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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 19h

In 1985 you could also pick up a Tuscan villa for a couple of grand.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Which was essentially Bojo’s approach and look how that turned out

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AnneMarie Brear @annemariebrear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Tobacconist's Wife Trapped in a loveless and abusive marriage, Thea longs for freedom. But breaking society's rules could cost her everything. #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #ForbiddenLove mybook.to/TobacconistsWife

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Sally Sultzman @sallysultzman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did you know that you can get the new n' improved version of His Forever Family in both ebook AND print? (Probably not, because I am *super bad* at promoting my books!) But @skyladawn.ca is making me do this b/c her covers are awesome, so... A PROMO! WITH LINKS! sarahmanderson.com/books/his-fo...

The image features two versions of the same book cover--one in paperback, one as an ebook on an ereader--The coral cover features the title "His Forever Family" in white text against a faint gray skyline of Chicago in the background. To the left is a blond man in a dark suit looking at the viewer. To the right is a dark haired woman in a cream top and a teal skirt looking at the bassinet. The center is the bassinet, which is gold with white netting draped over it and little white stars around it. At the bottom is Sarah M. Anderson, the author's name. The background is red and features the words "Now Available"

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Chris McKeon @cjmckeon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just seen this on the other microblogging site, and I really do think the internet was a mistake.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

NEW Jane Austen as a writer about law Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me (And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.) emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...

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Jane Austen as a writer about law

Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice

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AnneMarie Brear @annemariebrear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Eden's Conflict The past is closing in, threatening everything Eden holds dear. How far will she go to protect her daughters? #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #BookTok getbook.at/EdensConflict

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And then they had another 10 years of rationing

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AnneMarie Brear @annemariebrear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Long Distance Love A summer romance was never meant to last. But when hearts become involved, can love survive the distance? #ContemporaryRomance #RomanceReaders #LoveStory getbook.at/LongDistanceLove

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If I remember my history, top military leaders of all time: Bonaparte (fattie) Alexander the Great (bisexual prob = Hegseth’s weirdo) Ghenghis Khan (bearded)

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who’s going to invest all that money to renovate & restore for a 125yr lease?

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Please can we all normalise calling them the ‘Pee Pee Boys’ rather than the Blackshorts?

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You all are wimps. In my house the argument was whether you can have leftover curry for breakfast.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s still a whole novel. Celebrate it. Life isn’t uniform. Some years we sprint along. Other times we crawl on our hands and knees.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For me it was an Enid Blyton Famous Five. It wasn’t the first book I read but it was the first book that made me want to read more.

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Alora Quinn @authoraloraquinn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's been almost one year since The Genie's Wish came out! I love this story and these two so much. On Amazon - eBook, paperback, and in Kindle Unlimited: mybook.to/genies-wish Cover by the amazing @kitfoxart.bsky.social #monsterromance #monsterromancebooks #genieromance #booksky #canadianauthor

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Although sometimes you end up with 4 unfinished series 🥺

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Ashley All Along 🔮 @ashleydwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BOOK PEOPLE 📚❤️ When a famous writer is fired by his publisher, he escapes to a small island where he falls in love with a bookstore owner struggling to stay in business. For fans of Gilmore Girls and You've Got Mail. #ScreenPit #Scriptsky #RoCo #4Q #WrDis #LBu #Div #Fea

Poster for my script BOOK PEOPLE, a romantic comedy. Sepia toned books in the background. Neon yellow brushed font for the title (Book People).

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I loved The Love Hypothesis when I read it. And now the movie is just as good as the book. #TheLoveHypothesis #📚💙 #Romancelandia

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It was a weird mix of brow-nosing and self-aggrandising. A touch Grima Wormtongue. And I’m trying to be kind.

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Alyssa Matesic @alyssamatesic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bad dialogue is one of the most obvious signs of amateur writing. And it's one of the things that will make a reader set down your story prematurely. Here are the 5 most common dialogue mistakes I see in manuscripts and how to fix them.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Or maybe they need to understand that a positive approach to immigration is closely tied to a healthy economy. Just like they’ve come to understand that membership of the EU is what strengthened their economy, not British exceptionalism.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So my brand new book A Study In Sparkling came out in the US this week, and... well, turns out I have to promote it? If we're marketing by tropes... 🥂older woman/younger man 🥂 friends (with benefits) to lovers 🥂 competence porn www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Stud...

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you're in the UK, for just 9 more days, you can scoop up the ebook of my cozy-spooky fantasy rom-com Wooing the Witch Queen for only 99p! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step... & of course it's still available everywhere else, too: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

In the centre of this image is the beautiful British cover of Wooing the Witch Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustration shows a man in a cloak riding headlong through the night towards an ominous castle with an illuminated, crowned female figure in its doorway and bats flying overhead in the moonlight. A potion vial surrounds that central image and is further framed by leaves and branches. Crows sit on the branches, and a tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sangu Mandanna reads: ‘Warm and lovely’
Around the image, against a starry night background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: “bi villainous heroine,” “sweet cinnamon-roll hero with a fake identity,” “crow friends,” “found family,” and “flirting with fountains pens.” At the bottom of the image are the words: Only 99p this September!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no 2052: Consider writing diverse characters, not because they represent you, but because they are part of the world you inhabit. Why write a small world when you can write a wide one?

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yes. 100%, yes. They don’t even have to be a main character. If you’re able & white & don’t want to presume, then make them a non-white nurse/architect/teacher or deaf or autistic side character. Except not the villain. Just make us visible.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I believe you can sort of do this already as donations to charities in your will are made before your estate is valued for IHT. If your charity donations are large enough, the rate of IHT reduces.

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Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter @jeevanicharika.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"This book was charming and captivating, warm and comforting. Everything I needed." Alana Oxford (author of Scotsman in the Stacks) Cosy, low spice, small town romance. The Valentine's Express on the Brambleberry Railway is out soon. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GHQQMFKB

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sueghosh.bsky.social @sueghosh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A short story about a 40+ woman who isn't looking for love❤️ The first #shortstory in the short #series www.amazon.in/One-Day-Octo... www.amazon.com/One-Day-Octo... www.amazon.co.uk/One-Day-Octo... www.amazon.com.au/One-Day-Octo... #romancereads #booksky #KindleUnlimited #Kindlebooks

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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.

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Maggie Christensen @maggiechriste33.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Small town romance. Coastal location. Family sagas. Second chances. Love in later life. What's not to like? Start this amazing series before book 10 releases in November. mybook.to/PelicanCross

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Linda/Melinda Huber @lindahuberauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#99p/c for a limited time! Planning a Swiss holiday? Try before you buy! See the sights from the comfort of your chair... mybook.to/STLH#KindleUnlimited ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Armchair travel at its best!’ #booksky #travel #kindledeals #holidays #romance

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Louise Marley @louisemarley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Have yourself a gothic little mystery - for just 99p/99c! (Until Sunday) ✅Spooky Castle ✅Secret Garden ✅Hidden Passages ✅Crypt! geni.us/1239-al-aut-am #CozyMystery #KindleUnlimited #CozyCrime #MurderMystery #GothicMystery

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Over 2 BILLION copies of her books have been sold around the world making her the best-selling fiction writer of all time. Remembering the extraordinary & pioneering AGATHA CHRISTIE — born 136yrs ago today. (Here she is aged 84 in 1974)

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J. Allen - DailyWriterVibes @dailywritervibes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Big news for The Katrina Calm Series Book 3, Losing Calm. October 1st: the cover drops. November 1st: the book releases. Are you writing a book? If so, what’s it about. If not, why aren’t you? If indie authors matter to you, a repost would mean a lot right now.

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Louise Marley @louisemarley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🐦‍⬛"The village of Raven's Edge was surrounded by a dark, tangled forest. The kind of forest that evoked the wrong sort of fairy tale, where you should never stray far from the path" UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CV1GZ5HW USA: amazon.com/dp/B0CV1GZ5HW #CozyMystery #KindleUnlimited #GothicMystery #AudioBook

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

She’s here, and she’s beautiful.

Copies of Beth March Returns from the Dead by Emily St. James spill out of a box, surrounded by purple tissue paper. Let’s ignore that this photo was taken in a moving car, shall we? Don’t tell anyone, alt text readers.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Not sure I agree. Owning TV stations & newspapers has definitely given them a head start.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If it’s evolution, a percentage of agents will try this route. Like all phishing, they can send out a million emails. If only a tiny percentage respond, they still win.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Which is a Darwin-level experiment in itself to determine if AI will ever pay for itself.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Meanwhile they will have taken control of your cars and taxis to use them to mow you down. (have I seen this in a sci-fi movie somewhere?)

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Daisy James @daisyjames.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Why not head to glorious Corfu this weekend? Enjoy a story filled with fun, friendship & lots of delicious foodie treats, along with a twist in the tale? ☀️🌅⛱️☀️🌅⛱️ #booksky amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H1DG8DT3

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Don’t know if you can get them but Ocado deliveries come directly from a central warehouse and so usually last well. Stock control also means few substitutions.

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To be fair, they’re also the generation that was told thalidomide & cigarettes were perfectly safe and look how that turned out

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Admittedly some of the history I learned in school has been found to be oversimplified but I’m sure I was taught that the Normans brought feudalism to England which was a form of slavery and therefore bad. And this may be responsible for our entrenched class system today.

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Holly 🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @mxhollyclara.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am still (11 years later) unable to grasp how the images of little Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on a beach wasn’t the final word on treating refugees with compassion and dignity. How we are we having attacks on the RNLI for saving HUMAN lives being encouraged by our media. I weep for our world.

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Harlan Coben @harlancoben.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Friends, I’m thrilled to tell you PLOT TWIST: A Memoir on writing is now out in the USA in hardcover and audio (narrated by yours truly). Part heartfelt memoir, part writing/creating guide, this is my most personal and vulnerable work. I hope it inspires, educates, and entertains. ❤️🌹 📖 ✍️

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