This week's Wednesday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, which is out in ebook and paperback: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave #romancelandia

Every so often, the only reasonable response to a day is to make cookies and milk. They really helped! (And I used my favorite recipe: lovingitvegan.com/vegan-chocol... ) #TinyJoys

Thread:

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

I know this is a very long shot, but... Can anyone possibly point me towards an English translation of volume 1 of The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Words and Pictures (1886)? So far, I can only find it in German, & sadly, while I could have read that 25 years ago, I really can't anymore. Alas!

Ooh:

It's time to gather questions for this month's Patron Q&A video! Subscribe to my Patreon at any level from $1.99/month upwards to leave your questions about writing, publishing, reading, fountain pen geekery, or anything else: patreon.com/stephanieburgis

Poor Pebbles got her third chronic health diagnosis in less than a year today (this time, diabetes)...so when I got back from an errand and she leapt onto my lap, I was more than willing to discard all of my previous plans and replace them with cuddle time. ❤️

I love this book SO MUCH. Highly recommended!

I'm a historical fantasy author. I set my stories in versions of the world that never quite existed (due to the existence of magic in my version) - And I would never dream of relying on AI for any aspect of my research, partly because I'm a former academic historian & I know how inaccurate AI is.

Most economists agree that by the time you're 50, you should be living in a book-filled cottage at the edge of the forest and solving minor mysteries in your village with the aid of a curious ghost cat.

baby shooting stars 💫

For this month's Patreon wallpaper, I drew a cover for MRS. DALLOWAY. www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon

This week's Tuesday snippet comes from Enchanting the Fae Queen, which is out in ebook, paper, and audiobook: stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen Gerard may be her nemesis, but there's no WAY Lorelei will let anyone else harm him! ;) #romancelandia

sitting on my dragon hoard of unread library borrows, ARCs, and bought books, eyeing with an interest an email offering me a new novel to read

Happy book birthday!

What authors and publishers pay editors for in a developmental edit is literally their time and expert analysis. If a developmental editor is charging you money to offload that work onto an LLM, you are quite actually being scammed.

Yay! Happy book re-birthdays!

Happy book birthday!

Happy book birthday!!!

Cannot wait!

RLT: I am absolutely in favour of the @societyofauthors.bsky.social 's Don't Steal This Book campaign, which I joined as one of the signatories. I am very much sceptical, OTOH, of the Human Authored scheme for the same reasons I disagree with the @authorsguild.org version...

Solidarity against AI theft means everyone. You can't campaign for 'don't use the word plagiariser' while using the image plagiariser. @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Re-boosting this thread with alt-text for this post: This image shows a book with a white background and an illustration of a black highwayman's mask on the cover. The title reads: Don't Steal This Book: A Plea from Authors.

Thread! (I'm one of the authors involved.)

Well then. You all were very keen on the mouse witch so perhaps you will also enjoy a rabbit witch. Yes, those are hops. No, I'm not sorry.

It's okay to not enjoy a genre. Most people have genres they aren't into! But you have to jump a pretty large gulf to get from "I don't like this" to "Other people reading this are ruining literature."

I just posted a new blog entry about my upcoming events in Seattle: www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/03/two-... #romancelandia

Oh wow:

seals!!! This was a fun one to draw

This is a really good, thoughtful piece:

@katkinneywrites.bsky.social Kat! I just read your GR review of the second book in Ash Fitzsimmons's Child of Fortune series, which was really persuasive. Would you recommend starting with book 1 in that series or with a different earlier series from the author? (GR wouldn't let me ask in comments!)

This week's Monday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out in ebook, paperback, and audiobook now: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

I have 14 days left before surgery, so we're closing up the shop on the 20th to make me actually heal. (booo) Today I'm trying to list all the "I will definitely put that up some day" stuff in the office! Starting with four new colors of planner organizers. LIKE PINK! thebrokencircle.etsy.com

Out tomorrow: Nobody’s Baby, a sapphic sci-fi mystery novella on a space cruise ship where, suddenly, a wild baby appears!

Oh, do romance readers read too much? Of the wrong kind of books, you say? In the wrong kind of language, you say? Are they too easy, too sexy, too fun, too silly? And we’re pretending this is not The argument that people have made against romance since (checks library) 1785?

The Magic Noir Bundle is still going strong; if you haven't checked it out yet, this is a fine chance to get a great set of books at a bargain price!

OK, this is really fun!

Today’s Raven News: Chips didn’t come early. I was so happy after expecting not to see him in the fog, when he eventually came & sat on the fence with me! Sometimes when I am sat with him I get this tremendous sense of how lucky I am that he shares a tiny part of his life with me🥰

A quick headsup: the newsletter I'm sending out to subscribers on Friday will include the bonus chapter for Wooing the Witch Queen that began as an OwlCrate exclusive! Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox: stephanieburgis.com/newsletter #romancelandia

The crystal whistle pendants are up! (With a bonus Karl-inspired whistle for your keychain!) Go grab one while you can! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Awful and important, especially in a society where vicious bigotry against visibly trans people is becoming more and more normalized (and even encouraged):

Tell all your mid-north-western-europe-located friends!

OH YES, DEAR READER, THERE IS A BOOK COMING OUT, IT'S A FANTASY ROMCOM WITH MAGIC, DRAGONS AND A TALKING VULTURE!! IT'S REALLY FUNNY! AND IT'S IN PREORDER!! sidequested.com/book/

I'm participating in the SFWA MG/YA Constellation mini-conference, and so can you! The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) Middle Grade/Young Adult Committee is hosting a FREE virtual Constellation Series mini conference March 21-22 with workshops, presentations, and readings (1/2)

This week's Monday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out in ebook, paperback, and audiobook now: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

Describe your plot in five words or less— if you dare 👻 THE GHOSTKEEPER: the ghosts have some complaints

my hot writing take is that playing with POV is neat and you can do what you want. present tense first! close third! first-person-direct-address with bits of omniscient third! anything is legal if you look good doing it!!