Welcome to my review of the whimsical queer love story #IntoTheMidnightWood by @anmccollum.bsky.social 🐁
Out now from @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
A lovely way to round off my @squadpod2021.bsky.social #SquadPodBookClub reads this February! 💙📚
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. Imprint: Page Street. Marley Rose-Teter's THE BONE BRIDES, pitched as Howl's Moving Castle by way of Guillermo del Toro, in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faerie realm before they both end up trapped in skins not their own, to Lauren Knowles at Page Street, for publication in fall 2026, by Hannah Andrade at Bradford Literary Agency (world English). The PM announcement is decorated with a border image showing a moody autumnal forest and some cute skeleton bunnies.
Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!
Authors and illustrators: Have you joined Authors Against Book Bans yet? Pride Month would be an excellent time to do so.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
@authorsabb.bsky.social
#freedomtoread
an illustrated romance novel cover. two adorable plus size Black folks and cute tan and brown dog named zeus in the park at dust. A Walk In the Park by rebekah weatherspoon now available in ebook
A comic book artist and a sculptor decide to share custody of a shelter dog. Romance happens! (they do it)
A Walk in the Park is available now in ebook and audiobook!
rebekahweatherspoon....
💗 two plus size MCs
💗 forced proximity
💗 a sweet doggy
#booksky #romancelandia #blacksky
INTO THE MIDNIGHT WOOD is coming January 2026!
#booksky #romancebooks #LGBTQromance #spicybooks #romantasy
In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.”
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
📢 [UPDATED] Here is a list of more than a dozen Trans organizations and Trans GoFundMes to donate and support. withthisring.magnificentengine.com/support-tran...
Hmm with humans alone it’s 2 who are outright stated/strongly implied allocishet, or 5 total if we assume it as default if unspecified. Including talking animals brings us to 8 total, so we’ll call it $18 even though I’m probably calculating that wrong.
Do talking animals count or only humans?
I can't watch this and say nothing. The arrest of people lawfully here because of things they have said is nothing short of creating a new class of political prisoners.
Then sweeping them away to Louisiana to evade the rule of law is atrocious.
We cannot stay silent.
X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD ...), posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
Screenshot of a comment reply on a recipe that reads “This recipe does not call for sweet potatoes. You substituted an ingredient, did not like the results, and rated the recipe on the basis of your substitution. You should not have done so. What is wrong with you?”
Honestly I feel like “You should not have done so. What is wrong with you?” is the energy we need in 2025.
Just to let you know: My Dracula is agender with he/him pronouns. Also my version of Laura Hollis is a Black trans woman. If you want to read a Black trans ownvoices story? Start here: bit.ly/avtsuperbundle
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
On this Day of Remembrance, we honor the 120,000 Japanese Americans unjustly imprisoned during WWII because of their heritage. Their resilience remind us to never forget the lessons of history. We will continue to fight for justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
Breaking: A federal judge sides with Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota and has just blocked Trump's anti-trans EO banning care under the age of 19 via a TRO.
This is the second federal judge in a row to conclude that the President's EO is likely unconstitutional.
👀 You now have one month left to get not only this exclusive sticker, bookmark and postcard, but also a signed and personalized copy of WHAT WAKES THE BELLS.
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Major breaking trans news: The ACLU has launched a lawsuit on behalf of 7 transgender people affected by Trump’s passport ban.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
It's Black History Month! Every day for Black History Month, I'm highlighting one of my favorite Black writers or authors.
Today I'm highlighting a dear friend (and maid of honor at my wedding!) @adriennelawrence.bsky.social, who wrote an incredibly important book - especially right now.
Books Listed from left to right 1st row: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna, 100K Kingdoms by NK Jemisin, This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron, Crestahn Kingdom by Dartanyan Johnson 2nd row: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clarke, The Blood Trials by NE Davenport, Sing Me To Sleep by Gabi Burton 3rd row: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, May A Divine Awakening by Michael Tinsley, Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, Bad Witches by H.B. Akumiah
Happy Black History Month bookies 💙
#booksky 🪐📚 #Blackbooksky #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
🥀 COVER REVEAL 🥀
Excited to reveal the US cover of THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, my sapphic adult fantasy inspired by Jewish mythology. It comes out Sept 9, 2025 with @torbooks.bsky.social!
You can preorder now!
Designer: Lesley Worrell
Artist: Christin Engelberth
What I always tell beginners: if you can knit and purl, everything beyond that, no matter how complicated it looks, is basically a variation of one or the other.
I’ve been inactive for a while because *gestures at everything* but I just realized it’s now less than a year until the release of my queer cozy(ish) romantasy, now retitled INTO THE MIDNIGHT WOOD, which is now up on Goodreads! (Also on StoryGraph under the original title.) #booksky
