Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her)
@carrielomax.bsky.social
Romance author dancing through the lightning strikes
Pinned
Out today! Read this #newrelease in #kindleunlimited
❄️The Snow Queen Retelling
👑 Prince x Maid
🖤 Friends to lovers but make it dark
🌶️ - yes
📖 The Snow Queen by Joline Pearce
#romantasy #fantasyromance #friendstolovers
❄️The Snow Queen Retelling
👑 Prince x Maid
🖤 Friends to lovers but make it dark
🌶️ - yes
📖 The Snow Queen by Joline Pearce
#romantasy #fantasyromance #friendstolovers
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This is a fun collection- steamy romance reads that all feature a red-headed heroine!
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#booksky #romancebooks #historicalromance #redheads
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#booksky #romancebooks #historicalromance #redheads
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is a fun collection- steamy romance reads that all feature a red-headed heroine!
books.bookfunnel.com/ted-hairedhe...
#booksky #romancebooks #historicalromance #redheads
books.bookfunnel.com/ted-hairedhe...
#booksky #romancebooks #historicalromance #redheads
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Re: LRT
A sex scene is an action scene.
Like an action scene, it is primarily about what is happening to the characters. Like an action scene, it will be boring as fuck if we have no idea what the stakes are or who we care about.
A sex scene is an action scene.
Like an action scene, it is primarily about what is happening to the characters. Like an action scene, it will be boring as fuck if we have no idea what the stakes are or who we care about.
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Re: LRT
A sex scene is an action scene.
Like an action scene, it is primarily about what is happening to the characters. Like an action scene, it will be boring as fuck if we have no idea what the stakes are or who we care about.
A sex scene is an action scene.
Like an action scene, it is primarily about what is happening to the characters. Like an action scene, it will be boring as fuck if we have no idea what the stakes are or who we care about.
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She’s a Christmas disaster. He’s a holiday perfectionist.
It’s a love match made in December.
www.ellerush.com/jack-and-belle
#ChristmasRomance #HolidayRomance #SweetRomance #EnemiesToLovers #ChristmasLightFight #ChristmasCookies #Knitworthy #BookSky #KoboPlus
It’s a love match made in December.
www.ellerush.com/jack-and-belle
#ChristmasRomance #HolidayRomance #SweetRomance #EnemiesToLovers #ChristmasLightFight #ChristmasCookies #Knitworthy #BookSky #KoboPlus
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
She’s a Christmas disaster. He’s a holiday perfectionist.
It’s a love match made in December.
www.ellerush.com/jack-and-belle
#ChristmasRomance #HolidayRomance #SweetRomance #EnemiesToLovers #ChristmasLightFight #ChristmasCookies #Knitworthy #BookSky #KoboPlus
It’s a love match made in December.
www.ellerush.com/jack-and-belle
#ChristmasRomance #HolidayRomance #SweetRomance #EnemiesToLovers #ChristmasLightFight #ChristmasCookies #Knitworthy #BookSky #KoboPlus
Congratulations to @aydrarichards.bsky.social for making the NYT best romance novels of 2025 list!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
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The Best Romance Novels of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Congratulations to @aydrarichards.bsky.social for making the NYT best romance novels of 2025 list!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
I went to update the covers on my Cavalier Cove novellas, including the paperbacks. I cannot believe how much paper prices have jumped. I'm embarrassed to charge $9.99 for a print novella, but if I charge less than that, I hardly make any profit.
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I went to update the covers on my Cavalier Cove novellas, including the paperbacks. I cannot believe how much paper prices have jumped. I'm embarrassed to charge $9.99 for a print novella, but if I charge less than that, I hardly make any profit.
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Love Fated Mates? Love it even more when it’s FREE??
#booktok
#romantasy
#booksky
#fantasyromance
#romanticfantasy
#freebooks
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#booktok
#romantasy
#booksky
#fantasyromance
#romanticfantasy
#freebooks
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FaRoFeb Free Fantasy Romance December 1-31 2025: Badass FMCs
This month, join us in celebrating fantasy romance with Fated Mates.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Love Fated Mates? Love it even more when it’s FREE??
#booktok
#romantasy
#booksky
#fantasyromance
#romanticfantasy
#freebooks
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#booktok
#romantasy
#booksky
#fantasyromance
#romanticfantasy
#freebooks
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She began writing in her forties and went on to publish over 200 books. Don't ever let anyone tell you it's too late to chase your dreams.
Fern Michaels, a mother of five in suburban New Jersey who responded to her husband’s request to get a job by taking up writing, only to blossom into a best-selling author of more than 200 romances and thrillers, died last month at 92. nyti.ms/48GMPfN
Fern Michaels, Prolific Author of Romance Novels, Dies at 92
In her 40s, the self-described New Jersey housewife started building a women’s fiction empire, churning out dozens of popular books.
nyti.ms
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
She began writing in her forties and went on to publish over 200 books. Don't ever let anyone tell you it's too late to chase your dreams.
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Remember the “where can we travel to get vaccines?” panic earlier this year and we made noise and it was all fine?
1. That’s probably because they were too chaotic to figure out how to do this very bad thing.
2. You both need to make all the noise in the world -and- start figuring out your plan B
1. That’s probably because they were too chaotic to figure out how to do this very bad thing.
2. You both need to make all the noise in the world -and- start figuring out your plan B
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Remember the “where can we travel to get vaccines?” panic earlier this year and we made noise and it was all fine?
1. That’s probably because they were too chaotic to figure out how to do this very bad thing.
2. You both need to make all the noise in the world -and- start figuring out your plan B
1. That’s probably because they were too chaotic to figure out how to do this very bad thing.
2. You both need to make all the noise in the world -and- start figuring out your plan B
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I would read this.
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I would read this.
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A snowstorm before Christmas could give Wes Cheng exactly what his heart desires... One Bed for Christmas is a standalone Christmas novella in the Baldwin Village series! Available in paperback and ebook.
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jackielaubooks.com/books/one-be...
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A snowstorm before Christmas could give Wes Cheng exactly what his heart desires... One Bed for Christmas is a standalone Christmas novella in the Baldwin Village series! Available in paperback and ebook.
jackielaubooks.com/books/one-be...
jackielaubooks.com/books/one-be...
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You guys, Vellum is on sale:
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store.vellum.pub?via=angela56...
Purchase Vellum
Purchase Vellum Publishing Software for Mac
store.vellum.pub
December 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
You guys, Vellum is on sale:
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store.vellum.pub?via=angela56...
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Hi! We're a small business & we'd love to get a sale today.
1st time since we set up in 2015 that we've had no traffic on #SmallBusinessSaturday
It's so hard, we know everyone is spread thin. Us too.
But if you like vintage / gothy stuff, everything below is still available, thanks for your time:
1st time since we set up in 2015 that we've had no traffic on #SmallBusinessSaturday
It's so hard, we know everyone is spread thin. Us too.
But if you like vintage / gothy stuff, everything below is still available, thanks for your time:
Adding to this thread of nifty things that additional brand-new Gothy / Batty / Catty / Vintage goodies are now available via Torch & Arrow, all one of a kind & part of Etsy's big cyber sale! Your support is *such* a help in a difficult year. 🖤
torchandarrow.etsy.com
#BlueSkyNightMarket
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#BlueSkyNightMarket
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Hi! We're a small business & we'd love to get a sale today.
1st time since we set up in 2015 that we've had no traffic on #SmallBusinessSaturday
It's so hard, we know everyone is spread thin. Us too.
But if you like vintage / gothy stuff, everything below is still available, thanks for your time:
1st time since we set up in 2015 that we've had no traffic on #SmallBusinessSaturday
It's so hard, we know everyone is spread thin. Us too.
But if you like vintage / gothy stuff, everything below is still available, thanks for your time:
Zootopia 2 is 10/10, loved it.
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Zootopia 2 is 10/10, loved it.
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All new FREE HOLIDAY STORIES from some of your favorite authors! Check out six sexy and fun standalone holiday themed shorts from Vi Keeland &Penelope Ward, Elizabeth O'Roark, Laura Pavlov, Monica Murphy, J.L Beck and me!! It's only available for a LIMITED TIME, so hurry!
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
All new FREE HOLIDAY STORIES from some of your favorite authors! Check out six sexy and fun standalone holiday themed shorts from Vi Keeland &Penelope Ward, Elizabeth O'Roark, Laura Pavlov, Monica Murphy, J.L Beck and me!! It's only available for a LIMITED TIME, so hurry!
I relinquish all claim to turkey, ham, or gravy. Please help yourselves.
Where is the cranberry sauce?
Where is the cranberry sauce?
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I relinquish all claim to turkey, ham, or gravy. Please help yourselves.
Where is the cranberry sauce?
Where is the cranberry sauce?
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COME TO THIS (FREE & VIRTUAL) EVENT AND SEE MY LOVELY FRIENDS.
I'm going to ask them questions and fangirl about their amazing books!!
I'm going to ask them questions and fangirl about their amazing books!!
Join me and @oliviawrites.bsky.social and our excellent moderator @authoremmabarry.bsky.social for a virtual book celebration, 11/22 at 1pm Central. The event is free, but you'll need to register with Love's Sweet Arrow:
shop.lovessweetarrow.com/oliviaandmindy
shop.lovessweetarrow.com/oliviaandmindy
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
COME TO THIS (FREE & VIRTUAL) EVENT AND SEE MY LOVELY FRIENDS.
I'm going to ask them questions and fangirl about their amazing books!!
I'm going to ask them questions and fangirl about their amazing books!!
I've batted away 10+ of these things since Friday alone. They are everywhere, and they are scams. Beware.
Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money
If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I've batted away 10+ of these things since Friday alone. They are everywhere, and they are scams. Beware.
It's just incredible how thoroughly my entire industry has been slaughtered by this administration.
Unemployed since June and there's nothing to even apply for in the library field.
Unemployed since June and there's nothing to even apply for in the library field.
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's just incredible how thoroughly my entire industry has been slaughtered by this administration.
Unemployed since June and there's nothing to even apply for in the library field.
Unemployed since June and there's nothing to even apply for in the library field.
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Tierra Walker was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at 20 weeks--after months of high blood pressure, seizures, and blood clots--and the doctor at the emergency room SENT HER HOME instead of offering her an abortion, which is the only treatment.
She died 3 days later.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
She died 3 days later.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Tierra Walker was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at 20 weeks--after months of high blood pressure, seizures, and blood clots--and the doctor at the emergency room SENT HER HOME instead of offering her an abortion, which is the only treatment.
She died 3 days later.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
She died 3 days later.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
You know that gross feeling of filth that won't wash off your skin that Lolita so effectively evokes?
This article should evoke the same sensation.
This article should evoke the same sensation.
I’m going to be honest with you: The headline is appalling, but the piece, which indeed has an absolutely bizarre tone of nostalgia, is worse.
Jesus fucking Christ
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You know that gross feeling of filth that won't wash off your skin that Lolita so effectively evokes?
This article should evoke the same sensation.
This article should evoke the same sensation.
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I’m going to be honest with you: The headline is appalling, but the piece, which indeed has an absolutely bizarre tone of nostalgia, is worse.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m going to be honest with you: The headline is appalling, but the piece, which indeed has an absolutely bizarre tone of nostalgia, is worse.
Starting the Ashes of Thezmarr series two days before Brimstone releases seems like a great way to ensure I do not meet a single deadline.
a woman in a red dress is standing on a stage with the words let 's dive in written above her
Alt: Taylor Swift in a red dress diving into the Eras Tour stage with the words let 's dive in written above her.
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Starting the Ashes of Thezmarr series two days before Brimstone releases seems like a great way to ensure I do not meet a single deadline.
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
You know what would make everything so much better?
A really bad case of head lice on my son. 😑
A really bad case of head lice on my son. 😑
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
You know what would make everything so much better?
A really bad case of head lice on my son. 😑
A really bad case of head lice on my son. 😑