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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz

@schwartzwords.bsky.social

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YA fantasy: A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE and TO A DARKER SHORE / adult romcom: MY KIND OF TROUBLE / sadder but wiser / autistic / fat / 🌈 / 🇮🇹 / theater / (she/they) / Rep: Lee O’Brien, LGLM https://linktr.ee/leanneschwartz

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · Nov 11

wow hello so maybe a reintro?

I’m Leanne (she/they), author of YA fantasy and adult romance books here in California

hoping to connect over
-fantasy and romance books/media
-autism
-theater
-fat liberation
-libraries and fighting book bans
-demi/acespec
-education/English teachers
-the horrors

portrait sketch of me, a fat white person with long brown hair, by Raquel Trevé

LEANNE / LA SCHWARTZ

girls getting even
fat, autistic, demi, sapphic rep religious trauma monsters and Italian worldbuilding
books, theater, nerds

A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE
An autistic poet's prayer awakens a vengeful statue who will stop at nothing to kill the immortal tyrant whose "miracle" trapped her
(YA Romantic Fantasy, 2023)

TO A DARKER SHORE
An autistic inventor goes to hell to avenge her best friend sacrificed in her place-only to find him alive but monstrously transformed
(YA Romantic Fantasy, 2024)

* "A phenomenal work."
—School Library Journal, starred review

MY KIND OF
Trouble
a novel
L.A.SCHWARTZ
A slick conwoman meets her match in a hot and nerdy autistic librarian fighting book bans in this gender-swapped Music Man homage (Adult Romance, 2024)

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 10h

But I’m planned out for a couple weeks, all but caught up on grading for the quarter, and have three glorious days to dig in and outline PunchWIP, hell yes it’s pizza time🍕✨

Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 10h

(context, I’d prepped for going back to teaching by filling my freezer with meals that you know require an oven)

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 10h

Oven’s still broken so we’re making thoughtful dare I say mature plans for slow cooker meals and stovetop pasta, but also absolutely getting pizza tonight

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 10h

A NEED

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 11h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t think it’s fair I have to figure out dinner, on this, the day I lost the Nobel Peace Prize

Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 1d

Like yes Jim Cummings has done a LOT of voices but still this is incredible information and at the same time OF COURSE that’s him

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 1d

waIT

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 1d

THIS THIS FOREVER THIS

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1d

also many things about her life and by extension mine are more challenging than they might be otherwise, but many things are great and I’ve never wished her different—that just feels very foreign to me. like, she just is who she is. I don’t want a different kid! I want the world to be better for her

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not autistic, just a parent to an autistic kid w/ fairly significant support needs, but I personally find it very frustrating to see so many people fixated on preventing, reducing, or “curing” autism and neurodiversity instead of talking about inclusion + getting folks whatever support they need

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

David keeps this house like a fridge but yeah it’s baking season! Hopefully someone can fix it.

Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I’m so sorry, and very rude of the universe.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

oven’s broken this feels personal

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

song of the night

When that man is dead and gone by Mildred Bailey song screenshot

Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

<3Thanks, but they at least agreed to hold it for me until the nonsense clears up (hopefully)

Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

current fascism's tariff nonsense means I can't get the original copy of an anti-fascist italian text I found for sale shipped to me🫠

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Cameron “Halloween Enjoyer” Suey @cameronsuey.com · 2d

got home today and I was excited about reading a book so I started loudly muttering “books books books books books” like a little librarian goblin, and I think I upset one of my neighbors

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

although getting struck by lightning probably gets you off the hook for responsibilities for a few days at least right

Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

nvm it’s a thunderstorm apparently, if I have to leave the house I do not want the spicy rain

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 2d

It’s been a rough week but it’s supposed to RAIN so things are looking up

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

"If you removed our autism you would remove us. Everything you love &hate about us would be gone. We'd fundamentally be completely different ppl. So if you love an autistic person, their autism is part of what you love about them." By @autiebiographical.bsky.social:

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Autie-biographical Comics

You can't love someone but hate their autism. It's a part of who we are. Yes, you can dislike parts of our autism, like I'm sure there are parts of other people you don't like. However, the parts of.....

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 3d

anti-fascist frogs of the week

Inflatable frog costume facing down ice agents

Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 3d

Happy book birthday!!!!