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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬

@ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app

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SFF writer/editor. ATL/SEA. Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. Read at Ldlewiswrites.com. 🏳️‍🌈 YEAR OF THE MER (Saga Press, 4.7.2026)

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · Aug 7

An even better look at the gorgeous Year of the Mer book 1 (of 2) cover! I gasped just about to death when they told me THEEEE Micaela Alcaino was the one doing it.

You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...

Mockup of book Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis wherein a blue mermaid tail and tentacles writhe out of a roiling gray ocean around an ornate trident. Book One: 4/7/26. Cover by Micaela Alcaino

Flat image of a book cover: Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis wherein a blue mermaid tail and tentacles writhe out of a roiling gray ocean around an ornate trident

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 17h

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 14h

I do love lavender as a color!

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 15h

I saw that and am so terribly broke lol I do have another one of the Sailor Ninjas though

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 16h

Currently trying to justify the shipping on this by adding more stuff to my cart lol

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 16h

Friends, get you a braider who provides a discount for services if you read your debut novel aloud to her while she does the thing🥲

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 17h

That's only because you know me so well lol

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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 18h

Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 17h

Put "but there wasn't even a trident in the book" on my tombstone

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 18h

Oop

Diana 📚🦦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @bookishdi.bsky.social · 19h

Honestly it feels like a lot of popular romantasy is a backlash to diverse YA books

Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 19h

This whole thread!!! when I talk about YA authors getting picked up to write romantasy, it's overwhelmingly white authors writing het romance. but that represents just a fraction of what's actually happening in the YA space.

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 21h

In person at NYCC only unfortunately lol

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 21h

Fun fact: the word "trident" appears only three times in the book despite its prominent presence on the cover and none of the lines are bangers 🫠

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 21h

Day 2! Find the Simon & Schuster booth (#3409) at #NYCC and whisper today's secret word for a chance at one of two copies of YEAR OF THE MER being given out today.