Stephanie Burgis
@stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Fantasy writer, history geek, dark chocolate addict! Writes sparkling fantasy rom-coms for adults and fun MG fantasy adventures. She/her. linktr.ee/stephanieburgis
It's Book Quote Wednesday! This week's word is pass, and in Snowspelled, in the aftermath of escaping a troll attack with her ex-fiancé, Cassandra Harwood is having some very intense & unhelpful feelings that she'd hoped would have passed by now... books2read.com/snowspelled #bookqw #romancelandia
Getting real sick of slop midwives pleading for a 'respectful discussion' of AI as relates to the arts. Your use of AI to 'make art' is not respectful. It benefits from stolen art, destroys the planet, and does not make you an artist any more than someone driving 26.2 miles is a marathoner.
One of the great joys of my adult life has been realizing that I can just pick up a new skill every so often, take a fun little class in it weekly for a year or two, and simply enjoy meeting people and getting medium proficient and not attempting to become professional in it at all!
My dating advice: find someone who offers to bake you delicious brownies for comfort after you've endured a painful medical exam. It really does make a difference! ❤️ IOW, thanks very much to @patricksamphire.bsky.social for these comfort-brownies. 😘 So glad I married you!
THE SEDUCTION OF SHARK-MAN is making a run for 2x funded less than 48 hours after launch! No one can resist his sharkish powers! :D #booksky #ParanormaRomance #shifterRomance #Romancelandia www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
The Seduction of Shark-Man - a new paranormal romance
From the moment Dr Candice Mallus lays eyes on retired Navy SEAL Derek Montague, she knows there's something special about him..... more special even than the successful graft that will make him SHARK...
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Ahhhh check out this gorgeous Potroast plushie that arrived at my house courtesy of a @travisbaldree.bsky.social giveaway! SO adorable. Now the only challenge will be keeping either of my kids from snagging it! ;)
Friends! Box set of a delightful series! (You're going to want the rest after you read the first one, so the box set just makes sense!)
Stephanie Burgis@stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 13h agoPS: You can snap up Snowspelled on its own at the previous link, or you can scoop up the complete Harwood Spellbook box set here, to grab all the frothy feminist romantasies set in the alt-19th-century world of the Boudiccate: books2read.com/harwood-box
If you haven't read my "rag-tag team of misfits who share a body must work together to solve locked room mysteries in both their inner and outer worlds" gothic thriller yet, ONE OF US KNOWS is currently on sale! www.amazon.com/One-Us-Knows...
Today's word is PASS. Today's #BookQW from INTO THE BROKEN LANDS (DAW Books, Inc. 2022) a created world fantasy that is, like all of my books at heart, about self awareness. Who am I? How do other people see me? Can that body part be reattached? Do we stop to bury him, or do we go on?
For anyone who needs this (and with love and outrage that this is happening at all):
Gendered Intelligence@genderedintelligence.co.uk · 9h agoIn response to requests from trans young people and trans adults, we’ve co-developed guidance for people on what the new Code of Practice means, how to assess your safety in public spaces, and what to do when challenged. Download our guidance: ow.ly/CfMA50ZwFp4
Phil didn’t know. She was rather relieved to think that the Head probably had a plan, though. It was good to be able to rely on one’s boss, however despotic, blackmailing and lethal she might be. #writing
It's Book Quote Wednesday! This week's word is pass, and in Snowspelled, in the aftermath of escaping a troll attack with her ex-fiancé, Cassandra Harwood is having some very intense & unhelpful feelings that she'd hoped would have passed by now... books2read.com/snowspelled #bookqw #romancelandia
Did you know we administer a number of grants for authors? Grants currently open for applications include: 🖊️Authors' Foundation grants for works-in-progress 📜Strachey Trust Grants to enable authors to access literary manuscripts in a UK or Republic of Ireland archive
This is another good day to donate to the @goodlawproject.org :
Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 15h agoThe government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to stand still and take it, we're supporting a legal challenge led by a trans person and a trans inclusive organisation. But we can only do this together. Will you join us?👇 goodlaw.social/ldco
This is anecdotal but I've been told I'm in the wrong restrooms in the uk last year, which has never happened before (I just stared, and it was fortunately not confrontational)
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 17h agoThe EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature" It comes into force today
I really love this warm, thoughtful essay about rereading from Marissa Lingen: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/midd...
Middle-Aged Love: Rereading in Your Forties and Beyond - Uncanny Magazine
If you last reread one of your favorite books for comfort during lockdown, congratulations, that was six years ago and counting. A major event like lockdown is likely to stand out no matter how old yo...
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What's on your mind? 1. cats & books 2. whiskey & trouble 3. ghosts & trees 4. darkness & sleep
When you’re reading a romance involving Fae bargains and you start to hear a sweet little distant melody chiming through the air… Then you realize it’s an ice-cream truck. Then you remember you live on a side street backed up against the woods and have never once seen an ice-cream truck here.
New essay out today in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/midd...
Middle-Aged Love: Rereading in Your Forties and Beyond - Uncanny Magazine
If you last reread one of your favorite books for comfort during lockdown, congratulations, that was six years ago and counting. A major event like lockdown is likely to stand out no matter how old yo...
uncannymagazine.com
This week's Tuesday snippet comes from my fantasy rom-com Enchanting the Fae Queen, which is out in ebook, paper, and audiobook now: stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen #romancelandia
57 - The Feywild Job by C. L. Polk Oh this was so much fun!! D&D heist with the absolute best characters that are going to stick with me for a long time. Seriously, I am not ready to not be on an adventure with them anymore. I love them.
*reluctantly climbs into boat, sits there, confused*
Sen. Lemon Gogurt@ugarles.bsky.social · 2d agothe era of big government is here
Oh hey, just to be 100% clear in the wake of recent industry news: I have never used AI in my writing or in my cover/character art, and I never will. Gen AI was built on stolen work (including 47 works of mine!) and every single use damages our environment. I find it morally repugnant in every way.
This week's Tuesday snippet comes from my fantasy rom-com Enchanting the Fae Queen, which is out in ebook, paper, and audiobook now: stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen #romancelandia
Okay NOW it's live! THE SEDUCTION OF SHARK-MAN, a #pulpy #ParanormalRomance #Backerkit #Booksky Dr Candice Mallus knows SEAL Derek Montague is special - even more special than the SCIENCE that will make him SHARK-MAN, the first shifter ever created by humanity! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
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