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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her)

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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · Aug 18

When he says he'd "rather marry a bog witch."
...and now he's got a mess to clean up.

Isabelle: A Victorian Marriage of Convenience Romance - out 9/2/25
Preorder on all platforms: books2read.com/virtue-and-v...

An illustration of a historical couple sitting in front of a fireplace, with conversation bubbles that show him saying "I'd rather marry a bog witch." She responds, "Bye." He then says, "Wait, you can't leave me!" To which she responds, "I just did!"

The tropes age gap, marriage in trouble, and "teach me" appear in the upper left corner. The publication date of 9/2/25 appears in the upper right. The book's title, Isabelle: A Victorian Marriage of Convenience Romance, appears at the bottom.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16h

It’s day 29 of the shutdown and SNAP is set to stop next week. Food banks are already being overwhelmed. If you can, please donate to your local food bank 🍽️

💵Because food banks can purchase food at a discount, donating money goes further than donating food

📋If donating food, check for a wish list

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Melissa Kendall @makendallauthor.bsky.social · 20h

ROMANCING THE RAKE is a historical romance anthology available on KU.

#historicalfashion

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 1d

We are all white AF, and none of us are recent immigrants. Aunt and uncle are normal terms of respect for people around your parents' age. I had "aunts" and "uncles" I wasn't related to growing up, too.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 1d

My kids call my BFF from college and her husband "aunt" and "uncle." We are not blood relations. Auntie is a general term to a LOT of people.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 2d

lmao

My Post headline

Mamdani didn’t tell the whole truth about his hijab-wearing ‘aunt’ who feared for safety post-9/11

The “aunt” who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 was actually his dad’s cousin.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

n.pr

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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 2d

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 3d

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Fated Mates @fatedmates.net · 3d

Thanks for all your help! We're getting close to our goal, but we still need more $$ before the end of the month. This isn't like those annoying campaign texts you get. We have a concrete goal and a specific deadline. So if you can help, please contribute.

Fated Mates @fatedmates.net · 10d

The VA state legislature is up for election this November, and we're working with @statesprojectus.bsky.social
to tell the GOP that we won't stand for tyranny.

Fated States | Join and Donate | The States Project

Learn more about Fated States on Grapevine.org

www.grapevine.org

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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so disappointed in them. The company doesn't have a cash crunch. It's flush. We always check before we make a donation to the local food bank, because why not get it matched - only to find they had quietly canceled the program.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

If regular historical readers wanted magic, they'd pick up a romantasy. They really don't, so you alienate the core readership while not quite hitting for the core romantasy readership, either.

See also the 3rd vs. 1st person narrative debate. Historical readers generally don't want 1st.

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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

Most of the examples I can point to, which I'm not going to do because I like having friends, have been flops. I'm glad it worked for Eva, but one data point doesn't make a trend.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

Possibly - I don't read or write YA, can't really comment on that genre. Very different audience.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

It's much more new adult adjacent, with fancy dresses! All that angsty energy largely evaporated from the contemporary space and found a home in romantasy, circa 2022.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, I'm not seeing many crossovers that are working in this market. Just write a romantasy and leave the historical out of it, is my approach.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

My area has been hammered by the DOGE cuts and the shutdown, so naturally, my husband's employer ended its donation matching program earlier this month... 🫠

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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

Yep. Indie publishing is almost the only option left for historical authors, with rare exceptions. I'm not agented but I hear from historical authors right now that trad houses simply aren't acquiring it.

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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 3d

I joined a writer's group that hosts a NaNoWriMo every single month. You set your own goal. There's a spreadsheet. You track your word count and see everyone else's. There are usually two groups to play off one another, for friendly competition. It's lovely.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 4d

Happy birthday!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.

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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 4d

*unless we make him, obviously. I don't mean to sound defeatist. I mean that's his intention, and it is going to take everything we have to stop this from happening.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 4d

He is never leaving office.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

In an interview with The Economist, Steve Bannon claimed that there was “a plan” to get around the 22nd Amendment, the constitutional limit that bars anyone from being elected president more than twice. He added that he was involved with a group working on that plan.

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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 4d

LFG New York!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

POLLS ARE NOW OPEN.

Find out where you early vote ⬇️ 🗳️
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Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 5d

This!

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 5d

Another encounter with an off-leash dog in the park. A German Shepherd with no leash. No injuries this time but JFC am I sick of this shit.

Leash your damn dogs in the public park.

Creppy Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her) @carrielomax.bsky.social · 5d

He would just see it as a blueprint for becoming a trillionaire. Maybe we should hide it from him.