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Liana Brooks

@lianabrooks.bsky.social

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American Author in Korea -Freelance Editor - Ehlers-Danlos Spoonie - Rroma - Rep'd by Cherry Weiner Literary - She/Her/Your Worship www.LianaBrooks.com My Books: https://www.lianabrooks.com/books/ Hire Me: https://www.lianabrooks.com/editing-services/

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hello, new followers!

I'm Liana Brooks and I write (and edit) books! Let's do a quick thread of everything I have. If you want more:

Website: www.LianaBrooks.com
Buy Now: books2read.com/ap/nED5kR/Li...
Hire Me: www.lianabrooks.com/editing-serv...

A black square with fourteen different books covers on it. They range from pastels with cartoon women on them to dark, fiery tones with yellow police tape. At a glance you can tell a lot of these are romance and some look like they involve murder.

The covers are for all of Liana Brooks's major titles.

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 2m

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A GARGOYLE:
- International Travel
- In Love With The Villain
- Bad Boy Loves The Good Girl
- Kdramas
- You Had Me At Hello
- Secret Identities

Read the first chapter here!
www.lianabrooks.com/...

#Romance #Romancelandia #InternationalRomance 📚

The cover art for All I Want For Christmas Is A Gargoyle - a cartoon of a woman with dark hair wearing a red tank top and white shorts sitting on gray stone steps in front of stone gargoyles shaped like the illegitimate love child of a dragon and a goose. The woman is holding a red book with the Korean flag on it. The Korean flag is white with a red and blue ying-yang symbol in the center (called a Taegeuk in Korean) and black trigrams in the four corners. The background is purple.

Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 29m

Client reading is done for the day. I'm going to break for lunch and worry about the editing letter later.

#LianaEdits

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The Korea Herald 코리아헤럴드 @thekoreaherald.bsky.social · 45m

A large mobile art installation dubbed the "Hangeul Truck," created by Korean artist Kang Ik-joong in collaboration with Samsung Electronics and the Korean Cultural Center New York, is seen on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

www.koreaherald.com/article/1059...

Samsung promotes Hangeul in US with traveling art exhibition

A large mobile art installation dubbed the "Hangeul Truck," created by Korean artist Kang Ik-joong in collaboration with Samsung Electronics and the Korean Cult

www.koreaherald.com

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 5d

Take a notebook/take notes at every appointment, whether you're testing for the disease or you're going through treatment. It'll be a lot of information and you might be in no state to remember everything they say to you about follow up/results.

Take someone with you to appointments if you can. 2/3

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 5d

This Oct, as a breast cancer survivor in treatment since 2021, I'm doing a thread on stuff I wish I'd been told.

I'll update as I go, but the first thing I'll share is every person's body & treatment is different. Some fear symptoms or side effects they might never get. Don't be afraid to fight 1/3

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 44m

Go through the old archives and see if there's any older ones that pre-date social media that might be fun to share?

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 57m

I'm getting mine tomorrow. How about you?

Kyle Minogue 🔬☀️ @kyleminogue.bsky.social · 3h

Vaccines are free and available in Winnipeg.

Updated COVID vaccines cut risk of severe illness and death across all age groups, even for those with prior infection or vaccination.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Edits by Kristi @editsbykristi.bsky.social · 1h

Everything has been A LOT lately, so it was especially wonderful to get an ARC of SILVER & BLOOD by @jessiemihalik.com from the lovely folks at @avonbooks.bsky.social today. 🤍

(All the smart people know the best way to improve one’s mood is a new book.)

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 2h

Adorable Spotted Boxfish. I see these snorkeling often, but they are skittish, and it's hard to get a good pic. This one was just below when I was walking on the rocky shoreline and BOOM - cool shot with my phone.

#photography #maui #snorkeling #diving #cool #colors #vacay #marinelife #zen

Blue boxfish with white dots. On top of a coral reef just a foot ornso deep in the water.

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 2h

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID:
- Grumpy and Sunshine
- Forced Proximity
- Fake Relationship
- Opposites Attract
- I Won’t Say I’m In Love

Read the first chapter here!
www.lianabrooks.com/...

#HolidayRomance #Romance 📚

The cover art for All I Want For Christmas Is A Cryptid - a cartoon of a woman with dark red-brown hair wearing a straw sunhat, a blueberry purple shirt, a brick brown sleeveless dress, with black leggings and black shoes stands on a wooden bridge with a green field and brown, snow-capped mountains behind her. The background color is green and the title is written in white with the word Cryptid in pink.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2h

Mark Bray wrote a book on antifascism and was trying to leave the country with his family after being targeted by right-wing operatives and receiving death threats:

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 2h

Currently two books away from the top row of most requested books in Romance on Netgalley. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten there. Or kept going up even though it’s not Read Now anymore. Not sure how that’s happening.

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Dani✨ @danisdiary.bsky.social · 2h

Well played, fandom. You did it again.

#TheSummerITurnedPretty #TSITP #Bonrad

Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 2h

1) I'm so sorry.

2) I hope you reported that. That's heinous.

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Spooky Scary SkeleFalco @falco.works · 3h

Day 7 -- Feline

Every well educated apprentice witch knows that treats are vital to a familiar's magic focusing abilities ow ow shoot ow dang it ouch

A little witch girl carrying a jug of milk is swarmed by black kittens, who scream and climb her overalls because she's not dispensing the milk fast enough

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 2h

In the dim early morning light, my shutter speed wasn't fast enough to freeze the wing action, but I really like the little flick of water off this yellow rosella's tail as it took off 😊
Lake Hattah, Victoria.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 3h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 4h

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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SoCalDad @bhersh.bsky.social · 2h

One more dose of summer setting sun 🌅

Bright orange sun setting over ocean and beach

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 3h

Just an amazing article about one guy's AI slop empire. I can't help wondering if, like AI itself, this kind of AI-driven snake oil entrepreneurship is a bubble that will burn itself out eventually, but in the meantime it's destroying human content creators' livelihoods.

Sheesh’s Pieces @last-pict.bsky.social · 6h

might as well drop this here too. not totally related but he does go into the process and motivations. futurism.com/slop-farmer-...

Slop Farmer Boasts About How He Uses AI to Flood Social Media With Garbage to Trick Older Women

Pinterest is facing an influx of AI slop designed to attract users to synthetic websites. Here's a glimpse into their tactics — and psyches.

futurism.com

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 3h

An image of a dark street with the words "winter fans be like: ah yes, 3 pm"

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3h

The real economy is already in a deep recession. The fake AI economy is a smokescreen. And now I'm afraid that the government will throw any amount of money at it to keep it from popping.

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns

According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...

www.techspot.com

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 3h

Locally? We're going to tell you're a tourist by how you say "Hi!"

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 3h

There are so many around here, but one of the subtler ones is Burnet.

It’s BURN-it, not bur-NET.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 3h

If you're looking for a developmental editor I have openings starting in November. I'm offering a 10% discount on Positivity Reads and Editorial Assessments.

www.lianabrooks.com/editing-serv...

a stack of books with the words i want to read all the books

Alt: a stack of books with the words i want to read all the books

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