I’ve been shopping and bidding on the @romancingthevote.com site and I’m just going to highlight a few items as I see them…

So… I cross-stitched some squirrel 🥜. What? It‘s ART. Over at @romancingthevote.com, you can bid on my framed Squirrel David & a five-pack of signed, personalized books with my chestiest covers. If sculpted torsos aren’t your thing, keep browsing the THOUSAND other items to benefit voting rights!

finished the latest episode of The Other Bennet Sister tonight and immediately started thinking of what to read to survive without it so i wrote a little list in case anyone else is looking for stories with this precise vibe: open.substack.com/pub/taylorsa...

Breaking my social media fast to to hoover up brinity crumbs

Another upcoming event! I get to chat with Suzanne Enoch about her latest book, at In Bloom Bookery in Temecula, CA on March 3rd! Once again, I appreciate any help spreading the word to romance-reading folks in Southern California. Details & to register: www.inbloombookery.com/better-duke-...

I am *delighted* that I got asked to be “in conversation with” the brilliant Mazey Eddings this Friday (2/6) evening at 6pm at the Tustin Library! @mazeyeddings.bsky.social Come join us! (I am not on socials much anymore and am grateful to any who can amplify this in SoCal bookish networks)

Last night’s insomnia stitching

THEY WON AND I’M NOT DEAD YET, LFG!!!! #1NDIANA

oh look i’m one of them!

Me: Nothing will pull me back to social media Friends: lol a condescending law guy tried to dunk on @courtneymilan.com and bsky is clowning him Me: 🍿

My quarterly trip to The Ripped Bodice is coming up soon! Order signed books by March 21st for delivery in early April. Signed books make great gifts for Mother’s Day, birthdays, Easter… they also make great gifts to yourself because you deserve nice things.❤️ www.therippedbodice.com/product/tess...

Relevant to my interests (also LOVE the @tessadare.bsky.social cover in the article!). Hopefully, it catches on and becomes a destination for romance authors to be supported outside of Kindle publishing. #booksky #sapphfic

Does anyone use a hypoallergenic (to cats) kitty litter that they recommend? I think the dust from our clumping litter is giving one of my kitties a rash.

heyyyy! your yearly reminder that this anthology exists and IT'S ON SALE RN #romancelandia #historicalromance #romancenovels

It’s official! So relieved and happy to know that Derek Tran will be representing my family and our neighbors in Congress.

omg, this is official?? YES!!! this is my district! I’d stopped checking the results because I was too sad, and then lo and behold. Knowing we’re no longer represented by Steele is an immense relief. I’m gonna choose to believe the voter postcards I hand-wrote helped, just a tiny bit.

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Cat on table: The cup is on your floor

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Regency romantic: the cup is half agony, half hope

Apparently my alma mater became the biggest feel-good underdog story of the college football season, so Loki and I got up early in California to cheer for THE Hoosiers take THE win over A college from Ohio. I love that you can troll a whole football rival with indefinite articles. It’s so nerdy.

There are a lot of reasons to go see WICKED on opening weekend, and yes maybe it’s weird that my particular reason was Jonny Bailey sharing a screen with a goat. Just let me have this, ok. We all deserve to fly. 😭

A bunch of new folks are following me over here. I feel like I should post… Here are photos of my dog and my latest read, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton. I adored it. Delightfully nerdy, romantic & fun. If you have more nerdy, romantic, delightful books to rec, pls do!

Do you need some joy in this rough week?? @leighharlen.bsky.social is doing a flash auction for Trans Lifeline, and I think you'll recognize many Romancing the Vote crafters here! Maybe a second chance to snipe something you missed??? And it's open now! www.32auctions.com/ProtectTrans...

It’s been almost a year since I was active on any social media, and … tbh I will probably disappear from this one any minute now! But I want to keep my accounts working just in case. Here, have a drawing of a snail.

I heard Brasil moved to Bluesky…

Writers, should your main character have main character syndrome? Discuss.

ROMANCE FOR MAUI auction alert! Lucy Eden designed adorable 3” vinyl stickers as a buy-it-now keepsake item. $10 donation for one design, $15 for 2, and $30 for the full 4-pack! #romancelandia https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden

here have some poem

The Romance for Maui auction goes live for bids in 20 minutes!! Here’s a link to all the items: signed books, author zooms, handcrafted items, editorial and art services… so much good stuff! I have my wishlist ready to go and will bid ruthlessly for a good cause 😂🔪💸

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I can only imagine how many t-shirt, coffee mug, sticker designs are sitting on computers, waiting for the second his mugshot drops. Merch gold rush.

I’m donating a full signed set of my (17) novels plus 4 novellas to the Romance for Maui auction. Please check out the auction site if you’re able to donate an item or want to start a watchlist for bidding! So many great items. #Romancelandia #RomanceForMaui https://geni.us/romanceformauiauction

Hey #romancelandia, author Lucy Eden is organizing a #RomanceforMaui auction, and I've just donated a 20k-word edit. Links to the auction & donor form here: https://geni.us/romanceformauiauction

It would be great if absolutely everybody can help this story go viral, and get higher-level media attention, to contribute to the social and legal utter annihilation of every cop, judge, and politician involved.

If the district says being shot is a hazard of working in their schools, they’re saying it’s a hazard of attending their schools. I’d love to see every parent in the district keep their kids home and refuse to send them back until the school district agrees a shooting isn’t an expected “hazard.”

21st century problems - the need to touch grass vs the need to save water by replacing lawns with xeriscaping

This is @tessadare.bsky.social's kind of Writer Camp.

I want to find an uplifting podcast that’s not an “uplifting podcast.” A well-told narrative that has a satisfying ending, or at least isn’t about murder.

Little doll's house set that's been created in the skirts of a robe in Brighton Pavilion by the amazing Stephanie Smart - https://www.stephaniesmart.net/theregencywardrobecollection #C18 #Regency

I want this Lego typewriter set so bad. I’m gonna have to save up my birthday and xmas money. (and hope it doesn’t go out of stock in the meantime)

Friends, I have finally found a romance book I am enjoying!!! When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein!!! Major Roy Kent vibes. He brushes her hair and it is as lustful as you would expect!! #romancelandia

Hey everyone @lianainbloom.bsky.social is here!!! YAY!!!!! #romancelandia

A goat named Smol and her friend, a smol cow

Um… at least I won’t be drummed out of the village?

oh hey bsky #romancelandia friends, you are the first to hear about my upcoming library virtual book chat with author Lisa Lin, @laforesta1.bsky.social Tues 8/29 at 6pm Central, live & recorded pre-reg: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xgGRbGAFTWm__NWXyo68ow#/registration

Hello #romancelandia? Am I doing this right?

for those of you wondering why #romancelandia feed hasn’t shown up yet, this is why. we’re currently at 55, so be sure to encourage everyone you know who’s joining to like the feed

Have you pre-ordered Horny Dragon: Book 1 by Kit Rocha ? I managed to look sad until Bree sent me an ARC and now I've read it like 3 times already. Also I'm pretty sure the actual title is CONSORT OF FIRE. Gods! Family! Betrayal! Polyamory! HORNY DRAGON!!!

Okay, I have finally set up an account. It will take me a while to figure out who to follow, follow back, etc … please be patient with me. Here, have a photo of a blue sky in the Scottish borderlands from my recent walking trip!