Edward Rochester: "It’s a surprise, my dove! Come up to the attic and see..." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/val...

Saturday morning bump up Thank you to all who share this survey and/or complete it! 💕

Survey alert! Dear Romancelandia: I’m doing a research study on podcasts about romance fiction and readership engagement! If you listen to/watch any podcasts about romance fiction, can you please complete this voluntary and anonymous survey? Thank you! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Survey alert! Dear Romancelandia: I’m doing a research study on podcasts about romance fiction and readership engagement! If you listen to/watch any podcasts about romance fiction, can you please complete this voluntary and anonymous survey? Thank you! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...

What a dire timeline right now - even in romance. I'm going to write words about Harlequin killing the Historical line (a threat for the last decade) and now it's been announced that All About Romance, a 30-year old website is shutting down allaboutromance.com/its-been-a-g... #Romancelandia

Here it is VALHALLA BURNING To be released July 21, 2026. pre-order is available now on those book selling sites #vikings #booktok #history #fantasy #historicalfantasy

ICYMI, my publisher is giving away a free copy of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU on IG. Enter here: www.instagram.com/p/DUIxv7qDa6... Or find out more about the book here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

I was mistaken earlier tonight about Salonga having a Tony nom tonight but but but Darren Criss AND Nicole Scherzinger BOTH won in their categories! And made me tear up! ❤️

Nicole Scherzinger just killed it on the Tony Awards with a solo from Sunset Blvd and then Darren Criss did the bridge to the commercial break. They and Lea Salonga are all nominated for Tonys tonight! So was Conrad Ricamora! Filipinos represent!! 😍

I'm heartbroken that historical romance isn't getting the love and support it deserves as a sub-genre. As @harperstgeorge.bsky.social put it on Rebel Ever After, histrom teaches us how we can fight oppression *now* by learning from the past. Listen to her episode: open.spotify.com/episode/0amI...

Copper Script is out today! Get your morally conflicted policeman / chaos graphologist romance here. All e platforms books2read.com/u/4NE2KG Gumroad kjcharles.gumroad.com/l/copperscript Out in pb too, audio on its way.

If you’re out here blaming generations of people instead of focusing on elites and corporations, you’ve been fully bamboozolled. Enough with the generational tribalism. It’s ignorant, reductive and ageist. 😃

Filipino organizations in Alaska have worked to bring a documentary to Alaska called "Nurse Unseen." The film was shown at the Anchorage Museum Wednesday to spotlight a group of immigrants whose service and sacrifices are often overlooked.

Today (Friday, May 16th) only, ZOMROMCOM is a Read Now title on NetGalley--which means absolutely anyone with an account there can download a copy and read it months ahead of time! If you do, I hope you love the story as much as I do! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Not everything is fit to donate, and not all recycling programs are reliable. Here's what sustainability experts want you to know before you toss a pile of old clothes into the first donation bin you see. “If you don’t want it [because it’s damaged], nobody else does.”

Reminder: my website has free bonus content like Better Together, a short story about Margaret and Elaine, set after Unveiled and Unlocked, which touches on Margaret's difficulties getting pregnant. /jb www.courtneymilan.co... #HistoricalRomance #Romance #HEA #TurnerSeries

This may have significant consequences for U.S. copyright policy, as the Librarian supervises the Register of Copyrights. I would pay attention to any maneuvering in the Copyright Office, particularly given its relatively cool attitude toward AI copyrightability and training fair use.

I meant to post earlier on here but depression only gave me enough energy to post it on insta. However, I’m doing it now, hooray! Here is my cover reveal for the third in my stand alone romcom series, While You Were Seething! Enemies to lovers are enemy to lovering! Road trips are road tripping!

I just started reading Bel Canto by Ann Pratchett and am totally enthralled. I know, I know, I’m VERYYYYYY late to this party. But I am here! Also, I never again want to see writer advice to avoid head-hopping POVs. Is all head-hopping bad? NO! Is it hard to do well? YES!

All, if you're hearing about what's happening at Newark, please, please read Bill's piece and follow him. I've said before: I trust Bill on how to fly and even whether it's safe to fly. He gives a pointed picture about what's happening right now:

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans. These are their stories 🧵

Happy book day to us!!! 🧜‍♀️ I have fallen down on every front promoting this, because life has been... life and I'm barely clinging to a cliff's edge by my broken fingernails over here. But we wrote a book, and it's coming out, and I love Aleksi, Naia, and Einar. 💓 I hope y'all love them too!

it’s my birthday—a great day to buy my books, imo! if you order from my beloved local, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, I can sign & personalize them for you 💌

Adriana Herrera and Sarah MacLean share the essentials of writing a romance! 😍 I so needed this day. I feel like my writer brain is waking up from a long sleep…

😍 Mia Sosa and Sarah Younger shared their insights on a strong author/agent “Dream Team” at #RomancingtheCraft

Loving the energy at the Romancing the Craft workshop this morning! Looking forward to a great day!

This is so important. No pretenses. Speak the truth. Because it’s time now to start ensuring that record is crystal clear.

Talk to your neighbors and coworkers and relatives. "Wow, did you hear about X? Yeah, I was just reading an article about that. I'll send it to you." If you have the patience, keep trying.

It's release day for BOLD MOVES, my second chance romance about a chess grand master adapting her memoir with the director whose heart she broke in high school. it's available for Kindle, in KU, in audio (at the 'zon and Audible), and in paperback.

If you’re a young LGBTQ+ person in crisis or in need of a place to talk, the Trevor Project is here for you. Call the lifeline at 866-488-7386 or text ‘START’ to 678-678. Services are 24/7/365, nationwide, 100% free & confidential 💜

We are only a few crayon boxes and 45 coloring books short of having one for every family!!!!! I am starting to get a bit nervous that we are going to fall short on the Chinese/English picture books tho: bit.ly/books25rs Thank you all <3

Write!! www.writersdigest.com/keep-writing...

Dear Poet, There, in the cradle of your hand, where palm lines crack and stretch, words and worlds wait. They ache and thrum through your finger bones. They yearn for life. And you give it. There is nothing small in you. You are wondrous large and lovely. You write. #poetry

Hey everyone, A few people have asked about donating and there are some things we could use help with, including car repairs that will probably be about $150. I’ve raised the goal and any help anyone would like to give would be hugely appreciated. 🩷🩷🩷 gofund.me/c7723af4

It's hard to explain to people outside this fight that Texas is currently trying to ban kids from using public libraries... but they are; it's passed out of committee, and it's going to a floor vote. 🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨

Hey, #Romancelandia #blackbooksky and #booksky ! Can y'all recommend some first-persom Romcoms? Emphasis on the com. I'm working on a novella and it's demanding to be in first-person so I want to see the approach other folks have taken.

ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...

and I thought someone telling me that David Brooks called for a civic uprising would be the wildest thing I saw today

Dear romance academia, I 🩷 you. It was an absolutely delight presenting with, listening to, and engaging in spirited discussion about the romance genre at PCA 2025! It’s rare that I get to to be my aca-fan-author self all at the same time and engage all those parts of my brain. Thank you! 1/?

This week on Rebel Ever After, we're talking about historical romance and why it is the BEST. And also vital and poignant during political moments like this. My guest is @lianainbloom.bsky.social, author of the incredible Luna Sisters series. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3pna...

Quite serendipitous for the PCA Romance Roundtable earlier today working to define “trope”! (See the original post being referenced)

Last few hours to enter the print goodreads giveaway for Desperate Demon! Genuinely cannot believe it’s had over 11k entries. It’s most likely gonna surpass Werewolf which is nuts. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

A lovely whirlwind visit to New Orleans

Now on sale: sapphic historical romance The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows, a friends-to-lovers slow-burn with gardens, bees, ballads, and mass protests, during a year when political changes make everything feel apocalyptic and revolution feels only a whisper away.

The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, said he and his family were evacuated from their home early on Sunday after an arson attack that significantly damaged a section of the governor’s residence.

Perioidic reminder that the reason you didn't see autistic people with intellectual disabilities on the street five decades ago was not because they didn't exist. It's because they were sent away to institutions and their parents were told to put away pictures of them.

If you or your loved ones have trouble getting your Social Security payments, call your Congressional reps immediately. Also call your state attorney general's office so they can document the issues. #Maddow