Finally visited my local romance bookstore @burnbrightbookshop.bsky.social , as I was showing off all the cool Rochester corners to my old Rombkpod partner Sarah. Came home with cool stickers and two @miasosaromance.bsky.social books I beta read but I didn’t have in print!

And for the Romance lovers in Rochester, we have @burnbrightbookshop.bsky.social selling the finest in every subgenre, from mainstream to extremely niche! They too hold a number of community and author events and foster an enthusiastic and welcoming atmosphere.

Got to go to a fabulous book signing @burnbrightbookshop.bsky.social tonight with @kaylamartinauthor.bsky.social If you're looking for a romance book - check her out!

Bookstore Romance Day is Saturday 8/9! And guess what? We’re a romance only bookstore sooo come celebrate with us! #rochesterny

Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day & Rochester, NY is blessed w/ the loveliest indie scene! Personal faves: @unreliablebooks.bsky.social, @anotherchapter.bsky.social, @burnbrightbookshop.bsky.social, @thedogearedbook.bsky.social, Bookeater, Archivist, Bleak House, Hipocampo, & Rick's Recycled 💖📚

Giveaway Time! 🏙️📚❤️‍🔥 @burnbrightbookshop.bsky.social is now open, and to celebrate we’re teaming up on Instagram to give away (4) $25 Gift Cards! 👉 www.instagram.com/p/DId564tMaj... 🩷✨ #roc

Two more days until our brick & mortar location is open. I’m not freaking out. Nope.

Oh for fuck’s sake… why do I have to shut down when I have SO MUCH TO DO

TWO WEEKS UNTIL OUR GRAND OPENING! 😳💃🏼

Put in my two weeks at my day job! My occupation will be “bookstore owner.” Dude that’s CRAZY.

Hi, I stopped by the bookstore to set up a few things today ike it was nothing? It’s mine!? 🤯

We officially have 5 weeks until we do a soft opening for our Romance bookstore 😱😅

LESS THAN A WEEK UNTIL I HAVE THE KEYS TO MY ROMANCE BOOKSTORE 🥹🥹🥹

Thinking about renaming our bookstore The Cozy Smut Cottage 🤔

Hello, my name is Shauna and I own a romance bookstore that will NOW be a brick & mortar location in Rochester, NY. 💋❤️‍🔥 (I’m so fucking excited to share this space with ya’ll! We finally signed a lease 🥹)

Me rn. Byeeee

Hopefully sending a Letter of Intent for a space this week 🤞🏼

I somehow have 277 followers on here without posting much and also close to zero engagement. This app still confuses me.

You are not “well read” if you don’t read books with LGBTQ themes You are not “well read” if you don’t read books with BIPOC characters You are not “well read” if you don’t read books highlighting disability You are not “well read” if you don’t read books outside of your limited worldview

I wonder what my 5 year old thinks my books are about 🤔

Being on leave with baby # 3 has me thinking more and more about how I can’t wait to create an accessible space for moms at my bookstore. Bring those babies to my space to play and then come browse romance books in peace or come chat with me about your favorite kind of smut!

I’m so irrationally annoyed that Amazon is offering Onyx Storm for 30% off right now… like, they really don’t care about profit. They’re just out here trying to squash the little guys and it’s fucking sad.

Should I own a business? Probably not. But I’m going to open up this brick & mortar romance bookstore and fucking die on this hill.

Merry Christmas book babes. From: your friendly neighborhood smut dealer 😘

My husband today: Babe, when your maternity leave is up, if *we* don’t have a location for the bookstore yet, are you gonna go back to work? Me: Just staring into the void, not sure how to answer… Husband: I say fuck the 9-5, let’s really go for it. 😭😭😭

Manifesting throwing an Onyx Storm release party at my own bookstore next month ✨

Man, I have no chill once an idea takes root. I NEED IT.

This app confuses me. But I like it?

Asking for help is HARD. We’ll save the deep dive for a future bookclub meeting when we’re talking about how much we relate to that FMC with lingering emotional BS from childhood.

Anyone from #rochesterny on here? Bonus if you like romance books ❤️‍🔥

Did you know that Seattle Public Library (my local library!) offers FREE Books Unbanned cards? 👀 That means that teens and adults ages 13 to 26 living ANYWHERE in the U.S. can access their entire collection of e-books and audiobooks, FOR FREE! www.spl.org/programs-and...

Why is asking for help so hard? I need to be pushing our crowdfunding campaign to help with opening store costs but making it in the first place was hard enough.

We are on the hunt for our brick & mortar location 🤓

Launched our crowdfunding campaign to open a physical storefront and I’m fucking nervous.

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