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Mary Morris (she/her)

@maryloquacious.bsky.social
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1/2 of @phoebewalker.bsky.social Romance professor, SNHU Online MFA VP, @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social Stories & essays in lit mags. Mother. MFA. Chaos Muppet. Romance fan and author. Bi 🌈 Website: marymorris-writer.com

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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On an Oct. 2026 streaming list, I saw that “The Last House Left” is coming to Peacock. I can only imagine this as a horror flick about a desperate family buying a property with terrifying secrets (termites and black mold). THE LAST HOUSE LEFT: This Halloween, the housing market crashes on YOU. 😱
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
One of my favorite stories in this hot, fun, super-sexy collection! 👇👇👇
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/10/2025
The money is there. There are contingency funds. Trump is simply not releasing it because he wants people to starve and blame Democrats even though Republicans hold both chambers of Congress and the White House. And the media will happily go along.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17/10/2025
Today, Trump's trying to make us comfortable with masked agents on the streets. Tomorrow, Trump's looking to leverage this power, take advantage of our elections, and scare voters away. We must call this what it is: a power grab that echoes the rise of authoritarian regimes.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.
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Chicago-North Romance Writers @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Our October meetings are all about small town romance and building your own writing community. All meetings are virtual. Want to check us out? Go go to our website and click Request a Guest Link www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com #romancewriters #indieauthor #WriterSky
Chicago north romance writers program and business meeting monday october 13, 2025 7 pm central online. How to Write A Satisfying Small-Town Romance with Anna Grace and Elle Douglaschicago north romance writers Saturday meeting. Sat Oct 18 2025 10 am central online. Critique Partners, Beta Readers, and More: Creating Your Own Writing Community with Kate Khavari
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
#Romance #writers, #editors, and #publishing folks -- we love getting new speakers and new topics! Please reach out! 🫶✍️
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
(As you read this, imagine a line delivery so serious and dramatic that it verges on camp.) 8yo: *contemplatively* When I play with my Legos, I feel like a god. Like, to me, it’s a game, but to my mini figs? *shakes head, raises eyebrows knowingly* It’s life and death.
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
(As you read this, imagine a line delivery so serious and dramatic that it verges on camp.) 8yo: *contemplatively* When I play with my Legos, I feel like a god. Like, to me, it’s a game, but to my mini figs? *shakes head, raises eyebrows knowingly* It’s life and death.
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
My 8yo cried tonight at bedtime because I joked that since he doesn’t like to clean, he’ll need to make enough money someday to hire a housekeeper. “I don’t want to have to get a job! I don’t like thinking about the future!” I mean, same, but
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Adam Rex @adamrex.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
In honor of Brian Wilson's passing, here are the four categories of Beach Boys songs: 1. surfing is great, you should try it 2. I have a good vehicle 3. I reach beyond myself into the ineffable, and that's where I find you, my love 4. sloop john b
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
My friend Katie took this pic of me and Jeff Ryden on Saturday during PrideFest ‘25, and I liked the caption so much that I had to screenshot it. Yes, I would like to have “Mary Morris, All-around Fun Time” on my tombstone, pleaseandthankyou. 😂😁 #pride #pridefest #pride🌈 #umbrellahat
A pic of two middle-aged white people wearing jean shorts and gray PrideFest '25 T-shirts, standing together. The man is wearing a rainbow button-down shirt over his T-shirt, while the woman is wearing a neon yellow volunteer vest over hers. But more importantly, she is wearing a RAINBOW UMBRELLA HAT like a boss!
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
My friend Katie took this pic of me and Jeff Ryden on Saturday during PrideFest ‘25, and I liked the caption so much that I had to screenshot it. Yes, I would like to have “Mary Morris, All-around Fun Time” on my tombstone, pleaseandthankyou. 😂😁 #pride #pridefest #pride🌈 #umbrellahat
A pic of two middle-aged white people wearing jean shorts and gray PrideFest '25 T-shirts, standing together. The man is wearing a rainbow button-down shirt over his T-shirt, while the woman is wearing a neon yellow volunteer vest over hers. But more importantly, she is wearing a RAINBOW UMBRELLA HAT like a boss!
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Evergreen… Twitter: GenX is trending GenX: your mom is trending
A picture of Bender from The Breakfast Club flaring his nostrils below the caption

Twitter: GenX is trending
GenX: Your mom is trending
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Evergreen… Twitter: GenX is trending GenX: your mom is trending
A picture of Bender from The Breakfast Club flaring his nostrils below the caption

Twitter: GenX is trending
GenX: Your mom is trending
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
If you or anyone you love is in downstate Illinois, spread the word about Pride Richland County’s second annual PrideFest from 1-7 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at Rotary Park in Olney, IL! Community. Empowerment. Love. Acceptance. Happy #Pride, friends! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A pic of the paint-splatter rainbow logo for Pride Richland County Pride Fest '25 in the middle, with the upper caption "Come join the fun and feel the love at our second annual Pride festival in one of the reddest counties in Illinois!!!" and the lower caption "Saturday, June 7, 1-7 p.m., Rotary Park Olney, IL"
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
If you or anyone you love is in downstate Illinois, spread the word about Pride Richland County’s second annual PrideFest from 1-7 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at Rotary Park in Olney, IL! Community. Empowerment. Love. Acceptance. Happy #Pride, friends! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A pic of the paint-splatter rainbow logo for Pride Richland County Pride Fest '25 in the middle, with the upper caption "Come join the fun and feel the love at our second annual Pride festival in one of the reddest counties in Illinois!!!" and the lower caption "Saturday, June 7, 1-7 p.m., Rotary Park Olney, IL"
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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It’s Pride and the books are gay, people! Get into them!!! 🌈📚 rebekahweatherspoon.com/books/
Queer titles by me! 
Better Off Red (2011)
The Fling (2012)
Blacker Than Blue (2013)
At Her Feet (2013)
Fit (2014) 
Treasure (2014)
Sated (2015)
So Sweet (2015)
So Right (2016)
So For Real (2016)
Soul To Keep (2016)
Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience (2019)
Harbor (2020)
Meegan (2024)
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Library workers–have you already experienced pushback, censorship, or attacks on your plans for Pride 2025? I'm again collecting those stories for an article in mid-July. I'll share this link throughout June as well. Details in the form, w/ previous stories. tinyurl.com/pride-in-libraries-25
Colorful graphic that has a rainbow in the top left corner. At the center, it reads "Pride Month Attacks in Libraries 2025" with a circle of words saying "share your experiences." Beneath that pink text box, there is more pink text saying "Share your stories at https://tinyurl.com/pride-in-libraries-25."
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Yoink!!! Got my copy -- get yours today! 👇
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I am delighted that my essay “In Your Life, You’ll Do Things Greater” is in Salukis on Swift: The Anthology, a collection featuring SIUC folx writing about the music of Taylor Swift. The book is available for the very Swiftie price of $13.13. 😁 💘 👉 tinyurl.com/3ahh685a
A picture of the author, a white woman with curly brown bangs and big green-framed glasses, smiling as she holds up a copy of Salukis on Swift: The Anthology beside her face
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I am delighted that my essay “In Your Life, You’ll Do Things Greater” is in Salukis on Swift: The Anthology, a collection featuring SIUC folx writing about the music of Taylor Swift. The book is available for the very Swiftie price of $13.13. 😁 💘 👉 tinyurl.com/3ahh685a
A picture of the author, a white woman with curly brown bangs and big green-framed glasses, smiling as she holds up a copy of Salukis on Swift: The Anthology beside her face
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Zombie Apocalypse Survivor Radio @zasurvivorradio.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Season 2 finale is now live - check it out! And don't worry, I didn't end on a cliffhanger. zasurvivorradio.podbean.com/e/no-love-lo...
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No Love Lost S2E15 | Zombie Apocalypse Survivor Radio
The aftermath of the zombie attack and how to handle the Plant's last minute savior are the focus of this week's Zombie Apocalypse Survivor Radio show. Harper expresses her appreciation for being save...
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
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Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW!
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
So, did Megyn Kelly not watch Little House on the Prairie, or did she not get it? Either way, Melissa Gilbert sets her straight. Stop saying "woke" like it's a disease. Caring about others and addressing society's issues with respect? That's Ma and Pa Ingalls to the core. ew.com/melissa-gilb...
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Melissa Gilbert reacts to Megyn Kelly 'Little House on the Prairie' anti-'woke' reboot comment
Melissa Gilbert responded to Megyn Kelly's 'Little House on the Prairie' anti-'woke' reboot comment, saying it already was. Gilbert should know.
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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
The TIKKA CHANCE ON ME & PREM NUMBERS audiobook is on sale for $6.50 at Audiobooks.com through 1/28! #romancelandia www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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50% OFF Prem Numbers & Tikka Chance on Me
The cocky charmer at your local bar . . . the awe-inspiring US Vice-President you'd lay down your life and your love for . . . the mysterious stranger who comes to your rescue one night . . . ...
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
LGBTQIA+ #authors, this is one heck of an opportunity to submit your work to PRH! #writingcommunity www.instagram.com/p/DEsoqeXRYw...
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
LGBTQIA+ #authors, this is one heck of an opportunity to submit your work to PRH! #writingcommunity www.instagram.com/p/DEsoqeXRYw...
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I love learning about the writing and revision process for classic books, and this thread is pure delight. There’s something very validating in finding out that Tolkien was a plantser while working on TFotR.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 11/01/2025
Start a big dumb project that's going to go nowhere. It's fun. It's pointless. It's like gambling with free lottery tickets. Any of this shit you just make up could become a bestseller. Give into the literary hysteria in 2025.
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I love learning about the writing and revision process for classic books, and this thread is pure delight. There’s something very validating in finding out that Tolkien was a plantser while working on TFotR.
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The long winter break continues, with more snow coming tomorrow. We must endeavor to endure.
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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a beard
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
It has been a lovely hiatus, but I suppose it’s time to social media again. *stumbles, squinting, into the algorithm*
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a man with a beard is asking what year is .
Alt: a man with a beard is asking what year is
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
It has been a lovely hiatus, but I suppose it’s time to social media again. *stumbles, squinting, into the algorithm*
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a man with a beard is asking what year is .
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Your yearly reminder to remember those less fortunate than yourself this holiday season...
A meme of Bruce Willis from Die Hard in the ducts of Nakatomi Plaza, wearing a Santa hat, that says, "This Christmas Eve, don't forget to leave a pair of shoes and a pack of cigarettes in the ductwork for John McClane"
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Your yearly reminder to remember those less fortunate than yourself this holiday season...
A meme of Bruce Willis from Die Hard in the ducts of Nakatomi Plaza, wearing a Santa hat, that says, "This Christmas Eve, don't forget to leave a pair of shoes and a pack of cigarettes in the ductwork for John McClane"
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Husband and I got a surprise day without the children. It is not yet 3 p.m. and we have already had sex, eaten sushi, and shopped for all our holiday food. If we get home in time to watch an entire movie before the kiddos need picked up, it will be a perfect day.
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Husband and I got a surprise day without the children. It is not yet 3 p.m. and we have already had sex, eaten sushi, and shopped for all our holiday food. If we get home in time to watch an entire movie before the kiddos need picked up, it will be a perfect day.
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
My family made it to Christmas break. That's it. That's the post.
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a man is walking down a hallway carrying a suitcase .
Alt: George Michael from "Arrested Development" comes into a living room, drops his backpack, and falls down on the floor face-first.
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
My family made it to Christmas break. That's it. That's the post.
media.tenor.com
a man is walking down a hallway carrying a suitcase .
Alt: George Michael from "Arrested Development" comes into a living room, drops his backpack, and falls down on the floor face-first.
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Laura Ridgefield @lauraridgefield.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Honored to serve as the 2025 president of @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social -- with a brilliant board including @maryloquacious.bsky.social, @jvontobelwrites.bsky.social and @victoria7401.bsky.social. One of the best romance writing groups anywhere.
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
“If you are just tuning in, Buckwheat has been shot” I was five, and no one cared if I stayed up to watch SNL with everyone else 🤷‍♀️
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Fated Mates @fatedmates.net · 18/12/2024
It's the holiday season, which means holiday romance! This year, we're talking about Princes of Christmas falling for heirs to Halloween, Hanukkah treats, retellings ofThe Holiday, sexy cabins in the woods, second chances, Harlequin Presents, and yes, an online site called OnlySantas.
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Holiday Romances for 2024: Put It in the Lilly Library — Fated Mates
It's the holiday season, which means holiday romance! This year, we're talking about Princes of Christmas falling for heirs to Halloween, Hanukkah treats, retellings of The Holiday, sexy cabins in th...
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
“If you are just tuning in, Buckwheat has been shot” I was five, and no one cared if I stayed up to watch SNL with everyone else 🤷‍♀️
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I’m subbing for my daughter’s 4th grade class today, and I found this on her desk while they were at PE. She’s very protective. 😂🤦‍♀️
A spiral notebook open to a page with the header, “Talking kids giving Mrs. Morris a hard time,” in a 9yo’s handwriting
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I’m subbing for my daughter’s 4th grade class today, and I found this on her desk while they were at PE. She’s very protective. 😂🤦‍♀️
A spiral notebook open to a page with the header, “Talking kids giving Mrs. Morris a hard time,” in a 9yo’s handwriting
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Hells to the yeah, Berkley
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
My 7yo, contemplating our lovely rural home upon returning home from school… “You know, when we’re all dead, this will just be a house in the woods.” 💀💀💀
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
My 7yo, contemplating our lovely rural home upon returning home from school… “You know, when we’re all dead, this will just be a house in the woods.” 💀💀💀
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Mary Morris (she/her) @maryloquacious.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It's a lovely tribute to Nikki Giovanni's legacy. What a legend she was and will remain!
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