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Sandra Schwab
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Historical romance author with a PhD, a piano, & a very large library. Expert on dragons & PUNCH. Writes stories with happy endings and loves her caravan Miss Hetty. 🌈 She / her. #Romancelandia #HistoricalRomance
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Bluesky peeps, since I've got a bunch of new followers (hello everybody! lovely to have you on board!), how about I do a little intro thread? 🧵
And I have now saved my manuscript files on two additional USB sticks.
It seems if I buy the latest version of my trusty formatting software, I can actually import epub files. Hooray!

But the other thing lost on that old computer are two very easy-to-use image editing programs, which I used for some of my older covers. Gah! They were so convenient!
The computer on which I keep all my writing related stuff seems to have gone the way of the dodo. 😭😭😭 And while I saved the MS Word files of my stories (of course, I did that!), I somehow failed to save the formatting files of my formatting software. 😭 #AuthorFail
I hope that one of my colleagues can resurrect it. Or the local computer shop. I'll see.
It was absolutely fine when I used it a few weeks ago. It gave no indication of dying. GAH!!!!!!
The computer on which I keep all my writing related stuff seems to have gone the way of the dodo. 😭😭😭 And while I saved the MS Word files of my stories (of course, I did that!), I somehow failed to save the formatting files of my formatting software. 😭 #AuthorFail
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
(Henle is a German publisher of sheet music - and very pretty sheet music at that!)
The perfect ending to my birthday week: I've won a Henle goodie bag! (Via Tonic, the app I use to practice the piano / ukulele.) I've literally spent the whole evening trying to decide which album of sheet music to get. 😊
#RomancePianists
Oh bugger. I'm so sorry. Sending gentle hugs your way.
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This says a lot about the people reaching out to say this!
Very revealing that several Germans have got in touch to say that their chancellor’s comments about migrants were not directed at me. First of all, that would imply I shouldn’t care. Secondly, to imply that non-white races are inherently more likely to commit crime is an attack on *all* migrants.
So much love for this! 🧡🧡🧡 And look at this very good doggo!
Don’t look now…but I think BlueSky has pulled off an old-school Internet magic: a family member passed & left behind a sweet baby husky on the other side of the continent…and BS angels came forward to relay her to me in time to get her out of the shelter.

I think my dogbaby’s coming home, guys!
"Submissive" and "obedient". What an asshat.
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The forehead kiss.
*melts*
what's the tiniest microtrope in romance that lights your soul on fire?

examples: mine is when a person's expression subtly "softens" while looking at their LI in public

I have a friend who loves when 2 characters sit on opposite sides of a wall/closed door and each press their hands to it
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Can I please get some recommendations for romantic suspense novels, preferably with high heat? I asked for this on Twitter a long time ago but then I became a twitter quitter and never saved that list. So I’m hoping my #romancelandia friends can help. Here’s a pic of my cute puppy as thanks.
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Did you ever think that the Hallmark Holiday movies sound a lot like the plot to a horror novel? So does Del. She’ll do anything to avoid her co-workers holiday shenanigans. ANYTHING.

books2read.com/chris...

#RomCom #Books #Romancelandia #Romance
That's excellent!!!! 🧡🧡🧡
Fingers crossed and hoping you'll feel better soon. 🧡 HUGS!
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ICE agents think getting publicly shamed when they try to eat out for lunch in Chicago is rough. 30 years from now, I'm gonna donate to anyone who offers to make a poster & bolt it to your nursing home that says, "YOUR NAME, a nazi who zip tied children & tear gassed elementary schools, lives here."