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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 22h

I love this so so much. @lenikauffman.bsky.social you’ve truly outdone yourself!

Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 1d

🎇 PREORDER BONUS ALERT! 🎇

If you order SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE from @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social by 11/15, you'll receive a dust jacket inspired by old-school romances, with gorgeous new artwork by @lenikauffman.bsky.social and lots more '80s-inspired fun!

shop.lovessweetarrow.com/product/seco...

The graphic has a peachy-pink background and shows the dust jacket for Olivia Dade's SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE. The dust jacket features a naked, hot, fat man on one knee embracing a pretty fat woman, whose hair flows out behind hair and whose suit jacket is falling off her shoulder.

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 9d

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 21h

keep copies on your computer, and preferably also an external hard drive. The idea is that if one things dies, you've got another copy to access.

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 21h

Another good approach is to save the writing itself in a word/google/whatever document along with the info on when and where it was published.

As for digital files themselves- LoCKSS (Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe) is the goal. Cloud storage is okay, but you should also at least-

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 21h

Great question! Printing copies of your online writing isn't the worst idea, to be honest. But you can also do a couple of other things. One, you can make sure the page is captured by the Wayback Machine: go to web.archive.org and you can enter a URL to save under "Save Page Now". Also screenshots.

Wayback Machine

web.archive.org

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 22h

I love this so so much. @lenikauffman.bsky.social you’ve truly outdone yourself!

Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 1d

🎇 PREORDER BONUS ALERT! 🎇

If you order SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE from @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social by 11/15, you'll receive a dust jacket inspired by old-school romances, with gorgeous new artwork by @lenikauffman.bsky.social and lots more '80s-inspired fun!

shop.lovessweetarrow.com/product/seco...

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

Also, even though I wrote this several years ago, I’m still happy to talk with authors who’ve got questions! Info in the post.

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

It's October, aka American Archives Month, and while it's been a bit warm to don our cardigans, the shrines to Henry from RED are up and it's time to remind romance authors (and authors of all stripes!) about what kinds of things they ought to be preserving. romancehistory.com/2021/10/15/a...

Archives Month: Tips for romance authors (and others!)

October is always American Archives Month, which is of course when archivists don their colorful costumes and dance in the stacks after assembling their shrine to Henry the Record Keeper, as portra…

romancehistory.com

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing, Bev!

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

They’re just so great! I wrote most of the wiki page for Ruth Belew, who did many of them pre-1951. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_O%...

Ruth O'Neal Belew - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

As beautiful as the Dell cover art was, I’d give a limb to find some of the original map back illustrations for those early Dells! #antiquesroadshow

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

Update: I’ve been told by my family that I cannot pull this off. No vision!

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

Highlight my legs while obfuscating my gut? I’m in.

Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2d

“Ready-to-wear?” I am ready to wear this, but I don’t know if the world is ready for me to do so

A dude in a long-sleeve V-neck French cut bodysuit with shoulder pads and sandals

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

The broad categories to think about are:

1. Creative Process: Anything relating to the creation of your work
2. Promo Stuff: If they'e going to make you DIY promo, document it!
3. Business Papers: A recently VERY relevant topic! Saving any and all financial & contract stuff saves headaches later.

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

It's October, aka American Archives Month, and while it's been a bit warm to don our cardigans, the shrines to Henry from RED are up and it's time to remind romance authors (and authors of all stripes!) about what kinds of things they ought to be preserving. romancehistory.com/2021/10/15/a...

Archives Month: Tips for romance authors (and others!)

October is always American Archives Month, which is of course when archivists don their colorful costumes and dance in the stacks after assembling their shrine to Henry the Record Keeper, as portra…

romancehistory.com

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1d

Has your library banned any displays, events, education, talks, or anything else related to Banned Books Week this year? I want to know about it . . . and emphasize you're not alone.

Please take and share this short, anonymous survey.

tinyurl.com/banning-bbw-25

Black text on a red and black background. It reads "Has your library banned events, displays, talks, or anything else related to banned books week this year? Share your story anonymously." It includes the survey link: https://tinyurl.com/banning-bbw-25

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BrittFromSpace🌈.abolishICE @aliumbritt.bsky.social · 1d

holy shit this isn't murder, it's a massacre
"Every day is shut the fuck up Friday. Bluesky's entire team, which seems to contain 0 soft skills among the lot of them, has been posting through it. You need to be professional, for god's sake. Sorry. You can't be a mod and a poster at the same time."

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

"Why is antagonizing the existing bluesky userbase harmful to bluesky inc's goals?

It feels odd to even have to answer this question"
azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...

Jay Graber Confuses the Gas and Brake Pedals

As your new Head of Comms I advise you to please stop posting this shit.

azhdarchid.com

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 2d

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

I knew tickets were going to be ridiculous for the World Cup, but it’s so much worse than that. NFTs, dynamic pricing, FIFA taking 15% from both buyers and sellers on their resale sites… It’s so bad. youtu.be/vElThKJlTSU?...

The Most Expensive World Cup of All Time

YouTube video by HITC Sevens

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

Surely Matt Christopher’s books can get the Babysitter’s Club treatment? Anyone?

Farrell Destination: Bloodlines @jfsculpts.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, one more from a comics retailer perspective:

Please, someone make YA American sports comics. Not baseball romance, or basketball as source of personal discovery: those are fine, and have their place. But I am begging for simple narratives about getting picked for a team, scoring points, etc.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

*own thing

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

It’s kind of it’s isn’t thing, but for an artist who usually does her own thing musically, this sticks out like a sore thumb.

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

Took kiddo to see the Taylor Swift thing and now I’ve to know if the riff from Actually Romantic is taken from Where Is My Mind or Beverly Hills?

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Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social · 4d

The first OFFICIAL installment of #KissingBooks is back with a cozy fantasy, a monster romance, and one of my all-time favorite horror authors who has never let me down with the smooching. Also, an assortment of links!

Happy October! (With some appropriate, fall-themed kissing books recs to match)

It might not be cold for everyone, but these books are primed to get you in sweater-weather mode.

kissing-books.ghost.io

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