Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.

Employees being forced to use AI

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Toad ran back to Frog. “This kite is a joke,” he said. “It will never get off the ground.” “We have to make a third try,” said Frog.

My next novel will be Young Adult Tristram Shandy.

For some reason The Ending You Deserve is only $16 on Harper Collins right now, a $4 savings, so you could buy the book and with your extra $4 buy half a latte. www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

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Do Revenge meets Where Sleeping Girls Lie in this dark-academia-stripped-bare novel about a student who uncovers a predator operating in plain sight at her ...

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Crime Reads has published my essay in the appeal of dark academia, wherein I use phrases like “Sherlock Holmes’ Fancytime Boudoir” and talk shit about the financial aristocracy. crimereads.com/rebecca-staf...

Rebecca Stafford on the Entrancing Moral Quandaries of Dark Academia

For some time now, my Instagram feed has been awash with the imagery of “dark academia”: oak paneled rooms and vaulted ceilings, the glow of solitary reading lamps, and row upon row of …

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HEY EVERYBODY I wrote about pearl clutching (mine, others) and young adult books and why book banning isn't protective at all and People Magazine published it!!!! people.com/banning-ya-b...

Happy Book Birthday to The Ending You Deserve! It’s out today and I’m fizzing with excitement. Here, have a cat named Butter as a little treat

my book launches on Tuesday, Sept 1. I am alternating between excited and vomit.

Want to see a box nearly defeat me? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8v4EgpV/

Please join me for the unboxing of The Ending You Deserve. This book has been through such a journey— from terrible drafts to utter rewrites— and along the way I lost my mother, which was hard. I’m so...

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Check out this interview with Kate O'Shaughnessy. I love what she has to say about slow living vs. dopamine culture -- plus you can enter to win a copy of her latest book, A Season for Falling!

Shamelessly Adoring Kate O'Shaughnessy

live, work, write, and promote from a place of joy rather than fear

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If Sophie B Hawkins couldn’t get laid in the 90s, there is no God

Every time I hear “damn, I wish I was your lover” by Sophie B Hawkins I ask myself what kind of world we live in where that woman couldn’t get it.

Dad. Dad. Just pre-order my book. I’ll forgive you first missing my school play. I was rubbish anyway and forgot my lines and peed a little. Just do it.

Stress eating is a valid coping mechanism when I do it.

Check out this interview with YA romance novelist Jessica L. Cozz — she’s a writer AND a book publicist so she’s got great advice on being authentic and shameless about your work. AND you can enter to win a copy of her book, we’ve Hit Turbulance! rebeccastaffordauthor.substack.com/p/shamelessl...

Shamelessly Adoring Jessica L. Cozz

Figure out what it is about you that makes you a little different, and shine a light on it!

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Did your parents validate your feelings too much? Are your romantic relationships full of loving give and take? Do you regularly brush your teeth? Try writing a novel and fix all that!

In two weeks my YA thriller w/ sapphic romance comes out. That keening whine you hear is the sound of my peace and self esteem leaving my body.

I'm psyched to be featured in this interview alongside vengeful novels by Rimma Onoseta and Clare Wonders !!! go read about our influences and our thirst for blood. publishersweekly.com/pw/by…

PSA: preordering a book determines whether it's shelved at bookstores! You glow with good deeds. Treat yourself to The Ending You Deserve. preorder here for signed copies bit.ly/3RBRsU4 Or buy a ticket (and get a book) for the launch September 1st, 7–9pm at Anderson's in Naperville bit.ly/4wig2ay

Also, if you haven't checked out Be More Shameless' interview on writing and self promotion with Laurin Becker Macios, go fix that! You can also enter to win a copy of their YA novel, Calling me home! rebeccastaffordauthor.substack.com/p/shamelessl...

Shamelessly Adoring Laurin Becker Macios + a giveaway!

Isn’t every writer local somewhere?

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At Be More Shameless we've got new interview! @sonidoreyes.bsky.social writes work that centers and celebrates queer and Mexican stories. Their latest is a dystopian YA! Learn what he has to say about promoting your writing — great practical tips in here. AND enter to win a copy of their work!!!!

Shamelessly Adoring Sonido Reyes + a giveaway!

"Don’t overthink it!"

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preorder my book and I'll compliment the hell out of you.

Rebecca Stafford@rebeccahazelstaff.bsky.social · 4w ago

@saharadrac.bsky.social FRAGRANT VAPORS RELEASE WITH EVERY BLESSED STEP OF YOURS UPON THIS EARTH THAT DOESN'T DESERVE YOU. YOUR HAIR IS LUSTROUS AND EXPERTLY STYLED. FOR YOU, THE DMV IS EFFICIENT AND SPEEDY.

When my first book came out, I didn't talk about it a lot. I was going through a hard time in my life, and told myself the work would speak for itself. But I was also scared — if I promoted it and it still didn't do well, it was my fault...

Two cats in a pillowcase. That’s marriage.

This is dumb, but it kinda bums me out that The Ending You Deserve is tagged "lesbian" on Goodreads, and not "bisexual" or "queer." My book is set in the bisexual multiverse. Almost every character is bi unless otherwise stated (like Ava's aunt).

Adora She-Ra Bi Wink

Alt: Adora She-Ra Bi Wink

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Did you know you can enter a giveaway on Goodreads to win a copy of The Ending You Deserve? YOU CAN. IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

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The only acceptable use of AI is removing a narcissistic president from your triumphant World Cup celebration picture.

Ok this NA beer is astounding. Good job, tom holland

Sing to me, Muse, of Jimothy, a complicated raccoon, who was driven far journeys, after he had sacked Troy’s secret citadel.

psalm of summer. xiaoya is perhaps more musically inclined than little daoist