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Lysistrata’s Stone Phallus @lubottom.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

Daniel Lawson @DanielLaw1998: Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.

I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times.

Jennifer Lee Rosman @JenLRossman:
We’re disabled, Daniel, we’re not werewolves

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

My threads account got suspended and I had to delete it, but I had a lot more author and bookish interaction over there than I do here. So if you’re interested in queer, sapphic, disabled, romance, genre, writing or reading, give me a shout!

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Y.M. Resnik @ymresnik.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride! Check out these 2025 debut novels with sapphic rep. Want to help a debut? Repost this, follow and interact, add to goodreads and review, request on netgalley and upvote/review, request from library, review on major retailers, preorder//order. Books listed in alt text and comments.

ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH by @ emilyzipps
HER FAKE WEDDING DATE IN SICILY by @authorjennylane
TARNISHED by @ericaroseberhart
THE BELLES by @lndhop
THE ELYSIUM HEIST by @ymresnik
THE FACELESS THINGS WE ADORE by @stopithester
THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER by @maddiesmartinez
THE NEEDFIRE by @mkhardywrites

ALL (DEAD) GIRLS LIE @piperlwhite
BEA MULLINS TAKES A SHOT by @authoremilydeibert
HOLLOW by @taylorlgrothe
IT’S A LOVE/SKATE RELATIONSHIP by @carlijcorson
MY LIPS HER VOICE by @llmadridwrites
PRIDE OR DIE by @clmontblanc
PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER by @isabellekellywrites
THE LIBRARY OF LOST GIRLS by @kristenpips

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Cover reveal!!! Absolutely over the moon to reveal the cover for my debut sapphic romcom ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH!!! Preorders are now open (link in bio) so you might as well buy this bi4butch romance about loneliness, the rain, and a really big dog right now?!

A yellow, orange, pink, red, and blue boom cover with two illustrated women on it. The book is called ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH by Emily Zipps. To be frank it is stunning.

A photograph of a big white dog lying on a couch looking wistfully at the book cover for ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH with a caption that says “Frank the dog says: preorder Alice Rue now!”

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Normal sapphic romance problem: having to use names so often in s*x or intimate scenes because pronouns are unclear Next level problem: one character’s name ends in an S so you have to use an ugly ass possessive ALL THE TIME. “She takes Ames’s hand and kisses Ames’s head” UGHHHHHH HATE

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about” - Beyoncé after winning Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter”

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 24/01/2025

Here is an interesting adjective quirk that you probably aren’t even aware you are doing. In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order: opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I see authors sheepishly announcing books, or apologizing for good news. Friends: we’re enduring an onslaught of censorship and bigotry. I am PROUD that you wrote anything. Please yell about what you're doing. Art is a fuel to keeps many of us going.

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

The times are bad so maybe you need to see my dog

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Diana Rodriguez Wallach, YA Horror Author @dianawallachauthor.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Writers- If you are using Microsoft Word 365 and now have “CoPilot” showing up in your toolbar—that is AI. My tech friend sent me the steps to turn off CoPilot on a Mac. Protect your books!

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

So the worst genre is definitely dystopian nonfiction

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DD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen" @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Born to write. Cursed with a day job.

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

There are families who will never be able to come back from this devastation, and many of them were in generational homes, passed down from people who bought homes in the 1970sand 80's in Altadena. All of the fires are a tragedy, but especially for those who don't have the resources to rebuild.

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Eaton Fire Devastates Historic Altadena, Displacing Black Families and Destroying Legacies

While celebrity losses grab headlines, the Eaton Fire has destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in Altadena, displacing Black families who’ve shaped the community for generations. Here's a brief history o...

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

LA is my home. The westside is my home. Santa Monica will always be my home. Feeling grateful, guilty, and helpless to be so far away. I don’t think I’ll have words for the devastation of our city for a long time. Below was my joyful beach visit just this past weekend.

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Erin Rose 🍉 - Updates Only @authorerinrose.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Hello new influx of #Romancelandia peeps. In case you didn’t know, starter packs are the best way to follow your peeps. The “follow all” button is especially handy: go.bsky.app/MLhVxiH I’ll also link the other starter packs I know of in the comments:

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Erica Rose Eberhart @ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

We are on the eve of the first of us 2025 debut authors having their releases out in the world. I am so excited for all of these amazing writers. YOU DID IT. YOU DID THE THING!

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I know this is old news but it’s fun [derogatory] to see several of them at once 🫠

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Just preordered this and can’t wait to read my buddy’s debut novel!! @skateellis.bsky.social is a beautiful writer with extraordinary worldbuilding and I’m so thrilled for everyone else to get to experience it for themselves #💕🛸🌈

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Saratoga (they/them) 🔪 @saratogaishere.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

HAPPY DEBUT YEAR TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!! i can't wait to start going into bookstores this year and loudly exclaiming "my friend wrote that" even tho i've never met any of my fellow debuts IRL yet.

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kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain .

ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain .

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Approximately a million books read; all delightful (thread)

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 29/12/2024

Hey, psssst, want to stay in the know about the incredible debuts coming your way in 2025??? We've got a starter pack for that! go.bsky.app/H13XQTN

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Awww hey that’s my girl!! 💜💕💙

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

How it feels being a fall 2025 debut looking at all of the “most anticipated 2025” book lists 🫠🍁❄️⏳

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Periodic editor's reminder to use "TK" for your placeholder copy, because it's easier to catch at a glance than whatever your gentile social media producer might use instead

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cass biehn | VESUVIUS out now 🌋 @cassbeewrites.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

surviving publishing is all about finding exactly the right editor who is the same brand of niche freak as you & who is willing to go along with all your wackass ideas

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Gunnar De Winter @gunnardewinter.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

In case you need an extra smile today, the winners of the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Contest have been announced... The winner? Stuck squirrel by Milko Marchetti. #science #biology #nature #scicomm (Check out all the finalists here: www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/come...)

Legs of a red squirrel sticking horizontally from a tree.

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Some quotes from ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH that have been making me laugh during copy edits

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

My manuscript for copy edits has a copyright page and that really fuckin got me 🥹🥹🥹

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Has anyone seen a starter pack for queer or sapphic romance/romcom writers?

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hello I am a writer and such but more importantly this is my dog

A close up photo of a scruffy terrier licking her nose with such an enormous tongue that her entire snout is hidden

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 12/11/2024

Also of the generation who had gayness completely normalized to her by the talking horse books. Also learned about birth control and abortion from fantasy books. (shout out to @pameladean.bsky.social who I awkwardly yelled YOU TAUGHT ME ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL at once in twitter 🤣 very chill!)

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 06/10/2024

Just a reminder that I made a starter pack of 2025 debut novelists! Follow if you want to keep tabs on a bunch of awesome books. (and reply here to let me know if you should be added!) go.bsky.app/H13XQTN

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Trying to be over here more, so please peep this exciting news about my second (!!!) and third books (!!!!) and get ready for more: 💋sapphic romcoms 🥴about regret and failure 👯‍♀️friends to lovers 👅second chance hookup buddies to lovers 💥enemies to lovers 🚘LA traffic jokes

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

I am beyond thrilled to say that my debut novel, ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH, is going to be published by The Dial Press!! It is so much more than a dream come true to get to work with the incredible Katy Nishimoto and the Dial team to bring ALICE to you all. I can't wait.

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Emily Zipps (she/her) @emilyzipps.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Finishing HELL BENT (NINTH HOUSE #2) and then starting a romcom on the same night is some Barbenheimer style whiplash, let me tell you!!

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