Jackie Lau
@jackielaubooks.bsky.social
Romance reader/writer. Latest release: Magically Generated. She/her. jackielaubooks.com
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Jackie Lau
@jackielaubooks.bsky.social
· Oct 21
❄Magically Generated is out now!❄
A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.
jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.
jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
Thanksgiving was last month where I live, so I had turkey soup from the freezer for lunch.
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thanksgiving was last month where I live, so I had turkey soup from the freezer for lunch.
I finished the draft! 69,385 words in just over 6 weeks. This is slower than my usual drafting speed, but I started it a few days before my first infusion (chemo/immunotherapy), and I've now had 6.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I finished the draft! 69,385 words in just over 6 weeks. This is slower than my usual drafting speed, but I started it a few days before my first infusion (chemo/immunotherapy), and I've now had 6.
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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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Sometimes I think about how every 3 months the news tells people they're financially irresponsible for having a coffee or eating a candy bar or whatever the fuck and therefore deserve to die without housing or healthcare.
Then this shit.
Then this shit.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sometimes I think about how every 3 months the news tells people they're financially irresponsible for having a coffee or eating a candy bar or whatever the fuck and therefore deserve to die without housing or healthcare.
Then this shit.
Then this shit.
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Right now on reddit there's a guy inventing a new kind of brick to build his home with and it's going about as well as you can imagine
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Right now on reddit there's a guy inventing a new kind of brick to build his home with and it's going about as well as you can imagine
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SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
Finch West is officially opening in 2025 though!
(Line 6 is opening before Line 5. It has been under construction for ~6 years, I believe, vs. 15 years, but it's all above ground.)
(Line 6 is opening before Line 5. It has been under construction for ~6 years, I believe, vs. 15 years, but it's all above ground.)
apparently there's still a chance the Eglinton LRT could open in 2025 lol
'Still a chance' Eglinton Crosstown LRT could open in 2025: Metrolinx
With less than two months of the year remaining, Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay says there's "still a chance" that the Eglinton Crosstown LRT could open in 2025.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Finch West is officially opening in 2025 though!
(Line 6 is opening before Line 5. It has been under construction for ~6 years, I believe, vs. 15 years, but it's all above ground.)
(Line 6 is opening before Line 5. It has been under construction for ~6 years, I believe, vs. 15 years, but it's all above ground.)
Time Loops & Meet Cutes is featured here!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Time Loops & Meet Cutes is featured here!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
I feel like I'm running out of steam with this book, but I'm on the last chapter, so I suppose that's okay.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I feel like I'm running out of steam with this book, but I'm on the last chapter, so I suppose that's okay.
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Annual reminder that I've got a holiday romcom out
"A super-steamy queer holiday romance that deals with serious topics, such as substance addiction, identity exploration, and family strife, while still managing to be uproariously funny and incredibly romantic." —Library Journal (⭐ review)
"A super-steamy queer holiday romance that deals with serious topics, such as substance addiction, identity exploration, and family strife, while still managing to be uproariously funny and incredibly romantic." —Library Journal (⭐ review)
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Annual reminder that I've got a holiday romcom out
"A super-steamy queer holiday romance that deals with serious topics, such as substance addiction, identity exploration, and family strife, while still managing to be uproariously funny and incredibly romantic." —Library Journal (⭐ review)
"A super-steamy queer holiday romance that deals with serious topics, such as substance addiction, identity exploration, and family strife, while still managing to be uproariously funny and incredibly romantic." —Library Journal (⭐ review)
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GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
Diaspora Dialogues Presents the 2025 Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase - Diaspora Dialogues
The Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase is a three-day celebration of Caribbean voices and their influence on Canadian literature, art, and culture. Over the course of the showcase, audiences are inv...
diasporadialogues.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
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Took a day trip yesterday to see the Sandhill Cranes gather at sunset at the Jasper-Pulaski FWA and it was absolutely and totally worth it. 😍 #birds
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Took a day trip yesterday to see the Sandhill Cranes gather at sunset at the Jasper-Pulaski FWA and it was absolutely and totally worth it. 😍 #birds
Was supposed to be doing an event this weekend, but instead I'm halfway through the first half of my chemo regimen.
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Was supposed to be doing an event this weekend, but instead I'm halfway through the first half of my chemo regimen.
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this is how you lose the dish war
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
this is how you lose the dish war
good to know that yesterday wasn't all a chemo fever dream
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
good to know that yesterday wasn't all a chemo fever dream
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I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I do mention my own books, but I don't talk about publishing much on social media anymore because it just feels too depressing, I guess?
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I do mention my own books, but I don't talk about publishing much on social media anymore because it just feels too depressing, I guess?
On and off, I've been fantasizing about quitting indie publishing for...close to two years now?
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
On and off, I've been fantasizing about quitting indie publishing for...close to two years now?
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I'm having complicated and frustrated thoughts about having to see reminders all over my feed that the president said something jaw-droppingly fatphobic in public while at the same time wondering how many of those people themselves make fat jokes and only clock this one as bad because Trump said it
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I'm having complicated and frustrated thoughts about having to see reminders all over my feed that the president said something jaw-droppingly fatphobic in public while at the same time wondering how many of those people themselves make fat jokes and only clock this one as bad because Trump said it
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THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU is out now! I hope you enjoy my novel about a magical midlife midwife dealing with generational trauma while discovering her true power.
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU is out now! I hope you enjoy my novel about a magical midlife midwife dealing with generational trauma while discovering her true power.
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
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Alert!!! Transgender kids in Alberta had their rights trampled on by the UCP today! I am calling in favors--I need YOU to spread the news. I need your help in fighting for these kids.
Mickey Amery, whose birth name is Qassim: "We’re prepared again to use every single legal and constitutional tool to make sure that the health and well-being of our children are protected."
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws
The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Alert!!! Transgender kids in Alberta had their rights trampled on by the UCP today! I am calling in favors--I need YOU to spread the news. I need your help in fighting for these kids.
Does anyone have any recs for contemporary m/f romance in which the heroine experiences pain during penetration? (either all the time or sometimes)
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Does anyone have any recs for contemporary m/f romance in which the heroine experiences pain during penetration? (either all the time or sometimes)