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Heads up, Dreamspinner Press Is back to soliciting submissions at Dreamspinner Publications despite a long history (here’s a post from 2019) of screwing over authors. I know one such author. I also used to proofread/copyedit for DSP and their rates were…… low.

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You know the drill. The sacred post has crossed the timeline.

All righty, #Romancelandia. In honor of our next POTUS, I present my first #RomanceCoversAs thread on bluesky dedicated to the incredible Kamala Harris. Apologies in advance to any authors I can't find a tag for!

First up, Just Like Her by @fionazedde.bsky.social. 1/12

7. There is no point at which I plan on surrendering, and it will certainly not happen before the goddamned election. Let's fucking go.

I'm starting to receive loot from @romancingthevote.bsky.social
@saraofwhimsy.bsky.social @dragonsworn.net @samanthasorelle.bsky.social. Yay! Not pictured: holographic dragon sticker.

This is the sound of the Biden administration throwing the trans community under the bus on the anniversary of Stonewall.

I feel like this tickles the “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” bone in all of us: who amongst us has NOT wanted to secretly dwell in extremely cool places and have them all to ourselves when the public leaves, unbeknownst to the authorities?

there's no bond like the one between a garbage truck driver & their toddler fans. every person driving a garbage truck is just waiting to see a toddler so they can honk the horn and put on a little show, and i die for it

I read across Project 2025—the right’s playbook for the next conservative president—to identify its myriad attacks on bodily autonomy. What I came away with is their chilling vision for a United States of sexual and reproductive coercion that’s as important to fight as any policy they plan. Read on:

What do I believe in? I believe in good sex, funk rock, great tastes, lace instead of leather, a laugh then a kiss, transportive phrases that fulfill unspoken wishes, towels straight from dryers, bathrobes so comfortable you see them breathing...

Now that we have embedded video here, I decided to be the one to start this round: