Look at this cover! It's gorgeous! Make sure to enter to win a copy.

Mark Waddell@markwaddell.bsky.social · last yr.

Just two more days to enter the Goodreads giveaway for COLIN GETS PROMOTED AND DOOMS THE WORLD! 📚🪐 📚💙 📚🌈 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

I’m trying something new and a little scary 🫣 I’ve got a brand-new newsletter about research I’ve come across. If you like history and cool facts, give it a read— today I’m talking about the STUNNING, in-your-face-blue of the Ishtar Gate: sierragodfrey.substack.com/p/the-ishtar...

The Ishtar Gate

Iraq called and they want their gate back ☎️ 📞 😬

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Claire and I were delighted to talk to Jasmine Guillory about her new book Flirting Lessons (out today!) on the podcast. Listen on your favorite podcast platforms. rss.com/podcasts/hea...

Author Jasmine Guillory talks writing process and contemporary romance | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

In this episode, we welcomed New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory to talk about donuts, farmers markets, and origins of contemporary romance. Jasmine is the author of six romance novels ...

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What is the one thing #writers should know about #editing? We welcomed editor @erinamcclary.bsky.social to the Heartracers podcast to talk about her time as an acquisitions editor for a major publisher to her pivot to freelance editing. Available on Apple podcasts!

Absolutely delighted to talk to @mikechenwriter.bsky.social on the podcast today - Heartracers podcast is hosted by a bookstore owner (Claire at Wild Sisters Books in Sacramento) and an author (me!) about reading and publishing and selling. Listen everywhere you get your podcasts.

This seems like a major deal.

Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 2y ago

❗ALERT❗ There are 3 congressional seats up for election (FL-1, FL-6, NY-21), 2 with voting starting in 3 weeks (links below). Media has been strangely silent on this 🤔 Congress is 218 R, 215 D. If we pick up 3 seats, we gain control of the House. A major step towards stopping Trump’s agenda

So the FAA is now going to use Musk’s Starlink system. That’s some Orban nonsense right there. As intended. www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...

Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns | CNN Business

The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflic...

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This is so nice!! A tiny spark of good news. DeJoy was a tr*mp 1.0 appointee who came in and did not do a good job (shocker). Bye! apnews.com/article/unit...

US Postal Service head DeJoy to step down after 5 years marked by pandemic, losses and cost cuts

In a Monday letter, Postmaster General DeJoy asked the Postal Service Board of Governors to begin looking for his successor.

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if a woman had her child with her at work or in a meeting like elon musk it would be criticized heavily.

Writers, I want you to know that querying works. Slush piles work. I signed with my first agent through a query and when she left the business, I queried my now agent. MSWL makes it even BETTER! ❤️

Manuscript Wish List®@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉 This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share! Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106 Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

Look, querying writers! Look how cool this is!

Manuscript Wish List®@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 2y ago

Good news! You can search Bluesky #MSWL just as well as Twitter Advanced Search. We recommend searching #MSWL with: * Your genre * Possible comp titles * Date range (if you do frequent searches) * Keywords related to your book Demo here! youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE

Happy MSWL day to all querying writers!! Instructions below:

Manuscript Wish List®@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉 This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share! Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106 Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

Absolutely nobody is on SS who shouldn't be. This is a long-time Republican talking point that single handedly radicalized members of my family well before trump 1.0. Anyway it's a big fat lie, just like the thing that spoke it. 😘

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

Trump on Social Security: "We have people that shouldn't be on, and those people we have to weed out. Most of them, or many of them so far, have been illegal immigrants."

my favorite thing to ask my cats is “what’s the issue” because they always got some kind of issue

Friendly reminder that "turning the water back on" meant flowing reserves to a dried lake area, wasting precious reserves and possibly flooding a region. Oh and it had nothing to do with firefighting. www.newsweek.com/california-w...

Donald Trump's release of California waters stuns locals

It comes after water shortages allegedly hampered firefighting efforts in Los Angeles—a claim that state officials deny.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

OAN reporter praises Trump for taking "executive action to turn the water back on in California," praising him for getting "billions of gallons flowing"

Hello friends. Let’s start this morning off with a pep talk. The overwhelm, confusion, and fear you’re feeling is what they want you to feel. They want you helpless, hopeless, and paralyzed. Do not take their intimidation and do not give them your joy.

IT ISN’T A BUYOUT!! There is no severance. The letter says September 30 is your last day or you accept. NO SEVERANCE. JFC get it right

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

"What they're doing right now in downsizing government is a great first step" -- Steve Daines endorses the Trump/Musk "buyout" offer to federal workers

This is not a payout or severance at all. The letter actually says you can just work from home until September 30 and that’s your last day of work if you accept this. I don’t expect anyone will see this, but this is an important distinction.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

Karoline Leavitt: "They have to show up for work ... We are going to ensure that the federal office buildings are filled with productive and excited workers"

This man speaks in fantasy logic, eerily similar to the way my father spoke in the later stages of his dementia.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

almost every single word that Sen. John Kennedy says about Dr. Fauci and covid in this clip is false. It's remarkable how Trumpers have concocted a completely fictional history of the pandemic.

This is such an enjoyable article, says the thriller writer in me

Rusty Foster@rusty.todayintabs.com · 2y ago

DRY YOUR ROPES! Come on now, vandalism is no excuse for sloppy safety procedures, people. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Very irritating that the Copilot icon follows me everywhere I go in Word whether I have turned it off or not. Like, sir, this is a professional manuscript! Get your AI crap out of here. And yes I have tried; there is no option on Mac to make the icon disappear. #copilot

Happy #caturday to this silly who fell asleep like this, waiting for me to notice that, ahem, it was one hour until lunch kibble!

Yes. Delighted to find this in a stinky stairwell in Berkeley.

Don't let those assholes take credit for this next week, because you know they're gonna try to rewrite history.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2y ago

They won't get the credit they deserve, but President Biden and Secretary Blinken just saved countless lives reaching this ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas right before Trump comes in. Yes, there will likely be future violence, but Trump now can't pour kerosene on this from Day One.

2025 Week 2 finished reads, all 4+ stars, 1 #NetGalley ARC and 2 library borrows (digital books read with Hoopla and Libby)! #BookSky 💙📚 • The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher • A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey • Here Beside the Rising Tide by Emily Jane (publishes 1-28-25)

Happy new year! Hope you are reading something good. I am deep into the Will Trent series by @karinslaughter.com (I'm on book 8) and it is SUCH a good series. Each book gets deeper into the characters. There's humor. There's romance. There's blood. It's my whole jam.

Just got the tsunami warning on my phone. I will doggedly and determinedly continue listening to my Spotify Wrapped as I monitor the situation.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tsunami warning for Northern California and Oregon after that earthquake which is currently listed as a 7.3. Stay safe out there, friends.

Sure there's a bunch of "best of" and "holiday shopping lists" newsletters right now but do they include a section on appalling chairs? Mine does: open.substack.com/pub/sierrago...

November links + book recs

Holiday gift guide! Including Appalling Chair Gifts!

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Doing an intro post here! I am a Bay Area based author and my newest book is THE ENIGMA CHALLENGE coming from Viking Penguin in 2026. Below is the deal announcement and it is sooooo fun! It's got puzzles and codes and a love story and takes place across Europe!