Peter Senftleben 🏳️‍🌈

Why is one pillow not enough but two are too much?

It's Galentine's Friday the 13th!

TO: newyork@relx.com ATTN: RELX CEO Erik Engstrom, Nick Luff (CFO), and Paul Ashton Walker (Chair) Re: Immediate Termination of contracts between RELX subsidiaries and ICE February 9th, 2026 Dear Erik Engstrom, Nick Luff, and Paul Ashton Walker, We are some of the authors that make events like BookCon—run by your subsidiary, ReedPop—possible. Another of your subsidiaries, LexisNexis, has a $22.1 million dollar contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), supplying them with the data they need to surveil and terrorize our neighbors, friends, and families.[1] We condemn any collaboration with ICE and call for the immediate termination of all contracts between RELX and ICE. ICE has a twenty-two year history of discrimination and abuse against immigrant communities. Under the current administration, their efforts have escalated in both violence and visibility—enabled by their partners in big data, including LexisNexis.[2] RELX is a multinational corporation worth $40 billion, of which events like BookCon are only a small fraction. Our power is limited. But BookCon advertises itself as a place where "fantasy meets reality,"[3] and the reality is that RELX is profiting from mass terror against communities of color, including the murder of eight people this year alone. The fantasy is that a bunch of readers and authors could ignore it; we know a villain when we see one. We, as authors, intend to honor our immediate commitments to BookCon and to our readers. If RELX chooses to renew their current contract with ICE–which expires on February 28, 2026[4]–we will be forced to reevaluate our association with all future ReedPop events.

if you're an author attending BookCon this year (or, to be honest, any other ReedPop events, which include NYCC), and would like to add your name to the letter: forms.gle/V7m2YbcGguAY...

This is the cover for A Duke in the Rough by Trisha Messmer.

$0.99 ✦ A Duke in the Rough by Trisha Messmer

A new Duke trying to escape title-seeking debutantes switches places with his man of business instead. Oops, his former love is attending and recognizes him.

Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4kmF1Fv

Nooooooo, not Catherine O'Hara! 😭

My exact thought when I got that email too!

I really liked that book. Enjoy!

It made me soooooo uncomfortable, but I thought it was just my anxiety.

Valerie on Instagram: "Happy holidays! I’m so honored to have been chosen by @briarwick Candles to be part of their Indie Author Spotlight. Starting tomorrow, these two candles, Rising Star and Handym... 65 likes, 13 comments - valeriegomez_writes on December 4, 2025: "Happy holidays! I’m so honored to have been chosen by @briarwick Candles to be part of their Indie Author Spotlight. Starting tomorrow...

Y'all, two of my edits have been made into candles! How cool is that?!
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If you need something to binge with the family (or to get away) this Thanksgiving, #CelebrityTraitors is now on Peacock in the US, and it is SUPREME

Good thoughts! I had one last week--results tomorrow. 🤞

Finished a client ms today that may very well be my favorite read of the year. (Don't tell my other authors!)

Any agent or editor pals interested in a sci-fi mystery/thriller with timely socioeconomic themes?

Thankful to #CelebrityTraitorsUK for introducing me to Cat Burns. Her new album is *very* good.

Photo of my pup wearing an “I Voted” sticker on her chest

It’s Election Day! We all voted here. Have you?

VOTE!

Thank you! 🥰

Ooooh, what's a NOLA-special martini? Shrimp cocktail? Lol

Hey Blueys (Bluies? Skyers?), I have openings in November and December for edits, etc.! Services and rates at peseditorial.com, please kindly spread the word.

I don't know where the original one is, but my literary hot take is that publishers should sell direct to consumer and make their websites sales-oriented, not just informational.

I rode a bike for the first time in probably 30 years. The saying is true, though your balance will probably be off and your ass will hurt.

Are we living in a crossover of Black Mirror, 1984, Handmaid's Tale, and Fahrenheit 451 that nobody wanted?

This "friend" necklace thing is so disturbing!

Halloween is the superior Baking Championship. I won't be taking any questions.

I'm not crying at the opening minute of #DragRaceUK, nope, not me

Cover of Forever Finds Us by Greta Rose West, book 7 in the Wisper Dreams series

Second #PESeditorial release this week! This one's a spicy small-town romance with angst to spare. #romancelandia #booksky
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Just a double reminder--
Writers, this negging garbage was written by AI and designed to insult you, flatter you, dare you, and scam you.
Scammers, this is embarrassingly badly done. Quit it.

The #LilithFair doc on Hulu (I know...) is SO GOOD

Wave's End: A Port Stirling Mystery, Book 9 Amazon.com: Wave's End: A Port Stirling Mystery, Book 9 eBook : Jennings, Kay: Kindle Store

New #PESeditorial book out today! If you like procedurals with an ensemble cast, WAVE'S END is a good entry point to Kay Jennings's Port Stirling series. #mystery #thriller #booksky
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I pumpkin spiced before October! Who even am I anymore?