NEW post up about this at @autonomynews.co

Tl:dr - Cannabis, and love, turns anxious, uptight ER doc into anxious hoochie daddy who listens to his patients.

Soon by You is lovely, funny, and emotional. There’s a rich vein of sadness (complimentary) that thrums through the story. It’s a sadness we all encounter as we settle into adulthood. That everyday grief drives Ari and Judah to take risks with each other.

Man, when you compare the bravery of every day Minnesotans to the overpaid cops it’s astounding

Trans erasure is also voter suppression. New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/kansas-trans...

WE ARE ON STRIKE TODAY! As someone who regularly looks at ProPublica web traffic, today's the only day of my career I want to see low numbers. We know our readers support our union. Don't read us today. We'll be there tomorrow.

She’s right

astronauts: *lost contact with earth for 40 minutes* me: jealous

ART REVEAL ❤️ My accidentally shrunk characters make out (& maybe more) while riding an iguana😂 Preorder campaign coming soon, even for digital copies. See my pinned post for Shrunkation👀 Also, plan on doing itty-bitty PR packages for a few of my readers🤏 Special thx to my artist Illustrated Rose

Every once in awhile when I see readers complaining about miscommunication in romance novels, I think about how I got my name. That was how my parents made decisions in their marriage - they each assumed they knew what the other wanted, never asked questions…

How you get them is to donate $10 (per sticker) to one of the organizations that we will list below by donating through the exact ActBlue page we are going to list. PLEASE NOTE that we will be getting the addresses from ActBlue so make sure yours is accurate before donating.

Hey all, we still have a limited number of these charming stickers left over from our last Romancing the Vote. In honor of SCOTUS fuckery on today, the Trans Day of Visibility, we'd like to offer you the chance to get one. (Thread continues.)

Hello! Today is THE LAST DAY to file a claim in Bartz v. Anthropic. GET YOUR MONEY! Check the works list to see if you are on it here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/ File a claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form

Thanking Ms Abrams for making my morning. <3

Hey all. Piper Drake, a friend and a fellow romance author, needs some help funding her cancer treatment. It's been a long, tough road, but she's got one more story in her and we'd like to buy her a little more time to get it out. www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho...

I needed the instant gratification of the whole story so I went to the payhip store and bought it for more than the minimum. It’s so good.

For the Trans Rights Readathon, I was happy to borrow the audiobook of Makana Yamamoto’s The Obake Code. Back to Kepler Station for another heist and bringing down more men trying to extract wealth.

The book is excellent and the giveaway goodies are exceptional!

Happy release day to @janineamesta.bsky.social Love Feud is a second chance romance with a fake hating scheme, a youngest daughter ready to step into the spotlight, and the man who’s down bad for her.

Wanna go to a virtual/accessible #NoKings on Sat? Want it to include the satire, "A Much-Needed Update to Sun Tzu’s THE ART OF WAR as Presented in Trump’s Daily Intelligence Briefing" bc you're baffled/furious at just how ridiculously this war is going? here you go: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I don’t remember who said it (it might have been Tressie MacMillan Cottom), but once it was pointed that Maralago Face isn’t about beauty but about effort, it all makes more sense. The willingness to erase your face for approval is what’s important.

I’ve been struggling with my sourdough starter recently, but this pumpkin pecan loaf came out really well.

So excited to be joining forces with the amazing REPARATION CLUB for this fun preorder! Click that link below and snag yourself a signed copy of SUMMER OFFICIAL & some exclusive character art by the delightful Mayharte (ig @/mayharte). 🛹🩵🍦 rep.club/products/su...

Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot. Thank you.

Okay, one more announcement for today (there will be two more tomorrow)! There's a Goodreads giveaway happening for WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON until 4/10! If you enter, you can win a galley copy of my next book. :-) www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

👀 What our premium members saw this week from Marc Elias: why the SAVE Act is a real threat, Ted Cruz remains the most hated Senator, and what gave Marc hope. Members get full stories, expert analysis & support independent, pro-democracy reporting: newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-bluesky

(1/5) ⚖️ ON MONDAY: The GOP is asking SCOTUS to strike down mail-in ballot grace periods. If the Court agrees, millions of Americans in ~31 states and D.C. could be disenfranchised ahead of the 2026 midterms, disproportionately affecting Democratic voters. Here’s what Republicans are arguing👇

Janine Amesta has a marriage in trouble rom com with a bonkers premise coming out in May and I am obsessed with the cover (by Sugam Thakur).

I have other big news too: If you haven't heard about the most recent #KidLit4Ceasefire charity auction, it's occurring right now, & I have an item listed! I will sign & personalize 6 (!!!) of my books & send them anywhere in the world, including my Spoiler Alert & Harlot's Bay series & ZOMROMCOM!

The nationwide book ban bill is now entering the House of Representatives for consideration. Here's everything you need to know about HR 7661, including next steps to take in helping defeat this anti-LGBTQ, anti-intellectual, pro-voucher bill before it goes any farther: bookriot.com/hr7661-advan...

Another month and while I’m slowly digging my way out of a financial hole, I still need a little help to cover the rest of my rent, electricity, and health insurance. I don’t know what I would have done without the help I’ve already gotten 💖 ko-fi.com/A356F63/goal...

Almost every GoFundMe is a failure by the US government. Housing and healthcare shouldn’t be a popularity contest.

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...

One of the pleasures in life is being known as having knowledge that might help folks and they ask... because any nerd will tell you sharing knowledge is one of their fav things to do. Brought to you by (another) power outage & requests for backup power info: susankayequinn.com/2024/11/back...

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

I think it’s really weird that my neighbor is mowing his backyard at 10:45 pm. Fortunately, it’s a small backyard.

This is a slave bounty . It’s a slave bounty It’s run exactly like we did escaped slaves and railroad workers

Read for a Cause: 12 Essential Trans Books for the Trans Rights Readathon - Loud In The Margins loudinthemargins.com/books/read-f... #booksky #transbooks #lgbtq

This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today. You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: [email protected]

I am alarmed by the trend I’m seeing in romance books to have the safe sex talk while getting hot and heavy and then opt not to use condoms. I hate it so I decided to roundup some favorite recent books with condoms used in m-f relationships 1/10

This is so excellent!!

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

I come from generations of women who worked - teachers, nurses, farmers. One of my great grandmothers moved her entire family in with her sisters who were “spinster school teachers” when her husband was too ill to work and became a teacher after he died. We have always worked.

me, a broken record: if you are a comfy coastal lib or blue-stater who is not directly funding housing assistance for people who need to leave abortion-hostile geographies, i don't want to hear shit about "wHy Don'T tHeY jUsT moVe"

It's always a great day to support the work The Handbasket does, but today is an especially great day. www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade

Y'all, this is my brother in law - he's doing better! He's at home! But there is so so much healing left to do because brains are delicate things that don't take well to being scrambled. If you can spare anything to help, I'd be so grateful. <3 I know shit is rough for everyone.

This one is a Blue Sky Special. Everyone keeps asking us if they can just buy the tiny freebie turtles (or multiple of the tiny freebie turtles) so now you can buy a Tiny Turtle Army in mystery colors! They all hatch from a cute randomly colored egg! thebrokencircle.etsy.com/listing/4466...

They’re still lying to us. www.startribune.com/close-to-650...

One of the things I know I’m going to find in a Falon Ballard book is messy characters. The push pull between Allegra and Cord is so good. Both of them are constantly explaining why they can’t get into a relationship with the other while also finding excuses to spend time together.