A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

can someone explain to me why ms word sometimes and unpredictably likes to delete whatever character is in front of my cursor when i am BACKSPACING. whyyyy i hate word sooo much

so excited to be able to contribute this year! i have BOOKS!!

folks will hopefully be pleased to find out i'm doing a Glossary this time. 🫣 i have realized (😂) not everybody will understand the nuances of 1905 queer slang (some of which is borrowed from polari, iirc). next best thing to having Laurie outright say "*actually* I'm not a top 🤷". happy medium.

overdrive statement day!! i really enjoy seeing which libraries have decided to pick up my book. best feeling ever.

Happy Pride! As far as I know, none of my books are on sale, but if you want a romance involving an anxious bisexual man or a museum ethics adventure with a princess lesbian and a feral knight bisexual woman, I got you. tachyonpublications.com/product/bitt... bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

happy pride!!! my 🏳️‍🌈🌈 books (📌): REARS & VICES (out now): queer poly pirates, anti-colonial politics, ship battles; enough said. BY ANY MEANS (out 9/8/26): 1905 NYC, socialist reporter x glass industrialist. secrets; murder; intrigue; edwardian pants; kissing! linky links at emcaro.carrd.co !

Friends...it's the start of Pride Month, so I'd like you to meet the amazing ribbon eel. Ribbon eels (likely) all start out male & then all become female later in life. And they rock both ways.

Now part of the @bookshop.org sale. 15% off with code PRIDE26 Gents: bookshop.org/p/books/a-ge... Lady: bookshop.org/p/books/a-la...

everyone in publishing knows the little codes--"audience size" and "not sure how to break this out to readers" and "didn't connect with the protagonist" and countless others. it's horseshit and publishing needs to look in the mirror about it

my reddit account (that's old enough to legally drive) just got a warning for a "copyrighted photo" i posted to r/ladyboners in 2018. the fuck 😂

Got the ARC from NetGalley and have read it twice! I hope you read it when it comes out in September. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/672e...

ship diagrams. ship diagrams & wind directions will be the death of me.

i've switched to duckduckgo "no ai" and omg, the results are so good! i wish i'd done it years ago. i get actual sources instead of garbage listicles!

Ask yourself, would you say it to their face IRL? If you’re like “hm, maybe not,” congratulations! That is an INSIDE THOUGHT and it should stay INSIDE THE GROUPCHAT

We’re absolutely seeing this in romance. Fewer queer romances published by the Big 5, and the ones that are don’t receive the same marketing & publicity support. It’s why I started my podcast Rebel Ever After — to support and celebrate diverse authors whose books are being left behind.

What happens when publishers begin avoiding LGBTQ+ stories before a book is ever challenged? This article explores how years of censorship efforts are creating a chilling effect across the publishing industry, making it harder for queer voices & stories to reach readers bookriot.com/queer-books-...

My next queer romance comes out July 16th, and I'm still looking for ARC readers 👀 Preferably those who enjoy m/m, open-door heat, and the sort of banter only estranged best-friends can manage. Interested? Sign up here... tinyurl.com/allthathistory

we fucking love a library.

It’s #RomanceColumn time again! We’ve got: a glamorous gem of a lesbian bodyguard romance, an angst monster contemporary about rival pianists at a hypercompetitive arts college, and a Black cowboy romance in the Texas heat. Gift link! #booksky #Romancelandia 💙📚

I am so excited to share the beautiful North American cover of #Melting the Ice Queen! 😍 Cover Artist: @wingbuffet.bsky.social Designer: @lesleyaworrell.bsky.social (1/2)

one of the worst things you can do to a child is treat them like they're stupid, or incurious, or incapable. children never stop asking questions. they are the most insatiable beings!! they LOVE novelty and wonder! they are also very aware adults write books. dav pilkey is an adult. they know it. 😂

Reminder that erotic/pornographic art has always been part of our human history. From phalluses and vulvas drawn on cave walls to mass printed comics, from stone carved to digitally crafted. Our ancestors, all over the world, have depicted sex scenes. You can't erase that.

QRP for the link that I did not know existed but definitely need

The marvelous @lishmcbride.bsky.social and I are teaching a romance-writing class online with @hugohouse.bsky.social this summer — and registration is officially open! #booksky #Romancelandia

i gave my fig tree love (water) and nutrients (worm compost) instead of its usual neglect... it rewarded me by dropping approximately fifty leaves 😩

MY BOOK IS OUT TODAY. www.amazon.com/King-Forest-...

AUDIOBOOK DAY!! the Rears & Vices audiobook is out today! It's performed by Joel Leslie and it's FANTASTIC. He really nailed Everard and all his monologues. Just wait 'til you hear Vitya!! 😳 Get it here: podiumentertainment.com/titles/13345... www.amazon.com/Audible-Rear...

i think this may be the most perfect song ever composed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SFK...

So weird how chuds like the Post always assume socialists have to take a vow of poverty. No, numbnuts. We just want to live in a world where things like basketball tickets are a normal little treat available to everyone.

in this HOUSE we build muscle with SATURATED FATS 😤 ...wait. is that not how it works

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

Did you discover, as part of the Anthropic settlement, that your publisher failed to register your copyright? The @authorsguild.org is collecting information authorsguild.org/anthropic-cl... (This is a correction of something I posted yesterday w/ a significant error. Apologies for the mistake)

i don't wholly know why this is controversial at the moment and i'm scared to look, but: credit the people who have worked on your book, ffs.

i am in no way ready for summer. noooo way

i am still putting off THE DUKE (🫣), so yesterday i binged both LONG LIVE EVIL and ALL HAIL CHAOS. great time, was riveted (even if sometimes confused - haha the irony of ME saying that), i do recommend. #3 however, better bring some damn resolution between [redacted] & [redacted], iykwim

also because: it's sooooo gooooood

💯 please pay your editors, artists, and sensitivity readers, but also do not go into debt for it in the meantime. unless you're not paying them enough (or go lightning-strike viral or something), you WILL be "in the red" for the book for a significant amount of time. imagine that plus 29.99% apr...

hehe, ALL the mutes today.

Rawbraining it

Inside you are two wolves. One says “I want everyone to read my story.” The other says “oh God everyone is reading my story” and also that wolf is vomiting.

we absolutely love finding egregious (albeit funny) "incredible vaulting cafeteria" errors after sending out triple-digit numbers of arcs! love it! it's fixed now. lol. lmao. hopefully folks take "uncorrected" to heart, wheeeeew

THE FLOWER COURT a sapphic romantic fantasy in which a clever young scribe infiltrates the imperial consort quarters to search for a missing noblewoman, only to find herself forced to work with the Dowager Empress’s loveliest & most condescending servant Preorder: us.macmillan.com/books/978125....

If you are a special edition person, the Kickstarter for the Historical Trailblazers collection is open! Features me with The Magpie Lord, along with all time greats Beverly Jenkins, Jeannie Lin, Loretta Chase and Lisa Kleypas.

I think the fact that every writer I have asked (with 2 notable exceptions) what they'd do if they won a million dollars has said a version of "delete my social media" and every internet content creator I have asked has said "do xyz thing and stream it" says a lot about personality types

this Word Suitcase is about "songe-creux," "pipe dream," my writing process, and, of course, romance novels www.feliciadavin.com/pipes-and-ot...

This is exactly it. It's hugely depressing & horribly echoes the avaricious zeitgeist & politics of our time. This idea that there's only any point to it if a book is going to be MASSIVE. Some of us don't want to be massive, or rich, or famous. We just want to be able to continue to write books.

JUST IN CASE anybody was under the impression I wasn't fond of socialists... *jazz hands*

HELLO I have a new book coming out. In September. 🤪 I wrote it myself! Did the cover, too! I think it's pretty good! Find it on NetGalley now -- or sign up for my ARC list to get an eARC sent directly your way soon. full blurb/FAQ/links: emcaro.carrd.co www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

HELLO I have a new book coming out. In September. 🤪 I wrote it myself! Did the cover, too! I think it's pretty good! Find it on NetGalley now -- or sign up for my ARC list to get an eARC sent directly your way soon. full blurb/FAQ/links: emcaro.carrd.co www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...