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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sometimes it feels like the only followers I have over here are bots with bios like “I lov pets my number one” but if you’re real I’m running a li’l giveaway over on the ‘Gram 😘

Description of shared vibes of the two books:
To do: outdoors, seek out a beautiful vista, then ignore it and look at each other. Indoors, curl up with cosy blankets, soft cushions, and nostalgic family photos.
To listen: “have yourself a merry little Christmas.“ Beautiful, hopeful, happy and sad at the same time.
To drink: mulled wine – spicy, bittersweet, and intoxicating.
To decorate: use evergreen boughs and pine cones.
To celebrate: Plan something small and intimate. Two would be the perfect number of guests.
To give: a keepsake that costs nothing and means everything.

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

FOSSIL FEUD coming July 28, 2026 to a bookstore near you!!! Preorder and I will love you for 100 million years 💚🦕💚🦕💚

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

HI FRENS what a weird time to have good news, but…I have some? Biggest thanks and unhinged screaming to editor Alicia Clancy, agent Claire Friedman, and Badell for going on this swoony, spicy, STEMmy adventure with me! LET THE BONE JOKES…BEGIN

Punisher’s Marketplace announcement: Maggie North’s FOSSIL FEUD, in which a renegade paleontologist on the verge of a major breakthrough must team up with a stuffy, unfairly attractive British academic to make a T. Rex-sized discovery – before her scheming ex-boyfriend beats her to it, to Alicia Clancy at Bantam Dell, in a six-figure deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Claire Friedman at Inkwell Management (world).

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It’s release day for THE RIPPLE EFFECT 🩷😭🩷😭🩷 This book shattered my heart, ruined my life, saved my soul, and put together my broken pieces better than before. She’s my defiant second child; the best, purest, deepest part of me. Welcome to the world, little star. I’ll forgive you if you forgive me 🩷

Trope graphic for the ripple effect: one year after the best, worst, hook up of our times; it’s a cruel summer with you; gentle giant loves giving, ahem; black cat meets golden retriever; only one tent; summer camp for adults; promise you’ll hold onto me *heart emoji*

The cover of the ripple effect (a giant ginger man stands in a Canadian mountain river, holding a petite blonde woman in his arms) super imposed against a mountain highway. The Author has done some very mid graphics to showcase a snippet of text: “ where are you heading?”
“How about your place?”
Breath comes out of him in a catch, then a rush. He turns my way, darkness falling in those eyes of midnight moss.

Character art for the ripple effect. A giant ginger man cradles and injured blonde woman in his arms. He looks very worried, which tracks, because they seem to be in a beautiful campsite in the middle of nowhere and it’s already sunset

Cover reveal graphic for the ripple effect showing a man gaping with interest at cover details: the female character’s Star Wars tattoos, the male character’s longish ginger hair, the way his fingers sink into her ass a little

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

NGL the reviews (and especially this kind of praise from @michellehazen) have me on my knees 🩷😭🩷😭🩷

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

LAST DAY to get Rules for Second Chances for $3.99 🩷🩷🩷 you have your assignment

A sepia-toned picture of an outdoor shower with the text: Hr ends a long, tangle of lips and tongues with a soft nip and a wicked smile. “Don’t let me drown, Diz.” Before I can parse what he means, he’s on his knees. Kindle monthly deal, $3.99 until April 30

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Tiffani @basicmanatee.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The Ripple Effect is a gentle hug for the soul. A steaming cup of tea sipped while watching an amber sunrise in the mountains. It's the tender kiss of a partner whose lips silently whisper their acceptance of every nuance of your being. Give this book a chance. I promise you won't regret it.

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

tfw you get your braces off and you’re already planning to show your ancient enemy how the tables have turned. And by ancient enemy I mean broccoli

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Right how do we vote for this thing 😍

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Hot take: STOP calling it “generative” AI. START calling it derivative AI, or regurgitative AI. It doesn’t generate anything new, it only repackages stolen human work (and gets it wrong half the time anyway) #booksky

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Today I learned that you must never say “goddammit” while using voice recognition software because it sounds just a bit too much like “cut document” and that is too much excitement for a Sunday afternoon

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day from McHuge, Stellar, Tobin, and Liz 🩷 Links in my bio 💕

Vintage style Valentines card with a red rose and the text “roses are red, so it is fine wine, you wouldn’t be so startled if your body recognized mine.” Attributed to Lyle “McHuge” McHugh, THE RIPPLE EFFECT, coming June 17, 2025

Vintage style Valentines card with images of musical instruments, tent, a canoe, plus hearts and flowers, with text “roses are red, I can’t forget your d***, but if there are sing-alongs I’m calling in sick.” Attributed to Stellar J Byrd, THE RIPPLE EFFECT, coming June 17, 2025

Vintage style valentines collage featuring repeating text “I missed you“ and an art card featuring a clinch with Liz pulled into Tobin’s lap on a forest trail. RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES, available wherever books are sold

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Romance author life: I got “doesn’t romance set unrealistic standards for girls?” while in the shower at the pool and now everyone in the locker room has discussed consent, female pleasure/agency, and the dangers of focusing criticism of popular culture solely on genres largely consumed by women 😌

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Victoria Duncan @victoriaduncan.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

You don't hire autistic people so you can tell them what to do. You hire autistic people so they can tell you, wild-eyed and exhausted, what they found down the rabbit hole they stumbled down in the course of their normal work

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Love to see RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES finding its people 🥹🩷

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hey 🇨🇦 !! Wanted to let you know that my relentlessly Canadian romances are available for purchase or preorder at 🇨🇦 bookstores! Also my pen name is short for “magnetic north” so it doesn’t get more Canuck that that ❤️🍁❤️ #Canada #buyCanadian

Covers of RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES (available now) and THE RIPPLE EFFECT (available June 17, 2025) on a stylized background of rippling water

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Current energy: cross post everything, everywhere lolollll THE RIPPLE EFFECT, coming June 17, 2025

Alt: a writer tries to cram everything she loves about her sad, horny book into one info graphic, and fails. She eventually settles on a photo of the cover for THE RIPPLE EFFECT, the release date (June 17, 2025), and a few tropes and hooks: one year after the best, worst hookup of our times; it’s a Cruel Summer with you; summer camp for adults; only one tent; I’m not pining, you’re pining; gentle giant loves giving (ahem); black cat X golden retriever; PROMISE YOU’LL HOLD ON TO ME 🩷

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Made a social mistake and now I have to clear all the 3am slots on my schedule for a little endless rehashing

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Babe I would totally make dinner but I’m busy feeling dysphoric and eating weird things

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The thing about being Canadian is that you will stumble across phrasing like “the Saskatchewan province of Canada” in a major US newspaper and then have to carry on with your day like your eyeballs aren’t hemorrhaging #Canada #Canucksky

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Best publishing hack I learned the hard way: Keep a document of quick links for your book. Sync it across all of your devices. It should have: - ISBNs - publisher landing page for your book - Goodreads and Netgalley links - bookseller links (eg B&N for presales) 1/2

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The tension between me and my computer as it decides whether it will or will not boot up for the first time after I installed a new piece of hardware

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

So the good news is that my glasses are now very clean and they DIDN’T go into the dryer

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The thing about being a high-masking, low support needs autistic is that a number of your family members will deny your diagnosis yet somehow at holiday gatherings they always manage to make a joke about what a weird, hyperfocused, obsessive little kid you were

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Me to me, arriving at the library: We stay cool. We stick to the plan. Surgical strike mission, maintain focus, take only the books you have on hold Me to me, leaving the library: Okay team. Let’s break down what went wrong in there

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

chuck tingle, notable 'joke' and 'bit', still wildly successful despite neurotypical people thinking autistic folks cant possibly create 'real' art

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Power door locks are so convenient but I feel sad that Gen Z will never know the power of manually unlocking a date’s door first, then watching them reach across the car to unlock yours and deciding then and there that it’s gonna be tonight

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Me, drafting: okay how bout we get them from the car to the store in one sentence. We can do that My brain: JFC NO WE GOTTA COUNT EXACTLY HOW MANY STEPS ACROSS THE SUMMER SIDEWALK SO HOT UNDER THEIR FEET, SMELLS LIKE CITY, VICTORY IS NIGH My word count: *groans like the Titanic breaking in half*

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hot take: non-bookish people who obliviously inquire “how are your sales?” should only ever be answered with “good!” This is because 1. They have no idea about publishing, and 2. *You* get to define what “good” means 😌 #BookSky

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Me arguing with my feelings like today is somehow the day they are magically going to be like “you know what, let’s give logic a try”

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I absolutely do not understand how Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy was this huge cultural phenomenon and yet the unlikeable female main character is still a frontier we have to defend in contemporary romance

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Why can’t I be an energetic chaos drafter instead of the writer who gets weak and dizzy when I go from a sparkly finished book to a sucky a$s first draft 🤢

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

THE RIPPLE EFFECT is featured in today’s WF Category Spotlight on Netgalley, and to celebrate, she is READ NOW from 11/18-12/24! If you love a hot tattooed bi girlie who’s angry bc she cares, plus the world’s McHugest cinnamon roll with a surprisingly spicy center, go get your love 💕 Link in my bio

Book cover of THE RIPPLE EFFECT: a tall redheaded man with a full beard stands in a blue mountain river, ripples spreading from his legs. He’s holding a small blonde woman in his arms, her legs around his waist. She’s got an undercut and a strong face; she reaches to touch his face with one tattooed arm. Canada never looked so hot

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hi #Booksky! I’m a Canadian romance/WF author writing about love, female friendship, the wilderness, complicated families, and women who fight back against injustice. You can buy RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES and preorder THE RIPPLE EFFECT (June 17, 2025) wherever books are sold! 💕💕💕 #romancelandia

Book covers for RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES (a woman and man sitting in front of a mountain lake) and THE RIPPLE EFFECT (a tall man standing in a river, holding a small woman with her legs around his waist)

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Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

If there is one primal driver for all my actions it’s gotta be the fear of being left out Anyway here I am

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