Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happiest of book birthdays, Marley!! I love this book so very much 🐇💀 131
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceMarley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026THE BONE BRIDES comes out NEXT TUESDAY (eep!), September 29th! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. Pre-order links here: linktr.ee/marleyroseteter 0117
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceMarley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I've been on this road a long time... 22411
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceMarley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026IT IS OFFICIALLY BONE BRIDES MONTH, Y’ALL, and there are only 28 more sleeps before my book-baby is out in the world! Who wants to play bingo with me? ^.^ 01811
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026i feel like if you post a negative goodreads review where you say a young adult book felt like it was written for young people, you should have to pay a fine or something. 391649201
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Writer friends who have a newsletter, what platform do you use, and do you like it? After avoiding it for years, I really need to get my act together and start one. 100
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 01/06/2026This is Bodie. His presence indicates the beginning of Pride Month. May his whimsy and steadfastness bring joy and confidence to all. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie) 98105632133
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceEric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The more I garden, the more I realize it’s a lot like writing a book. When it isn’t working, it’s because I don’t know what I’m doing. But when it IS working, oh boy, I still don’t know what I’m doing. 1227533
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceAuthors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Hope you had a great long weekend! Time to get back at it! Last week, HR 2616 grabbed some book banning language from HR 7661 & passed the House. What is HR 2616? Don't feel bad if this is the first you've heard of it because Republicans moved fast on it. Here's the deal... 14543
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 15/04/2026Absolute perfection from @colsonwhitehead.com.nytimes.comOpinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This 1237065
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceStephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 12/08/2025Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues. 5565412128
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 12/08/2025That thing where your friend gets amazing news and you want to shout to the whole world how talented they are but it is still a secret for now ❤️ 040
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this 24499532023
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceJen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 30/07/2025🌟 Hey, YA readers! You won't want to miss these 40 exciting new young adult books being published in August 2025! 🌟 popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit 1157
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Me: I'm an author Person: Oh really? Where can I find your books? Me: Pretty much any retailer should have them or be able to order them Person: *squints suspiciously* Like actual bookstores? Me: Um, yes? Person: *suspicious squinting intensifies* 020
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceTaco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 10/07/2025I'm going to tell you exactly how to write a book. Do you see that impenetrable brick wall ahead of you? You're going to ram your head into it until long book is long. 741396
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Could we maybe just acknowledge that people do things differently and there doesn't have to be a Most Correct Way to do everything? (sincerely, a snoozer who needs extra time to wake up her brain or she gets anxiety) 010
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceWIRED @wired.com · 18/06/2025Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.wired.comHow to Advocate for Trans Rights in Your CommunityWant to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions. 2317501118
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceSuzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Anyway it's pride and there are lots of queer writers who put out work that isn't best selling! Buy a gay book by an unpopular irrelevant queer today!!! 14402190
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 15/06/2025I decided to ask chatgpt some questions about one of my books, and the whole experience was extremely surreal 🧵 120
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Lovely to see A Spell to Wake the Dead on WBUR's list of New England summer reads 📚🏖️wbur.org12 books with New England ties to read this summerFrom supernatural murder mysteries to evocative poetry disguised as Wikipedia entries, WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends the books she's looking forward to this season. 010
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 05/06/2025One of my favorite parts of this is Tesla stock tanking even harder because now he's pissed off literally everyone. It's truly beautiful to watch. 0120
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceGeorgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Do not give this woman a dime of your money. 1. Do not watch the new show. 2. Do not stream any of the movies (yes, that includes Fantastic Beasts) 3. Do not buy any of her books. She has a pen name Robert Galbraith. www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...advocate.comJ.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organizationThis is where "Harry Potter" profits are going. 5535352297
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/05/2025Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people. There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people. 14493104194
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 23/05/2025I will never not see lobsters as giant sea bugs 121
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 21/05/2025"Do boycotts work?" 10780186
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/05/2025The absolute disgrace taking place today in front of cameras in the White House is yet another reminder that for all the talk of Joe Biden's failures, the people who failed America the most are our citizens. Empowering this guy (again) was a foreseeable disaster we'll be lucky to survive. 407122652805
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceNed Hartley @nedhartley.com · 20/05/2025Compare Vonnegut buying an envelope with this tech bro running from his life 311755641
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 19/05/2025If you don't want to be compared to the Gestapo, one neat trick is to not engage in a campaign of terror around the country wherein you kidnap people off the streets to slave dungeons in accommodation of an autocratic fascist and his nationalist movement's desire for racial purity. 13976002195
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Supreme Court extends block on deportations under Alien Enemies Act. 514703491
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it. 192467968
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 13/05/2025This is my town, and this is a terror campaign. They nabbed three people in the Trader Joe's parking lot on a Saturday, thus ensuring the largest amount of people saw and were scared. Now they're just lurking around town to add to the stress. It's beyond messed up. 042
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Everything about this interview is a delight 020
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Imagine becoming the actual pope. What a trip that must be. 010
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceDiana Urban @dianaurban.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Me, an American, finding out the new pope is an American 093
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025My Mom died of cancer. My grandparents died of cancer. My best friend died of cancer. Many of YOU, Democrats and Republicans, have friends and loved ones who died of cancer. Cutting cancer research is evil AF, and we should ALL agree on that. If we can't, we're cooked. 21655091641
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceMicah @rincewind.run · 07/05/2025the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done 422177294343
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceLuca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Mental health matters. Please share and keep the below list in case you would need it 💙💚 3535373
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceEmily (I'm not leaving) Feiner @emilyjaynef.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you? 1658240626329
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceChristina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 03/05/2025MAKE THE TRIO TRANS THEN I FUCKING DARE YOU 0293
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 02/05/2025It's like every website, app and piece of software has developed its own Clippy. Clippy is following me around every day from Google to Zoom to Adobe Acrobat, telling me it looks like I'm trying to exist and would I like help with that 592335632
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Did anybody else start talking to themself in a major way during pandemic lockdown, and now it's never going away? 010
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 01/05/2025"We used the plagiarism machine that stole these people's copyrighted work to decide whether or not they were worthy. Why is everyone so mad?" 0100
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 26/04/2025In the last few months, I've been seeing more and more book reviews where the character and author names are completely wrong, and I feel like this has to be the work of chatgpt. But why even bother reviewing a book if you aren't writing it or even checking if the basic details are right?? 130
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social · 23/04/2025If this were a book or a movie or a show, after meeting the pope, being told he needed to work on his empathy, and then the pope DYING, this would be the moment where JD finally realized he needed to change his ways. Unfortunately I can't see it happening in reality. 210
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceRhode Island Authors Against Book Bans @aabbri.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Today, SCOTUS hears a case on whether hearing a story read about a child who has a gay uncle constitutes a violation of freedom of religion. Why should we care? Because public education belongs to all of us, and all means all. Kids with LGBTQ+ families are part of the all. 08949
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 18/04/2025the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing. my latestteenvogue.comRadicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter." 252974980
Reposted by Nicole LesperanceMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us. We have to save us. And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creatorsprettyokmaggie.comAn Open Letter to My Fellow Book Creators — Pretty Ok MaggieInside me there are two wolves: the one that understands that the best activism happens behind closed doors and that everyone does what they can and that not everyone can be asked to do the same thing... 82156547