Me, brandishing a bag full of 1,000 hinges: Would an unhinged person have *THIS*

In the 18 months since the last auction, both @courtneymilan.com and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com have acquired 3D printers, and I'm sure we're going to be totally normal and not at all unhinged with the powers this gives us.

Hey y'all, we've updated our username to @romancingthevote.com because we're OFFICIALLY us! 💓

we do get the best quilts every year!!!

I’m ready for battle! bsky.app/profile/octo...

the quilt wars are already beginning...

2026 approaches... are you ready? 😘

I’m feral for so many packs but here are some faves!!! Home City Views www.32auctions.com/organization... OFMD Eras Tour: www.32auctions.com/organization... Home Outdoor Journeys: www.32auctions.com/organization... OFMD Modern Vibes: www.32auctions.com/organization... #ywmlp

More like 30 minutes now! Last chance!!! How high will the skull quilt go?!

Hey, I made that!!!

REVENGE OF THE SKULL QUILT. All of you who lost out have another shot. And this time the money will go to help trans kids! Check out this & everything else up for grabs in the #OFMDCraftFair because you're going to see a LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES!!! www.32auctions.com/ofmdcraftfai...

I knitted a shawl for this so please go and support this amazing cause!

Bidding has started!!! Time to stab your best friends!

REVENGE OF THE SKULL QUILT. All of you who lost out have another shot. And this time the money will go to help trans kids! Check out this & everything else up for grabs in the #OFMDCraftFair because you're going to see a LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES!!! www.32auctions.com/ofmdcraftfai...

Please Share *Urgent*: The second annual #KidLit4Ceasefire auction is starting in 4 days. At 215 items, would love to get to 300 (please consider donating 🙏🏼). A part of the amount raised will now also go to helping those displaced by the LA fires. airtable.com/appgMC1CTRup...

Assuming all invoices get paid, the auction raised $13,422.37!!! Thank you everybody, not to get all gross and earnest on main, but the response to the auction from bidders and item donors put some actual fucking tears in my eyes and some healing on my heart. Thank you thank you thank you everybody.

This auction ends tonight, and the total is already over $11,000! HOW HIGH CAN WE GET IT?

RAINBOW QUILT ALERT!!!!!! I know how y'all like to snipe, now is your chance!

Do you need some joy in this rough week?? @leighharlen.bsky.social is doing a flash auction for Trans Lifeline, and I think you'll recognize many Romancing the Vote crafters here! Maybe a second chance to snipe something you missed??? And it's open now! www.32auctions.com/ProtectTrans...

Do you need some joy in this rough week?? @leighharlen.bsky.social is doing a flash auction for Trans Lifeline, and I think you'll recognize many Romancing the Vote crafters here! Maybe a second chance to snipe something you missed??? And it's open now! www.32auctions.com/ProtectTrans...

#Romancelandia & friends, ASSEMBLE!

Hey friends! This has been a rough week, and everyone needs time for grief. We are in the bleak moment for sure. But all of us here at RtV believe that part of the key to the next four years will be keeping our community close & finding defiant joy whereever we can. We're ready to work. 💓 Join us.

If you voted today, send us a pic! Especially if you brought some of your democracy swag with you!

Brought my democracy dragon from @measuredandslow.bsky.social and @romancingthevote.bsky.social out to vote!

Reminder: TOMORROW is the last Fated States phone bank. Sign up: fatedmates.net/fated...

I just text banked for the first time thanks to Greg & @romancingthevote.bsky.social's sharing of this opportunity lining up w/my anxiety needing me to do something, and it was pretty easy! Definitely going to see if I can find other opportunities that fit my schedule for the next two weeks.

Hey everyone! Fated States is back with the final phone bank of the election—this time, they’re going wherever they’re most needed for a last minute push to get this thing done. If you’re feeling nervous about the outcome, doing something helps. Sign up here: fatedmates.net/fated...

ATTENTION EVERYONE WHO MISSED MY @romancingthevote.bsky.social GRANTWRITING MASTER CLASS WHEN IT SOLD OUT THIS SUMMER IT’S BACK IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AND THERE’S WAY MORE COOL SHIT ON DECK grantwriting-with-claire-willett.ghost.io/classes-even...

Hey everyone! Fated States is calling New Mexico and New Jersey tomorrow to try to to hold close Congressional races to help flip the House blue. Come join if you can! fatedmates.net/fated...

Don't like talking on phones? Want to keep helping our wonderful friends over at Vote Riders? Text bank with Greg!

Don't miss your chance to phone bank with romance authors & readers today! (if you saw my first QT where I typo'd, no you didn't lol)

We also have a new set in the "Every State is Purple" folder with stats from 2020 on how many registered voters did not vote.

I will be uploading the DUCK VERSIONS soon (lol I love them) but these are some of the most pressing deadlines! So if you can, please share them!

Hey, y'all! My discord has been wanting to have an easy way to remind folks about voting deadlines, so they got together and found all the info you need & are making graphics! More will be added daily! Please take, share, repost & use them wherever it helps! 💓 drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...

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And this quote from the same article ( www.theguardian.com/wellness/202... ) reminded me of @romancingthevote.bsky.social and the argument made by romance readers that romance is about hope (which I've written about at more length in www.vivanco.me.uk/faith-love-h... )

Exciting news this morning: Romancing the Vote was chosen as a Democracy Hero alongside some EXTRAORDINARY organizations doing incredible work. THANK YOU ALL! We did this together! www.msnbc.com/know-y...

If you’re just finding us this morning, we don’t currently have an auction running BUT you can sign up to be notified when our next auction comes around. docs.google.com/form...

Exciting news this morning: Romancing the Vote was chosen as a Democracy Hero alongside some EXTRAORDINARY organizations doing incredible work. THANK YOU ALL! We did this together! www.msnbc.com/know-y...

Hey all, Fated States (the phone banking arm of the Fated Mates podcast) is going to be calling Pennsylvania this weekend. If you want to help, the phone banks are super fun and they have games and instruction to make it go fast.

If you want to phone bank with some of the funnest folks around (romance readers & authors!) then make sure you've got September 7th on your calendar and sign up! Romancelandia goes hard for democracy.

Finally got my FAFO frogs from @romancingthevote.bsky.social, made by the amazing @olinj.bsky.social , framed and on the wall. Love them!

It’s been a long Monday of faculty meetings that could have been emails so it was lovely to see my @romancingthevote.bsky.social magnet & stickers arrived. My collection is complete, for now. They look so pretty together!

Forgot to put up pics of the cards I sent to my auction winner for @romancingthevote.bsky.social

Oh, it’s just me, admiring my (almost) final haul from the @romancingthevote.bsky.social auction and feeling grateful to everyone who contributed so much fun stuff!!! 😘

The cowl I made for @romancingthevote.bsky.social has been completed and mailed off to the winning bidder! I found a really good button for the back.

Today on the podcast, we have a BANGER of an episode! Our @romancingthevote.bsky.social winner, Alison, a longtime member of the SBTB community, was our special guest co-host, and y'all are not ready for the covers I am about to delight your eyeballs with. Seriously. They're incredible.

And the other set from the @romancingthevote.bsky.social auction went to my dear friend, the best beta reader a girl could ask for, my very own enabler of smut. Because who else would I give these bags to? (I kept the tumbler, because yes.)

My @romancingthevote.bsky.social dragon, made by @measuredandslow.bsky.social, is seen here reclining on her personal chaise lounge. 10/10 would bring her a glass of champagne.