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It's a lot harder to fundraise during the midterms, so we're not even halfway to our goal. If you have a few bucks to spare, please consider donating to the Fated States Project. fatedmates.net/givingcircle

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Learn more about Fated States on Grapevine.org

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The way I feel when I book new projects! I mean, obvs I'm a freelancer and I need $, but it's the sheer optimism of Romancelandia writers writing, of saying "I'm going to create art in this messy world" that gets me. The horrors persist but so do we!

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

G'mar chatima tova to anyone observing. May you have a meaningful Yom Kippur and be sealed in the Book of Life. And after that, please double-check your voter registration. We've got a lot of work to do this year and the revolution isn't going to start itself.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hey nerds, my kid turned me on to this daily game, and I really enjoy it!

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

3 yrs ago: mudslide on my street wrecks my garage. 2 yrs ago: semi knocks over my 150yo oak tree. Today: large truck runs into my wall & destroys my Little Free Library. Sob. Please send good vibes to my house because I'm *done*!

A brick wall that's been knocked over, and a Little Free Library that is in pieces on the ground, with books scattered.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Copy editors … are like priests, safeguarding their faith.” 🥹 I feel seen. (I love my job.)

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Shana tova, friends. May you be inscribed & sealed in the Book of Life. Please eat something sweet to bring yourself a sweet new year; apples + honey is traditional. And register to vote!! (Also it's hard as hell to be a Jewish person in America right now so please watch out for your Jewish pals.)

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Well that depends. Do you think words have meanings? Like, when people say things, should we attach linguistic definitions to the words they use? Or do you think, like, you know, nothing really means anything, language is just kinda jazz and we should just kinda groove and zone out?

USA Today headline: Trump floats $5,000 checks 'if the Republicans win.' Is that a bribe?

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

PAID GIG: I'm looking for someone who knows Spanish Sign Language. I'm going to be translating a graphic novel where SSL is featured (hooray for d/Deaf rep!!) and I want to be sure that I get the text aligned with the signs in the artwork. This should be happening at some point this year. #xl8

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just another reminder that every single one of you who posts on Substack posts on a Nazi platform.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You guys, which romance novel has mentions of the intricately made glass flowers, plants & animals in Harvard's collection? I feel really certain these were mentioned in a book I recently read but can't remember which. (Some photos at the link.) #Romancelandia

hmnh.harvard.edu

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 06/09/2026

These guys are vultures. I've had two separate groups contact me to try to buy my outcome in this settlement, and ESPECIALLY AT THIS JUNCTURE, where we have a final settlement date, PLEASE consider literally anything except selling your claim.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Jesus effing eff, watching all these authors getting screwed in their settlement money makes me wish, yet again, that Romancelandia had a functional industry association.

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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

sry i fridgemogged u or w/e i fw them tho frfr plummaxxing

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 03/09/2026

Hey friends, if you have any books in the Anthropic settlement, please go read @courtneymilan.com & @victoriastrauss.com's timelines! There are some publisher hijinks afoot including multiple publishers "accidentally" claiming 100% of a book's settlement, or claiming 50% on reverted titles.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

bro all your borogoves are mimsy rn

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/08/2026

Hi all! Bree and Donna do a lot for everyone. Check out some super cool stuff they have.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm renaming Lake Ontario "The Kennedy Center." Then I'm renaming the (current) Kennedy Center "Trump Lake." Then I'm tearing down Trump Lake and building The Ontario Center for American Lakes. Then I'm flooding it and renaming it Lake White House. Then I'm renaming the movie "The Lake House" "Ontar

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Did you see Jane Fonda's tribute to Dolly Parton? Jane called her "the voluptuous embodiment of empathy" and I just think that's so perfectly correct. That empathy touched so, so, so many lives. (Photo: Steve Schapiro)

A black-and-white photo of Dolly Parton, possibly from Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Incredible. We built a machine that can move faster than a human. Truly a watershed moment in our development as a species. This is a post about the invention of the bicycle in 1817. Also here’s a stupid robot running fast and falling down.

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Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I’m participating in an auction to support @celestepewter.bsky.social! Bidding runs from 8/21 at 10 a.m. ET through 8/24 at 10 p.m. ET, and the auction features signed books, custom art, critiques, AMAs, and crafts. :-) I'm offering a 45-minute video chat! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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45-Minute AMA with Olivia Dade

Auction item '45-Minute AMA with Olivia Dade' hosted online at 32auctions.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I don't follow Sportsball but I am a certified WordNerd so I'm madly in love with "palindroming" here!

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Oh hey I edited Simone Stark's Written on His Skin - featuring a delightful little tattoo situation + an epistolary romance and a curvy heroine!

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

These pundits are longing for a world that does not exist except in their own minds, and are missing the tangible and good results of living and fighting in the other world, the one that does exist, that we all have to live in.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Writers, you should be following @victoriastrauss.com -- for years she's been tracking/alerting us to publishing scams.

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Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am being impersonated across email and social media by AI scammers who are trying to get writers to pay for editorial services. THIS IS NOT ME. My email ends in [at]headwaterliterary[dot]com and I do NOT reach out to writers who have not queried me via QueryManager.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"We can't use your product if anyone knows it's your product because everyone hates your product" is maybe a sign that your company stinks

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Born between 1963-67? You prob need a measles booster! (When the vax was new, we got 1 dose.) Born before 63: had measles before there was a vax or got immunity from being around measles. Born after 67: got 2 vax doses. 63-67: were protected by herd immunity. No longer. Talk to your doc, pls!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Taking my time to really listen and learn from the very valid concerns of the MAHA movement:

(Facebook group post screenshot)

Hi, can I drink my urine while in antibiotics?
Thanks

Don't get on antibiotics!!!

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hey, Romancelandia, I have an unexpected gap in my calendar…so if you've been thinking about reaching out to me re: editing your manuscript, please do! I'm a gentle, supportive collaborator, and a goddamn delight to work with, if I do say so myself. More info about me here: JuliaEdits.com

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I've given away almost 200 whistles via my little free library. Maybe you could put a whistle bowl in front of your house?

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm posting this again for the morning people: Romancelandia authors/writers/etc., you do not have to use Substack, and in fact you should absolutely leave Substack. This platform monetizes white supremacists, so why do you want to hang out with a bunch of Nazis?

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Romancelandia folks, you can leave substack. You *should* leave substack.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A deep sigh & hearty "bless your heart" to the Romancelandia conference that wanted me to teach 3 workshops…& also pay the highest possible rate to register for the conf. I know everybody's working on reduced budgets & I'm def. willing to haul my ass cross-country to participate, but not like that.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ever since I read @weyodi.bsky.social's poem, I have been a huge fan.

Text of this poem by Weyodi OldBear:
The Emperor
In his high heels
And ermine robes
Presiding over his army of rats
Can wave his sceptre
All he likes
But still the winds howl
And the waters rise
And still we, his enemies,
Dance our outlawed dances
And sing our outlawed songs
Resistance at the root of all joy

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I continue to gnash my teeth at the fact that Arthropic stole my editorial work when they ingested literally hundreds of books I edited, but I'm happy at least some authors will be getting some amount of money in compensation.

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Would anyone like to grab a Jeremy Creature from my Big Cartel shop? I can mail them off tomorrow. Each creature is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, and a black creature with sharp teeth wearing a bulbous eye earring. There's a large purple creature with many yellow eyes and an open mouth, with a little green creature popping her head out. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background.

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This is why I won’t read your Substack, people.

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Writers, I highly recommend this ep which really dives into story structure. Lots of the thriller/mystery stuff applies to romance or provides a contrast that you'll find thought-provoking!

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'm looking forward to seeing The Odyssey, but they better do my girl right! (This is an amazing book that looks at the myth from a different direction. One of my top ten all-time favorite books!) amzn.to/4vy7oo3

The cover of a book -- Circe by Madeline Miller.

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Writers & authors, with all the nonstop scams going around, you should be aware of @victoriastrauss.com's heroic work at Writer Beware. It's sponsored by SFF by has great info for writers of all genres.

writerbeware.blog

Writer Beware

Shining a small, bright light in a wilderness of writing scams

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Ooh, I don’t know who you are, second-place person who bid on me, but I’d love to edit your pages!

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JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Your periodic reminder that if you use Substack for your newsletter, I do think less of you. There are plenty of other options.

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