washing machine or a nuclear power plant? Hmm… which to get? #autocorrect #irl #authorlife

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Poetry prompt: Bane It seems to be the bane of my existence, that I forget the simple things. All too often, because there are other things I’m trying to remember to cram into the day. #poetry #bane #indieauthor

Black and white illustration of a fountain pen and wolfsbane lying on a calendar beside a pocket watch.

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Poetry prompt: Spoon "Spoon!" would come the playground taunt and then of course, with knife-sharp wit, we would retort "Fork you!" (C) Matthew Goodall 21/7/2026 #poetry #sarcasm #indieauthor

Cartoon image of school children holding spoons in the air. The poem “Spoon,” by Matthew Goodall, overlaid on it.

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Although, urns are usually associated with a burn 🤔 #typo #indieauthor

Photo of an old-style manual typewriter. The paper in it reads:
A ‘slow burn romance’ would be quite a different read to a ‘slow urn romance.’

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

One day when this will all be over and the final scores are tallied up, How will we answer when we are asked “Was it all worth it?” (C) Matthew Goodall 12.7.2026 #poetry #philosophicalquestion #indieauthor

Image of a set of old-style scales, weighted unevenly, with the poem “Tallied,” by Matthew Goodall, overlaid on it.

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

When I was a young fulla, Granny paid for me to enter a baking competition at the A&P show.  I was heartbroken that my fruit loaf, split down the middle. It can’t’ve been too bad though-I got second place with it. Poetry prompt: Competition #poetry #nostalgia #assassinscreedblackflag #indieauthor

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thank you for so many good memories. Rest in love, Bonnie Tyler #BonnieTyler #RIP #musiclegend

Screenshot of memorial article for Bonnie Tyler.

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Scottie fantasy Author @scottiebryce20.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It's nice to hear that are your children picture books still a work in progress?

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Damien Wynn @damienwynn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New Story Out! Jared still went on the honeymoon after calling off the wedding. #mmerotica #lgbtqreads #kindleunlimited find it onAmazon: a.co/d/0b1vylpZ

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I rang Mum every night-to talk share & keep her company. The day she passed, I called her 2x. I thought she was out doing Christmas things-it was 2 days away. I think about her going to sleep, not having a ph. call, not being there to hold her hand, every day. #poetry #message #love #indieauthor

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND EBOOK. #mmromance #spicyromance #pride #indieauthor

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Unboxing- The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #pride #indieauthor

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The prompt was: What silence sounds like. As it’s Pride month, this fell into place (along with a variation I’ll share later). Thoughts and prayers are exactly what silence sounds like. Words without substance. #poetry #pride #pulse #indieauthor

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

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Geoffrey Chaucer, in his traditional late middle ages clothes, addresses the audience on a video-sharing site called 'ThouTube'
"Prithee draw near sires! I am Geoffrey Chaucer and thys is my first unboxyng vydeo!"

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He carries a locked chest to a table
"A most hevy box! Lete us get it open and biholde the treasures withyn."

Panel 3
He opens it
"Huzzah! A doz’n comely copys of my new booke “the Canterbury Tales”! I am ful of pryde!"

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He looks into the camera again and holds up a copy of the book
"Availabl now inne all goode bookshoppes. And nay forget ye to liketh and subscrybe for more content!"

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

A few people have asked if I wrote the ode fragments in the book. You bet your sweet stanza I did. Watch your back Keats....

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Lane Hayes @lanehayes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

☀️ Listen, follow, and score some audio goodies! ☀️ More than 30 of your favorite authors have come together to bring you the chance to win one of fifteen audiobookish prizes, including an Audible subscription, audio codes, earbuds, and more. tinyurl.com/PeachySummer...

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

To be fair, gingers might well be grazing his arm! #typo #indieauthor

Image of an old typewriter with a sheet of paper in it.
Text on paper reads: ‘I stretch out to him, my gingers grazing his arm.’ Okay, that should be fingers!

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #pride #indieauthor books2read.com/u/bWnRDM

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LaDarrion Williams @itsladarrion.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Yooo I really sat down 6 yrs ago and wrote a lil story about a Black boy with magic and now my books are in bookstores worldwide. It’s not everyday you get to live out your childhood dream. #booksky

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #pride #indieauthor

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AllAuthor @allauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

An intense, slow-burn British age-gap romance where a strictly professional arrangement turns into an undeniable, deep connection. 🇬🇧❤️ #sapphicromance

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

Cover image for the MM romance book: The Valley Road Diaries, Book 1, Troy & Bryan, by Dion Woode. The image is two men facing each other with a farming scene, valley, hills and stream superimposed through them.

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Ashe Green | MM Romance Author @ashe-green.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Free Bonus Chapter from All-in for an Angel! ❤️🪽 This is the missing sex scene in the hotel room. 5.3k words of steam and feels. Let me know if you enjoyed it! 🙂 bookhip.com/NVNXXPN #booksky #mmromance #gayromance

The cover of "All-in for an Angel" by Ashe Green features William and Adathan in front of a dark blue background with a pattern of playing card symbols. William is tall, has dark brown hair and eyes, and wears a charcoal-colored sweater. He's standing behind Adathan, wrapping a protective arm around him as he glares at the observer. Adatan has long blond hair and kind blue eyes, and is wearing a white sweater. His right hand rests on his heart, and on his forearm is tattooed a large barcode. There's a red banner at the bottom with the word BONUS in all caps.

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #pride #indieauthor

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