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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · 6d

Maybe once it's paid off. It has depreciated so bad. I can't get approved for another car loan right now.

Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · 7d

My greatest regret in life is my 2019 tesla. Like months after I bought it, he started denying the pandemic and it's only gotten worse from there. I bought a used Tesla to help the environment and save on gas. I can't even get financed for another car. I'm sick every time I drive now.

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 8d

Just witnessed Chicagoans following this undercover ICE vehicle (Black pick-up truck) heading south on Ashland honking their horns incessantly and alerting everyone that ICE was coming.

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thank God we are cutting medicaid so we can afford to deport people and cut taxes. The bibles in the classroom will be a beautiful backdrop to children being ziptied. I know Jesus said to care for the poor and needy and the foreigners among you, but real Christians do the opposite.

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Kelly² @anarchakelly.bsky.social · Jun 21

Tired of witnessing the unspeakable evil that is our immigration system and its enforcement and then being told that I’M the one who’s out of touch for thinking that kids with cancer shouldn’t waste away in squalid dungeons because their parents were born on the wrong side of this rock.

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · Jun 22

Yeah. So. This was the right call.

Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · Jun 21

My big plan this weekend is to watch wildlife cams, listen to yacht rock, and dissociate.⛵️

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Remi Kanazi @remikanazi.bsky.social · Jun 21

Every 5 years, the US wants to bomb a country to “save its women,” while stripping away rights from women across the US

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jun 13

“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”

@cbsaustin @velez_tx

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Jun 13

Look who called it

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Jun 12

48 hours ago I was on a call with another political writer and we were discussing how Trump likely feels it is too early to declare martial law because the goal of doing so is to cancel the midterms. We discussed how Trump needs a big event elsewhere to eject from his LA intervention.

Iran, I said.

Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Jun 10

Incidentally my research for my next novel consists of civil disobedience, the rise of Putin, authoritarianism in the US, nonviolent intervention, and surviving the surveillance state. It in no way has anything to do with what's happening in the world 👀 🤣

Dystopian military romantasy is now a thing

Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Jun 10

I unfortunately own a tesla. Bought it in 2019 and can't afford to trade it in. Teslas ARE NOT ready to drive themselves. They are not ready to drive supervised. My husband is terrified of autopilot, much less full self-driving in city streets. This is not okay. It will kill people 100%.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 9

This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Jun 10

You don't come for our students. I don't care who you are. Those are our babies.

Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Jun 10

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jun 7

It's the Washington Monument in the background that really takes this to next-level dystopian

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 7

NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.

They departed Texas 5 days ago.

What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.

(🎥 DW)

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Jun 6

I have been waiting day and night for this civil war. Let it come.

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Apr 29

Release day!

Time Thief is out now! Available on KU, Audible, & wherever books are sold.

In a world in which Prophets wield the power of wayward gods, a banished woman is determined to regain her own powers and free her people.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 5

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Mar 15

COVER REVEAL!

Friends, my debut is up for pre-order! Time Thief is the first novel in my Eclipse series. If you love romantasy with gritty action, then this one is for you!

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Sign-up for my giveaway if you pre-order! All links are in my linktree

#romantasy

Image of the Cover of Time Thief: A female warrior kneels down with her eyes closed holding a bow. In the distance there is a village surrounded by muddy land. A large eclipse looms over head.

"Don't play games with a Sharpshooter. There's nothing more dangerous you could do."

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Mar 1

So the problem is that Zelensky pointed out that Putin broke their ceasefire and he brought all the chaos on himself after this for daring to speak out against Putin in the oval office. This is insane.

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Feb 25

Update: Grok gives American democracy a 50% chance of surviving Elon Musk and Donald Trump over the next 5-10 years. I think Grok has joined the resistance.

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Feb 25

I had a fascinating chat with Grok about Elon Musk using backdoors to stage a coup against Trump when they turn on each other.

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Feb 20

Reader's guide:

Spice level: no spice, all the heat

Content warning: swearing, violence, war, anxiety, gore

Themes: Deep & gritty, but hopeful

ARCs coming late March

Releases April 29th on Kingle & Audible.

Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Feb 20

Tropes: evil gods, warrior fmc, nightmare trope, hidden powers, gritty action, banter, sizzling tension, enemies-to-lovers, fated mates.

His breath washed over the side of my face, heavy from our scuffle. One hand over mine, the other wrapped around me holding his sword, we stayed like that for a moment. The steel of my own sword faintly kissed my neck.

"I win," he whispered against my ear. My skin tingled.

I broke free and turned on Nash. "Again." I'd never faced someone so skilled with a sword. Fire burned in my stomach. I threw myself into my offense.

Eclipse series. A rating guide showing heavy on the gritty side, heavy on the closed door side, heavy on the sweary side, in the middle of bleak amd hopeful, and closer to fantasy than sci-fi. Heaviest on the banter.

When Max learned her world and its advanced race posing as gods were not all they seemed, her powers were sealed off by an unbreakable curse. Banished from the Mountain of the Gods, she devotes her life to protecting the village that adopted her as their own— until the Prophet of the Valley captures her and her people, intent on using them as a blood sacrifice.
Max vows to escape and return to the mountain to reclaim a power she hates in order to save the people she loves. But she’ll need the help of one of the Prophet’s fiercest warriors, Nash the Unknown, who has his own reasons for joining her, and she isn’t sure she can trust him.
The journey will be a grueling one, made even more dangerous by the draw Max feels to the charming Nash. Together, the pair must climb the Mountain of the Gods and steal back Max’s powers. Only, the mysteries of the mountain reveal ever more about the gods’ cruel intentions and the reality-breaking secrets of her world, leading her to a harrowing discovery.
Come what may, Max will destroy the Prophet and reach beyond her world to rescue her home from the ruthless gods—in this life and every other.

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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social · Feb 20

I am so excited to announce ARC sign-ups for my action-packed romantasy, Time Thief. They will go out in late March. If you are interested, follow this link. tinyurl.com/timethiefarc

See the images below for description & content warnings.

#arcreaders #writingcommunity #romantasy #readerswanted

Defeating the gods? Only a matter of time. The real battle? Resisting the hot enemy warrior.

Max the Sharpshooter. Ferocious Warrior, overthinker, hidden powers. She's a ten but she'll rip your throat out if you threaten her people.

Nash the Unknown. Killer swordsman, major flirt, secret golden retriever. He's a ten but you're scared he's seducing you to kill you.

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