Brianne Gillen
@booksbybrianne.bsky.social
Romance Author. Writer of Fierce Dames & Cinnamon-roll Gents.
Eternal lover of HEAs.
And Costume Designer by day.
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💋🐆My Favorite Leopard — available now! 🐆💋
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Eternal lover of HEAs.
And Costume Designer by day.
she/her
💋🐆My Favorite Leopard — available now! 🐆💋
https://linktr.ee/BrianneGillen
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Looking for a mid-20th-century historical romance that feels like a classic film, only with all the naughty fun that would never have made it past the production code office?
I've got you covered!
All my Phoenix Pictures books and novellas are available wide!
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#Romancelandia
I've got you covered!
All my Phoenix Pictures books and novellas are available wide!
(Links in 🧵...)
#Romancelandia
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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I’ve had to up my fundraiser for overdue rent and bills. I’ve made a partial payment on my rent, but I need to get the rest of it covered ASAP to keep my housing. Thank you for donating/sharing!
I wish I didn’t have to do this, but I have no choice. I need some financial help to pay my rent and bills ASAP. You can also support me by buying books directly from my ebook shop as well: ko-fi.com/A356F63/goal...
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January 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I’ve had to up my fundraiser for overdue rent and bills. I’ve made a partial payment on my rent, but I need to get the rest of it covered ASAP to keep my housing. Thank you for donating/sharing!
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"Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
Our most-read article of 2025. (Originally published Juily 17, 2025.) - - -“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academi...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
"Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
I can work with this…
January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I can work with this…
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I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
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So after finishing Heated Rivalry last night it’s clear we need a full resurgence of actually soft romantic films and tv shows with people who can actually act. The whole cast was great but Connor and Hudson just did an excellent job.
December 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So after finishing Heated Rivalry last night it’s clear we need a full resurgence of actually soft romantic films and tv shows with people who can actually act. The whole cast was great but Connor and Hudson just did an excellent job.
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It’s true! My hockey ladies are just hanging out waiting for you. 💖🌈🏒🥅
I've had a few people say to me (on the heels of watching Heated Rivalry) that they wished there were sapphic hockey romances, and folks... let me tell you the good news about
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December 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s true! My hockey ladies are just hanging out waiting for you. 💖🌈🏒🥅
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then anothir booke
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bookes are freakinge awesome
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then anothir booke
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bookes are freakinge awesome
December 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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booke
reade a booke
then anothir booke
aftir that anothir booke
bookes are freakinge awesome
booke
reade a booke
then anothir booke
aftir that anothir booke
bookes are freakinge awesome
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PRODUCER 1: Okay, so: Curtain up. It’s Christmas Eve. A young girl named Clara is opening gifts. One happens to be from her favorite uncle, a kind of creepy mask-wearing guy named Drosselmeyer.
PRODUCER 2: Don’t love this...
PRODUCER 2: Don’t love this...
A Producer Attempts to Pitch The Nutcracker
(A production office. PRODUCER 1 sits at a desk. Enter PRODUCER 2.) PRODUCER 1: Take a seat. You said you have something Christmassy for me? PRODUC...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
PRODUCER 1: Okay, so: Curtain up. It’s Christmas Eve. A young girl named Clara is opening gifts. One happens to be from her favorite uncle, a kind of creepy mask-wearing guy named Drosselmeyer.
PRODUCER 2: Don’t love this...
PRODUCER 2: Don’t love this...
While most of my 3rd book, A KISS TO BUILD A GRUDGE ON, takes place during the spring, Frannie can’t stop comparing Max to one of Christmas’s leading men (aka Santa). & poor Frannie is utterly unprepared for how attractive that makes Max…or how much fun he’ll have leaning into the comparison… 😉🎅🏼🎄
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
While most of my 3rd book, A KISS TO BUILD A GRUDGE ON, takes place during the spring, Frannie can’t stop comparing Max to one of Christmas’s leading men (aka Santa). & poor Frannie is utterly unprepared for how attractive that makes Max…or how much fun he’ll have leaning into the comparison… 😉🎅🏼🎄
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If anyone is looking for romances to try in Kobo Plus, check out this list I made earlier in the year. Ebooks and audiobooks by Asian authors.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If anyone is looking for romances to try in Kobo Plus, check out this list I made earlier in the year. Ebooks and audiobooks by Asian authors.
jackielaubooks.com/koboplus/
jackielaubooks.com/koboplus/
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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In the New Year, I will be running a crowdfunding campaign for Bookstore Romance Day. I have some really great backer rewards already lined up, but I'd love to add more. If you've ever wanted to support BRD, but finances didn't allow for it, maybe you have books, swag, etc. you could donate? DM me.
December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In the New Year, I will be running a crowdfunding campaign for Bookstore Romance Day. I have some really great backer rewards already lined up, but I'd love to add more. If you've ever wanted to support BRD, but finances didn't allow for it, maybe you have books, swag, etc. you could donate? DM me.
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We say goodbye to actor, filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner.
A dedicated storyteller with sincerity that imbued his prolific work and the causes he believed in, Reiner’s heartfelt portrayal of the human condition reminds us of the power of film and its abilities to stay with us.
A dedicated storyteller with sincerity that imbued his prolific work and the causes he believed in, Reiner’s heartfelt portrayal of the human condition reminds us of the power of film and its abilities to stay with us.
December 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We say goodbye to actor, filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner.
A dedicated storyteller with sincerity that imbued his prolific work and the causes he believed in, Reiner’s heartfelt portrayal of the human condition reminds us of the power of film and its abilities to stay with us.
A dedicated storyteller with sincerity that imbued his prolific work and the causes he believed in, Reiner’s heartfelt portrayal of the human condition reminds us of the power of film and its abilities to stay with us.
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“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 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“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.
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Want to support small, indie bookstores (& this indie author!) this Black Friday? You can find all of my books over at @bookshop.org & support your favorite small book businesses in the process. Plus, I hear they’ve got free shipping all weekend!
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Happy Reading!!
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Happy Reading!!
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November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Want to support small, indie bookstores (& this indie author!) this Black Friday? You can find all of my books over at @bookshop.org & support your favorite small book businesses in the process. Plus, I hear they’ve got free shipping all weekend!
📚
Happy Reading!!
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
📚
Happy Reading!!
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
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Nick & Nora / Gomez & Morticia are absolute proof that what the audiences hunger for are two married people who flirt shamelessly and relentlessly and I don’t know how come Hollywood can’t just give us that again
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Nick & Nora / Gomez & Morticia are absolute proof that what the audiences hunger for are two married people who flirt shamelessly and relentlessly and I don’t know how come Hollywood can’t just give us that again
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Since it's a big weekend for consumerism, I just want to put out there that buying an indie author's book in any format is "shopping small" no matter where you choose to buy it from.
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Since it's a big weekend for consumerism, I just want to put out there that buying an indie author's book in any format is "shopping small" no matter where you choose to buy it from.
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#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is BACK for our 6th year! 🎁✨
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is BACK for our 6th year! 🎁✨
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
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To all the Indigenous and Native people out there:
You, your pain, your history, and your cultures matter. May this time of mourning be gentle.
You, your pain, your history, and your cultures matter. May this time of mourning be gentle.
Sending love to my Indigenous and Native friends and mutuals this week.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
To all the Indigenous and Native people out there:
You, your pain, your history, and your cultures matter. May this time of mourning be gentle.
You, your pain, your history, and your cultures matter. May this time of mourning be gentle.
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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We are doing 25% off in the shop this week, for all your stocking stuffer and fidget toy and geeky rainbow needs!
And because they might be our most popular item of 2025 (can't guess why) I made A LOT of clicky dumpster fires!
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And because they might be our most popular item of 2025 (can't guess why) I made A LOT of clicky dumpster fires!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We are doing 25% off in the shop this week, for all your stocking stuffer and fidget toy and geeky rainbow needs!
And because they might be our most popular item of 2025 (can't guess why) I made A LOT of clicky dumpster fires!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
And because they might be our most popular item of 2025 (can't guess why) I made A LOT of clicky dumpster fires!
thebrokencircle.etsy...