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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And today's our anniversary, so even more fitting.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

When I put on lotion I call it "lubing the husk." My husband is NOT a fan of this phrase.

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) will be at Can*Con! @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Oh, well, AI is already here so—" "Asbestos." "Well, I mean—" "CFCs. Leaded fuel." "—but—" "Portable baby cages." "—okay, I—" "Radium. Agent Orange. DDT..."

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's 99% likely to be AI spam. I get dozens of these each week "from" book clubs, npr, publishers, etc. The bottom line is that publishers just really aren't cold-contacting authors.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is it from a Gmail address or the publishing company?

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026

Ah I see the JCO coin flip has landed on "no" today

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy birthday to your Elder Goblin. ❤️❤️

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 26/09/2026

This time in the #RomanceColumn it’s all about roommates! One of them is invisible (and gay), one of them is a mild-mannered botanist (and kinky online dom), and one of them is the reborn god-emperor you’re engaged to but who knows you betrayed him to his death! (Gift link) #Romancelandia

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Sizzling New Romance Books (Gift Article)

Our columnist on three books worth your time.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 26/09/2026

The Roommate Subtext by @eliawinters.bsky.social is a modern-day Scarlet Pimpernel retelling where instead of saving French aristos, his secret identity is a kinky online writer and dom. I loved it. I loved it so, so much. Tropes done right, super-hot, emotionally explosive.

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The Roommate Subtext

RITA Award-winning author Elia Winters is back: The Roo…

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Special shout out to @feliciadavin.com who talked about THE ROOMMATE SUBTEXT in her incredible Word Suitcase newsletter last month. ❤️❤️

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OH MY GOSH!! I am so excited by this mention and incredibly grateful to folks who helped shout out this book! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...

nytimes.com

Sizzling New Romance Books (Gift Article)

Our columnist on three books worth your time.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

nytimes.com

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 18/09/2026

haunted by the notion that there are indie authors out there whose work I would love, but will never find

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is why the aliens won't visit us.

An email subject line that says "Meet Google Fitbit air special edition Pokemon sleep"

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Kira Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️ @kiraleigh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

in a cruel world, whimsy and joy are radical acts.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We had a very grumpy one sitting on a branch in our (otherwise empty) yard waste barrel yesterday! Husband gently turned the barrel on its side and he went skittering out. Mom was still feeding him. Adorable.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hi Author Name! I recently discovered Book of Yours, and wow, I'm really impressed by Primary Trope. The way Character 1 and Character 2 interact throughout Plot was masterfully done. A book like this deserves more than the absolute shit you clearly are at marketing. Hire me, Real Human, to help.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

And congrats on the new job! 🎉

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A tremendous honor! Thank you! ❤️❤️

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This thread made me tear up tonight in the best way. I so hoped this book would find its people, and I am really, really happy. ❤️❤️

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm afraid I'm going to steal this use of the term now.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My precious wonderful husband got me flowers and 3d printed a book charm for me to celebrate today's THE ROOMMATE SUBTEXT release. ❤️❤️

A bouquet of red and yellow sunflowers in a vase with a charm that says "subtext" in the book font

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 02/08/2026

in this Word Suitcase: perhaps more information than you care to have about bicycle journeys + Let The Regular People Fuck!

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Metalled

on long difficult journeys—and romance novels

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 01/09/2026

Happy book birthday to THE ROOMMATE SUBTEXT and congrats @eliawinters.bsky.social!

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Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The reason JKR is suddenly saying more and more “moderate” seeming things is not because her views are “moderate”, you daft shits. It’s because she is registering that her extremely overtly transphobic points are now making her very unpopular.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Love when I'm assembling a flat pack desk or whatever and I get to root around inside the box hunting for the bag of furniture giblets.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I may have a book coming out in just two weeks, but I'm still reviewing sex toys! Up on the blog today is my latest review of the Womanizer Next Liberty. eliawinters.com/womanizer-ne...

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The noise cancelling headphones came out SO FAST.

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⚫️🟣⚪️ Alahmnat 🟡🟣⚫️ @alahmn.at · 18/08/2026

Food recall frequency following the Pacific Rim kaiju event timeline.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Big day for my Misophonia in the airport lounge this morning. We've got clinking dishes, mouth noises, and that woman nearby with her keyboard sounds enabled.

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*snip snip* get off my sand 🦀 @cauthons.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

TODAY I READ: an ARC of @eliawinters.bsky.social 's THE ROOMMATE SUBTEXT, a warm, funny, and delightfully kinky modern take on THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

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Héctor Barros 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) @snibbits.eurosky.social · 10/08/2026

Here's the thing. If I know/notice genAI used in any part of your project, no matter how small, I will assume you used it for all of it, and I won't be interested at all. Why should I care if you don't?

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is weird af and definitely crosses lines but I'm going to ask anyway. Does anyone want a sex machine? I've got a partnership with Hismith and they just sent me a new one and so I would like to give away my old one. I'm in Western Mass. I'll meet you locally. DM me.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I loved the second one and the first almost equally, but the third was exactly my brand of catnip.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Recently I absolutely devoured the French Letters (heh) trilogy by @feliciadavin.com . These books are queer and niche and artsy and magical and SO FUCKING HOTTT and also epistolary, and I was COMPELLED. Each is better than the last, and as a set, incredible.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Oof. It's terrible. I hate all of that.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I really hate the way video content has affected people's rhythms of storytelling. Sometimes I'm talking to someone and I feel like they're acting out a reel for me and I can't even fast forward it.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

ME TOOOOOOOOO! I watch videos with the sound off.

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Critical Error ⚠ @memoryfull.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

AI = Ain’t Interested

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Is it just me or does anyone else hate the cute little "wiggle it back and forth" thing everybody does on video content when showing food prep/organizing/makeup/whatever?

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Saritza Hernández @litagentsaritza.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My agent copies arrived too and I’m so excited for folks to get this super spicy, yet cozy Scarlet Pimpernel retelling on Sept. 1st! bookshop.org/a/96260/9781...

A hardcover novel with an illustrated cover of two people sitting on couches messaging one another with the title THE ROOMMATE SUBTEXT and author name, Elia Winters in large text. Beside it is a ceramic tea cup.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Author copies author copies!!! I am SO EXCITED! THE ROOMMATE SUBTEXT comes out September 1st!

My hand holding a hardcover book over a box of more copies. The cover of the roommate subtext is illustrated with a split style cover and a woman on the left texting a nerdy cute man on the right.

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Elia Winters @eliawinters.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I absolutely loved it. The pacing and descriptions are so deliberate, and the protagonist and her world were so lushly envisioned. Found this book through a Tumblr rec after numerous Murderbot rereads, and I'm so happy I read it.

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SpecialKimtamine™ 🚩🏴‍☠️🇮🇹🇺🇸🦈 @lorazekim.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

No matter what’s going on in your life there is a form of potato that will make it better

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