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Deanna Raybourn

@deannaraybourn.bsky.social

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New York Times bestselling author. I still believe if I spin fast enough I’ll turn into Wonder Woman. She/her. https://www.deannaraybourn.com

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 11h

Zut alors. *drags on Gauloises*

Jeff Mac @jeffmacishere.bsky.social · 11h

wait are you telling me it's not 'what french hell is this?'

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 13h

I hate when that happens.

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 1d

Always.

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 1d

I only answer to “Robert Poste’s child”.

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry if I missed your post. I was busy scranletting down Ticklepenny Corner.

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 1d

I just grumped to mods about it.

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 1d

@moderation.bsky.app Why are these posts labeled as spam? Stephen promotes other authors once a week by posting book links. It’s a way to build the reading community here by helping people find books and authors. Everyone who follows Stephen knows this and it’s probably WHY they follow him.

Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 1d

So y'all know what that means, right? It's time for THE ENSHILLENING: YEAH I GOT NOTHIN'. SO MAYBE GO HELP OUT SOME UNDERPAID AUTHORS AND BUY THEIR BOOKS BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO WRITE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IS LIKE BEING GODDAMN SISYPHUS Edition!

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 2d

*opens planner to January 2026 and makes note*

Well, guess that’s next year’s problem!

leonardo dicaprio is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and smiling with the words yasssss written below him

Alt: leonardo dicaprio is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and smiling with the words yasssss written below him as he toasts with champagne

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, and because I can only get the site to open on my phone, I can’t just switch between tabs on the laptop, pasting and copying. This is fine.

a man wearing a shirt that says it 's not fine on it

Alt: David from Schitt’s Creek saying nothing about that is fine

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 2d

I would just like to note that submitting these claims for the Anthropic suit is BULLBALLS. Pulling publisher info, ISBN, and copyright # for 15 titles? I could have written another book. Nora’s going to have to hire a dedicated assistant.

a black and white photo of a woman standing in a living room holding a cat .

Alt: Lucy Ricardo flinging papers into the air

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll miss you but Mochi must have her due.

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 3d

Ooooh, yes! Do send recs.

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 3d

If you want to dabble with fountain pens, try the Pilot Kakuno. I got it in Sakura pink, added turquoise ink. It writes so smoothly for an inexpensive pen and the nib has a smiley face!

a man in a blue jacket is holding a wallet and making a funny face .

Alt: Joey Tribbiani, brandishing a pen

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 3d

The color matches the heart’s blood of our enemies!

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 3d

Nooooooo

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 3d

It would be impossible to have a bad time in these shoes.

The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 3d

Evening slippers
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100744

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Edith Gardiner, 1926

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4d

Rereading it now!

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that they’re using it as a shorthand device on Chad Powers to show what an arrogant dipshit he is makes me laugh like a juvenile hyena.

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, I got through thanks to Cliff and his most excellent notes, believe me.

Sarah 💫 @harrietvane.bsky.social · 4d

I took a Thomas Hardy class where we read a book a week and I did NOT read them all but I read half and learned to really bluff for the other half (also an important skill).

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4d

My senior seminar in English was nicknamed “Dickens Til You Die”. One novel per week for the entire semester. And I’m not talking about ATOTC. I’m talking LITTLE DORRIT. This is my “walked twenty miles barefoot in the snow” story, kids.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4d

MOCHI

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4d

That FACE.

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4d

How fabulous—I know you’re going to have a marvelous time!

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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4d

Bless you both.

Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 5d

The new Archbishop of Canterbury, I think.

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