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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

100% this. There's no award for finishing.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

No one makes me snort laugh in public quite like Emily Henry.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Do you read books? Do you not like what's going on? Check out my latest Substack about how to make book-related choices that will help rather than hurt lovefromthelibrary.substack.com/p/reading-re...

lovefromthelibrary.substack.com

Reading Responsibly

How to consume books ethically in 2026

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Kathryn Thornwood @kathrynthornwood.com · 20/01/2026

I've started to take careful note to look for the audio narrator's name when I check out an audiobook on Libby. Audiobook narrators often MAKE the book experience, and I have no desire to listen to the slop machine belch back a sludge of stolen voices. #booksky #audiobooks #antiAI

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This might be an unpopular opinion, but if your dog doesn't have perfect recall you have no business taking them off leash in a public space. It doesn't matter how friendly they are, other dogs and other humans might not be.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

If there are any #literaryagents out there enjoying #Wednesday season 2 and wanting more boarding school mysteries on your MSWL... I might have what you're looking for 👀

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Fresh mood board for A SYLLABUS OF SECRETS: my teacher-led boarding school mystery with 🍁 A husband and wife dynamic duo 🍁 M/F platonic besties 🍁 School secrets 🍁 A hidden laboratory 🍁 Cozy fall vibes #amquerying now!

A mood board with images of bookshops, students, a couple, canoes, and a gothic building

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Milk Burger @milkpork.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Make no mistake: Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’ As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Happy pub day @katemckean.bsky.social! I can't wait to get your book in my hands, and I'm so grateful for all the knowledge you've shared through your newsletter over the years.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Just a reminder not to re-share any AI "art," even if it's funny or contains a message you agree with. You can find things you'll like that were made by real human beings ❤️

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Watching mass adoption of AI is like watching the entire world failing the marshmallow test.

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Bria LaVorgna @chaosbria.com · 24/04/2025

Friendly reminder to support your local independent bookstore this weekend! A slightly less friendly reminder to just not buy books from Am*zon at all.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Question for the #writingcommunity especially any #litagents or folks with #amquerying experience: how many rejections should I receive before I need to revisit my query package and/or re-edit my manuscript?

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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The cuts to IMLS will affect every library system in the nation. Use the 5Calls app script to call in support of library services! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Just a reminder that if you love libraries, you should call and write to your reps to protect their funding!

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Four years out of college and I somehow have more stress dreams about not finding a seat in the cafeteria or forgetting a class now than I did then.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I'm sorry to all my friends who are not part of the writing community, that you have to hear about my book again and again whenever I decide to participate in a pitch event. But not sorry enough to stop 😬

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"Elsie Milton was not in the mood for pomp and circumstance. Then again, she rarely was." #1stlinepit #Q #A #Mystery #Boardingschoolmystery

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

THE SECRET ADVERSARY X GAUDY NIGHT It's unfair that kids are always the ones who get to solve boarding school mysteries...so this one is for the adults. Featuring a goofy husband and logical wife teacher duo 🔍 #unhingedpit #Q #A #M #writingcommunity

A meme that reads:
My adult main characters, realizing they're protagonists in a boarding school mystery:

How do you do, fellow kids?

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VBrasch @vbrasch.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Wait, why am I in a group chat called HEIST PLANNING?! #unhingedpit #romcom #agented

Text message showing speaker one saying: we're taking the jewels to Vegas, getting married, and then it's on to Mexico!
Speaker two says: Sounds good, toots
Speaker three says: Gram, why did you invite me into a group chat called HEIST PLANNING? And who is calling you toots?! Call me right now. There's an FBI agent here. He's rude, thinks you're in trouble, and oddly hot

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

This is illegal: Musk announced in an overnight post on X that he’ll hand out million-dollar checks at a Sunday night event in Wisconsin—but only to those who voted in the state’s Supreme Court election. Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

We've reached the point where I call my senators more often than my best friends or family. Might as well just add them to my speed dial at this point.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Do you think Jeffrey Goldberg would like to be invited to my book club chat? 🤔

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Doing research about dealing with AI issues in libraries, and it seems like a bad sign that it's almost impossible to find articles that don't acknowledge using AI in their creation... 🤔

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Wondering what to do about the executive order eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services? My latest Substack has 10 concrete actions you can take.

lovefromthelibrary.substack.com

10 Ways to Protect Libraries in the US

You can pry libraries out of my cold, dead hands

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DJP @djperry1973.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I am working out of a public library and there are a good number of people who seem to be on hard times using the facilities for various reasons like job searching, entertainment, charging peripherals, using the bathroom, etc., and I am struck by how important it is that libraries continue to exist

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Author Alexis Veenendaal @alexisveenendaal.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

LEGENDS & LATTES x ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN The Reluctant Mentor: Athragast the Wizard is sick of mentoring heroes, but the world needs saving and he needs money to fund his retirement, so he takes on one last mission and recruits a band of misfits to help. #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

17-yr-old Emmie has the coolest job ever at the indie bookstore with her crush, but when a patron dies during her mom’s book signing, all eyes are turned towards her. She needs to get her life back & not get killed in the process. #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

Mood board that includes a blonde girl holding a pumpkin, Halloween treats, Harley Quinn, woman in an indie bookstore, murder board, crime scene tape, police car, coffee cup, and a book store with one light overhead.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

WEDNESDAY X THE LAST EQUATION OF ISAAC SEVERY Husband and wife duo Elsie and Giles race to find a long lost laboratory at the boarding school where they teach, before a mysterious figure can uncover the lab's secrets or put their students in danger. #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #M

A mood board with images of a boarding school, a husband and wife browsing books together, and science equipment

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Rebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today? Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!

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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Tonight my husband spent OVER TWO AND A HALF HOURS helping me edit my novel synopsis, so when I say make sure you have a partner who supports your dreams, I mean this specifically.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

One of the things I love about being vegetarian is how relaxing it is. 🧵 1/?

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Writer friends, you'll want to keep an eye out for this upcoming book! I've been following Kate McKean's newsletter for a while and it has so much helpful info and encouragement for writers!

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

ONE OF US IS LYING X AGGTM A teen girl is determined to solve the murders occurring at her father's traveling New England Circus Arts Academy when her new friend/roommate is suspected of murdering a girl. 🎪 My currently querying YA Mystery-Thriller: The Show Must Go On #Miserypit #YA #CM #Q

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

WEDNESDAY X THE SECRET ADVERSARY Husband and wife duo Elsie and Giles race to find a long lost laboratory at the boarding school where they teach, before a mysterious figure can uncover the lab's secrets or put their students in danger. #Miserypit #A #CM #Q

A mood board of fall and academic scenes.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Help. I can't stop listening to Sheena Easton's 1981 hit Morning Train (Nine to Five). I've listened to it 7 times. I can't stop. I love public transportation.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I hated zucchini as a kid, but have come to enjoy it as an adult. The secret to making it actually good? WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. And, you know, a matured palate, I guess. But mostly Worcestershire sauce.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Husband and I had a writing marathon today, and I succeeded in writing 2,000 words and editing 34 pages in only 3.5 hours. So we might be doing this every weekend now...

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Allison Stalberg @stalbergwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#YouDeservepIt Toad hoarders, teleporting cat colonies, and sketchy reptile conventions are just a Tuesday in "Heidi's House of Rescued Familiars." Normal days end, though, when Heidi vows to rescue a human familiar from the richest wizard in Louisiana, Oberon Hexwalker. #Q #A #F

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Autumn Harvey (she/her) @booksbyautumn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

LEGENDS AND LATTES X CAN'T SPELL TREASON WITHOUT TEA The orc Javelin expected a job at the dragon library to be a dream, but she ended up as their barbarian, traveling, updating maps, meeting a witch, and chasing whoever is replacing the books with mimics. #YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #F #CozyFantasy

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A Crossroad of Lilies #WIP #YA #Spec #R #YouDeservepIt 🌻A retired childhood actor, now sixteen, invites a secretly poor scholarship student on a luxury weekend train ride to discover why mushrooms grow up their bodies and fall in love along the way.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

GAUDY NIGHT X WEDNESDAY Husband and wife duo Elsie and Giles race to find a long lost laboratory at the boarding school where they teach, before a mysterious figure can uncover the lab's secrets or put their students in danger. #YouDeservePit #Q #A #M

A mood board featuring books, science equipment, a husband and wife, and boarding school students enjoying the outdoors.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Just a reminder as we approach the end of January that New Year's resolutions are about building new habits, not perfectly meeting legalistic rules. If you have already failed on some aspect(s) of your resolution, that's okay. That doesn't mean you can't keep working on it.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Finally bought the long, thick, down winter coat of my dreams and it has already made my life so much better. Timing couldn't be better since it was 1° (one degree) out when I walked to work this morning.

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Ally @rapunzelsrevenge.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Not sure if I want to go into today as a ray of light and positivity or a complete hag. I'm taking suggestions.

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