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Amara Royce
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She/her- Historical romance author - obsessed with Victorian history and culture(s) - Filipina American - never enough books, chocolate, or whiskey
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Amara Royce @aroyce.bsky.social · 2d
Survey alert!

Dear Romancelandia: I’m doing a research study on podcasts about romance fiction and readership engagement!

If you listen to/watch any podcasts about romance fiction, can you please complete this voluntary and anonymous survey? Thank you!

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Edward Rochester: "It’s a surprise, my dove! Come up to the attic and see..."
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Valentine’s Day Gifts from Famous Fictional Men
Queequeg: A cozy weekend at a BnB, followed by a cruise. Makes everyone else look bad. Romeo Montague: Gas station roses and a teddy bear. Willy Lo...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
aroyce.bsky.social
Saturday morning bump up

Thank you to all who share this survey and/or complete it! 💕
aroyce.bsky.social Amara Royce @aroyce.bsky.social · 2d
Survey alert!

Dear Romancelandia: I’m doing a research study on podcasts about romance fiction and readership engagement!

If you listen to/watch any podcasts about romance fiction, can you please complete this voluntary and anonymous survey? Thank you!

forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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aroyce.bsky.social
Survey alert!

Dear Romancelandia: I’m doing a research study on podcasts about romance fiction and readership engagement!

If you listen to/watch any podcasts about romance fiction, can you please complete this voluntary and anonymous survey? Thank you!

forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
aroyce.bsky.social
Survey alert!

Dear Romancelandia: I’m doing a research study on podcasts about romance fiction and readership engagement!

If you listen to/watch any podcasts about romance fiction, can you please complete this voluntary and anonymous survey? Thank you!

forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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beckyhammer.bsky.social
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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jenreadsromance.bsky.social
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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superwendy.bsky.social
What a dire timeline right now - even in romance. I'm going to write words about Harlequin killing the Historical line (a threat for the last decade) and now it's been announced that All About Romance, a 30-year old website is shutting down allaboutromance.com/its-been-a-g... #Romancelandia
It's been a great thirty years....
This is a hard column to write. So I’ll just say it: AAR is retiring. All About Romance launched in 1996. It was created by the incredible Laurie Gold, and shaped over the past thirty years by a remar...
allaboutromance.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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michaelpogach.bsky.social
Here it is
VALHALLA BURNING
To be released July 21, 2026.
pre-order is available now on those book selling sites
#vikings #booktok #history #fantasy #historicalfantasy
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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rubyopalmindy.bsky.social
ICYMI, my publisher is giving away a free copy of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU on IG. Enter here:
www.instagram.com/p/DUIxv7qDa6...

Or find out more about the book here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
January 31, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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luckytran.com
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
aroyce.bsky.social
I was mistaken earlier tonight about Salonga having a Tony nom tonight but but but Darren Criss AND Nicole Scherzinger BOTH won in their categories! And made me tear up! ❤️
June 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
aroyce.bsky.social
Nicole Scherzinger just killed it on the Tony Awards with a solo from Sunset Blvd and then Darren Criss did the bridge to the commercial break. They and Lea Salonga are all nominated for Tonys tonight! So was Conrad Ricamora! Filipinos represent!! 😍
June 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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brosandprose.bsky.social
I'm heartbroken that historical romance isn't getting the love and support it deserves as a sub-genre. As @harperstgeorge.bsky.social put it on Rebel Ever After, histrom teaches us how we can fight oppression *now* by learning from the past.

Listen to her episode: open.spotify.com/episode/0amI...
“One thing I love about writing in the Gilded Age and the Victorian Era is there was so much changing in society. You had so many people fighting for workers’ rights, for women’s rights, against racial injustice. People were out there fighting in the streets and in the court room and in Parliament, just like they are now. I love how you can see the parallels, while at the same time it’s a little removed for me as a writer. It’s not like I’m writing about today. I don’t know how people write contemporary romance today. It’d be really hard for me because I like the escape.” - Harper St. George
May 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
Copper Script is out today! Get your morally conflicted policeman / chaos graphologist romance here.

All e platforms books2read.com/u/4NE2KG
Gumroad kjcharles.gumroad.com/l/copperscript
Out in pb too, audio on its way.
A Readers Say graphic for Copper Script with quotes: Joel is an incorrigible gremlin and I absolutely adore him; Aaron is a tall glass of trauma with a steel backbone and an admirable moral compass. A tense page turner with a dazzlingly romantic ending, and one of the best couple dynamics I’ve had the pleasure of reading in a while. A refreshing blend of historical accuracy mixed with wit, humor, a well-crafted and thought out plot, and compelling leads I devoured this book like it was my job and enjoyed every second of it. You will absolutely want to eat a curry afterwards.
May 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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nnedi.bsky.social
If you’re out here blaming generations of people instead of focusing on elites and corporations, you’ve been fully bamboozolled.

Enough with the generational tribalism. It’s ignorant, reductive and ageist. 😃
May 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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alaskapublic.org
Filipino organizations in Alaska have worked to bring a documentary to Alaska called "Nurse Unseen." The film was shown at the Anchorage Museum Wednesday to spotlight a group of immigrants whose service and sacrifices are often overlooked.
Film about Filipino nurses resonates in Alaska
A documentary on how Filipino nurses were among the unsung heroes of the pandemic comes to Anchorage.
alaskapublic.org
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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oliviawrites.bsky.social
Today (Friday, May 16th) only, ZOMROMCOM is a Read Now title on NetGalley--which means absolutely anyone with an account there can download a copy and read it months ahead of time! If you do, I hope you love the story as much as I do!

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Zomromcom
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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nytimes.com
Not everything is fit to donate, and not all recycling programs are reliable. Here's what sustainability experts want you to know before you toss a pile of old clothes into the first donation bin you see. “If you don’t want it [because it’s damaged], nobody else does.”
Purging Old Clothes? Here’s How to Responsibly Donate and Repurpose Your Castoffs.
Figuring out what to get rid of is just the beginning. We tapped experts and researched recycling programs to find reasonable ways to offload your clothes.
nyti.ms
May 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Reminder: my website has free bonus content like Better Together, a short story about Margaret and Elaine, set after Unveiled and Unlocked, which touches on Margaret's difficulties getting pregnant.
/jb

www.courtneymilan.co...

#HistoricalRomance #Romance #HEA #TurnerSeries
Free Reads : Courtney Milan—Historical Romance Author
Free Reads There’s a new epilogue for Unclaimed, and you can get it for free here. My alter ego wrote a book review of Pride and Prejudice from a legal standpoint: Pride and Predators, 119 Mich. L. Rev. 1069 (2021). (Content notes: this discusses Wickham as a serial sexual child predator and abuse and predation in…
www.courtneymilan.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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chup.blakereid.org
This may have significant consequences for U.S. copyright policy, as the Librarian supervises the Register of Copyrights. I would pay attention to any maneuvering in the Copyright Office, particularly given its relatively cool attitude toward AI copyrightability and training fair use.
masnick.com Mike Masnick @masnick.com · May 9
Oh this absolutely sucks. Carla Hayden was an amazing Librarian of Congress, and a *massive* improvement over her predecessor who was there forever and was terrible.
heinrich.senate.gov Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · May 9
BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:
May 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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charlottestein.bsky.social
I meant to post earlier on here but depression only gave me enough energy to post it on insta. However, I’m doing it now, hooray! Here is my cover reveal for the third in my stand alone romcom series, While You Were Seething! Enemies to lovers are enemy to lovering! Road trips are road tripping!
A grumpy hairy man, as is usual for me, leaning against the front of a beautiful old fashioned baby blue pick up truck, in the middle of a road, and next to him, sat on the bonnet, is a curvy gorgeous woman in a lavender pantsuit and blue shoes, with short dark hair and a mischievous face, with a beautiful sky behind them. Both look they are about to argue about something very silly.
May 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
aroyce.bsky.social
I just started reading Bel Canto by Ann Pratchett and am totally enthralled. I know, I know, I’m VERYYYYYY late to this party. But I am here!

Also, I never again want to see writer advice to avoid head-hopping POVs. Is all head-hopping bad? NO! Is it hard to do well? YES!
May 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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celestepewter.bsky.social
All, if you're hearing about what's happening at Newark, please, please read Bill's piece and follow him.

I've said before: I trust Bill on how to fly and even whether it's safe to fly. He gives a pointed picture about what's happening right now:
May 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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propublica.org
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.

These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
Happy book day to us!!! 🧜‍♀️

I have fallen down on every front promoting this, because life has been... life and I'm barely clinging to a cliff's edge by my broken fingernails over here.

But we wrote a book, and it's coming out, and I love Aleksi, Naia, and Einar. 💓

I hope y'all love them too!
mostlybree.kitrocha.com Mostly Leftist Supply Depot Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · May 5
Daughter of Tides is out in the world TOMORROW!!!

The ancient god of love, a fearsome pirate lord, and a mysterious water nymph on a diplomatic mission that gets complicated, fast.

Mysterious pasts! Dangerous secrets! BEING UNASHAMEDLY HORNY ON MAIN.

Only $3.99!!! amzn.to/42RmEzW
May 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM