Romance is stepping up for Minnesota! Please check out the website, make a donation, enter for one of an incredible list of prizes, and share the link! #romancelandia

The Publishing for Minnesota auction launches this week to support groups providing legal aid, emergency assistance, food, and community resources to those in urgent need. www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

Anyway, if you need whistles: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

This book is SO FUCKING GOOD, read it immediately!!!

Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul is doing a book drive and can also take monetary donations online and in person redballoonbookshop.com/can-mn-and-l...

And Pahlish, also MN based, have Melt Ice for sale and the proceeds go to the family of Renee Good.

If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund

If you want to help our whistle project (I believe we have ~80 folks in the whistle avengers last count) I keep rotating through wishlists to out the ones who need attention at the top. Also our GFM helps with shipping! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Non-Minnesotans: if you want to support local journalism, give $ first to @mprnews.org, @minnpost.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, @minnesotareformer.com, @racketmn.com, @wedge.live The Star Tribune is okayish lately (& their photojournalists are great), but has a rough track record.

Really, really recommend that Minnesotans in particular disable autoplay, I know it's annoying to have to click to see a GIF but it's not worth the mental health costs of seeing the first seconds (before you scroll by) of murders in our city over and over and over.

Los Angeles is still under siege thelalocal.org/neighborhood...

one of my homies posted this on another site & this isn’t ai — it’s actual numbers of real people showing out for just one of the demonstrations today

important to note if you’re attending the march downtown and don’t want to or can’t go in target center if you’re carrying things that are banned by their policy! which is VERY extensive and includes backpacks, large bags, large signs, etc

Thinking of the good people of Minnesota today - solidarity forever. If you're as far away from MN as I am, and if you're able, maybe look around on the Stand With Minnesota site to see where you might be able to help today?

Solidarity forever.

Fellow Texans, it's a big state, but we can get this project done if we work together! Especially since some of our out-of-state neighbors are helping. Sign up with me:

TWIN CITIES FOLKS WHO WANT TO HELP AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START: I put together a big list of resources. Do you want to deliver groceries? do people's laundry? work in community defense? I want to help you get connected! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/h...

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Lawyers of Minnesota, local attorney Daniel Suitor is trying to coordinate legal resources needed by the people and organizations responding to ICE's occupation of MN. (Lawyers not from MN, you might also be able to help!) See Dan's post for the link to the form.

Two men try to kill each other. And then they don't. "Heartwarming and humorous." — Library Journal, starred review /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/Pursu... Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/... Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...

a small real thing you can do right now. Bree’s squad just sent 200 of these to my stepmom for the anti-ICE ministry at our church. you can chip in for materials and supplies at the links below

This is massively important to remember, my grieving friends. Please remember this. All of these murders are evil, but what happened just now is not the first.

If you’re looking for some way to help.

To add some joy to the new year, my publisher has put my sapphic romance Just a Touch Away on sale! It's available at 70% off via Amazon & most other bookstores. jae-fiction.com/just-a-touch... 🩷 Ice queen 💜 Professional cuddler 💙 Age gap romance 💚 Rivals to lovers 💛 Forced proximity 🧡 Slow burn

Y'know, if I were smart, I would've put in my contact lenses BEFORE cooking with jalapeños this morning.

Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please. Script.

Amigurumi pride angel 🌈 I had the idea to make a plushie version of a painting I did for Pride last year, using metallic thread to make top surgery scars. It took a lot of experimentation, but I love how they turned out! I’ll definitely be doing more like this.

It's SUNNY OUT, which makes me yearn to go outside. But also it's 14 degrees, feels like 2, which does not sound AT ALL like a pleasant temperature for a walk. I will compromise by doing this editing pass right next to the window, absorbing as much of the sunny vibes as I can from indoors.

Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live. Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...

Now that I'm learning to crochet, my desire to make ace-flag-themed EVERYTHING is frankly overwhelming. So here's a scarf. It's extremely thick and warm and WAY too long, and I'm ridiculously pleased with it.

Winter girl sketch :)

Only a few days left of the big End of Year Sale on Smashwords! I've discounted most of my titles (quite a few of them are free right now) -- give them a browse -- sale ends on January 1

Don't forget to open the doors of the Sapphic Book Advent Calendar during the holidays because on Christmas Day & Christmas Eve is the big finale! What's awaiting you? 🎁 14 free ebooks 🎁 20 books on sale 🎁 57 book giveaways jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book...

reminder:

My most popular sapphic romance Wrong Number, Right Woman is on sale right now! You can get it at 70% off via Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Ylva & most other online bookstores. You can now also read it in KU! A wrong-number text from a stranger turns Denny's life upside down.

I needed an easier-and-significantly-more-chill video game to play when I'm not ambitious enough for Silksong, so I finally started Super Mario RPG. What a silly delightful ridiculous game. It's EXACTLY what I needed, and now I can't wait to play it with my niece.

Now that it's EXTREMELY December and both of my new Christmas releases are out, here's a thread of my various Christmas-themed titles:

Now that it's EXTREMELY December and both of my new Christmas releases are out, here's a thread of my various Christmas-themed titles:

I need to buy bread, and also possibly jalapeños. But to do this I need to not only change out of my cozy pajamas, but GO OUTSIDE, which feels like such a daunting hurdle in this moment.

I knew act 3 of Silksong was going to kick my ass hard, but daaaaaaaaaaaaang. I'm struggling, y'all. And I thought I was reasonably good at this game XD

I'm already in pajamas for the night, which one might ASSUME would mean I can easily do some living room yoga with basically zero extra effort. Yet here I sit, definitely NOT doing yoga, pondering the video game controller that is right there within reach.

There was a post last week telling people not to do ICE observing with kids in tow. Here's an example of something you could do instead.

Perfect Rhythm destroyed me in all the best ways and omg these editions are BEAUTIFUL!

*Hair styling*

Something I'd like to address. There's this idea that TQ+ folk are all 21 year-old art students... and all the 'normal' old school folk are LGB and entirely left behind and confused by 'pronouns'... Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!

the way I desperately want to buy this and hang it on the wall with all my mom’s beautiful antique Catholic art in similar frames and title this one “No Jesus For Us Meeces”

Libro.fm has become my go-to platform for audiobooks, and I recommend it without caveats. Among other advantages, their app is by far the least glitchy audiobook app I've ever used (and I've tried A LOT through the years.) Membership/subscription is also super easy to adjust. Seriously check it out.

US people: there is a Goodreads giveaway for 50 print ARCs of HOW TO FAKE IT IN SOCIETY (which releases next April so don't miss). Get your "nervous nouveau riche x flagrant con artist" Regency romance here! (US only, not in my control, sorry.)

Happy old year