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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This week's Monday snippet comes from my fantasy rom-com Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out in ebook, paperback, and audiobook: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen ...because what's sexier than a fountain pen? ;) #romancelandia

An image of the front cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a sinister witch queen in a spectacular beaded dress embracing her handsome and adoring new librarian (in a black wizard's robe) inside a library of magic filled with crows and masks and flying books. Above and beside it is this snippet from the book:
Closing her fingers around the pen, she held it up to study from different angles. “Which end do you write with?”
“Here.” Shoving down the old memories before they could take over, he showed her how to remove the cap, revealing a shining steel nib, far sturdier than any hand-carved quill. “Would you care to give it a try?” Scooping up a spare piece of paper, he laid it on a bare section of the table before her. “You have to use a slightly different angle than you would ordinarily, but...no, that’s not quite—here, let me show you.”
Stepping up behind her, he wrapped his right hand gently around hers. He redirected her movements to draw a firm line of ink, his attention wholly focused on instruction as he leaned over her to help—until her warm, lush body shifted with a deep breath against his cloak.
He froze, every sense flaming into life with sudden, excruciating awareness.

Beneath the quote is an illustration of a fountain pen drawing a curving line of ink.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Susan J. Morris @susanjmorris.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I have... SO MANY AUTHOR COPIES. So I've decided to do a Goodreads giveaway! Save an author, enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... PS. Photo by Andrea Prudente inspired by a certain character's untimely demise in Strange Beasts!

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 02/04/2026

I’m increasingly perplexed by the whole discussion. Show me a non-planet eating, non-harmful AI that does useful or beautiful things and I’m so very there for it. Show me an actual living machine and I’ll advocate for it. But this stuff… meh. No.

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Susan J. Morris @susanjmorris.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

And Sip & Meet the Authors at Darby Winery's Woodinville tasting room, on 3/17 at 6pm with @jassilvera.bsky.social (a ticketed event). www.exploretock.com/darbywineryw... I hope to see you there!

Pictures of Susan J. Morris with her books Wayward Souls and Strange Beasts, and Jasmine Silvera with her book Binding Shadows. Text reads Sip and meet the authors Tuesday March 17th, 6pm, Darby Winery Woodinville Tasting Room.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/08/2025

Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file. Here is the class certification:

1. The following LibGen & PiLiMi Pirated Books Class is CERTIFIED:
All beneficial or legal copyright owners of the exclusive right to reproduce copies of any book in the versions of LibGen or PiLiMi downloaded by Anthropic. "Book" refers to any work possessing an
ISBN or ASIN which was registered with the United States Copyright Office within five years of the work's publication and which was registered with the United States Copyright Office before being downloaded by Anthropic, or within three months of publication.
Excluded are the directors, officers and employees of Anthropic, personnel of federal agencies, and district court personnel.

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Don't Miss This!!

announcement about virtual panels tied to Black women in publishing.

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Susan J. Morris @susanjmorris.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Strange Beasts is an August Kindle Monthly Deal! That means you can pick up a copy for just £0.99. A purrfect opportunity to catch up before @hodderscape.bsky.social releases the delightfully dark sequel, Wayward Souls, on 12 March 2026. www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Beas...

A cat staring hungrily at the UK version of Strange Beasts thinking "just £0.99!" Under the headline "Kindle Monthly Deals August"

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Melissa Blue @melthegreat.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Have you picked up your copy of Damn Good Story yet? You can check out an excerpt here: drive.google.com/file/d/1fWPF... You can pick up your copy here: ko-fi.com/s/4aed3fda2f Don't be scared to share this post. Thank you.

Cover for Damn Good Story: a guide to hone your writing

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 14/06/2025

Here are some tips for ways to “show up” when you aren’t able to show up in person, as well as suggestions for all of us for building more inclusive movements for social justice and human rights.

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How to Protest If You're Disabled And Can't Show Up at Rallies

Tips and tricks to help you resist.

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Anthony May 📸 🖖🏽 🏈 @amay206.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

How to turn off FaceID • Open Settings App • Open Face ID & Passcode • Enter your passcode • Toggle off iPhone Unlock

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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 14/06/2025

🧵 2 quick tips for anyone who owns an iPhone, values their privacy, and is attending a large public event. Note: these are meant for typical low-risk users. Please refer to @eff.org for detailed tutorials that are useful for higher-risk/higher-visibility individuals.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I had a lovely conversation with a young person at a book event recently who had been using ChatGPT to help write their book reviews. When I patiently explained the way these models are trained they were horrified and promised to write their own. So. I know people CAN get it.

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Always here to support a dancer pursuing her dreams!

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I don’t want to “streamline” my writing. I don’t want to “increase my output.” I don’t want to “write a novel with one click.” I want to write stuff only I can write. I want to read and write novels with soul and heart and a unique voice. Fuck AI. Long live real writers.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Teachers, librarians, book lovers, #BookSky! Join us Friday May 9th from 10AM-3PM for the Freedom Read-In, a free, all-day assembly of award-winning children's book authors reading from their own work to bring attention to and raise support for Freedom to Read bills that are active in 12 states...

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Doing some last minute Mother's Day prep at Third Place Books in LFP and spotted Conjuring Moonlight & Binding Shadows! Sydney was kind enough to turn me loose with a Sharpie - now there are signed copies of my witchy/wolfy babies on the shelf! 😍 www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9780997...

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Bill Campbell @rosariumbill.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

OK, now we have FIVE HOURS and $4,190 to go! By pledge, by signal boost, by carrier pigeon, please help us get there! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

There’s still time to get your tickets for Steamy in Seattle on Saturday, May 10! Join us in person or online for a lively discussion with @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens, moderated by @jassilvera.bsky.social! www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...

Text over image of 2 bottles with the number 7 on their label on a table, surrounded by black folding fans with the words, Curious Elixirs, and an assortment of herbs. Text reads: Steamy in Seattle 2025 Sponsor Highlight

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Bookstore Romance Day @handle.invalid · 07/04/2025

I hate to ask, even more so at this time of financial uncertainty for everyone, but I have some #BookstoreRomanceDay expenses looming & sponsors who have dropped out or are dragging their feet about committing, & could use your help, if you're able. #Romancelandia gofund.me/d7809983

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Donate to Help Bookstore Romance Day Continue & Grow, organized by Billie Bloebaum

tl;dr: Bookstore Romance Day expenses are up. Donations and sponsorships ar… Billie Bloebaum needs your support for Help Bookstore Romance Day Continue & Grow

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Shelby Lawson @shelbylawsonpb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

There's a lot that goes into campaigning for any elected position. If you need more information on how to get started, I highly recommend wherecanirun.org which is part of @runforsomething.net, co-founded by @amandalitman.bsky.social. This is where I found my current goal: running for City Council.

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Where Can I Run — Run for Something Action Fund

Use this tool to find out when, where and how you can run for office.

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Whole heartedly agree on this list pick!

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This year I am hosting the Romancing the Craft conference at Rutgers. It’s an all-day affair on May 3 with some of the best romance writers and editors offering a master class, workshops, speed pitches and more. Details and registration here: bit.ly/RomancingTheCraft

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Romancing the Craft

Dr. Roxane Gay, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, is bringing Romancing the Craft to the East Coast for the first time! Romancing the Craf...

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Yay! I loved this book so much. Glad to see!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

because people have internalised a really strange hagiography based on locus of control over the process of gathering information and for some reason doing so via your eyes is supposed to be superior to doing so via your ears

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

PICK WHAT YOU PAY! The March Book Bundle is here! Scoop up some sexy catharsis in 3 dark romances. 😈 payhip.com/b/V52DU

Graphic. Book covers on a yellow background with two walking cartoon cherries.

"In one of these books a male main character makes the other male main character ** **** on the female make character on the beach." "its this one." Harbor
March Backlist bundles.
Haven, Sanctuary and Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon
3 steamy romances for the price of one.
Three romances with shirtless buff guys on the cover, standing in front of the mountains, in front of a farm and in front of the ocean. All three books have plus size black heroines and all three books feature BDSM elements.
Haven - he saves her from serial killers. Months later they reunite and do the nasty instead of going to therapy.
Sanctuary - She saves herself from a professional hit and ends up hidding at his farm. They do the nasty in a peach orchard.
Harbor is a polyam story with three black folks. Their cheating partners are killed and they try to find meaning in it all. The meaning involves a threesome on the beach.

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Ok. But can I rave about the book keeping me company this weekend for a minute: I’m calling this one contemporary romance with a ghost of magic about a career driven sports broadcaster and a cinnamon roll optometrist is everything I never knew I needed. 😍 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Losing...

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Losing Sight

What if a mysterious pair of glasses helped you to see life—and love—clearly?Sports reporter Tanika “Nikki” Ryan is at the top of her game until sh...

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Five out of my six books are on this list. On top of everything else being on fire, this feels like a gratuitous gutting. Rage 🧵:

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Bessie Coleman, the first Black Aviatrix, was denied entry to US flight schools. So she moved to France. Learned French and got her license there in 1922. (thx AOL.com)

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/03/2025

For those in need of a binge-read: four full-length books; three novellas; together, one full series at almost half a million words. /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/Broth... Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/... Nook: www.barnesand...

3D image of a box series of The Brothers Sinister by Courtney Milan. Includes books in order: The Governess Affair, The Duchess War, A Kiss for Midwinter, The Heiress Effect, The Countess Conspiracy, The Suffragette Scandal, and Talk Sweetly to Me. Image on the front of the box is of a white woman in an orange dress.

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Oh, Insta isn't showing the preview? here you gooooooo

Book cover of WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope, edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older. Cover background is wavy lines and a few circles against a backdrop that ombrés through deep fuschsia-ish purple, bluey green, green, and sandy orange.

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

ICYMI: this year’s Comic-Con looks, in order of awesomeness.

Black skirt, murder of crows cardigan, bun with swoopy bangs

Black miniskirt, floral top and blue motorcycle jacket. Hair up

Ripped jeans, yoshi yoshitani Japanese floral inspired letterman jacket, lightsaber.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 12/03/2025

.@katrichardson.bsky.social and Cherie RIDE AGAIN! 🤘🤘🤘

Two very tired but exceedingly beautiful middle-aged white ladies standing in front of a white cinderblock wall stenciled with blocky military font that says “Plotting Room”

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Imagine I'm shouting... Ya'll I got books. So many books. On Sale. Pick what you Pay! 3 romance bundles, sort of a mix and match, just for you. Perfect if you're trying to move away from purchasing from Amazon. I got you covered. #booksky #romancelandia #romancesky 💘 payhip.com/BacklistB...

Birthday Bundles Sale 20% off - A Man for Mrs Claus, Xeni, A Walk in the Park and Harbor.
March Backlist bundle 60% off - Haven, Sanctuary, Harbor
Firsts Bundle Sale 20% off - Haven, Fit, So Sweet, Rafe

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If you haven't pre-ordered, I Think I'm in Love with an Alien yet, here's why you should: ✨ Online Friends to Lovers ✨ Alien Stranded on Earth ✨ Convention Romance ✨ First Contact… with a Sexy Twist ✨ Nerdy Friend Group ✨ Slow-Burn with a Splash of Sizzle ✨ Cosplay Meets Real Life

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This thread is making my romance writer heart flutter today!

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Next Up! May 10 Steamy in Seattle - authors Ann Aguirre and Elizabeth Stephens in conversation about alien and sci-fi romance. This fundraiser for Clarion West will be held in person in Seattle and streaming live, so you can join in the fun from your home planet.

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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 06/03/2025

Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

One more sleep: Emerald City Comic Con almost here! Find me Saturday at 12:45 waving my hands about romance subplots in speculative fiction or hanging out with @clarionwest.bsky.social at table 8 in the writer’s block!

Jasmine is a Black woman with long brown hair wearing a brown jacket and glasses, sitting on with her laptop with a nondescript grey convention center carpet in the background. She’s probably checking email or trying to write.

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A Little Too Familiar was absolutely charming. The absolute embodiment of that meme about the werewolf household being the coolest one on the block. Bonus: I love books set in my city! bookshop.org/p/books/a-li...

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A Little Too Familiar: an Uncanny Romance Novel

an Uncanny Romance Novel

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

It’s tea time again: Join us on May 10th in Seattle for @clarionwest.bsky.social ‘s third annual collision of sci-fi, fantasy and romance. This year’s guest authors are Ann Aguirre and Elizabeth Stephens!

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Jasmine Silvera @jassilvera.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Kept me company in the garden this weekend: Music, interstellar travel, and identity collide, with donuts! This was a gorgeous, heart rending book with a pitch perfect conclusion. bookshop.org/p/books/ligh...

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Light From Uncommon Stars

Check out Light From Uncommon Stars - Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in Ca...

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