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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

how I feel trying to market my romantic comedy as *gestures vaguely* this is all going on

The “this is fine” meme with a romantic comedy book superimposed over it

Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

can’t believe that “I don’t think children should be put in traumatic situations that will undoubtedly give them severe PTSD and stories they can swap with war vets” is considered a woke liberal statement, but here we are

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This weekend kicks off my book signing mini-tour (+ a virtual stop)! 💙📚🦋 First up, Hardcovers near #Seattle! If you can’t join me in Washington state, then I hope you will for the Virtual Shelf Event, where you can order your copy via Beventi (🔗 in thread) #booksky

Stuck On The Slopes book signings:

HARDCOVERS ROMANCE BOOKSTORE
MILL CREEK, WA
MAY 17 FROM 6 PM - 8 PM PST

BARNES & NOBLE ALDERWOOD
LYNWOOD, WA
MAY 31 AT NOON PST

ROMANCE AUTHOR & READER EVENT*
SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
JUNE 14 FROM 11 AM - 5 PM PST

VIRTUAL SHELF EVENT*
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
JUNE 28 FROM 10 AM - 10:55 AM CT

BOOKSTORE ROMANCE DAY
YAKIMA BOOK CO.
AUGUST 10 FROM 1 PM - 3 PM PST

*EVENT PREORDERS AVAILABLE VIA BEVENTI

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Happy Indie Bookstore Day! Support your local indie in person or online today by preordering your copy of STUCK ON THE SLOPES! 🩵 @bookshop.org is offering free shipping this weekend 📚 Then you can see how this bathtub scene (illustrated by magrnarts) is steamy in more ways than one 🤭

Rachel and Juniper from the romantic comedy book STUCK ON THE SLOPES by Jessica Salina enjoying a bath together. Illustrated by magrnarts

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Today I learned that my debut, NOT MY TIME, is not only on a pirating website but the same pirating website that Meta used to train its AI 🫠 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

and that’s a wrap on Emerald City Comic Con 🧃 #BaldursGate3

A woman dressed as Astarion’s Juice Box and a man dressed as Lae’zel’s Ranch Dressing meeting Neil Newbon, Jennifer English, Devora Wilde, and Aliona Baranova at Emerald City Comic Con

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

throwback to when my husband & I met Charlie Cox back at Megacon in 2019, dude was awesome and it is SO good to have Daredevil back on our screen again with #DaredevilBornAgain 🙌

Couple dressed as Elektra and Daredevil posing with Daredevil star Charlie Cox

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Our national parks and public lands are at risk of being up for private sale (thanks, Tr*mp 🙄). Have you contacted your representatives yet this week? 5 Calls makes it real easy!

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

life milestone/update: I am officially free of student loans 🥳

The congratulations screen from Aidvantage after paying off all student loans

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

my husband had never seen one of the best Marvel movies (Captain America: The Winter Solider, of course) so it resulted in an impromptu movie night last night… …and wow was that surprisingly relevant given the whole “HYDRA has infiltrated the government” arc 😅

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Fight back by treating yourself to a book! All proceeds from UNAPOLOGETIC LOVE: A CHARITY ANTHOLOGY OF RADICAL RESILIENCE benefit the @aclu_nationwide ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 My erot!c portal fantasy short story FLY AGARIC is featured alongside fantastic company 📚🦋

The cover of UNAPOLOGETIC LOVE: A CHARITY ANTHOLOGY OF RADICAL RESILIENCE on a Kindle

The first page of the short story “Fly Agaric” by Jessica Salina on a Kindle, as featured in UNAPOLOGETIC LOVE: A CHARITY ANTHOLOGY OF RADICAL RESILIENCE

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Aspen & Rhea from EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER started as NPCs I created for the D&D campaign I’m DMing! ✨ #ValenTales #WriterSky Rhea is a College of Swords Bard, and Aspen is multiclassed: Oath of Vengeance Paladin & Druid. These are my Rhea dice 💜

Purple and blue Dungeons & Dragons dice with gold numbers

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

across all of my works, my main characters are all very horny so they wouldn’t wear *anything* 😂 #ValenTales

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

In honor of #ValentinesDay, I’m offering my signed book bundle of my superhero and supervillain romance series for 25% off on my website! 🩷 Discount valid through 2/28 📚 jessicasalina.com/product/rive...

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

oh btw there’s only one bed in the cabin 🤭 STUCK ON THE SLOPES hits shelves May 13 and is available for preorder now wherever books are sold 📚🦋 Get your copy: jessicasalina.com/books/stuck-...

A Valentine’s Day card promoting the romantic comedy STUCK ON THE SLOPES by Jessica Salina, available May 13. The Valentine card reads: “roses are red, the snow is white, do you want to join me in the cabin tonight?”

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

As an accomplished bard, Rhea from EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER can provide the music for her Valentine’s date! #ValenTales #writersky

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

For STUCK ON THE SLOPES, Juniper and Rachel are pine trees, juniper berries (obviously!), with some sunflowers sprinkled in For EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER, aspen trees (for Aspen) and lavender #ValenTales #WriterSky

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

From EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER (summer 2026!) 🤭🐉 #ValenTales #writersky

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

And #ValenTales Day 9! I hate third act breakups unless there’s a damn good reason for them. I also hate writing them 😅 but I LOVE writing a good love confession. The yearning!

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Day 8 of #ValenTales! Rhea and Aspen from my romantasy duology each got their own mood board 🤗

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

And I’m behind again 🙈 #ValenTales Most heartfelt thing? I can’t share the moment from EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER because it’d be a huge spoiler! But in STUCK ON THE SLOPES, Rachel keeps extra of Junipers “meds” 🍃 for his chronic pain on her in case of emergency.

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

psst… Barnes & Noble is having their preorder sale now through 2/7! 👀📚 get your copy of my romantic comedy STUCK ON THE SLOPES for 25% off with the code preorder25 if you’re a B&N rewards member 🩵 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stuck-on-t...

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

In EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER, the waterfall featured in this art by @azukiarts.bsky.social is a secret meeting spot (and I’m also just excited for an excuse to share it again even though the book doesn’t come out until next summer bc I’m obsessed) 🤭 #ValenTales

Art by AzukiArts of a redhead half-elf and purple Netherchild (similar to a Tiefling) from Jessica Salina’s romantasy EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER. They’re standing in a waterfall.

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Asking me to pick a fave romance trope is like asking me to pick a fave child. But from my romantasy's sequel that I'm editing, enjoy a lil "touch her and ☠️" #ValenTales

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

oops i'm a few days behind on #ValenTales! I primarily write romance, but my own experiences manifest more in the characters' lives/backgrounds & settings. My marriage is amazing but I also like to keep that private lol so I spare my husband the embarrassment of basing any romance scenes off us 😝

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

If you want to get 25% off my romantic comedy STUCK ON THE SLOPES and are a @barnesandnoble.com member, you’re in luck! The preorder sale is live now through Friday 🩵 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stuck-on-t...

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

contacting my senators and representatives so much that if they ever walk into a bookstore and see my name on the spines, their knee-jerk reaction will be, “damn she really does yap a lot” y’all 5calls.org makes it so easy!! put them to work!!

5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

No matter the weather, Juniper and Rachel are pretty outdoorsy. You can find them enjoying some gentle hikes year-round 🏔️ #ValenTales

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is why I write 🥹 my path to diagnosis was mostly pretty lonely, so helping others feel seen and not alone is my goal 🩵

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Whenever I write a romance scene between Rhea & Aspen in my romantasy, Sunlight by Hozier plays on repeat 🤭 #ValenTales #Writersky

A screenshot of lyrics from Sunlight by Hozier. The lyrics read:

But whose heart would not take flight?
Betray the moon as acolyte
On first and fierce affirming sight
Of sunlight, sunlight, sunlight

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Happy #ValenTales! Meet Aspen and Rhea from my romantasy EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER, releasing summer 2026! 🐉 My current WIP is its sequel, with lots of dragons and fantasy political drama ⚔️ spice rating is probably a solid 3/5 🌶️

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I just got a query rejection for my romantic comedy coming out this May… …that I queried back in 2023 why even bother responding to the query at that point?? LOL (it was a form rejection, too ☠️)

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

my proof copy of STUCK ON THE SLOPES arrived! after getting a lil emotional over how adorable it looks, I had to take it with me on my hike this weekend 🩵

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

You know you’re a reader when… 📚💙 Last night, I fell asleep while reading. In my dream I was still reading the same book so zero recollection of falling asleep. Seamless transition from reality to dream. (1/3)

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

If you feel overwhelmed about what to do today and in the coming years, a suggestion: Commit to doing one helpful thing for yourself and one helpful thing for others every day. Some days you’ll be able to many big, grand things, and some days the things will be tiny. And they all matter.

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

need something to do today other than doom scrolling? UNAPOLOGETIC LOVE is available now via ebook and Kindle Unlimited! ✨ amzn.to/40CZhKx

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Hello fellow #BookTok and TikTok refugees! I’m a disabled romance author, nice to meet y’all! ❄️ STUCK ON THE SLOPES is a rom-com (preorder now)! 🐉 My romantasy EYES OF MOLTEN SILVER hits shelves in 2026! 🦸🏻 My debut, NOT MY TIME, kicks off a superhero & supervillain romance series on KU!

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

“Unapologetic Love: A Charity Anthology of Radical Resilience” publishes TOMORROW ‼️ You can read my short story, “Fly Agaric,” in this anthology. It’s a portal fantasy with elements of political dystopia, eroticism, and eco-horror if you squint. 🍄

A graphic featuring a fly agaric mushroom promoting “Unapologetic Love: A Charity Anthology of Radical Resilience.” It features a quote from the short story “Fly Agaric” by Jessica Salina that reads: “We were like the fly agaric: freckled spots and round, soft curves, tempting to sink your teeth into.”

A graphic featuring a woman with a red mushroom hat, promoting “Unapologetic Love: A Charity Anthology of Radical Resilience.” It features a quote from the short story “Fly Agaric” by Jessica Salina that reads: “I gestured to the circle of fly agaric. I wondered how they got here. And then I wondered how I ended up here too.”

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

had a damn fine cup of coffee this morning for David Lynch while focusing on the donut and not the hole ☕️

view of the mountains behind Twede’s Cafe, aka the Double R Diner in Twin Peaks

A fan-led memorial for David Lynch outside of Twede’s Cafe

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Twin Peaks inspired so much of the world building in my debut novel. It will forever be one of my favorite shows, and so many other shows, books, and video games I love have David Lynch’s influence written all over them. Time to run to Twede’s for a damn fine cup of coffee in his honor. ☕️ 💔

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Des DeVivo • Queer Author @desdevivo.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

5 days away from the release of Unapologetic Love! All Pre-Orders of the eBook (3.99 USD) are being donated to ACLU 🥰 The heart of this anthology is the resilience of the human spirit – stories of hope, queer joy, and love that conquers all. #booksky

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I’m #currentlyreading an ARC of “Unapologetic Love: A Charity Anthology of Radical Resilience” and wow, I am in fantastic company! You can read my erot!c portal fantasy short story, “Fly Agaric” in this anthology on January 20. Pre0rders are live and all proceeds benefit the ACLU! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

New Year, new book cover! 📚 The cabin heats up in this romantic comedy as a former pro-athlete and corporate marketer dodge the tabloids and save a ski lodge. 🎿 I cannot wait for y’all to meet Rachel and Juniper (and his service dog Sasquatch)! 🩵📚🦋

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I am sitting on some very fun and very cute updates for my romantic comedy 🤭 can’t wait to share with y’all

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

It’s #StuffYourKindleDay! 📚 Over 2,200 romance ebooks, including my superhero romance NOT MY TIME, are available for free today! 🎁 View the entire database via romancebookworms.com 💖

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Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Merry #ChristmasEve! 🎄 In need of a last minute holiday gift (or maybe want to treat yourself)? 🎁 Get an ebook copy of my award-nominated superhero romance NOT MY TIME for free via Amazon, now through the end of the week (12/28/2024). 📚💙 amzn.to/49Rbs9O

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