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ONE! MORE! WEEK! 😍

Today, I drafted a newsletter, updated my website, and caught up on social media and my inbox instead of doing my taxes. Just remember, though: It's only avoidance if it's from the appropriate region of France. Otherwise, it's just sparkling procrastination.

Apparently any nudity in art immediately prompts a "Sexually Suggestive" label by Bluesky. I'd hate to know what they must think of Michelangelo's "David." 😶

I should note that Albert Joseph Pénot is most famous for his absolutely iconic bat-woman painting, "La Femme Chauve-Souris" (~1890), which I also hope to diamond-paint at some point, because WOW.

In recent weeks, I've been either working on edits for WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON or diamond painting--and I just turned in my edits! So now I can concentrate more fully on my latest project, the diamond-painting version of "Départ pour le Sabbat" (1910) by Albert Joseph Pénot:

P.S. Also, ordering from @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social would be an awesome way to celebrate Prime Day! 😂

🎇 PREORDER BONUS ALERT! 🎇 If you order SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE from @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social by 11/15, you'll receive a dust jacket inspired by old-school romances, with gorgeous new artwork by @lenikauffman.bsky.social and lots more '80s-inspired fun! shop.lovessweetarrow.com/product/seco...

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

Although it does feature zombies, @oliviawrites.bsky.social's ZOMROMCOM is more about a woman's quest to figure out her place—and maybe make out with a hot vampire while she's at it. Check out Mandy C.'s review at foreveryoungadult.com/book-report/....

When musicians don’t know how to end a song, they just fade out. I think other writers should do that too. Sketch comedy, screenwriting, playwrights. Have everyone talk softer and softer as they slowly sneak off stage. Novelists can end chapters with gradually shrinking type.

deepest of deep breaths feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.

Librarians (and honestly, everyone). Block and/or watch out for this account, which appears to be gathering posts critical of Charlie Kirk/right wing ideology. Note the misspelling of the handle.

My great joy of the past several months has been exploring previously-unknown-to-me art and artists. This is unrelated to Bloch's painting, but: As it turns out, I have a newfound appreciation for surrealism? Which is odd, because the world is completely and utterly normal right now!

Apropos of nothing: I think the Pet Shop Boys' "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" from 1986 made me consciously grapple with unreliable narration for the first time. The song is clearly written from a conman's POV, and so many parts of his story make no sense, even as he insists they do.

My absolute favorite aspect of this painting ("The Siren," John William Waterhouse, 1900) is the shipwrecked sailor's expression: fascination mixed with dread and fear as he stares up at her. I also love the shine of his wet skin.

honey, what's wrong, you've hardly touched your festive fall gendered butt wipes

Just a quick heads-up: I'm chatting with Chloe Angyal about her lovely books (and mine too) later today! :-)

The Virginia Department of Health has issued a standing order so that people can get the COVID vaccine without a prescription. You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...

Big week for Etsy witches

💜ARC Applications NOW OPEN💜 If you’re interested in reviewing The Aroosi Arrangement, or if you’re a bookseller, check out the request form below! I am especially interested in finding readers from the Persian diaspora, so if that’s you, check off the box! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

McAvoy, NOOOOOOOO 😭

In so many Sexy Man images, he appears to be smelling his own armpit, and that amuses me

I hate asking for help, but I'm desperate. If you are in California, specifically the Central Valley, please share. I just need to ID one of the people who signed this paper and I can be free of my abuser. I am exhausted and tired of being scared.

"Find the River" (not to be morbid, but it's the song I want played at my eventual, hopefully-far-off funeral)

The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.

he'll always be dead in our hearts

Someone please, please tell me that I'm just *missing* the copyright evidence for SPOILER ALERT and AT FIRST SPITE (I don't know if it's too soon for ZOMROMCOM to show, but.........) 🤯

FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.

It's here! THE SEA WITCH is now available! This swashbuckling pirate romantasy is packed with adventure, romance, enemies to lovers, spice, magic, female rage, and found family. This has been a true labor of love, and I'm so happy to share it with you! books2read.com/theseawitch

A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!

"Wellness" when understood as "thinness at all costs" particularly when coupled with the violent disciplining of fat bodies and berating the people in them is in fact not apolitical and has always been extremely fascist.

It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!

let's all enjoy this art again while I mention that this book is currently on sale for $0.99 along with 300+ other SFF works at indiebook.sale

We shopped for a bathroom vanity cabinet today, & I don't know what the selection's like in the US, but here in Sweden, finding one with 4 legs on the floor (instead of a floating model) was HARD. The few we found were labeled "klassisk stil," which basically means we're old and unfashionable. 😂

anybody else’s gyre feel wider lately

Random flashback: When I was in MD, we had a local restaurant called Always Ron's. It eventually closed & was replaced by a Mexican restaurant, Los Amigos. Which is a great name, but I was REALLY hoping they'd call themselves Previously Ron's or Intermittently Ron's instead, because I am who I am. 😂

Suffice it to say if you know any library/library-adjacent jobs in the Baltimore, MD area, I'd appreciate the help. #libraryjobs #baltimore

This is a pretty good bit

Gonna start commuting again soon and could really use some amazing fiction #audiobook recs. YUMS: Romance, mystery, thriller, character depth, feels YUCKS: Billionaire, age gap, conformity as HEA What do you love that I might love?? #booksky

Libro fm's sale on select romance audiobooks for Bookstore Romance Day ends soon! Includes Time Loops & Meet Cutes and Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie. libro.fm/sale

MCA: when I rock the mic it's such a Beastie Boys: THRILL Ad-Rock: we hate J K Rowling and Beastie Boys: WISH HER ILL

My baby just started high school, even though he was too young to eat unhalved grapes only last week? Or at least that's what it feels like. 😭

"eggs in purgatory" recipe: the eggs take 2-3 minutes to cook me: filthy deceiver, it's been 20 minutes and counting "eggs in purgatory" recipe: oh really? weird me: your very name confesses your treachery! "eggs in purgatory" recipe: 😈

Okay, one last announcement, because I was really happy and proud. Thank you to all my readers for supporting me and my work and making this moment possible! 💜💚💗

These scents are available as wax melts, linen sprays, and candles and are officially licensed with the author @oliviawrites.bsky.social. Which scent are you trying first? 😍 Shop now at briarwickcandles.com/collections/... #BookSky #RomanceReads

This has been in the works for a while, and I'm so excited I can finally announce it! I worked with the lovely people at Briarwick to choose just the right scents, and they smell DELICIOUS. Thank you so much to @briarwickcandles.com, and if you order anything from the collection, I hope you love it!

Our guest for this week's episode was the wonderful @oliviawrites.bsky.social, author of our favourite Spoiler Alert series and her new upcoming supernatural book, Zomromcom. Listen to us fangirl- I mean, learn all we could about how Olivia and her writing. Listen now: linktr.ee/swordsandsap...

Paranormal romance isn’t always my jam, but it turns out that paranormal romantic comedy maybe is? (At least as written by Olivia Dade.) I lost track of how many times I audibly snort-laughed while listening to this fantastic book. (*holds up five fingers and a thumb*) #books 💙📚 (1/2)

Everything is trash except ART, which is the best. I just finished @oliviawrites.bsky.social's ZOMROMCOM - I'm not a paranormal romance girly but trusted her - it was so fun, sexy, and gripping! No pressure but I'm ready for book 2 🥲😅😍😍😍