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Fun for the Summer: 24512

In school for a BA in theatre and creative writing
Agender
Dog lover
Schizoaffective
Working on first draft
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Daphne M. ✨️Support me on Ko-fi✨️ @daphnemwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6
FUN FOR THE SUMMER

It's important to me to tell love stories of people with schizoaffective as we're often only cast as the villains in thrillers. I want this story to be one where it influences the plot, but never the lovingness. I hope people see themselves in Mae.

#QuestPit #W #A #R #OwnVoices
A white background with a quote above a paint streak boxed in on the sides that reads: Breathe. My jaw wouldn't relax. It had been tight all day, clamped down so hard it ached almost from the minute I had woken up. It had been another day of starting with the as needed anxiety med. I had taken two of the three doses I was allotted daily by that point. Under the brackets it says: Jack Greyson @daphnemwrites A white background with a quote above a paint streak boxed in on the sides that reads: Breathe. My skin was buzzing In the past it often did that. It would buzz like wasps were trapped under my skin and desperate to get out. Every nerve would feel stretched beyond imagination. I would begin to believe something evil was trapped under my skin, begging for release. Tactile hallucinations they were called. Before I knew that term I called them demons. Under the brackets it says: Mae Carpenter @daphnemwrites A collage of four images and text in the middle. From the top left clockwise: a woman sewing with a sewing machine, rose gold balloon letters that say love, a woman in a sweater and underwear posed suggestively, and 6 light pink hearts on a lighter pink background. A white and pink background with minimal decoration. It says Fun for the Summer. Mae and Jack haven't talked in four years, but when she comes to stay with their mutual friend and Jack's roommate Will, sparks fly. Now they can't keeo their hands off of each other and are providing the chaos and stability the other needs. There's just two problems...Mae is technically married to Will for his benefits. And she returns to Seattle at the end of the summer.
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tiffanyeauthor.bsky.social
Happy Monday! Here are 12 butch/femme sapphic fiction suggestions for the Facebook BFSFR group reading challenge category for the week of 02/09/26: Love At First Sight.
#romancelandia #booksky #sapphicbooks #readingchallenge #butchfemme
12 book covers on the background of a bed with white bed linens, an open book, and a cup of coffee for the Butch/Femme Sapphic Fiction Readers group reading challenge category for the week of 02/09/26: Love At First Sight
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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This week's Monday snippet comes from my fantasy rom-com Enchanting the Fae Queen, which is out now. Snap it up!

stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen

#romancelandia
The illustrated cover for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war. The text beside and below it reads: “I take it you abducted my travel trunk at the same time you abducted me?” he asked wryly. “It was the only polite option,” she assured him. “You see, none of the men’s clothing left with me across the years would have been nearly large enough to fit. You wouldn’t have cared for it at all.” His expression was skeptical. “And you were, of course, terribly concerned about my preferences when you chose to abduct me.” “Of course!” Lorelei said piously. “I might be wicked, darling, but it’s never necessary to be cruel.”
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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This is how we feel for those of you who haven't read the Re-Do List by Denise Williams yet. You are so lucky! We devoured it and want more Willow and Deacon! Here is another one for your never ending TBR! Sorry, not sorry 🤣! #booksky #romancebooks #romancelandia #bookrecs #tbr #reading #spicy
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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Doppelbänger by W.H. Lockwood.

Vibes:
He Falls for Himself (From another dimension)
Grumpy x Sunshine
Slow Burn that Explodes
Slutty Little Glasses/Track Pants
Action, Adventure, and Science!
Spice!
Found Family
The Adventure of Several Lifetimes

#mmromance #booksky #romancelandia 🌈📚
Leave it to August Blackthorne to take self-love to a whole other dimension. My 5-star review snippet: A total mind-fuck. Literally, pretty much. Also, how soon is too soon for a re-read? Asking for a friend. (Me: I'm the friend.)
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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ICE has murdered two of our neighbors. Three weeks ago they shot another guy, then assaulted a house and set off munitions in the street, including a flashbang used on a baby. They keep brutalizing us. And yet we're supposed to think another mass arrest is what will break our self control? Shut up.
February 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
daphnemwrites.bsky.social
Be bold, be brave, be HUMAN. It's really that simple. Or, a reaction to AI slop demeaning romance readers and writers.
Doing the Thing Pt. 3
Last Week's WC: 9089 (spread between a few different projects) Would really love to break 10k one week. No time like the present! Finally, a week without being like "listen to me tell you about my entire college plan....and how it's changed for the 160th time." (Well, I'll get to a SMALL thing in a bit. I swear it's small!) Instead, let me tell you about how I logged into Bluesky today to see a truly heinous article from the NY Times.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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danielsuitor.com
Counterpoint: no serious person in the Twin Cities is worried about any meaningful amount of "destruction" by observers/protestors. Get real.
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d
Friends in Minneapolis are very worried about this development. Both in terms of state police's role in arresting protestors and the worry that this could set off the kind of spiral of distrust and destruction that followed George Floyd's murder.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
At Least 50 Arrested After Protests Escalate Outside Minnesota Federal Building
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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jenreadsromance.bsky.social
6 hours later and the romancebooks reddit has found Coral Hart

www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBoo...
emmapants's comment on "New York Times article about AI and romance"
Explore this conversation and more from the RomanceBooks community
www.reddit.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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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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fsmith827.bsky.social
Just finished reading this …

I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram. Loved it. 📚💕🌈

adibkhorram.com/ill-have

#Romancelandia #MMRomance #BookSky #LGBTQBookSky
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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hearing-girl.bsky.social
I feel like there's *some* super classic story *somewhere* about a race where the fastest competitor doesn't end up winning because they're lazy and arrogant and have no technique.... I guess she'd have to actually engage with stories at some point to learn from that one, though.
February 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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courtneymilan.com
And the thing that will have the most value for me is that people will see my name and know that a human being worked on this book and did her best to make it the best, and most meaningful, book she could.
February 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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courtneymilan.com
So what's gonna happen there? She's going to have to constantly cycle through pen name after pen name, regurgitating books in different formats, and she'll be joined by thousands of other content extruders all fighting over the same "we fooled you" dollars.
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Like, it's just really easy to see that I am not going to be able to keep up with the LITERAL REST OF THE WORLD in output. Even without AI.

The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
February 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
daphnemwrites.bsky.social
Man, just disgusting to see this whole grift. Fuck the NYT for publishing this garbage ad for a garbage "product" aimed at making more garbage that actual authors who put their heart and soul into writing have to be listed next to. I'm angry for my published friends and I'm angry for romance readers
zbk.bsky.social Sherman Booth stan @zbk.bsky.social · 2d
As always, the real money in a gold rush is selling shovels.
Ms. Hart has become an A.I. evangelist. Through her author-coaching business, Plot Prose, she’s taught more than 1,600 people how to produce a novel with artificial intelligence, she said. She’s rolling out her proprietary A.I. writing program, which can generate a book based on an outline in less than an hour, and costs between $80 and $250 a month.
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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sarahweinman.com
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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spin4srv.bsky.social
According to the current state of IP law at best she doesn’t own those books - at worst she will be infringing on other works - so she is taking advantage of a tiny window to make some cash but it’s basically a grift.
February 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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shanicefelix.bsky.social
Book Recs for Your Zodiac Sign pt 2 ( #BHM Edition! 👸🏿❤️):

Cancer | The Romantic Agenda

Leo | Cinderella is Dead

Virgo | I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com

Libra | Lore of the Wilds

Scorpio | Legendborn

Sagittarius | Sistah Samurai

#booksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity
Covers of the listed books for each zodiac sign recommendation.
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
daphnemwrites.bsky.social
This was legitimately so much fun. This may have fully pushed me into wanting to take acting classes in addition to directing and playwriting classes.
thetomatowriter.bsky.social alexandra roma @thetomatowriter.bsky.social · 2d
@daphnemwrites.bsky.social wanted to do a dramatic reading of Hamlet since they had to read it for their theatre class, so they, their husband, and I split up all the parts today and read it in one like four hour sitting. It fully reawakened my theatre kid, if she was ever asleep.
February 8, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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shanicefelix.bsky.social
Book Recs for Your Zodiac Sign pt 1 ( #BHM Edition! 👸🏿❤️):

Capricorn | Skin of the Sea

Aquarius | Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

Pisces | Deadly Ever After

Aries | Opposite of Always

Taurus | The Gilded Ones

Gemini | The Davenports

#booksky #writingcommunity
Covers of the listed books for each zodiac sign recommendation.
February 8, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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sarasitwellbooks.bsky.social
I'm Sara Sitwell - indie author, adult actress, audiobook narrator, and spicy audio creator.

Two Guys, a Girl, and a Tripod (Book 1 in For the Love of Corn series) is available now on Amazon - paperback, ebook and KU

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November 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Groundhog Day was invented by capitalists to sell more groundhogs.
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Credit: www.instagram.com/p/DRCgirukWeI/

#funny #funnyvideo #skit #sketch #comedy #sketchcomedy #comedyskit #joke #jokes #laugh #laughs #satire #tiktok #hilarious #comedysketch #actor #comedian #comic #shorts #youtubeshorts #writer #fun
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
daphnemwrites.bsky.social
He's also going to see Static with us and Nice Breakup with me. I'm gonna try to watch several plays each semester!
February 6, 2026 at 4:09 AM
daphnemwrites.bsky.social
My husband paid for tickets for me and @thetomatowriter.bsky.social to go see Macbeth, Mac Beth, Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Jungle. I said, "I'm going for theatre, I need education" and he understood the assignment. Super appreciate him.
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 AM