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.

New blog post - meet RWAC author Denise Flint. romanceac.ca/2025/09/22/d...

Writers! 📚 Join Libbie Hawker on Oct 4 for a deep dive into her “Take Off Your Pants” outlining method. Plot stronger stories & skip the edits. Online. Recording included. Hosted by Emerald City Romance Writers. www.emeraldcityromancewriters.org/event-detail... #WritingCommunity #Plotting

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is novelist Angela Flournoy, author of The Wilderness. Angela Flournoy has a reading and signing at Odyssey Bookshop on Wednesday, September 24 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

Coolest call for book proposals! #romance #power #desire #AcademicSky #booksky #academicwriting #books

✨COMING SOON✨ Bi Visibility Week - itch.io mega bundle!! 50 books by 50 authors!! Fantasy, science fiction, romance, horror and literary fiction! 🩷💜💙 #booksky 💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚 🪐📚

Spent the day at the annual romance writing workshop at Prescott House Museum, prescotthouse.novascotia.ca, hosted by authors Donna Jones Alward donnajonesalward.com and Michelle Helliwell www.michellehelliwell.com. Always encouraging and inspirational!

I know lots of you have strong opinions on this topic, so I hope this will be of interest: "You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."

Travel times, in hours - not including rest stops, overnights, etc.

Mills & Boon have been publishing romantic novels since 1908, but who were the often hidden authors? In her prize-winning 3 minute talk from #UoRPhDConf, Vic Pickup reveals insights from her PhD research drawing on letters from @uorspeccoll.bsky.social youtu.be/qzFDFZqTLNE?... #MillsandBoon #PhD

I am on Katherine Grant’s Historical Romance Sampler today talking about book bans, historical romance, many ways to protest, and what you can do right now to support the freedom to read! Give it a listen or check out the transcript! katherinegrantromance.com/historical-r...

"The show uses letters, manuscripts and more to trace the trajectory of her career and illustrate how seriously she took her vocation." #giftlink www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/a...

The organizer has apologized and is issuing refunds. Looks like they were unable to sell enough tickets to cover the costs of the event - a challenge familiar to any author who has purchased snacks and rented a room for a reading. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Shades of Readers Take Denver...the Million Lives Book Festival in Baltimore was apparently a spectacular bust, with little attendance, horrible organization, and some invitees and vendors losing thousands of $$ www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Next meeting is Sunday, May 4, starting 2 PM Atlantic time. This meeting is online, and features a workshop from Magi Nams, "Using the Senses to Create Specific Details and Emotion in Writing." Members check the group chat for the link. Non-members contact us via our web site to attend.

Friendly reminder that using an LLM is also training that LLM, and that anything you put there is not subject to privacy or confidentiality.

Make an Ottawa Romance Writer your new favourite author. #booksky #romancebooks #amreading

Helpful post from @katemckean.bsky.social on how to spot a scam email--with an annotated example www.agentsandbooks.com/p/what-does-...

The Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada emails a newsletter which is: -just four times a year -free -for romance writers anywhere -for romance readers anywhere -for anyone else - librarians, booksellers, unusually literate cats. dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/473146...

Congratulations & thanks to RWAC VP Denise Flint and Sec'y Carol Best, both returning for a second term. Other highlights from our AGM today included a great presentation on using dialogue from @mlhelliwell.bsky.social. Members - full minutes of the meeting will be posted soon. romanceac.ca

Please help support visionary romance editor Vivian Stephens! #romancelandia #romancebks www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...

For people who say things in romances could never happen in real life. "Canadian student Bianca Gignac only had a few days left in Italy when she crossed paths with Italian local Alessandro Morelli in the beautiful Cinque Terre region." www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...

🔮Forever Night🔮 I just released this 7k short story with a tragic fairy tale! If you prefer the Grimm tales over the Disney ones, you'll enjoy this emotional and hopeful story of two unfortunate souls. Buy now: books2read.com/Forevernight

A customer refused to buy the copy of the book they wanted from our shelves because they “don’t buy display copies.” Not sure they know how bookshops work. 🤷‍♂️

Dark, dangerous erotic magic ensnares a prince and his whipping boy in a world of castle intrigue. Gay high fantasy BDSM romance. Honorable mention in the Rainbow Awards and NLA Writing Awards! THE PRINCE'S BOY has a new online home: TheoReads! theoreads.com/story/...

Black sapphic sci-fi books

My evening with Judy Blume is coming up!!! I might faint. Tween me never imagined I’d have my own book and be in conversation with the legend herself at her bookstore. I dedicated my book to her and two chapters are named after her. What a full circle moment. booksandbookskw.com/events/amand...

It’s officially my birthday weekend!! (Sunday is my actual birthday. 🎂🎉) So if you wanted to get me something, you could totally buy my books if you haven’t yet *wink wink nudge nudge* 😉💖 linktr.ee/rjcrunden

One of my favourite lines my from romance novel, Ocean's Lure. "[Valentine’s Day] came and went as usual: her and Cerebus watching Groundhog Day and sharing a pizza." A good way to spend the day." (Cerebus is her dog.) somewhatgrumpypress.com/oceans-lure-...

Last Valentine’s Day, she got dumped and the video went viral. This year, she needs to prove she’s moved on. NOT YOUR VALENTINE is a fake dating + friends to lovers romance. www.kobo.com/en/ebook/not...

Now is a very good time to check in on friends you haven’t spoken to in a while, particularly if they’re in fields directly affected by the flood of shit coming out of DC. Let them know you’re thinking about them and supporting them. Keep your network strong and resilient.

Have you considered buying a book from a queer author this Valentine’s Day? (It’s me, I’m the author, there’s a lot of historical romance and some sci-fi and paranormal in here.) www.oliviawaite.com/books

Our favourite proposal location in Atlantic Canada: Heart-shaped Pond (Julie's Pond), Hemlock Ravine Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Location proposed by Deanne Ouest, photos by @trcovell.bsky.social. See our website for more details about this location - link in bio.

Top ten proposal locations - Feb 13, Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The revival of gothic romances has demonstrated that people are ready for cemetery proposals. Location proposed (and photos) by @deannafosterauthor.bsky.social. For more information, see our website - link in bio.

Top ten proposal locations - Feb 12, Tangled Garden, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia. Location proposed by Deborah Hale, author of more than two dozen historical and inspirational romances, as well as historical fiction and fantasy. See our website for more details and photo credit - link in bio.

Top ten #proposal locations - Feb 11, Love-lock sculpture, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Location proposed by RWAC President Kayleigh Malcolm. See our website for more details and photo credits - link in bio. #romance

Top ten proposal locations - Feb 10, Gros Morne Mountain Summit, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland & Labrador We're into the top five! Location proposed by Lori Savory. See our website for more details and photo credit - link in bio.

Top ten proposal locations - Feb 9, An Annapolis Valley Winery. Location proposed by RWAC President Kayleigh Malcolm. "I can promise you there will always be a Happily Ever After and love will conquer all." For more information, see our website (link in bio).

Top Ten Proposal Locations - Feb 8, Prescott House Museum, Starr's Point, Nova Scotia. Location proposed by @mlhelliwell.bsky.social, whose Everwell Manor in her Scandalous Spinsters series was inspired by Prescott House. See our website for more details - link in bio.

Top ten proposal locations - February 7, Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. Location proposed by Lori Savory. See our website for more details and photo credits - link in bio.

Top ten proposal locations - February 6, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Location proposed by Stella MacLean, www.stellamaclean.com See our website for more details - link in bio.

Top Ten Proposal Locations - Feb 5, Whale Watching at St. Vincent’s Beach, Newfoundland & Labrador. Denise Flint, RWAC's vice president, proposed St. Vincent's Beach. She writes romances under the pen name Barbara Burke. See our website (link in bio) for more details and photo credits.

Top Ten Proposal Locations - Feb 4, Honorable Mention: Skyline Trail, NS / Confederation Trail, PEI (tie) Proposed proposal locations from @trcovell.bsky.social and @mlhelliwell.bsky.social. See our website (link in bio) for more details and photo credits.

Are you ready? Starting tomorrow, Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada is sharing our picks for our Top 10 Most Romantic Proposal Locations in our region. We’re excited to show them to you, and share why we love them. See you tomorrow!

Our next meeting is online, Sunday, Feb 9, 2:00 – 4:00 pm. See the members chat for the meeting link. Non-members, contact us if interested in attending. After the business portion of the meeting, we'll have an editing presentation from Molly Rockwood. More details on our website: romanceac.ca

The FTC comes for the Mikkelsen twins (maybe? In the Trump era, all bets are off). The Mikkelsens' trash book operations are responsible for a sizeable percentage of online slop. (This article highlights again why it's important to report scams) www.aol.com/feds-opened-...