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Em✨

@thelifeshewrote.bsky.social
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Indie Author writing contemporary romance. ✨Under the Same Night Sky✨ out now, links in tree. AuDHD • exvie • ex-church staffer • 🩷💜💙 • she/her • thelifeshewrote.carrd.co

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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So I guess I’m a podcasting again. Huh, who’d have thought?
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Next book is coming in Feb! Sign up for my newsletter to get ARC info before anyone else.✨
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Haven’t been on this app in so long, a lot has happened. For starters, I self-published my first contemporary romance novel. It’s the first in a series set in a small town, “but the kind you want to live in” as said by readers. It’s available on the zon, KU or directly from me on my website.
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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Deep in the throes of editing/rewrites and I’m starting to feel like this guy as I rearrange chapters and write new transitions and reshape relationships between characters. #amwriting #indieauthor
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a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .
Alt: The conspiracy theory gif- man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers and strings and writing all over.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
No time to linger and it was the first of many goodbyes. #WritingLifeMonthly #romancewriters #militaryromance #loveatfirstsight #writersofbsky #romanceauthors
“So,” he began as I started eating, “Unfortunately this is my parting gift. I had a text when I got out of the shower, we’re spinning up tomorrow morning at 0500 and I gotta get my shit in order back home before I leave.” 

I stopped mid-chew and stared at him. Goddamnit. I knew this could happen at any time but it still stung. I should be grateful we had these glorious 24 hours uninterrupted. He was reading my face and his fell too. 

He walked around the island and wrapped his arms around my shoulders, “Hey, it’ll be ok, I’ll miss you too, but I’ll look forward to seeing you when I get back…” I had put down my fork and leaned into his hug. He gave the best hugs. 

“I know,” I said, “I knew the spell would break eventually, I was just hoping it lasted a little longer, I always will.” 

He looked into my eyes and kissed me even though I tasted like bacon and scrambled eggs and coffee. 

“I should get going,” he said with one last peck on my forehead and went to grab his stuff. 

I walked him to the door, the same door he’d pushed me through last night with his hands all over me. He threaded his fingers into my hair at the base of my neck and pulled my mouth to meet his and kissed me long and hard, gently biting my lower lip and moving down to my neck before whispering, “I’ve gotta go…” and then he was gone.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I keep seeing authors say everyone hates their own writing/book at some point and honestly I’ve reached that point. But I think it’s also fear that something I let consume so much of my time wasn’t worth it. Don’t ask me to define that because I have no idea. My audhd brain is just letting me down.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
For the discerning child abuser?🙄 My family just used any wooden spoon that was handy. I do distinctly remember one of my parents breaking one on my brother once, which my parents deny of course because they were just “doing the best they knew how” 😒
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness
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a man and woman are sitting next to each other and the woman is saying i approve
Alt: Parker and Hardison from Leverage are sitting next to each other and Parker is saying “i approve”
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I’ve set a self-imposed deadline to self publish my first contemporary romance novel by October 1st. I have a completed manuscript that’s in the editing phase. I have room for one more beta reader for anyone who’s an avid spicy romance reader. DMs are open.🌶️😘 #amwriting #indyauthor #romanceauthor
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
CNN is gonna start a riot just for shits and giggles. I hate it here.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I’m not good at self-promotion but one of the reasons I haven’t been around here much is that I’ve been #writing… like a lot. What began as a couple short stories has turned into 2 novels and 2 more in the making. Never thought my first finished book would be #contemporaryromance but here we are.
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
There is literally no mystery what the “cause” of Autism is. It’s primarily basic genetics & runs in families. #RemoveRFK
Two very similar looking cats: a parent and a child. They are both in similar poses with Similar expressions. 

AUTISM IS GENETIC.
AUTISTIC KIDS TEND TO HAVE AUTISTIC PARENTS.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Have you ever spent hours searching the internet for your most favorite pen of all time that is the perfect pen but the original vendor doesn’t sell them anymore and now you’re desperate to find a duplicate? Because I have. And yeah I’m fun at parties why do you ask?
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Cleaning out old bins in the garage and found some interesting things I’d saved in another life.😬
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I took my daughter to see Snow White. I have thoughts, most of them not good.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I love my kids but other ppls kids generally stress me out. And then I feel like a shit parent for always saying no when they ask to have friends over so then I give in and say yes and then I’m literally watching the clock until they leave. Am I the only one? Am I a bad person? Asking for me.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It’s one of those days where everything feels exhausting. Even the smallest things. My brain can’t seem to process anything today.
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Bi King Gent 👑 💖💜💙 @thesnarkygent.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
They commit crimes in broad daylight and judges go "gee, but holding them accountable could get someone hurt" and let them continue ransacking a building they have no legal purview over. God fucking dammit.
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Diane Galloway @adgwatches.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We are at the gates of Mordor and everyone’s acting like we just left Rivendell
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Anoosh, organizer @anoosh100.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Thread 🧵: My call to action re: Gavin Newsom platforming bigots on his podcast: CA Governor Newsom’s new podcast guest list reads like a who's who of the far right: TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, right-wing media personality Michael Savage, and Steve Bannon.
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Anoosh, organizer @anoosh100.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
How to contact the Governor: CALL: 916-455-2841 EMAIL: www.gov.ca.gov/contact/ Please feel free to share this call to action!
gov.ca.gov
Contact the Governor | Governor of California
You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.
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Anoosh, organizer @anoosh100.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Please CONTACT Governor Newsom's office to tell him that throwing the LGBTQ+ community under the bus for his son or anyone else is unacceptable. Demand that he apologize for giving bigots a platform on his podcast and that he stop inviting far-right personalities in the future.
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Zach Malm @muzach.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Twitter is down, there's another wave of folks coming over here, so once again I'm sharing my starter pack of folks who write/podcast about exvangelical things like evangelical history and Christian Nationalism. go.bsky.app/3ZaJwqD
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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Stop stigmatizing neurodivergency. Stop trying to "fix" us. Stop trying to shove us into boxes we cannot fit into unless you break us into tiny pieces to do so. STOP. Most of all, STOP BLAMING VACCINES ON WHAT IS A GENETIC AND HEREDITARY SITUATION. Just fucking STOP it.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I’m a millennial and this summer will mark 30 years since I got my first job. I honestly can’t believe ppl are still writing articles like this.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 03/03/2025
The Senate will vote TONIGHT on McMahon’s confirmation — call now and tell your Senators to vote NO! We need a Secretary who will make sure all students have the chance to learn, grow, and thrive in their schools, not put their rights at risk.
autisticadvocacy.org
Action Alert: Stop McMahon’s confirmation! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The president’s pick for the new Secretary of Education is Linda McMahon. The President is trying to destroy the Department of Education, and nominating McMahon is part of his plan. Normally, we…
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Mean Fat Girl @artistsali.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Welcome to the exact problem ex-evangelicals have had for decades.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
More and more it feels like we’re living in the precursor to any given dystopian sci-fi novel.
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Meghan | The Pursuing Life @meghankgentry.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We are back for Deconstruction Coffee Hour tomorrow morning in Clubhouse with @cortland.me and me at 6AM PST and all the other times in the other time zones. ☕️✨
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Highly doubt it was the authors intent, but ten chapters into The Bright Ages and it’s just reinforcing my belief that Christianity really did ruin everything. And please don’t bother trying to convince me otherwise.
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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Today is the #DayOfRemembrance commemorating Executive Order 9066 and the government's mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. Eight years ago, I wrote about visiting Manzanar, what life was like in the camp, and how the National Park Service plays a role in teaching civil rights.
npr.org
Walking In Their Footsteps At A Former Japanese Internment Camp
"I wanted to see Manzanar with my own eyes, so that my understanding of history might feel deeper through the experience of place."
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JC (baseball season type) @conductress.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Oh, and an especial "fuck you" to the guy who said the Declaration of Independence was based on the Jesus-y "love your neighbor." Democracy is not Christianity. Christianity is NOT democracy.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Instead of attention deficit it feels much more like attention divided. My attention is constantly divided between all the things all the time.
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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
You will never successfully fight fascism & think poor people are beneath you. You will never successfully fight fascism & think you get to legislate anyone else’s existence. You have to pick one.
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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Wrongly. Mass defiance against fascism is what we need from media
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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Re-upping because (gestures wildly): open.spotify.com/episode/45Qw...
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BONUS Episode: Hitler Destroyed Democracy in Months. Will Trump Follow His Playbook?
Straight White American Jesus · Episode
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Finally reading No Bad Parts and can anyone tell me does he EVER stop making comparisons to Christianity because I CANNOT. Sir pls stop comparing your therapeutic modality to the thing that sent me to therapy in the first place.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Maybe the problem isn’t neurodivergence, but instead the problem is a society which has placed such a high moral value on sameness. Perhaps instead of shoving the more than 78,000 modern human genes in a tiny box and calling it “normal,” we as a society must admit it cannot and should not even try.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
While I identify deeply with the sentiments in this article, its conclusion is sort of “congrats now you get to live unmasked and unapologetic.”🥴 Too bad it’s never that simple. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wild...
psychologytoday.com
Why Late Diagnoses Hit Different
Ever wondered why life always felt harder than it should? Discover the wild ride of late neurodivergent diagnosis—grief, relief, and finally, self-acceptance.
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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I don't know why anyone would want to lower the rates of autism. I am a delight.
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Stimulants make it possible for me to do my job. They also make it possible to brush my teeth and eat on a regular schedule, and help keep me from making boneheaded financial decisions. MANY of the people I love most are likely alive thanks to SSRIs and mood stabilizers.
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
But here we are. And here I am, having to say, along with god knows how many others of us for the umpteenth time: NEURODIVERGENCE IS NOT A TRAGEDY. IT IS NOT A HEALTH CRISIS. IT IS NOT A PHARMACEUTICAL CONSPIRACY. IT IS NOT CAUSED BY VACCINES. AND IT IS NOT A MORAL DEFECT.
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Resistance is Reminding the World that Autism Isn’t The Problem In the latest issue of Scientific American there was a fascinating article on Neandertal DNA in the modern human genome and its effects on neurodevelopment. At least one of the author’s is an #ActuallyAutistic scientist who studies…
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Resistance is Reminding the World that Autism Isn’t The Problem
In the latest issue of Scientific American there was a fascinating article on Neandertal DNA in the modern human genome and its effects on neurodevelopment. At least one of the author’s is an #ActuallyAutistic scientist who studies autism from different perspectives. Admittedly if you’re not as nerdy as I am about paleoarchaeology and ancient DNA the article may be a tad bit tedious to get through (I had to read it with my dictionary app at the ready).
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Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Fascinating article if you’re a nerd like me who’s into #paleogenomics and ancient DNA in general. However, what it really points to is a point I’ve been trying to make about #autism and #neurodivergence for some time now. Let me explain: apple.news/ArTnL9asyRPq...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
YOUR REMINDER THAT THE HANDMAID’S TALE DEPICTED ENTIRELY THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY DONE TO GLOBAL MAJORITY WOMEN The novelty was just that they were being done to white women please, it’s not some startling new ground being broken ok
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
But Trump's policies would not materially improve students with disabilities' lives. Students at private schools frequently have fewer rights. And Project 2025 proposed turning IDEA into "no-strings" block grants, removing the enforcement mechanism. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Linda McMahon and RFK Jr. could be a one-two punch for disabled students
The Education Department is an irreplaceable lifeline for students with disabilities.
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