Alyssa
@alymor.bsky.social
romancingthephone.substack.com
romance reader, cat lover, baker
I write about BookTok trends, commercial fiction, and why they matter.
alyssaelizabethmorris@gmail.com
romance reader, cat lover, baker
I write about BookTok trends, commercial fiction, and why they matter.
alyssaelizabethmorris@gmail.com
Today on Romancing the Phone: trending audio, audiobook narrators, Spotify wrapped, and Gracie Abrams: romancingthephone.substack.com/p/do-you-hea...
Do You Hear What I Hear?
audiobook narrators and trending sounds on booktok
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December 6, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Today on Romancing the Phone: trending audio, audiobook narrators, Spotify wrapped, and Gracie Abrams: romancingthephone.substack.com/p/do-you-hea...
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My favorite comparison when people harp on the repetitiveness of romance novels or holiday movies or whatever is to ask why they would watch a sporting event more than once. “I thought you’d already seen one, though? Aren’t they all mostly the same? Doesn’t it just get boring for you after awhile?”
Yes, internet person. You are the first person to quip about the similarities you have noticed among Hallmark movies. You definitely made quite a discovery there.
Please stuff a candy cane in your mouth, just for a little while.
Please stuff a candy cane in your mouth, just for a little while.
November 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM
My favorite comparison when people harp on the repetitiveness of romance novels or holiday movies or whatever is to ask why they would watch a sporting event more than once. “I thought you’d already seen one, though? Aren’t they all mostly the same? Doesn’t it just get boring for you after awhile?”
Sexy narrators, pickup artists, and wannabe comedians: introducing more men of BookTok (with a cameo from Vishous)
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BroTok 2 Electric Boogaloo
a continued compendium
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November 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Sexy narrators, pickup artists, and wannabe comedians: introducing more men of BookTok (with a cameo from Vishous)
romancingthephone.substack.com/p/brotok-2-e...
romancingthephone.substack.com/p/brotok-2-e...
Supremely cozy, one of my favorite romances of the last several years.
$2.99 ✦ Pretty Face by Lucy Parker
TV actress who wants to prove her talents + esteemed director who is renovating a legendary West End theater for a new production.
Contemporary Romance (MF) | amzn.to/3OlUMNv
TV actress who wants to prove her talents + esteemed director who is renovating a legendary West End theater for a new production.
Contemporary Romance (MF) | amzn.to/3OlUMNv
November 19, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Supremely cozy, one of my favorite romances of the last several years.
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#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is back for its 5th year!
Give the gift of mutual aid in the romance community.
Submit YOUR wishlist NOW or sign up for to get notifications once wishlists are added:
shelflovepodcast.com/holiday-fair...
Please help spread the word! #romancebks
Give the gift of mutual aid in the romance community.
Submit YOUR wishlist NOW or sign up for to get notifications once wishlists are added:
shelflovepodcast.com/holiday-fair...
Please help spread the word! #romancebks
November 17, 2024 at 6:32 PM
#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is back for its 5th year!
Give the gift of mutual aid in the romance community.
Submit YOUR wishlist NOW or sign up for to get notifications once wishlists are added:
shelflovepodcast.com/holiday-fair...
Please help spread the word! #romancebks
Give the gift of mutual aid in the romance community.
Submit YOUR wishlist NOW or sign up for to get notifications once wishlists are added:
shelflovepodcast.com/holiday-fair...
Please help spread the word! #romancebks
This week, I dive into men on BookTok, a rare enough species that when I searched for them, Google thought I meant book boyfriends:
romancingthephone.substack.com/p/yes-no-may...
romancingthephone.substack.com/p/yes-no-may...
Yes, No, Maybe: Men on BookTok (Part 1)
Booktokers: they're not just husbands!
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November 15, 2024 at 4:42 PM
This week, I dive into men on BookTok, a rare enough species that when I searched for them, Google thought I meant book boyfriends:
romancingthephone.substack.com/p/yes-no-may...
romancingthephone.substack.com/p/yes-no-may...
tomorrow, Romancing the Phone enters the manosphere (men on BookTok).
November 14, 2024 at 7:22 PM
tomorrow, Romancing the Phone enters the manosphere (men on BookTok).
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📣 Fated Statesers! Believe it or not, we’re already back! We kept the PA State House of Representatives blue this year, and because of that, we can make sure every vote gets counted — including more than 100,000 provisional ballots that could see Bob Casey reelected! www.mobilize.us/2024pavictor...
Post-Election Ballot Cure Phonebank · 2024 PA Victory
Come make calls to help cure ballots in PA! Cure in Pennsylvania continues until November 12. There are several races with razor thin margins - making these calls could make the difference.
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November 9, 2024 at 9:16 PM
📣 Fated Statesers! Believe it or not, we’re already back! We kept the PA State House of Representatives blue this year, and because of that, we can make sure every vote gets counted — including more than 100,000 provisional ballots that could see Bob Casey reelected! www.mobilize.us/2024pavictor...
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One thing I say in the newsletter but that I haven't yet said in this thread: if you think the definition of "pornography" is going to save you because you don't write super graphic explicit sex? Don't count on it.
November 9, 2024 at 1:14 AM
One thing I say in the newsletter but that I haven't yet said in this thread: if you think the definition of "pornography" is going to save you because you don't write super graphic explicit sex? Don't count on it.
Reading Romance is Political: romancingthephone.substack.com/p/reading-ro...
Reading Romance is Political
Even and especially on BookTok
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November 8, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Reading Romance is Political: romancingthephone.substack.com/p/reading-ro...
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Hey friends! This has been a rough week, and everyone needs time for grief. We are in the bleak moment for sure.
But all of us here at RtV believe that part of the key to the next four years will be keeping our community close & finding defiant joy whereever we can.
We're ready to work. 💓 Join us.
But all of us here at RtV believe that part of the key to the next four years will be keeping our community close & finding defiant joy whereever we can.
We're ready to work. 💓 Join us.
Romancing the Vote Master Contact List
Hello, fans of Democracy! Now that it seems clear that we may keep doing this, we'd like to organize our contact list once and for all. If you'd like to be a part of future auctions (whether as a dono...
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November 8, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Hey friends! This has been a rough week, and everyone needs time for grief. We are in the bleak moment for sure.
But all of us here at RtV believe that part of the key to the next four years will be keeping our community close & finding defiant joy whereever we can.
We're ready to work. 💓 Join us.
But all of us here at RtV believe that part of the key to the next four years will be keeping our community close & finding defiant joy whereever we can.
We're ready to work. 💓 Join us.
I'm finding organizations to support in my community and I'm also baking fancy pies this weekend
Y'all know I'm going to fight. I'm going to build with communities of resistance and refusal. You'll hear from me about that, trust. But today I want to share another hot tip for survival in dark times: plan for joy. 1/x
November 8, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I'm finding organizations to support in my community and I'm also baking fancy pies this weekend
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Taylor Swift fans having a coherent orderly exit from Twitter based on their values and interests not being respected is exhibiting more personal dignity and organizing power than any actual group of elected officials right now lol
November 8, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Taylor Swift fans having a coherent orderly exit from Twitter based on their values and interests not being respected is exhibiting more personal dignity and organizing power than any actual group of elected officials right now lol