Simone Bradshaw
@simoneb-writes.bsky.social
Black Romance author. I like my romance the way I like my coffee: hot and sweet.
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It's time again for this weeks' #Appreciationthread for the authors that I've read this week 💐🫶🏾
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a man in a suit sits in front of a microphone with a cup that says ' i love you '
ALT: a man in a suit sits in front of a microphone with a cup that says ' i love you '
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December 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's time again for this weeks' #Appreciationthread for the authors that I've read this week 💐🫶🏾
#Blackbooksky
#Booksky
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for the readers:
Any books that use AI will have the narrator listed as either a 'synthesized voice' or 'digital voice.' If you're looking to avoid AI, don't borrow these books.
#BlackBookSky
Any books that use AI will have the narrator listed as either a 'synthesized voice' or 'digital voice.' If you're looking to avoid AI, don't borrow these books.
#BlackBookSky
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
for the readers:
Any books that use AI will have the narrator listed as either a 'synthesized voice' or 'digital voice.' If you're looking to avoid AI, don't borrow these books.
#BlackBookSky
Any books that use AI will have the narrator listed as either a 'synthesized voice' or 'digital voice.' If you're looking to avoid AI, don't borrow these books.
#BlackBookSky
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Discoverability is key for emerging & established romance authors.
I appreciate @fatedmates.net bringing this up weekly in their episodes. I appreciate episodes like this one, highlighting a diverse range of 2025 Romance Novel debuts.
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
#Romancelandia #FatedMates
I appreciate @fatedmates.net bringing this up weekly in their episodes. I appreciate episodes like this one, highlighting a diverse range of 2025 Romance Novel debuts.
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
#Romancelandia #FatedMates
Terrific 2025 Romance Debuts — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
It's that time of year, when we highlight some of our favorite new voices in romance! This week, we're talking about eight new writers who are making us excited about what's to come in historical, con...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Discoverability is key for emerging & established romance authors.
I appreciate @fatedmates.net bringing this up weekly in their episodes. I appreciate episodes like this one, highlighting a diverse range of 2025 Romance Novel debuts.
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
#Romancelandia #FatedMates
I appreciate @fatedmates.net bringing this up weekly in their episodes. I appreciate episodes like this one, highlighting a diverse range of 2025 Romance Novel debuts.
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
#Romancelandia #FatedMates
Every single writer in Southern California right now... ##BlackBookSky #BookSky #BlackRomanceWriters #Romancelandia
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Every single writer in Southern California right now... ##BlackBookSky #BookSky #BlackRomanceWriters #Romancelandia
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My YA baby, AUDRE & BASH ARE JUST FRIENDS, was nominated for the @goodreads Choice Awards - Favorite Young Adult Fiction. If you were tickled by Audre and Bash’s coming-of-age romance — consider voting! 🙏🏾 www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The library of Alexandria is burning and white folks lit the match.
This is history being erased in real time by the heritage foundation...
Y'all PLEASE stock pile your information and history.
We lost how to make CONCRETE for 1,000 years bc of this kind of bullshit from the Catholic Church.
This is history being erased in real time by the heritage foundation...
Y'all PLEASE stock pile your information and history.
We lost how to make CONCRETE for 1,000 years bc of this kind of bullshit from the Catholic Church.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The library of Alexandria is burning and white folks lit the match.
This is history being erased in real time by the heritage foundation...
Y'all PLEASE stock pile your information and history.
We lost how to make CONCRETE for 1,000 years bc of this kind of bullshit from the Catholic Church.
This is history being erased in real time by the heritage foundation...
Y'all PLEASE stock pile your information and history.
We lost how to make CONCRETE for 1,000 years bc of this kind of bullshit from the Catholic Church.
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Say it one more time for the people interested cheap seats!
That 92% always doing what we have to do. You don’t have to participate in protests to show up when it counts
92%. 🙌🏾
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Say it one more time for the people interested cheap seats!
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There is a free book event going on.
Check out the Black Readers Appreciation Event.
I have a few books available.
#BlackBookSky
Check out the Black Readers Appreciation Event.
I have a few books available.
#BlackBookSky
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There is a free book event going on.
Check out the Black Readers Appreciation Event.
I have a few books available.
#BlackBookSky
Check out the Black Readers Appreciation Event.
I have a few books available.
#BlackBookSky
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Just a friendly reminder: You can write that your character is Black. Stop saying things like "the dark skinned man." Black people are not the only folks who have dark brown skin.
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just a friendly reminder: You can write that your character is Black. Stop saying things like "the dark skinned man." Black people are not the only folks who have dark brown skin.
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#BRAE2025 Showcasing incredible stories, connect with readers, and shine a light on the power of indie Black authorship. Nov5th – 8th #freebooks #blackreadersappreciationevent2025
www.brae.website and more! Check out the brae website for more! www.brae.website
www.brae.website and more! Check out the brae website for more! www.brae.website
#BRAE2025 Showcasing incredible stories, connect with readers, and shine a light on the power of indie Black authorship. Nov5th – 8th #freebooks #blackreadersappreciationevent2025
www.brae.website and more! Check out the brae website for more! www.brae.website
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#BRAE2025 Showcasing incredible stories, connect with readers, and shine a light on the power of indie Black authorship. Nov5th – 8th #freebooks #blackreadersappreciationevent2025
www.brae.website and more! Check out the brae website for more! www.brae.website
www.brae.website and more! Check out the brae website for more! www.brae.website
@booksbydlwhite.com Wait, just bought it and saw this is book 3!!! Will i be lost? Do I need to start at book 1? Help!!!
Evonne Girard loves love.
And DATELINE... so maybe don’t sneak up on her porch unannounced.
The Guy Next Door is a warm, funny, grown-folks romance set in the idyllic, middle Georgia town of Potter Lake.
Jump right in, eBook, print, or audio at booksbydlwhite.com/guy-next-door.
#BlackBookSky
And DATELINE... so maybe don’t sneak up on her porch unannounced.
The Guy Next Door is a warm, funny, grown-folks romance set in the idyllic, middle Georgia town of Potter Lake.
Jump right in, eBook, print, or audio at booksbydlwhite.com/guy-next-door.
#BlackBookSky
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM
@booksbydlwhite.com Wait, just bought it and saw this is book 3!!! Will i be lost? Do I need to start at book 1? Help!!!
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I'm so excited to be participating in BRAE (Black Readers Appreciation Event)! Get a free copy of the e-book for "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" from November 5th-8th 💜💜 www.brae.website
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm so excited to be participating in BRAE (Black Readers Appreciation Event)! Get a free copy of the e-book for "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" from November 5th-8th 💜💜 www.brae.website
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Today for Black speculative fiction month I'm highlighting Chocolate Chip City by Be Steadwell. This book is so warm yet so politically real and uses sprinkles of magic to enhance all the Black joy it depicts. #blackbooksky #booksky
Lesbian. Black. Witchy. Political. Romance. Contemporary. Filled with self love. Filled with Black Joy. I read an ARC of this book and I LOVED it.
Chocolate Chip City by Be Steadwell 💕 #booksky #blackbooksky
Chocolate Chip City by Be Steadwell 💕 #booksky #blackbooksky
October 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Today for Black speculative fiction month I'm highlighting Chocolate Chip City by Be Steadwell. This book is so warm yet so politically real and uses sprinkles of magic to enhance all the Black joy it depicts. #blackbooksky #booksky
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REMINDER!
You can order 12 of my books signed from The Ripped Bodice LA any time you like.
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You can order 12 of my books signed from The Ripped Bodice LA any time you like.
💘 www.therippedbodice....
October 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
REMINDER!
You can order 12 of my books signed from The Ripped Bodice LA any time you like.
💘 www.therippedbodice....
You can order 12 of my books signed from The Ripped Bodice LA any time you like.
💘 www.therippedbodice....
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October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Reposting for Black Speculative Fiction Month
Hey horror community, we need to have a talk... It's time to collectively drop the use of "spook" and "spooky". Here's why. Article by @sharai.bsky.social #horrorsky
Remove Spook From Your Vocabulary Today
It’s officially Halloween season, and a great time to remind everyone that the word “spook” is a slur. Like many words and phrases in the English language, racists did what they do best and ruined it....
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October 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposting for Black Speculative Fiction Month
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10/1
“May your day, week, month be as beautiful as you are.
As lovely as you are.
As kind as you are.”
-Ancestor Said, Ehime Ora
#blackbooksky
“May your day, week, month be as beautiful as you are.
As lovely as you are.
As kind as you are.”
-Ancestor Said, Ehime Ora
#blackbooksky
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
10/1
“May your day, week, month be as beautiful as you are.
As lovely as you are.
As kind as you are.”
-Ancestor Said, Ehime Ora
#blackbooksky
“May your day, week, month be as beautiful as you are.
As lovely as you are.
As kind as you are.”
-Ancestor Said, Ehime Ora
#blackbooksky
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There's a freebie on the Patreon. RUN!!!! 🧡🎃🍂
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SUMMER READS & SPOOKY SEASON & A CHRISTMAS SURPRISE! | Rebekah's Breakfast Nook
Get more from Rebekah's Breakfast Nook on Patreon
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October 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
There's a freebie on the Patreon. RUN!!!! 🧡🎃🍂
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So @soyunamarmota.bsky.social ... remember this? Took your advice. That "scene" turned into 112 pages so far, NOT including the additional other TWENTY EIGHT pages of outline. I don't even write outlines! This heaux has taken over my life!!!
#SendHelp
#SendHelp
Okay, fellow romance writers. What do you do when some particular characters won't get out of your head, but nothing they say makes any sense?
This is a fairly new experience, lol. Like, it feels like they want to be written, but have no story to tell yet.
Help your girl out!
This is a fairly new experience, lol. Like, it feels like they want to be written, but have no story to tell yet.
Help your girl out!
September 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
So @soyunamarmota.bsky.social ... remember this? Took your advice. That "scene" turned into 112 pages so far, NOT including the additional other TWENTY EIGHT pages of outline. I don't even write outlines! This heaux has taken over my life!!!
#SendHelp
#SendHelp
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A lot of your favorite Black romance indie authors have Patreons, including myself.
You can sign up and get all kinds of perks like sneak peeks at upcoming releases, discount codes, serial stories, special edition books, discussion forums, and more.
#BlackBookSky #BookSky #romancelandia
You can sign up and get all kinds of perks like sneak peeks at upcoming releases, discount codes, serial stories, special edition books, discussion forums, and more.
#BlackBookSky #BookSky #romancelandia
September 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A lot of your favorite Black romance indie authors have Patreons, including myself.
You can sign up and get all kinds of perks like sneak peeks at upcoming releases, discount codes, serial stories, special edition books, discussion forums, and more.
#BlackBookSky #BookSky #romancelandia
You can sign up and get all kinds of perks like sneak peeks at upcoming releases, discount codes, serial stories, special edition books, discussion forums, and more.
#BlackBookSky #BookSky #romancelandia
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I write Black island women who get love, joy, and the soft life. Because we deserve that. Every time. 💅🏾❤️
#BookTherapy #CaribbeanReaders #booksky #blackbooksky #blackskybooks #CaribbeanVibes #Romancelandia #CaribbeanSky #writersky
#BookTherapy #CaribbeanReaders #booksky #blackbooksky #blackskybooks #CaribbeanVibes #Romancelandia #CaribbeanSky #writersky
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I write Black island women who get love, joy, and the soft life. Because we deserve that. Every time. 💅🏾❤️
#BookTherapy #CaribbeanReaders #booksky #blackbooksky #blackskybooks #CaribbeanVibes #Romancelandia #CaribbeanSky #writersky
#BookTherapy #CaribbeanReaders #booksky #blackbooksky #blackskybooks #CaribbeanVibes #Romancelandia #CaribbeanSky #writersky
Okay, fellow romance writers. What do you do when some particular characters won't get out of your head, but nothing they say makes any sense?
This is a fairly new experience, lol. Like, it feels like they want to be written, but have no story to tell yet.
Help your girl out!
This is a fairly new experience, lol. Like, it feels like they want to be written, but have no story to tell yet.
Help your girl out!
September 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Okay, fellow romance writers. What do you do when some particular characters won't get out of your head, but nothing they say makes any sense?
This is a fairly new experience, lol. Like, it feels like they want to be written, but have no story to tell yet.
Help your girl out!
This is a fairly new experience, lol. Like, it feels like they want to be written, but have no story to tell yet.
Help your girl out!