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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 01/08/2026

I have all my @romancingthevote.com swag! Thank you so much to @jessiemihalik.com, @courtneymilan.com, @dragonsworn.net, Shel, and everyone who made this happen!

A colorful spread of items. Books: Rogue Queen trilogy by Jessie Mihalik; Starlight's Shadow trilogy by Jessie Mihalik; The Duchess War by Courtney Milan. Bookmarks, one that says Look up, one that says Steal hearts, punch fascists, one with sparkly beads. Earrings that are tiny guillotines. A d20 filled with tiny dicks, too small to make out. A package of tea labeled Sakurabacha.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 15/07/2026

Hello, friends! Today is the day. We're begging everyone to get their payments in before tonight! Only 77 people are left out there, and I suspect many aren't seeing these posts because they are new to the auction this year! Please repost this reminder to contact us if you haven't gotten an email!

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 13/07/2026

First @romancingthevote.com swag arrived! My existing dragon now has a bunch of teeny dragons for company. Mochi only tried briefly to determine if they were actually snacks.

A red 3D printed dragon lies on a white shelf with tiny 3D printed dragons draped over and around it. More tiny dragons spill out of a pink and purple egg behind it. The tiny dragons are a variety of rainbow colors.

A white pit bull with brown spots is nose to nose with a tiny yellow and orange 3d printed dragon.

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 02/07/2026

Taking a break from haunting the @romancingthevote.com auction for @kitrocha.com book mail!

The books "Prince of Storms" and "Daughter of Tides" by Kit Rocha. The covers are very teal/green, with waves and tentacles respectively. Two bookmarks sour on the books, one from the store The Ripped Bodice, and the other the pre-order promo featuring a silhouetted person walking into a blue moonlit ocean.

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 30/06/2026

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Trans rights are human rights. The SCOTUS ruling is wrong and stupid. We have to keep fighting. Cis folks, this means us. Not because "they're coming for ___ next," but because fighting for our trans siblings is the right thing to do.

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 24/06/2026

I've started a blog about grammar rules and why you should break them! The first post is about -ly adverbs and how they can be good, actually. www.grayelkedits.com/ly-adverbs/

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 21/05/2026

This is what Merlin heard from my window. The sparrow and swift are real, but I'm pretty sure every other identification was actually a single mockingbird running through its repertoire.

A list of birds from the Merlin bird call id app. Birds listed are: house sparrow, northern mockingbird, Carolina wren, blue jay, killdeer, northern cardinal, American robin, tufted titmouse, chimney swift, and tree swallow

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 18/12/2025

Fountain pen help! I've just tried using a converter for my pen for the first time. It worked great initially, but then I put the pen down for a while (horizontally) and now it's not writing anymore. Thoughts on what I'm doing wrong? #fountainpen

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 08/12/2025

All of the squares for my Berroco #vintageMKAL25 are done! Now I just have to sew them together. Actually they've been done for more than a month, but this year has had a lot of life things and I have been bad about posting. The big things: Good: I'm changing careers! I'm an editor!

Twenty knitted squares laid out on the seat of a couch. There are a wide variety of techniques and textures. The squares are colored as different pride flags.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 21/11/2025

PLEASE tell every author you know about this!

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com · 19/09/2025

COVER REVEAL! UNBROKEN (Rath & Rune 4) now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book will release on October 17, 2025, in ebook and paperback, with audio coming next year. Preorder from me: jordanlhawk.com/products/unb... Preorder from a corporation: buy.bookfunnel.com/6pbn12izk1

A book wrapped is wrapped in white paper. The paper is slightly torn to give a hint of two men on the cover. Text: Cover Reveal & Preorder, Unbroken, Rath & Rune 4, www.jordanlhawk.com

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Jon Jon, Thembofication @jonjonjon.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I cannot stress enough the following points: It has been repeatedly proven that bolstering social programs and services as well as funding to education reduces crime, because it provides proper pathways towards sustainability. Want less crime? Lower rent and increase wages.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/08/2025

Also, I'm just a cis woman asking cis men to shut the fuck up about Why Cis Women Totally Need Me To Attack Trans Women On Their Behalf (Even If They Don't Think So, The Little Dears).

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 29/05/2025

I just finished Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan, and it is so good. The meta-conmentary on campy romantasy. The slow reveal of complexity. THAT ENDING. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/36b3...

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Review by grayelk - Long Live Evil

This book is brilliant. I love the meta-commentary: complaining about inconsistent world build...

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 28/05/2025

I found a large house centipede crawling on the inside of the shower curtain liner this morning, while showering, and got my spouse to come catch it while drying off as fast as finally possible. Him: this is one of the good ones! Me: sure, but that doesn't mean I want it IN THE SHOWER with me!

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 07/05/2025

I actually finished March's squares for the Berroco mystery knit along only slightly into April, but didn't take pictures in a timely manner. The intarsia square was so close to the Pride flag that I made an extra one. Downside: so many ends to weave in... 🧶 🌈 #berrocoYarn #vintageMKAL25

Three knitted squares on a wood floor. One has a diamond texture pattern, and is striped black, purple, white, and yellow. The other two are stockinette, one with large triangles of blue, pink, and green, and the other of the modern pride flag with stripes of purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red next to a concentric triangle of yellow, white, pink, blue, brown, and black. The edges of the squares are rolling, and there are lots of ends to weave in.

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 12/03/2025

This absolutely requires some lunchtime prep

An e-reader and tea mug on a worn wooden outdoor table. The e-reader displays the cover of Jordan L. Hawk's 'The Forgotten Dead', Outfoxing the Paranormal book 1. The tea mug has cute deer drinking tea on it

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 12/03/2025

February's squares for my Berroco MKAL-as-Pride-flags. There are supposed to be 6 of this pattern, but I got bored and will probably make two extra in a different pattern. I'm mostly confident that the curling edges will be fine once I sew the blocks together. 🧶 🌈 #berrocoYarn #vintageMKAL25

Four knitted squares in a patch of sunlight on a wood floor. The edges of the squares are curling inwards, and they all have concentric stripes. The colors are: purple, white, gray, black; purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red; yellow, purple (thin stripe), yellow; and blue, pink, white, pink, blue.

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 27/02/2025

This is apparently happening today -contact your senators!

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 31/01/2025

As a cis woman, I fully agree with this. I do not need to be defended from trans people. They are not a threat. Nazis who want to squash me into their definition of what a woman should be, now.... That is the threat

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 25/01/2025

Finished January's squares for the Berroco MKAL-as-pride-flags! So far so good. 🧶🌈 #berrocoYarn #VintageMKAL25

Two knitted squares on a wood floor, with different textures patterns. Both are striped horizontally. One is purple, white, yellow, orange, and red, and has a basket weave texture. The other is blue, black, purple, white, and pink, and has a diamond seed stitch texture.

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 12/01/2025

I'm doing the Berroco mystery afghan, but rolling my own color combination. These are the stripes for the first square, which does not have stripes in the pattern, but this is my blanket and I can do what I want! 🧶 #VintageMKAL25

Several balls of yarn on a wood floor. The balls are purple, white, yellow, orange, and red. The purple has some knitted fabric in a basket weave pattern lying on top of it.

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 17/11/2024

I recently got back from vacation to Japan, and I'm really excited about the various Japanese translations of books I found! I've now got @annleckie.com's Ancillary Justice, @naominovik.bsky.social's His Majesty's Dragon, and @travisbaldree.bsky.social's Legends & Lattes!

Japanese paperbacks on a white background. Two volumes of Howl's Moving Castle, two volumes of His Majesty's Dragon, and Ancillary Justice. Everything on the books is in Japanese

Japanese paperbacks on a dark blue background. Legends & Lattes and The Bear and the Nightingale. The cover of Legends and Lattes had a cute mouse and a cinnamon roll on it

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/05/2024

Jail for ex-president. Jail for 1000 years.

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 26/09/2023

I'm so excited! This is waiting for me as soon as I finish my current read

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 19/09/2023

I've been jealous seeing people posting about finding this in their local stores, or being in earlier time zones, but now it's here. MY TIME IS NOW. #romancelandia

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Emily | Gray Elk Edits @grayelkedits.com · 18/09/2023

I'm knitting a blanket! It's half way done, as long as you ignore the border. Which is going to make all the rest of the hexes take longer. But we're going with "halfway" for motivational purposes. 🧶 #knitting #FairIsle

A knitted blanket on a wood floor. The blanket is partially complete, made of 12 (so far) tiling hexagons with a black background and abstract/floral patterns in purples and teals. Three of the outer hexes have thick black edging on two sides, but all the other edges are unfinished and awaiting more hexes. Unfinished ends trail off of many of the edges.

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