Jessica Swift
@jswiftwriter.bsky.social
Living, breathing, reading, writing romance. Fighting the patriarchy one page at a time. Editor, Swift Ink Editorial Services. She/her
I just…
Mayor Pete is so appalled he’s cursing.
I’ve never seen Pete this angry and rightfully so. Trump and his administration are incompetent and they are putting this country in danger. Unbelievable fuckup.!
March 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I just…
Folks, if you haven’t read books by @angelinamlo.bsky.social, I’m telling you to RUN, not walk (unless you can’t, like me) and go get yourself something by her. Anything, really. She does NOT miss. Her stories make you swoon and cry and feel and laugh. She’s a master of the craft. ❤️
March 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Folks, if you haven’t read books by @angelinamlo.bsky.social, I’m telling you to RUN, not walk (unless you can’t, like me) and go get yourself something by her. Anything, really. She does NOT miss. Her stories make you swoon and cry and feel and laugh. She’s a master of the craft. ❤️
Yayyyyy!!! Best part of my Wednesday is listening to @fatedmates.net!
Historicals are dead! Long live historicals! This week, we're talking about fourteen (and change) historical romances that we've never talked about before -- all published recently, some this year.
Long Live Historicals! — Fated Mates
Historicals are dead! Long live historicals! This week, we're talking about fourteen (and change) historical romances that we've never talked about before -- all published recently, some already this ...
fatedmates.net
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yayyyyy!!! Best part of my Wednesday is listening to @fatedmates.net!
Not gonna lie, hearing the sounds of my man vacuuming, doing dishes, and taking care of laundry while I’m up in my office working is the *sexiest* background noise EVER. I feel like I’m *in* a romance novel and not just editing one! ❤️🥰
February 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Not gonna lie, hearing the sounds of my man vacuuming, doing dishes, and taking care of laundry while I’m up in my office working is the *sexiest* background noise EVER. I feel like I’m *in* a romance novel and not just editing one! ❤️🥰
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A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
February 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
To celebrate my negative Covid test (finally)), I’m sampling three different ice creams, two kinds of cookies, one almond croissant, a bag of @benandjerrys.bsky.social cookie dough mix, and, of course, a feel-good romance. It’s good to taste again.
February 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
To celebrate my negative Covid test (finally)), I’m sampling three different ice creams, two kinds of cookies, one almond croissant, a bag of @benandjerrys.bsky.social cookie dough mix, and, of course, a feel-good romance. It’s good to taste again.
God, I can’t WAIT to make a trip to @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social. I’m going to have to make a weekend out of it. Who’s in? We ride at, well, soon!
Home is where the books are. 📚 #booksky #thirdplaces
February 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
God, I can’t WAIT to make a trip to @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social. I’m going to have to make a weekend out of it. Who’s in? We ride at, well, soon!
I loved this article about #romance trailblazer Vivian Stephens.
Happy First Day of #BlackHistoryMonth !Today is a great day to learn about Vivian Stephens, the #Blackwoman publishing editor who turned the Romance genre into a juggernaut.
This @bookriot.bsky.social piece gives a great overview of her career.
#BHM #romancelandia #blackbooksky #booksky #blacksky
This @bookriot.bsky.social piece gives a great overview of her career.
#BHM #romancelandia #blackbooksky #booksky #blacksky
Vivian Stephens: The Legendary Romance Novel Editor
A look into Vivian Stephens the romance novel editor who diversified the genre, helped found the RWA, and changed romance novels forever.
bookriot.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I loved this article about #romance trailblazer Vivian Stephens.
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Hey #booksky, let's try to keep our inclusivity up by using Alt txt when you post book covers. Doesn't have to be a big description, just "book cover of TITLE by Author, showing a blue sky and farm background with a couple kissing in the front" 💙📚 🌶📚
February 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hey #booksky, let's try to keep our inclusivity up by using Alt txt when you post book covers. Doesn't have to be a big description, just "book cover of TITLE by Author, showing a blue sky and farm background with a couple kissing in the front" 💙📚 🌶📚
Hey #RomanceWriters and #writingcommuniry, I’ve got a question: What are some of your favorite writing resources? Why? Lemme have ‘em!
February 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hey #RomanceWriters and #writingcommuniry, I’ve got a question: What are some of your favorite writing resources? Why? Lemme have ‘em!
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
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The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
Not that I’m glad to have #Covid (it has sucked sooooo hard), but now that I’m feeling slightly better I may be able to read some of the endless #romance novels in my TBR pile. And of course I’ve been scrolling and just “downloading to kindle” where the mood strikes. Phew, work’s cut out for me!
January 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Critical reading on reading critically.
Tools, tips, and techniques for how to critically read a press release from the federal government. The example? That piece of propaganda from the Department of Education last week.
That, plus an EXTENSIVE roundup of book censorship news this week: bookriot.com/guide-to-cri...
That, plus an EXTENSIVE roundup of book censorship news this week: bookriot.com/guide-to-cri...
How To Critically Read a Press Release From The Federal Government: Book Censorship News, January 31, 2025
Press releases and the coverage of news from the new federal administration requires flexing your information and media literacy skills. Here are some tools, tips, and examples to help.
bookriot.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Critical reading on reading critically.
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Amen to this
I need to go through ALL of my streaming services (I have a ton) and write down all the stuff I want to watch so I can get them IN from now through 2028 cause if yall think Ima watch that dumpster burn?
I ain't. I got fitty'leven movies to watch, a bunch of books to read and books to write.
I ain't. I got fitty'leven movies to watch, a bunch of books to read and books to write.
January 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Amen to this
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Since we’re talking about how much billionaires suck again, here’s a reminder that your local indie bookstore deserves your business this holiday season. They have gift cards and are happy to mail stuff out. Same goes for @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Buy books. Give books. Support bookstores.
December 15, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Since we’re talking about how much billionaires suck again, here’s a reminder that your local indie bookstore deserves your business this holiday season. They have gift cards and are happy to mail stuff out. Same goes for @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Buy books. Give books. Support bookstores.
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let me merge the two dumbest conversations currently happening in romance social media:
1) category romance is bad
2) there's too much sex in romance these days
by showing you the book description from his harlequin blaze from TWENTY YEARS AGO.
1) category romance is bad
2) there's too much sex in romance these days
by showing you the book description from his harlequin blaze from TWENTY YEARS AGO.
December 11, 2024 at 10:09 PM
let me merge the two dumbest conversations currently happening in romance social media:
1) category romance is bad
2) there's too much sex in romance these days
by showing you the book description from his harlequin blaze from TWENTY YEARS AGO.
1) category romance is bad
2) there's too much sex in romance these days
by showing you the book description from his harlequin blaze from TWENTY YEARS AGO.
This! 👇
Writing and reading romance is an act of positive psychology and an act of resistance. Keep pissing them off, #Romancelandia!
December 10, 2024 at 2:48 PM
This! 👇
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We are a Literary Magazine and we are here to encourage you in your worst life choices. One doesn't become a popular literary magazine by listening to their parents and doing something that makes money, now do they
December 9, 2024 at 4:34 PM
We are a Literary Magazine and we are here to encourage you in your worst life choices. One doesn't become a popular literary magazine by listening to their parents and doing something that makes money, now do they
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I've actually read (and reviewed) some of these best of romance fiction of 2024 from Library Journal <3
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Best-R...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Best-R...
Best Romance Fiction of 2024
Love wins—eventually—in 10 delightfully trope-filled tales from fake dating to enemies-to-lovers.
www.libraryjournal.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I've actually read (and reviewed) some of these best of romance fiction of 2024 from Library Journal <3
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Best-R...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Best-R...
Hey #romancelandia, curious to know your thoughts on how many words a #romance novella should be. #amediting #amwriting
November 22, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Hey #romancelandia, curious to know your thoughts on how many words a #romance novella should be. #amediting #amwriting
Same.
Not to brag but I don't need a panic room, I can panic anywhere.
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Same.
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I was interviewed for this piece!! They let us make some romance recs! Check it out!
Spicy books are a cure for your politics hangover - https://www.wbez.org/books/2024/11/18/romance-books-best-2024-fated-mates-podcast-chicago-bookstores
A cure for America’s post-election hangover: spicy books with happy endings
Forget dirty secrets and shame. Let the podcast Fated Mates, cohosted by a Chicagoan, usher you into the romance genre.
www.wbez.org
November 19, 2024 at 1:29 AM
I was interviewed for this piece!! They let us make some romance recs! Check it out!
This. 👇😂
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
November 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
This. 👇😂
Important information about book bans—and how to stop them!
Did you catch me on @velshi.bsky.social talking about book bans? www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Velshi Banned Book Club: Jodi Picoult urges readers to be louder than book banners
According to PEN America, there were 10,046 instances of book bans or challenges last school year. Jodi Picoult’s “Nineteen Minutes” was the most banned book in America last school year. “Nineteen Min...
www.msnbc.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Important information about book bans—and how to stop them!