Come join us as we chat about romance and comics!!!

Bookstore Romance Day@bookstoreromanceday.org · 4h ago

There are still a few tickets available for Wednesday morning's #GraphicNovelRomance panel w/ @jeremywhitley.bsky.social, @trungles.com, @swinsea.bsky.social, & @haridraws.bsky.social & moderated by @jessisreading.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/1995170108...

HT @mlmcgill.bsky.social for pointing to this sharp, nuanced take on the current state of AI discourse—I especially appreciate its read of students—“One of the biggest mistakes commentators make is assuming that, because many students do use AI to complete coursework, they are true believers”

Jared Gardner@guttergeek.bsky.social · yesterday

I had to wrangle a lot of screaming in my brain into sociable sentences for this new piece in CAMPUS NOVEL. In the end, the sentences are quite companionable and the screaming in my brain is moderately diminished for the moment.

⭐Kickstarter Final Week⭐ We're in the home stretch, folks! We have one week left to reach our goal and bring this album to life. Huge thanks to everyone who's contributed so far. Your support means the world to us. Kick in if you can and help us spread the word! curtiseller.com/kickstarter

Jim Henson didn’t muppeteer a tiny green frog that was singing and playing the banjo, with rubber gloves while totally submerged underwater in a airtight aluminum tank just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”.

Gwen C. Katz@gwenckatz.bsky.social · last mo.

The Wachowski sisters didn't use 120 cameras to film one shot just so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

Anyone have info they're willing to share with my academic friend here?

K. Morrissey@katiedidnt.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hi all! I'm trying to collect examples of romance and/or romance-adjacent games, book projects, comics, etc. that would have be affected by the Kickstarter, Patreon, Itch.io, or Steam adult content bans. Does anyone know any specific creators or projects which were at risk or were directly affected?

I bought this book during a previous sale and it was very fun.

High Priestess, Low Patience@cheriepriest.com · 3d ago

oooh look who’s been given a spiffy digital asset ::jazz hands:: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grave-...

Heads up folks! My Seattle mystery about a psychic travel agent slash karaoke queen is a special price for August! For just $1.99 you can grab the ebook from all the usual suspects - just click here and check the right-hand column here for links: 👇 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grave-...

Grave Reservations

A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective try to solve a murder in this “ebullient tap dance of a mystery” (Christopher Moore, New York Tim...

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Just twelve days left in our Kickstarter campaign!Here's another new song preview from our upcoming album, "Make No Bones". Help us reach our goal. Thank you! curtiseller.com/kickstarter

As you look toward fall class, do two things for space and grace; . First, add two flex days to you syllabus. You can move the into place when you're sick when everyone needs a metal health day, when a concept needs a little more time. it takes pressure off when the unexpected happens (more)

remember that episode of the podcast where I said that it was not accident that "stalker romance" happened when people stopped writing cop MCs, that it's just a new iteration of romanticizing the surveillance state and the idea that being watched is the same as being safe?

Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 6d ago

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

From our new issue, a Note by Francesca Pierini: 'Literary Fiction from the Perspective of Romance Scholarship: André Aciman’s Room on the Sea'🌊 www.jprstudies.org/2026/07/lite... Pierini deploys Gillian Beer's The Romance (1970) to illuminate the what-ifs of late-life romance in Aciman's novel.

I love Jane's Patreon. Been a supporter for YEARS. She always posts wonderful recipes along with other great stuff. She is a fantastic human being and I would be personally grateful if y'all stepped up and supported her Patreon so she can pay rent this month and every month. #transcrowdfund

Jane@fightingpride93.bsky.social · 6d ago

MY RENT IS DUE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR AND I'M STILL £474 SHORT Really anything at all you can give or sharing helps me get closer

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Got pirates 🏴‍☠️? Last day to grab savings on my High Seas series at #Smashwords. Fill your ereader and enjoy award-winning historical romance! www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

No surprise, I love this book.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · last wk.

This stern and relentless hero secretly feeds cats. /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unrav... Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/... Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c... Kobo: http://store.koboboo... #HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #TurnerSeries

I was bummed out when Daily Science Fiction folded and their site went offline. Now someone has pirated all their old content, and is pushing it as their own. None of the writers granted permission, and none of us are being paid.

Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com

Feed Durham is raising money to feed people who are at risk of being rounded up in deportation sweeps. It's a good place to toss a few bucks if you have them! gofund.me/f39b3e3c5

Donate to Standing in the Gap: Help Feed Durham Keep Our Neighbors Fed, organized by Katina Parker

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This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

I don't usually track down different editions of books just for the covers, but this one is really tempting.

Marguerite Sauvage@margueritesauvage.bsky.social · last wk.

Book cover illustration reveal + #artprocess for Academic Love, French edition of An Academic Affair by @jodimca.bsky.social - this #romance coming to France's bookshelves 26/08/2026 ! 📚❤️ Thanks again to @hautevillefr for making me work on such great projects #academiclove #bookish #illustration

Feed Durham is raising money to feed people who are at risk of being rounded up in deportation sweeps. It's a good place to toss a few bucks if you have them! gofund.me/f39b3e3c5

Donate to Standing in the Gap: Help Feed Durham Keep Our Neighbors Fed, organized by Katina Parker

With your support, since 2020, Feed Durham has fed more than … Katina Parker needs your support for Standing in the Gap: Help Feed Durham Keep Our Neighbors Fed

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as a society we are well past due in establishing No Content Zones where making shit for tiktok is explicitly forbidden

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · 2w ago

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Durham Friends! This Thursday, I'm returning to the stage for the first time in more than a year. New songs, old songs, special guests. Don you finest accoutrements and meet us at Mettlesome theatre. Show starts promptly at 7pm! 🎈TICKETS & INFO: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-black-ti...

A Black-Tie Affair with Curtis Eller’s American Circus

Step into the circus for a black-tie evening of banjo tunes!

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There are so many science fiction and mystery stories written 1901-1914 that begin with this premise, I can't even begin to tell you.

Roland Meyer@bildoperationen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ideologically, generative AI is a 19th century technology: the flawed dream that once you have assembled a supposedly total archive of culture via technical media, you can use it to statistically derive new meaning from patterns of the past

I finished reading The Duke by Anna Cowan, and it was really fun. Like her first book, she just does really interesting stuff with historical romance genre expectations! Also, fabulous outfits and people who fucked around getting their find out moment.

😂🤣😂 Every single time!

iKE PASTEL@ikexpastel.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is taking me OUT!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

There's a ton to make fun of here, like the obvious "Who Scrooge was as a young man and what led him to his present state is literally the whole plot of A Christmas Carol," but also what is that tagline. He's still Ebenezer. It's his name. He, like most people, has a first one and a last one.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w ago

First poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”

ALERT! If you're a fan of Hadestown, or of musical theatre, the one-week showing of the Broadway proshot starts tomorrow, July 23, in movie theaters across the country! (Remember the version of Hamilton that's on Disney+? It's like that) Go see it so that more shows will do the same thing!

I'm so glad to share the CFP for the Eleventh conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. Link to the full CFP  www.iaspr.org/conferences/... Please share with your cool academic circles! #popularromancestudies #romance #CFP #AcademicSky @iaspr.bsky.social

D&D has released an official statblock for Jimothy