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Afterglow is doing a pivot? Stephanie Boyd is still leading editorial but they’re asking for different manuscripts, after cancelling a bunch of contracted books not that long ago. Maybe wait to find out more info before sending your manuscripts into this maelstrom.

sorry. i had to.

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

Great ep—I'm not just saying that because I edited Katie Reus's Falling for Nola, which manages to be a great little short where the h/h *don't* know each other before pg 1. Also I just started Ladies in Waiting—it's delightful. Justice (and happy endings!) for Jane Austen's other ladies!

Chuck Schumer is a sentence.

BURY HIM FACE DOWN. 👏

The real ones know that Barrons is the absolute demon king. Danger, world ending, someone’s gonna get eaten, and not in the fun way—Karen Marie Moning’s Fever series is the shit.

New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...

Really great panel at Steamy Lit. Thank you, @laurataylornamey.bsky.social, @aecosbyauthor.bsky.social, @elizamacarthur.bsky.social, Julio Maxwell, @authorkayerockwell.bsky.social and @swatiteerdhala.bsky.social. #Romancelandia #AmEditing #SteamyLit

Heyyyy if you’re at Steamy Lit, say hi! I answer all questions about editing and indie publishing!

If you see this, quote with a vampire that is not Dracula.

COUNT I Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall. COUNT II The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???

@grammartable.bsky.social, so sad to hear you won’t be at the Encino screening this morning. I’m stoked to see the movie but I wanted you to sign my precious books 😂

Anybody gonna be at Steamy Lit next week? I’ll be there and I’d love to say hi and/or answer any questions you might have about working with an editor! #Romancelandia #SteamyLit #AmEditing

“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits

You had me at "she whispers it into his bad ear"!!!!!! Yes, I too am finally ready to read Gorilla Twins!!!!!

I get that we all got excited about that guy, but this:

I am open to the possibility of grace for those who held Nazis sympathies in the past, assuming they make a genuine, heartfelt bid for that grace. But no, they should never hold public office. Sorry, you failed the most important political test of our time and it was an easy one! Them's the breaks!

Fated Mates is pretty much the only podcast whose ads I listen to all the way through, and it's definitely the only podcast that's ever sold me a book.

How is it possible we've never done a governess episode? And how is it possible Louisa Darling hasn't been a guest on the pod yet? We're rectifying both of these injustices this week.

I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world what a fucking thing, man that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime

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We're thinking about Chicago, DC, and LA this week, and standing in solidarity with the people living and resisting in those cities. While reading isn't action, it can supplement it, and keep us joyful as we do the hard work of standing up.

Just devoured @charlottestein.bsky.social's While You Were Seething & it's an absolute delight—we've got a yearning hero + a road trip + enemies to lovers + fake dating. I swooned!

REGISTRATION is open!!! Get in early for the good prices for @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social Spring Fling 2026 writers conference in Chicago. Masterclasses, workshops, pitch appointments, networking and fun. Check it out ☺️ #romancelandia www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com/spring-fling

I'm disgusted by this entire thing & appalled at how many books I worked on that are on this list. Authors, I hope you'll file a claim.

This is a really lovely episode:

So many books in here & many are new-to-me authors. Thank you, discoverability buddies! #Romancelandia

Put a little Jane Goodall into your life today:

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

authors, this is important to read.

I am compartmentalizing today by focusing on the manuscript I'm editing, instead of the maelstrom outside. Deep breaths, page by page, la la la I am safe and so are my loved ones. (We're not but this is how I'm getting through it.) #AmEditing #Romancelandia

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep: 1. What the hell happened to RWA. 2. Editing fiction, & how it differs from editing nonfiction. 3. What the romance genre is doing now + bangers of yore. (I know this is all ridiculously on-brand for me but there you go.) #Romancelandia

Adriana Herrera is with us this week to talk about feminism, romance, and how the two intersect. We talk about the history of the genre, about the evolution of feminism within it, and about what we want from the texts we're reading now, as the world does whatever it is it's doing.

Hey there, Angeleno Word Nerds! I'll be attending @grammartable.bsky.social's 10/25 screening/signing. Anybody else gonna be there? #AmEditing #WordNerd

This is the way.

Yup - when a Trump capo says we can do this the easy way or the hard way, the only response as we’ve seen over and over is to make ‘em try and do it the hard way.

In this month’s #RomanceColumn, it’s all about Austen anniversaries and the centuries-old urge to yell “just tell them, you fool!” at a fictional character. Dukes, time travellers, private eyes, and flapper heiresses ahoy! (Gift link) #Romancelandia 💙📚 #booksky

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

Hang on, someone is starting up a new version of RWA?!? Please let it be so!

I'm a single issue voter, and my issue is "the government shouldn't be fascist."

Today I got $40 in a stupid customer service refund situation that required an absurd amount of rigmarole that I almost gave up on several times, because it was only $40, but I persisted and I have my $40. Please clap.

My husband had impossible work hrs—film production—so I needed to find a way to work while also being a full-time mom, before remote was so common. I built my book editing business from scratch, & now have an amazing slate of clients. I love my little publishing niche! #Romancelandia

Holy moly, I know I'm late to the party on The Undertaking of Hart & Mercy by Megan Bannen but wowee it slayed me. The loneliness! The suffering! The willingness to let these characters sit in their misery for a good long time. And that third act!! Loved it all & highly recommend it. #Romancelandia

Oh god, this is impossible! Nightswimming? You Are the Everything? Sweetness Follows? World Leader Pretend? Strange Currencies? Half a World Away? Impossible to choose! (But also yes, Find the River is gorgeous and I could easily list ten more.)

Who's going to Steamy Lit? I'll be there, and aside from the fact that I'm a goddamn delight, I'm also available to answer questions re: working with an editor, how to find an editor, different types of editing, etc. #Romancelandia #AmEditing

Yo, word nerds: (Yes, I signed up!)

I took time off editing to get my kid moved into his 1st post-college apartment, all the way across the country. I don’t understand how he’s not still 5yo, but yes 10/10 to spend a week with him, schlepping boxes into a walk-up. So bittersweet!

Happy Labor Day from a union family! @iatse.bsky.social is why my family has health insurance, why I get to be a book editor (a job with no benefits), why I was a stay-at-home mom. Solidarity forever! #UnionYes!