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Radio Silence, a 1940s m/m historical romance, releases in 5 days. Two radio stars reunite after five years apart to revive their comedy show--but a notorious gossip is trying to dig up the secrets they've buried. books.apple.com/us/book/radi...

cover for Chace Verity's Radio Silence done in black and white typography with blood splatter along the title. At top, it reads: How far will they go to protect each other

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22h

Out of curiosity, I'm looking for m/f romances in which the hero does something really clumsy at their first meeting. NOT the heroine, but the hero. I'm also looking for m/f romances with a hero who's a nurse.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It feels genuinely ridiculous having to say this, but the point of art is to connect with another human. Someone thought of that painting or melodic line or scene or paragraph that is suddenly making you weep, and that means that they saw you and understood you without even meeting you.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watched a trailer and remain a bit confused about what the movie is actually about, but I still want to see it.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The hero in my WIP is 3 inches shorter than the heroine, plus a lot skinnier, and her shirts are going to look big on him. I want to flip that scene.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This description of an old Gordon Korman book (No Coins, Please) is unfortunate. www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Text. Highlighted: That includes Artie Geller - Donald Trump in a 10-year-old's body.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The History of Concrete is now playing (at a single theater) in Toronto. Should we go to see it or wait for streaming? "After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete."

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The History of Concrete (2026)

After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Last night, we watched The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) with James Stewart and Doris Day. It was the first time I'd seen Doris Day in a movie, but I distinctly remember when I first learned of her: when there was a petition to make Stockwell Day change his name to Doris.

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'Doris Day' petition hits the mark | CBC News

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Unlike some of my other books, my WIP doesn't have much in the way of tropes, just...he falls first and opposites attract?

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I changed the name but not 100% sure I'll keep it.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tomorrow, I will start drafting a book for the first time in 10 months 😬

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Will be at Word on the Street again today, but I'm not on any panels or doing a signing.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ruin a Jackie Lau title by adding or removing a single letter: Rumpy Fake Boyfriend The Ultimate Pig Day Party Love, Flies, and Cherry Pie Two Fiends in Marriage

four green sticky notes with the handwritten titles in post and simple drawings, including a stick figure with a large rump.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

2027 release schedule: March 23: Return of the Heartbreaker (Love & Spite 2) June 1: A Teaspoon of Magic (Atria) October or November?: ??????? (Love & Spite 3)

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Had a pineapple mooncake for the first time. Like it but not sure I liked the preserved egg with the pineapple?

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Her delight is almost enough to make me smile, and that's unacceptable." Read Zoe & Bennett's opposites-attract romance now! Available in ebook at Amazon, Kobo, B&N, and other retailers. jackielaubooks.com/books/reveng...

Pink sticky note with simple pen drawing of face with flat mouth. Handwritten text: Bennett suppressing a smile...for now

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Didn't watch Corner Gas when it was on so we're watching it now.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

an Indonesian restaurant in a Toronto food court (I went there earlier this year) just posted a picture with Henry Golding!

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

obviously there is no innuendo here...

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Don't usually need to develop extensive family histories for my characters, but I think I need to go back 5 generations for this one. For both main characters.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When Zoe Shen’s boyfriend sleeps with her roommate, she’s determined to get revenge.

Purple sticky note with handwritten text: One brother did her wrong

Purple sticky note with a crossed-out smiling face. Text: jerkface, aka Clifton

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When I was a girl, I ate one dozen eggs Ev'ry morning to help me get large

"Chun-Li is all kicks. So we did a bunch of Taekwondo training, Muay Thai, and Wushu (Kung Fu). I did two hours of that a day and strengthened my legs a lot and changed my diet drastically. When I was bulking, I ate 12 eggs a day. Every two hours I had to have a meal, and I was on the verge of throwing up. But it worked. By the end of the shoot, my thighs had grown six-and-a-half centimeters each,” she said in an August interview with Empire Magazine.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Revenge of the Sunshine is here! Zoe Shen is determined to give her cheating ex what he deserves—and his stern older brother is going to help. jackielaubooks.com/books/reveng...

Text: available now. Tablet with illustrated cover of Revenge of the Sunshine by Jackie Lau

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's release day for Revenge of the Sunshine. It's also the first day of autumn. I crafted this image to help you better understand the main characters in the book.

Pink sticky note with simple drawing in black pen: smiling face with long hair (labelled Zoe) saying "I love autumn" and unsmiling face (labelled Bennett).

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you're looking forward to Return of the Heartbreaker, there's a newsletter-exclusive prequel chapter! (This is linked in the back of Revenge of the Sunshine, though it wasn't in the ARC.) dl.bookfunnel.com/zhk25xbllg

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026

IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I got to read REVENGE OF THE SUNSHINE as an ARC and loved it! Highly recommend it if you like to see a sunshine woman out for revenge while winning over a stoic, stuffed shirt man. It also has Halloween parties, family drama, dealing with grief, and more.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Revenge of the Sunshine is here! Zoe Shen is determined to give her cheating ex what he deserves—and his stern older brother is going to help. jackielaubooks.com/books/reveng...

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New Romance Releases (09/22): Jackie Lau, Grace Callaway, Alexandria Bellefleur & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2026/09/new-...

This is the weekly New Romance Releases graphic, with all of this week's covers.

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This genuinely made me laugh out loud today

HOW AM I DRIVING?
HOW DOES AN ENGINE EVEN WORK?
HOW CAN A LOVING GOD CAUSE SUCH AGONY

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

keep thinking of the hero in this book as "Steve" but it feels like a bad romance hero name, idk

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Read over all my "lost silent movie with Asian actress" research notes today. I hope I will be able to start writing it by the end of this week. I haven't drafted anything in 10 months 😭 (and now I have to draft 2 books in about 5 months)

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Your KDP pre-order submission deadline is approaching — Return of the Heartbreaker" FFS, the book is coming out in 6 months.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You can meet this man tomorrow!

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New Rebel Ever After is up now! Shirlene Obuobi and I dug deep into her outstanding new paranormal romance DIE FOR ME and how straight women are socialized by patriarchy to desire what is most dangerous to them. One of my best episodes. Listen here: rebeleverafter.binderybooks.com/item/MnK7a9l...

“We have been socialized to find that power dynamic very alluring... a power dynamic that actually puts us in danger. The question DIE FOR ME asks is: Can you find true, healthy love with your apex predator?” - Shirlene Obuobi on the Rebel Ever After podcast

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It was our 11th wedding anniversary recently! I don't post pictures of my husband under my author accounts, so here's a cropped headless picture of us, similar to some of the romance covers that were common in the 2010s.

Man in dark grey suit with arms wrapped around woman in long light turquoise dress. Both are shown only from the shoulders and down.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can draw better stick figures than this, as I think I have proven on multiple occasions lately.

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vrunt @vrunt.social · 19/09/2026

sure yeah, can't even make a stick figure without fucking up and no one at the company gives enough of a shit to even give it another pass but go ahead and take my money so i can use this lazy shit technology every day too

ad for some AI company called evenfall
copy says "meet derek. ai every day. always hitting a wall. then he found evenfall"
the only graphic is a stick figure holding... a tablet maybe? he's missing an arm

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I took out my Kindle for the first time in 6 or 7 months so I can read a few KU books. (I usually read on a Kobo.)

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's almost time for revenge! The ebook of Revenge of the Sunshine will be out next week.

Green sticky note with simple drawing in black pen: smiling face with long hair and speech bubble with the word "yay!"

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you're in Toronto, I will be at Word on the Street on the 27th, possibly the 26th. I am not doing any panels, but feel free to say hi if you see me. WOTS 2025 was my last author appearance before treatment.

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