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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I am up on current online trends and lingo just well enough that it amuses my 16 year old. Tonight she said, "You LARP Gen Z." Reader, I am so proud. 🤣🤣

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It just shouldn't be this…sh-hard…

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Castle 6lack @dpzzle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

(I absolutely stole this)

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

20K words! I'm so pleased.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I say almost definitely because back when I started writing Star Wars fic I absolutely could not imagine writing porn in that universe, and well.... *gestures to AO3*

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It's hard not to think about how it might sell and all that, but I'm doing a pretty good job of pushing it aside. My big "worry" is that this will almost definitely be a low heat/closed door romance, which is a big change for me.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Working on the barbershop quartet romance is just such a joy. I have geeky little references and Easter eggs to barbershop culture and history everywhere and they make me happy. I hope someone reads it and gets some of them.

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

For all the dirty hoes. My T shirts have arrived.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Thankfully my housemate had better sense and threw a towel over it and picked it up to take outside. Poor guy had the rabbit equivalent of a UFO abduction story.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I'll be honest, I kind of freaked out because IT WAS LOOKING AT ME. It was humbling to feel a little afraid of a tiny bunny. Plus we have six cats and another dog, and they were all very curious and starting to approach. I had visions of it darting under furniture and never being able to catch it.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It's AMAZING. I think I might have cracked the code this time. I'm not writing while thinking about whether it will sell and how fast I can try to get it to market. I'm just... having fun with my characters and the world I'm making.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our dog has brought one and a half rabbits INTO THE HOUSE! The whole one was still alive and looked scared shitless. Somehow it was unharmed and we set it free outside of our yard. The half, well... Harry was not happy when we took his new treat away. 😛

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“This place is making me very uncomfortable, Jessica.”

A Dachshund on a leash next to a chalkboard advertising smoked sausages.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Y'all. I'm writing. Daily. I'm 14,500 words into writing an ACTUAL BOOK. Do I want to pursue trad publication again? I mean, probably yeah, but I want to have a clearer road map of what type of writing career I want. But first, finish this book. (But I'm scribbling notes for others, OMG!)

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This is about the most Wooyoung thing to say ever.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 17/05/2026

And I was raised in New England. I know that I was taught in elementary school that the Bad Folks in the South wanted to continue slavery so all the Good Folks in the North fought them over it, but if you're older than 9 & that is still the framework you're bringing to politics, we have issues.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I had to reread so many bits of it to make sure I understood everything, but wow it was good.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Song of Solomon The Female Man

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Hey, we're in the same show!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Kevin Sorbo, who portrayed Hercules as a blowdried American dude, is upset about the lack of fealty to the source material.

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Disappointed Hercules (Kevin Sorbo)

ALT: Disappointed Hercules (Kevin Sorbo)

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This mass courtship event typically marks the beginning of Waymo mating season, and the general public is advised to avoid approaching them or their young and maintaining a safe distance at all times as they can get even more unpredictable in their behaviour towards humans at this time

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Has anyone worked with a book coach before? Was it helpful? Worth the money? #booksky #writing

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This is how I feel about beagles too.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

And by "seems bad", I mean "I'm scared for my trans kid and the orgs that are helping her."

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This seems bad. The new counterterrorism strategy from the WH specifically says it will "prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist." www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The focaccia book, of course, and Merc Librarians which is why I'm now writing my first book in roughly 8 years.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Oh God, there's a backrooms movie coming out? Bracing for my teenager to lose her shit... Special interest ahoy!

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Fur slugs! I miss fostering them sometimes.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I knew exactly two out gay guys in high school. That's it. On the other hand, I had AMAZING gaydar, because almost all of my unrequited male crushes (and one boyfriend) in high school and college turned out to be gay.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The number of people I went to high school (class of '89) and college with who later came out as queer (including me) is honestly shocking. We were all there. We were either closeted or hadn't realized who we were yet--because that level of exploration wasn't discussed at all.

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This newsletter's been knocking around in my head for a while, thanks to the changing tides in #Romancelandia and how writing increasingly seems like the least important part of the process. Nowhere is that more obvious than in sex scenes. romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/no-f-ck-is...

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No F*ck is an Island

A treatise on the degradation of sexytimes in romance

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

You know you're mad if you have to buy livestock about it.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is gonna sound weird, but I think I finally managed to stumble into reading the type of books I should be writing, instead of trying to write the books I THINK I should be writing.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ouch. I mean, I am, but ouch.

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JosABats @thejoshbanks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Oh “it’s horses” is absolutely a thing now. I’m gonna use it all the time. Thank you for this gift.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Meet Kpop's biggest nerd: www.instagram.com/p/DX9XLVKCX6.... Dude did a whole cosplay photo shoot and a video of himself with a lightsaber. 😍😂 #ateez #seonghwa

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SEONGHWA on Instagram: "May the Force be with you"

173K likes, 3,120 comments - _starhwa_ on May 5, 2026: "May the Force be with you".

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Listen, Monica was going through some shit, ok?

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Writing is hard, y'all. I don't usually hate everything I'm writing this early in the book process.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

*looks at the current state of things* I could give you a list...

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I was using an imperative. Somebody else fuck that guy. 😉

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Seriously. I am on a shitton of psych meds (depression, anxiety, CPTSD, ADHD, etc etc) and I have learned the hard way that my current cocktail WORKS and removing one from the equation messes me up.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Fuck this guy. You will pry my Abilify, Pristiq, Focalin, etc from my cold dead fingers.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I have been so DEEPLY disappointed by Slotkin.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I bet they have the same foul stench.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

My colposcopy was hands down the most painful gyno procedure I ever experienced, and I went through endometrial cancer.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

When I had my hysterectomy, a friend cheered, "Yeet that ute!"

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