With summer just around the corner, here are just a few teen-approved romances, perfect for summer reading! ✨AUDRE & BASH ARE JUST FRIENDS by @tiawilliams.bsky.social ✨6 TIMES WE ALMOST KISSED (AND ONE TIME WE DID by @sharpegirl.bsky.social ✨I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE ROMANCE by Marie Arnold

I made a partial payment, but the rest of my rent needs to be paid off in one lump sum ASAP and I still need about $1,950 to cover just my rent. I’m really getting desperate and I don’t know what else to do. Any help and shares are appreciated!

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...

My rummage sale luck & my coat luck converged this week. I thrifted 3 vintage coats. A 90's wool-lined Eddie Bauer raincoat with a detachable hood for my mom, a 80's Indigo wool coat with great lines and giant buttoned pockets, and a divine 60's caped trench raincoat lined in wool & satin.

GOOD EVENING, SPORTS FANS

"Authors @sharpegirl.bsky.social @nicolaz.bsky.social and Katrina Carrasco all write lesbian fiction that challenges and expands upon the genres they each work in... they show just how expansive lesbian literature can be. Enjoy this very queer conversation between three brilliant minds!"

It's live! Head over to @heyalmaofficial.bsky.social for the cover reveal of and excerpt from my Adult romcom coming May 19, 2026, SOON BY YOU! www.heyalma.com/what-happens...

One of my pubs forgot for a year they had to count US sales because publisher in question was the lead publisher. So for a year I had no US sales data & was told I was not earned out (I was) + then it took months of bugging them to even get numbers. Anyway, they owe me several thousand $'s still.

Tess Sharpe on "writing about women or girls surviving by any means necessary." crimereads.com/we-need-more...

Our Book of the Month this August is the perfect summer thriller. Full of twists and turns, 'No Body No Crime' by Tess Sharpe follows a pair of fiery exes as they barrel towards a reckoning years in the making. Head over to our blog to read Dylan's full review now!

Happy Publication Day to Tess Sharpe and NO BODY, NO CRIME! 🥳 🎉 It's been a real delight seeing this sapphic, heart-pounding riot of a thriller find its readers and I can't wait to see her out in the wild.

'No Body No Crime' is a twisty, loved-up crime caper for the ages! When Mel is hired to track her ex, Chloe, she finds her living off-grid. Who is hunting her? And what does it have to do with the boy they killed?👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🔫 Out August 14th @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @sharpegirl.bsky.social buff.ly/OQh4jCp

It’s a very silly, very sapphic, very murderous release day! 🦚🦚🦚 And you can buy it or get it in KU right now!

They want us downtrodden, defeated, and complacent so instead we must be angry, mobilized, and defiant

1. Call your reps about Trump's violation of the War Powers Act 2. Demand Congress haul Hegseth etc. in for hearings/briefings on justification 3. Demand to know why the Gang of Eight was not kept in the loop. Do it NOW.

Recipe: so I just slapped cajun seasoning on the ribs, threw them in the instant pot for 25 min high pressure with 2 sliced peaches, some dijon, 2 TB of garlic and 2 cups chicken broth. Let it pull down pressure, then condensed the broth+fruit into a sauce by adding maple syrup + marmalade.

I'm making country ribs with a peach bbq sauce and serving it over a cheesy polenta with coleslaw on the side for lunch today and I just want it to be done so I can eat it.

Well, I had to just kill a rattlesnake and feel terrible. The one aspect of rural life I do not like is protecting from predators because emotionally I am like "It's their home, too!" But I've also had a dog bit by a rattler before and it's the most horrific thing ever.

This conversation about marketing and traditional publishing and authors is worth reading if you don’t know what the utterly ridiculous expectations that are put on authors:

COME AS YOU ARE hits shelves today! I don't like to pick favorites, but Evie and Salem have lived in my heart for *so long*, and I can't wait for everyone to meet them <3 If you like boarding school settings and banter-y rom-coms, I hope you'll pick it up! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

★ Tess Sharpe satisfies with this taut thriller featuring a pair of young and resourceful women from opposite sides of the tracks. Readers who love rooting for antiheroes, or are hungry for queer stories that don’t put queerness at the very center, will adore this.

So thrilled to share Home Has No Borders is on shelves today. It features #YA stories from many of your favorite #SouthAsian diaspora #authors, grappling with the concept of home. It makes the perfect contemporary counterpart to #magichasnoborders. #booksky www.harpercollins.com/products/hom...

Reminder that I'm teaching my voice workshop with Writing Workshops again in July! writingworkshops.com/products/a-g...

Tess Sharpe satisfies with this taut thriller featuring a pair of young and resourceful women from opposite sides of the tracks. Readers who love rooting for antiheroes, or are hungry for queer stories that don’t put queerness at the very center, will adore this.

It's a ⭐ Review for Chloe and Mel from Publishers Weekly! I’m so grateful and happy for this lovely review & I’m delighted that people are liking my rather silly, very murderous (but romantic!) book! www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-374-61...

I just finished a book I started in 2020 and was about 15,000 words from finishing for 4 of those years but just couldn't get to it and I am SO happy right now.

All, most of you know by now what happened to me in February. I've written an essay about this for @harpersbazaar.uol.com.br.web.brid.gy, and I hope you'll give it a read:

Pick your favorite July titles from @wnwagner.bsky.social, @sharpegirl.bsky.social, @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social, @sethhaddon.bsky.social, @casskhaw.bsky.social & others for the July 2025 LibraryReads list! Votes due June 1st 👉 tinyurl.com/89cppcas

Getting a deal memo means my superstitious self can finally make a gmail label for the project in question. My little off sub milestone.

It's beyond surreal, but here we are: the US Supreme Court is discussing the imaginary threat posed by queer families and kids being included in a handful of story books. Thanks to Sarah Brennan for this brilliant editorial cartoon. Oral arguments will take place April 22.

Want to know what it's like to announce your book sold in a seven way auction along with nine different translations the same weekend you visit the set of its Netflix adaptation? Yeah, I can't quite believe that question either. Check it out here: buttondown.com/publishpivot...

Hey guys, I guess it's my turn. It's hard out here in these writer streets and your girl needs a little help. I'm trying to get my patreon up to $2000 or if you want to just kick me a few bucks directly or in exchange for this month's bundle I'd really appreciate it. www.patreon.com/c/RebekahWea...

still plugging away at this, my wife is 60% of the way to her goal but has hit a bit of a plateau, sharing really helps even if you can’t donate. thanks y’all 🖤 www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-tra...

It’s cover reveal time!!! Thrilled to show off the amazing cover for my queer TTRPG anthology dropping this September, THIS IS HOW WE ROLL! Do you like playing D&D and being gay? Then this is the book for you! 12 stories of queer friendship, love, discovery, and joy through tabletop gaming!

Look at how gay and pretty the UK cover is! I loooovveee it!

Okay, all. I have a call to action for all CA residents. If you're not a CA resident, please help share and boost? 1. Most of you know what happened to me last month. If not, my @calmatters.org op-ed was posted this morning. I'm working on changing the penal code.

Ronan is my shadow, my writing buddy, and my best friend. Right now, he’s paralyzed and fighting for his life. 

He needs life-saving surgery (that I can’t afford) to survive. Anything you can do — donations, shares — would be a gift. 
 gofund.me/036f9754

Probable GFM update tomorrow. Would post today, but I need to go to the gym so that I can cry in the shower.

Nainai’s Mountain comes out April 8th! Whereas I Dream of Popo was about a little girl leaving Taiwan, Nainai’s Mountain is about a half-Chinese girl visiting Taiwan with her Nainai (paternal grandmother) for the first time.

If you have a NetGalley account, you can grab the ARC of NO BODY NO CRIME without requesting for the next 12 hours or so! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Sketches!! My directive for this was 1950s Lesbian Pulp Fiction and boy did I.

Cover Reveal of my gals! Drawn by the incredible Zoë van Dijk @creepcaptain.bsky.social who gave me my dream cover. Out with MCD/FSG in July!

Some people think getting your books banned is a badge of honor, but it’s not. As I told Ms. Mag: “It’s not a badge of honor to have my creative work denigrated as obscene, especially when that work is about queer people and people of color. It’s offensive to have my work mischaracterized this way.”

Everything keeps breaking on me so I don't have promo graphics, but hello, I have a book out today! It's a queer exploration of the Japanese Red String of Fate myth. If you like cozy magic, banter, pining, & stories that explore the inherent queerness of pre-modern Japan, this one's for you! 🌈📚

UK, you get my murderous bisexuals in August! Prepare for peacocks and rural insanity!

So excited to announce NO BODY NO CRIME is headed to the UK with @deadinkbooks.bsky.social! They have such a cool list, I'm so happy Chloe and Mel landed there! www.thebookseller.com/rights/dead-...

The Paper Trail podcast is back for season 2! And we're kicking things off with a bang with the incredible @laurataylornamey.bsky.social as we lament the current state of the country, discuss the myriad routes to film & television adaptations & remind ourselves that comparison is the thief of joy.

Y'all are so fast. You can now add HOW SHE FELL to your TBR list on GoodReads! www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Back for more morally gray bisexual YA drama, this time with illustrations and narration from the living and the dead.