Some days 'research' just means rediscovering the open tab with the search you did for "fuckboy names"

Finally getting back online after spending a few days with family, and I feel like a cave-child emerging into the sunlight. All the memes are new and the jokes unrecognizable. I am scared and confused.

it's officially September which means release month for ISN'T HE ROMANTIC?

Isn’t He Romantic?

To deter his ex, a lovelorn cellist starts a fake relationship with his one-night stand in this steamy, swoony fake dating romance from USA Today bestsell...

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Hey! Do you read book? I write book! This book is all about running from your past, being terrified of making connections, & hating yourself for needing help. It's also about hot college boys next door, feelings being more powerful than labels, & deciding "why choose?" There's sex but heart too.

"A Neighborly Seduction" by Alex Pendragon - Alex Pendragon

A Neighborly Seduction Ezra can’t remember the last time he felt settled. Job-hopping leaves the 27 year-old no time for boyfriends, or even a decent hook-up: after yet another relocation, the oppress...

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Current brainworm: In a "my best friend's son" story, is it more fun/sexier to have it stay a secret, or to have it be discovered? 🤔

I have not had time to sit down for writing this past few days and my brain is SIMMERING

Oh what the absolute fuck. So many incredible Tim Curry performances, but I will always adore him as the fast-talking (possibly murderous) butler in 'Clue' This week is just determined to get us all crying, isn't it.

I haven't seen a single bad word, a single criticism. Imagine living a life so full, and being so beloved. To have impacted so many people in so many incredible ways. Awe is the only fitting word.

Paused for a moment to groan as my brain inexplicably chose to recall a brief but embarrassing moment that happened maybe 16 years ago and which has no relevance to anything going on in life today.

Just bought this! I'm a sucker for a seductive demon 😈

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Just a reminder that this comes out on TUESDAY!

34k. Look, Dean and Eun, I'm not going to tell you your business, but succumbing to your mutual lust and finally hooking up while Eun's dad is asleep mere feet away might not be the wisest idea you've ever had.

Alex Pendragon@alexp336.bsky.social · 2w ago

31k, and it's about time our two MCs realized they were on the same secretly-horny page. Is "in the pool while Eun's dad - who happens to be Dean's best friend - could come back at any moment" the ideal time to figure that out? Probably not! Is it happening anyway? It sure is!

It's not "rank gluttony" it's "supporting a local bakery" and frankly I am so offended by the insinuation that I will need a recovery-croissant to balance my humors.

"A Winter Sun Wakes the Wind in Spring Hills' Dream" is over and I wasn't ready. What a wonderful, thoughtful, complicated series. I probably only understood 10% of it, but even that felt special. Happily lots of Chinese redditers have shared insight, which I'll read once the sad-it's-over fades.

You like - pretty princes all tied up I wrote - that! And you can pre-order it now ⬇️⬇️ Buy direct: ninestarpress.com/product/at-t... Buy on Kindle/Apple: books2read.com/u/bzYoz9 🪾🪾🪾🥀🌹🪾🪾🪾 #darkfantasy #darkfairytale #mmromance #queerbooks #swordandsorcery

31k, and it's about time our two MCs realized they were on the same secretly-horny page. Is "in the pool while Eun's dad - who happens to be Dean's best friend - could come back at any moment" the ideal time to figure that out? Probably not! Is it happening anyway? It sure is!

Alex Pendragon@alexp336.bsky.social · 2w ago

27k. Thinking about dual POV and why I'm enjoying it so much here. Usually I love single POV for the insularity: a narrator made unreliable because you're seeing everything through their (mis)interpretation of the world and their (confused) feelings in it. That feels more like real life, to me.

"But publishers, despite—or perhaps because of—the industry’s intellectual and progressive trappings, saw Black readers as an undesirable market, and Black joy as unimaginable. They pressured Black authors to write romances with white main characters" www.zocalopublicsquare.org/one-summer-p...

One Summer, Publishers Fell for Black Romances | Essay

And Black Readers Finally Found Their Love Stories on the Shelves

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There's a fascinating discussion (with some exceptionally patient people in it) going on atm about a new book that ties into a game (I think?) and I can't help peeking at it from a sense of "wait, what?!" horror/delight. I'm no gamer so I have no clue what's happening, but people are Very Serious 😳

Alright, friends!! Raffle time, take 2!! Full rules here stelsadick.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/c... , but I'll break down the basics below This is NOT a like/repost to win giveaway, but a donation based raffle. Runs from Aug 15 2026 8:30AM to Oct 15 2026 11:59PM. Drawing Oct 16 2026 12:00PM. All CDT

So, we're meant to post more about our books, and remind people that yes, smutty stories count as reading. I write erotica AND romance. For the first, 'Farmed Out' is one of my most poplar. Think "what would happen if you were stuck on vacation with a sex-obsessed farmhand who is deeply persuasive"

"Farmed Out" by Alex Pendragon - Alex Pendragon

Farmed Out It’s the annual vacation eighteen-year-old Mason dreads: Stuck, simmering with sexual frustration, on a remote farm in the tiny country town his mom grew up in. What’s a bored, straight cit...

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27k. Thinking about dual POV and why I'm enjoying it so much here. Usually I love single POV for the insularity: a narrator made unreliable because you're seeing everything through their (mis)interpretation of the world and their (confused) feelings in it. That feels more like real life, to me.

Alex Pendragon@alexp336.bsky.social · 2w ago

24k words. Okay, dual POV was definitely the way to go. College boy knows he screwed up last summer, trying to play it cool. New plan: seduce seduce seduce. Sorry, Dean, you're in the crosshairs now.

Because we all need a bit of spice in our lives sometimes, I give you this. Pick your poison, lovelies. Kinky threesomes? Got you covered. Spanking? Yep. Stepbrothers? Of course. Toys? Rough play? We have it all. #mmromance #spicyromance #gayromance #bookrecommendation #mmmromance

What people are saying about my Western dystopian MM romance, Dangling High. 🤠 Now available in Kindle Unlimited, or you can snag a paperback. I have a limited amount of book boxes if you'd like a signed copy with some goodies included, too! Visit kayceekingauthor.com for more info. #lgbtq

24k words. Okay, dual POV was definitely the way to go. College boy knows he screwed up last summer, trying to play it cool. New plan: seduce seduce seduce. Sorry, Dean, you're in the crosshairs now.

Alex Pendragon@alexp336.bsky.social · 3w ago

Well, shit. This really should be dual POV, shouldn't it. *goes back to beginning*

Oh hey, look what is up for pre-order: it’s a Prohibition-set romance in a monster speakeasy in 1931 Seattle! #Romancelandia

Moonshine Becomes You

The Golem and the Jinni meets A Discovery of Witches in this historical romantasy set in Prohibition Era Seattle where monsters live alongside humans.It’s ...

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Yay, pre-orders open! 🥳 if you love Dark Fairytales, Historical Fantasy, and Gay Romance, step this way Kindle & Apple books2read.com/u/bzYoz9 Order direct from my small queer publisher (and read it a few days early!) ninestarpress.com/product/at-t... ATBOD - Sept 8 #queerbooks #lgbt #booksky

I have released enough books now that I really should know that a low-sales month after a relatively good one (with a new release in it) is normal (for me), so why am I still all "I should simply stop writing forever and walk into the deepest woods" every time 😂

I'm sorry, but "Barbra Streisand wanted a sandwich" as an opening line is glorious.

Tal Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social · 3w ago

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Well, shit. This really should be dual POV, shouldn't it. *goes back to beginning*

There is something relaxing and enjoyable about writing something unabashedly sexual and playful, after working on a few far more planned and organized stories. Which isn't to say I don't enjoy those too, but the silly, sexy stuff has a genuine charm of its own.

periodic reminder I have a patreon for all things adult romance!!!

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