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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver

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Regency romance & fantasy romance published as "Anne Rollins;" children's books as "Teresa Traver." Academic, parent, writer. AuDHD & Hard of Hearing. (she/her) Preorder TWELFTH NIGHT SORCERY! https://linktr.ee/teresatraver

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 3d

Look what's now available on Netgalley! #historicalromance #fantasyromance #TheCambionClub

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Twelfth Night Sorcery

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 1d

Something deadly prowls the Queen’s Forest, threatening both humans and animals. But when duty calls, Janet steps off the path and into the woods, where she’ll need her healing magic to save a man whose secrets threaten not just the forest, but her heart. #A #F #R #DVpit #ND

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 1d

I like Threads, but the drama is real, and the CEO is absolutely NOT an improvement over Bsky.

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 1d

AMONG THE GROVES SO GREEN features:
🎵"Ballad of Tam Lin" x “Little Red Riding Hood”
🪄fantasy of manners
🐺 witch x werewolf romance
🛟 she rescues him
🌶️pinch of spice
🏡cottagecore vibes

#A #F #R #DVpit #ND

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 1d

As always, today is a good day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh-- I love "stained glass magic"!

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 3d

Look what's now available on Netgalley! #historicalromance #fantasyromance #TheCambionClub

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Twelfth Night Sorcery

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 5d

For the first time in years, I've posted a Fall Frenzy entry! Yay! (It felt good to be dabbling in #kidlit again.)
@kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social
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“Wayfaring Jack”

It’s Fall Frenzy time! Kaitlyn Sanchez and Lydia Lukidis host this kidlit contest every year. It’s been a few years since I last participated, but writing this was a lot of fun. I hope …

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 7d

Me: "Writing this Fall Writing Frenzy entry will be easy-peasy!"

My story: Already 34 words too long, and nowhere near the end.

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 9d

This is just too cute.

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 14d

In case it needs to be said: no, prenatal Tylenol use does not cause autism.

If you don't believe me (and you shouldn't, if I provide no evidence), here's a link to a recent (2024) study. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 18d

If you're looking for a #historicalromance read for spooky season, here's a hint about what you'll find in "Stranger at the Crossroads," my entry in Dragonblade's upcoming Halloween anthology.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH84WKWR

Graphic has a black background, mottled with light gray. In the center is a book cover for an anthology titled “Ghosts, Graveyards, and Grey Ladies: A Historical Romance Anthology,” published by Dragonblade. White arrows lead away from the cover, pointing to tropes. Tropes are (clockwise starting from top left): “marriage of convenience,” “haunted manor,” “novelette length,” “meddling ghost,” and “early Victorian period.”

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 18d

I'm so sorry. Losing a pet is so rough.

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 18d

The relief I felt when I discovered that the expression "full-steam" has been in use since 1812! #HistoricalRomance

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 20d

Happy Friday! This snippet from my debut romance isn't quite a #FridayKiss, but it's close. #HistoricalRomance #FantasyRomance

Textured pinkish background with a white floral border at the top. White text reads: “At last, feeling like he had to say something, he whispered, ‘It would not be terrible to be married to you.’
Emma did not answer. Perhaps she had not heard him? A suspicion suddenly struck him. To confirm it, he reached down to lift her chin up slightly so that he could see her face. Yes, she had fallen asleep on his lap, like an overtired child.
The proper thing to do would be to wake her. If she were found here, asleep in his arms—he did not want even to imagine the furor that would result.” Below and to the left of the main text, smaller italicized white letters read “The Solitary Rose.”

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 21d

The address to target is:

Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-3515

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 23d

I feel like I've heard the second syllable pronounced in a couple of different ways (like Vaux-ull vs. Vaux-hall), but if there are any Londoners reading this, maybe they can weigh in?

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 23d

I think so? "Vaux" rhymes with "fox" or "box."

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 23d

It OUGHT to be a silent X, right? It just looks like a word that should have a silent X. 🤣

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 23d

Confession of an American who reads Regency romance: I always assumed the "x" in "Vauxhall" was silent. I thought it was pronounced something like "Voe-hall."

Reader, the "x" is not silent. 🤣 #historicalromance

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24d

"We’ve built hundreds of variations of these things, and we promise none are cool. Rent-payment portals, student portals, health insurance portals—just name the portal, and it will suck."

We Are Thrilled to Announce We Have Invented Portals, but Are Saddened to Reveal They Suck

We, the computer scientists and engineers of this nation, are pleased to announce that we have invented actual, real-life portals. However, we are ...

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 26d

I wish I could do so much more for Palestinians

I wish I could put an invincible bubble of protection over every single one of them

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Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 27d

It's been a rough week, and I don't know what to say about the world. Virtual hugs to everyone who needs them! 🫂

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 27d

Yes! This is common with ADHD or other conditions that involve executive dysfunction.

Unfortunately, I don't have a magic solution.

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 27d

The OED's earliest example of "meteor shower" may be from 1850, but we're going to pretend the phrase was in use decades earlier, ok? #historicalromance

Anne Rollins/Teresa Traver @annerollins23.bsky.social · 27d

Well, fuck.

At least 171 California colleges lose millions as feds end Hispanic-Serving Institution grants www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

At least 171 California colleges lose millions as feds end Hispanic-Serving Institution grants

California has more Hispanic-Serving Institutions than any other state, including six UC and 21 CSU campuses. The federal cuts will do “irreparable harm,” said CSU Chancellor Mildred Garcia.