Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

Alert: ICE is drawing weapons on legal observers in Minneapolis.

One of my favorite reads of 2025 released yesterday. Go read it and feel all the feels!

Can we all agree that no country that claims to be a democracy should ever have masked militarized goon squads full of pardoned domestic terrorists and militia?!

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

To the town, she’s a menace. To him, a pain in the ass. In the heat, their bickering turns into a tension that usually ends with someone naked. The problem? He's the man she left 8 years ago. 0/10 for emotional stability, 10/10 for the way he looks when he’s yelling. #questpit #Q #R #A

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YELLOWJACKETS X GOOD SPIRITS Jeanette isn’t afraid to fly. She’s afraid to fall, crash, and burn. ✈️rival scientists 🌿mysterious flying powers ✈️touch her and die 🌿stuck in the wilderness ✈️ the trees are alive…or is it just us? #questpit #a #r #f #pr #wip

Meet Hennie: a plus-size American chaos-goblin who hid her hurt behind being “the fun friend.” Grieving her father, losing her mother to dementia, she’s overwhelmed by her family's lies - and desperate for roots. She takes up space. Laughs too loudly. And she’s not apologizing. #Questpit #A #R #Q

SEVEN DAYS IN PARADISO: a second-chance fake-dating contemporary romance that sits between THE EX VOWS and THE PARADISE PROBLEM. Because wouldn't you also escape this bitter winter cold by running off to a lush Mexican resort for a week -- even if it includes your ex-fiancé? #QuestPit #Q #R #A

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION x Taylor Swift's "Right Where You Left Me" One Marriage Pact Two Childhood Best Friends Three Years Since They've Seen Each Other One Last Chance to Get It Right #QuestPit #A #R #W

The Whalebone Theatre x In Memoriam. A historical coming of age story inspired by real letters, BOTANY BEACH follows a suffragist and Oxford botanist whose fight for recognition is overtaken by WWI—forcing her to redefine survival, ambition, and legacy. #questpit #Q #Hfic #HF #LF #WF

RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Comic nerds (complimentary) Ex-lovers turned rival comic artists reunite on a cutthroat reality competition. Their on-screen chemistry goes viral, but the manipulated footage threatening to destroy their budding relationship is even more popular. #questpit #a #r #q

To hit #1, Victoria's willing to play dirty... 💔a romance writer in need of inspiration ☕the gruff owner of her favorite coffee shop 6️⃣one deal, six dates 📖a book secretly based on their relationship ❌he'll never find out 💥...unless he happens to be her anonymous beta reader #QuestPit #A #R #Q

Minnesotans on Bde Maka Ska, a lake in Minneapolis. Photo credit WCCO-TV

FLEABAG x ROMANTIC COMEDY Hennie's in freefall when she inherits a London flat from the father she never knew - and gains a downstairs neighbor, Everett, who’s about to be caught in her chaos. Too bad they make questionable choices. Sex tends to complicate things. #Questpit #A #R #Q

Phoenix’s Recent Google Searches: 🔍 statute of limitations on small town gossip (asking for a friend) 🔍 he sighed at me 4 times today meaning 🔍 why do grumpy men look good in flannel 🔍 is bickering over fences considered a date in the south? #questpit #Q #R #A

Cause some pretti good trouble.

“I’m not mad at you.” “Are you okay?” These are the final words of the Minnesotans murdered by ICE in the past two weeks. Please reflect on their kindness, humanity, and grace in the days and weeks and months to come. These people were the best of us.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23. 📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ

They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.

Minnesota strong 💪! 💚

This is a list of businesses across Minnesota that are closing tomorrow in solidarity with the economic shutdown. Huge thanks to every one of them for stepping up. If your business is also closing, drop it below.

Shocking news as Columbia Heights school officials say four students have been detained by ICE, including 5- and 10-year-olds who have already been sent to Texas. https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/ice-detains-4-columbia-heights-students-including-5-and-10-year-olds-sent-to-texas

After amicably parting with my agent I’m searching for new representation - there is big 5 editor interest for STRANGE WEATHER. The weather isn’t the strangest thing in Guthrie, Kansas. It’s Colette Franklin.

ICE agents ate at El Tapatio in Willmar, MN, then came back hours later and detained the workers who served them. Turning a meal into surveillance isn’t public safety it’s intimidation. Remember private businesses can refuse service to ICE agents!

As someone who lives in the Mpls metro, it feels so bizarre to be pitching my silly little love stories today, like I'm not also seeing images of cars left running in the street after their occupants were kidnapped or hearing of (white!) HS kids getting pulled over and their "documents" demanded

People who aren't in Minnesota might not know that if you drive or walk past pretty much any school, there's going to be a group of people, parents and childless, standing guard to make sure the kids are safe from feds. It's pretty remarkable. And very disturbing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

To hit #1, Victoria's willing to play dirty... 💔a romance writer in need of inspiration ☕the gruff owner of her favorite coffee shop 6️⃣one deal, six dates 📖a book secretly based on their relationship ❌he'll never find out 💥...unless he happens to be her anonymous beta reader #BluePit📖 #Q #A

Publishers are feeling the chill of the book banning movement and a second Trump presidency as literary agents note a more reserved atmosphere for publishing books with LGBTQ+ characters and themes. More: https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5679251-trump-era-lgbtq-book-bans/

👫Two childhood best friends 💍One marriage pact IF WE'RE STILL SINGLE, a contemporary romance Querying soon! #BluePit📖 #W #A

Looking for a way to support Minneapolis-area kids? A Book of My Own will be using all donations for the month to get books to kids who can’t go to school because the federal government is terrorizing their home. #kidlit bookofmyown.com/donation/

I keep coming back to the fact that there’s one ICE officer per 1000 or so people right now. We’re HEAVILY occupied and it’s just getting worse.

I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.

Tomorrow we observe a Day of Unity in honor of Renee Good, who was killed by ICE. 10AM - STATEWIDE MOMENT OF SILENCE 4-5:30PM - VIGIL OF ACTION AND MOURNING, MN Capitol In the face of such extreme violence, Minnesotans stand up for our neighbors. We will seek accountability and justice.

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped spread the word. Thousands of Minnesotans gathered tonight for a vigil honoring Renee Good, who was murdered by ICE agents. Let’s get ICE out of MN!

The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse? You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.

hi, this is super fucked up

Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.

People like romance because romance requires craft like every other form of writing

I can’t afford therapy so I commissioned the cutest character art for my upcoming romance novel from indie artist #babydragonart 🥹 #supportindieauthors #supportindieartists

I was lucky enough to read this early and it quickly became one of my top reads of the year! Preorder it!

To hit Number 1, Victoria's willing to play dirty 💔 a romance writer who needs inspiration ☕ the gruff owner of her favorite coffee shop 6️⃣ six dates 📖 a book secretly based on their relationship ❌ but he'll never find out 💥 ... unless he happens to be her anonymous beta reader #QuestPit #A #R #Q

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN TEN DAYS x YOU'VE GOT MAIL 💔 a romance writer who needs inspiration ☕ the gruff owner of her favorite coffee shop 6️⃣ six dates 📖 a book secretly based on their relationship ❌ but he'll never find out 💥 ... unless he happens to be her anonymous beta reader #ghostpit #A #R #Q

A romance writer agrees to a series of dates with the gruff owner of her favorite coffee shop, secretly planning to use the experience as fodder for a new book—but neither is aware he’s the anonymous beta reader who’s been ripping apart her pen name’s work for years. #ghostpit #A #R #Q

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm