Sips and Stories with Renee
@sipsandstories.bsky.social
Manuscript consultation🔎 editing📝 and book reviews for women 40+ 👩🏼💻. Book blogger. Please DM me if you want to work with me. #booksky #coffeholic
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It's official! I'm now starting a new business. You're never too old. 📚💙
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About Me/My Services
Book community, book promoting
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I'm reading a book for readersfavorite(blog post about it coming soon).
Holy cow! This author used AI to write it . It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. Sadly, I have to read it.
Authors...please don't worry about your jobs. AI could never write with a heart, like you all do.📚💙🖖
#booksky
Holy cow! This author used AI to write it . It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. Sadly, I have to read it.
Authors...please don't worry about your jobs. AI could never write with a heart, like you all do.📚💙🖖
#booksky
peter griffin from family guy is sitting on a couch and saying " this is annoying "
Alt: peter griffin from family guy is sitting on a couch and saying " this is annoying "
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January 21, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I'm reading a book for readersfavorite(blog post about it coming soon).
Holy cow! This author used AI to write it . It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. Sadly, I have to read it.
Authors...please don't worry about your jobs. AI could never write with a heart, like you all do.📚💙🖖
#booksky
Holy cow! This author used AI to write it . It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. Sadly, I have to read it.
Authors...please don't worry about your jobs. AI could never write with a heart, like you all do.📚💙🖖
#booksky
It's official! I'm now starting a new business. You're never too old. 📚💙
sipsandstorieswithrenee.blogspot.com/p/about-memy...
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About Me/My Services
Book community, book promoting
sipsandstorieswithrenee.blogspot.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Anyone else ready for Spring? 🌻 For those of us in the deep freeze...please, stay safe! ❄️☃️🖖
a cartoon of griffin and stewie from the family guy on hulu
Alt: a cartoon of Brian griffin and stewie from the family guy on hulu
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January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Anyone else ready for Spring? 🌻 For those of us in the deep freeze...please, stay safe! ❄️☃️🖖
This is cool...I live in Cleveland, but grew up in Columbus. 📚💙🖖
Lauren Schott recommends books about Ohio by Celeste Ng, Joyce Carol Oates, Tiffany Mcdaniel, and more.
Six Books About Ohio, the Heart of it All
Ohio has gotten a bad rap lately, and it hurts. I was born and raised in Akron and, even though I moved away twenty-five years ago, the place still feels like home and remains my go-to setting when…
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January 21, 2026 at 7:34 PM
This is cool...I live in Cleveland, but grew up in Columbus. 📚💙🖖
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It's #buyastrangerabook day. A magical day indeed.
And @whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person a copy of The Artist by Lucy Steeds.
And I have a SIGNED copy to give away.
If you'd like it, get in touch.
UK only.
And @whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person a copy of The Artist by Lucy Steeds.
And I have a SIGNED copy to give away.
If you'd like it, get in touch.
UK only.
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day. A magical day indeed.
And @whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person a copy of The Artist by Lucy Steeds.
And I have a SIGNED copy to give away.
If you'd like it, get in touch.
UK only.
And @whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person a copy of The Artist by Lucy Steeds.
And I have a SIGNED copy to give away.
If you'd like it, get in touch.
UK only.
My new favorite wordy.📚💙🖖
January 21, 2026 at 5:24 AM
My new favorite wordy.📚💙🖖
Someone just called me ma'am....gee thanks! 😅😅😅
I know they were trying to be polite, but apparently they didn't bother reading my profile...
A word of advice...be very careful when using the word ma'am.😏🖖😅
#bluesky #advice
I know they were trying to be polite, but apparently they didn't bother reading my profile...
A word of advice...be very careful when using the word ma'am.😏🖖😅
#bluesky #advice
three elderly women are standing next to each other in a living room .
Alt: three elderly women are standing next to each other in a living room ...the Golden Girls tv show
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January 20, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Is anyone else having issues with the gifs today? I cleared my cache but it still isn't posting. Thanks.🖖
January 20, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Is anyone else having issues with the gifs today? I cleared my cache but it still isn't posting. Thanks.🖖
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I wrote up a longer piece about scammers pretending to be me, how you can tell it's not me, and why neither I nor any other "big name" author is likely to be emailing you at all, and certainly not with obviously "AI"-generated verbiage. Please feel free to share.
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Reminder: Scammers Are Out There Pretending to Be Me (and Other Authors as Well)
Three times in the last week I’ve gotten inquiries from authors, about email from an account purporting to be me. This account praised their book in a very “AI” fashion and tried …
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January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I wrote up a longer piece about scammers pretending to be me, how you can tell it's not me, and why neither I nor any other "big name" author is likely to be emailing you at all, and certainly not with obviously "AI"-generated verbiage. Please feel free to share.
whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/20/r...
whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/20/r...
It's official! I'm now starting a new business. You're never too old. 📚💙
sipsandstorieswithrenee.blogspot.com/p/about-memy...
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About Me/My Services
Book community, book promoting
sipsandstorieswithrenee.blogspot.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It's official! I'm now starting a new business. You're never too old. 📚💙
sipsandstorieswithrenee.blogspot.com/p/about-memy...
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I'm working on my About Me page. I feel weird writing it in third person.
I'm curious...do you prefer About Me pages written in first person or third person? Thanks!🤔🖖
#writers #booksky #bloggers #entrepreneurs
I'm curious...do you prefer About Me pages written in first person or third person? Thanks!🤔🖖
#writers #booksky #bloggers #entrepreneurs
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I'm working on my About Me page. I feel weird writing it in third person.
I'm curious...do you prefer About Me pages written in first person or third person? Thanks!🤔🖖
#writers #booksky #bloggers #entrepreneurs
I'm curious...do you prefer About Me pages written in first person or third person? Thanks!🤔🖖
#writers #booksky #bloggers #entrepreneurs
Good morning! I finally get a beautiful sunrise ..sorry, don't think my crappy phone camera does it justice.💙🖖
#goodmorning #sunrise
#goodmorning #sunrise
January 20, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Good morning! I finally get a beautiful sunrise ..sorry, don't think my crappy phone camera does it justice.💙🖖
#goodmorning #sunrise
#goodmorning #sunrise
Trying to stay awake... been up for 14 hours...but I have my 2nd inspection in a month...cause"poor" people are children and not allowed to have privacy...
People want to be rich to buy mansions...I want to be rich to buy privacy...😏🖖
Do all apartment buildings have inspections or just HUD?
People want to be rich to buy mansions...I want to be rich to buy privacy...😏🖖
Do all apartment buildings have inspections or just HUD?
a man in a blue and black jacket with a badge on his chest that says ' orion '
Alt: Seth MacFarlane...Captain Mercer in a blue and black jacket with a badge on his chest that says ' this is m..this us insane"
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January 20, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Trying to stay awake... been up for 14 hours...but I have my 2nd inspection in a month...cause"poor" people are children and not allowed to have privacy...
People want to be rich to buy mansions...I want to be rich to buy privacy...😏🖖
Do all apartment buildings have inspections or just HUD?
People want to be rich to buy mansions...I want to be rich to buy privacy...😏🖖
Do all apartment buildings have inspections or just HUD?
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Welcome to all of our new followers over the past couple of weeks & thanks to folks recommending us, adding us to starter packs, etc. We're trying to use books to help make the world a better place & I bet you are too. What's a book that changed how you see the world & what you want to do in it?
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Welcome to all of our new followers over the past couple of weeks & thanks to folks recommending us, adding us to starter packs, etc. We're trying to use books to help make the world a better place & I bet you are too. What's a book that changed how you see the world & what you want to do in it?
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"A writing career is not a sprint. It is also not a marathon. A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
How to Become a Professional Writer
Do you enjoy writing? Do you like the idea of taking the thing you love doing the most in the world and turning it into work? So that your access t...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 20, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"A writing career is not a sprint. It is also not a marathon. A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
The bad thing about living in a city...I miss all the good skyshows ... especially, since we get lake effect clouds. Maybe, someday I can see something cool.🤔
Thanks to everyone sharing the Auroras...it's the only way I can see them.💙💙💙🖖
#spacenut #auroras
Thanks to everyone sharing the Auroras...it's the only way I can see them.💙💙💙🖖
#spacenut #auroras
a painting of an aurora borealis over a body of water
Alt: a painting of an aurora borealis over a body of water
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January 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM
2nd inspection in less than a month, tomorrow l. I really need to find a way out of HUD hell ...😔💔🖖
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 AM
2nd inspection in less than a month, tomorrow l. I really need to find a way out of HUD hell ...😔💔🖖
Adding this to my tbr pile.💙📚🖖
Sad to finish this wonderful book--I wished it was twice as long. Fascinating topics and beautifully, lucidly written. May we have a sequel, please? #Folklore @odavies9.bsky.social @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Adding this to my tbr pile.💙📚🖖
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Picked up my recent order from @ravenbookstore.bsky.social --"Speculative Whiteness" (because of a thread from @chanda.blacksky.app) and decided to pick up "We Will Rise Again" from their display of hopeful speculative fiction (@drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social).
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Picked up my recent order from @ravenbookstore.bsky.social --"Speculative Whiteness" (because of a thread from @chanda.blacksky.app) and decided to pick up "We Will Rise Again" from their display of hopeful speculative fiction (@drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social).
If you ask me for money, I will report and block you. There's a reason why I'm trying to start a business...
Sheesh...why can't a girl start a business online without being harassed? 💔😔🤬🖖
#bluesky #blueskysafety #staysafe
Sheesh...why can't a girl start a business online without being harassed? 💔😔🤬🖖
#bluesky #blueskysafety #staysafe
January 19, 2026 at 11:29 PM
If you ask me for money, I will report and block you. There's a reason why I'm trying to start a business...
Sheesh...why can't a girl start a business online without being harassed? 💔😔🤬🖖
#bluesky #blueskysafety #staysafe
Sheesh...why can't a girl start a business online without being harassed? 💔😔🤬🖖
#bluesky #blueskysafety #staysafe
Happy Martin Luther King Day! We need this day, now more than ever.
Tho, I don't even want to know how Trump💩 is going to ruin today.
Please stay safe!💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🖖
#MLK #staysafe
Tho, I don't even want to know how Trump💩 is going to ruin today.
Please stay safe!💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🖖
#MLK #staysafe
a poster that says there is something about love that builds and 's creative
Alt: a poster that says there is something about love that builds and 's creative
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January 19, 2026 at 7:50 AM
This week I'm reading Lazy Witchcraft for Crazy, Sh*tty Days by Andrea Samayoa.
It's great for people like me who have Osteoarthritis and other health issues.
Not sure I like the word lazy for this. But, I love how they spelled Sh*tty on the cover. Yes, there are swear words. 📚💙🖖
#booksky #witch
It's great for people like me who have Osteoarthritis and other health issues.
Not sure I like the word lazy for this. But, I love how they spelled Sh*tty on the cover. Yes, there are swear words. 📚💙🖖
#booksky #witch
January 19, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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Audible occasionally licenses the work to Brilliance Audio for MP3 CDs (Brilliance Audio is owned by Audible, so it's a little bit of self-dealing there). I'm usually informed about it going into physical media after the fact.
Is there any way to get them to sell your audible works on physical media? I've gotten works of other artists that way.
January 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Audible occasionally licenses the work to Brilliance Audio for MP3 CDs (Brilliance Audio is owned by Audible, so it's a little bit of self-dealing there). I'm usually informed about it going into physical media after the fact.