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Lee Welch
@leewelchwriter.bsky.social
Author, mostly m/m fantasy romance
www.leewelchwriter.com
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My new book is out! Mr Collins in Love is a m/m romance retelling of Pride and Prejudice from the POV of young clergyman Mr Collins.

⭐️Autistic clergyman
🌿His gardener
❤️Friends to lovers
✋️One sex scene (no touching)
🥔Excellent boiled potatoes.

Get it now from Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Smaswords etc
Dark grey cloud and blond hills, cicadas singing and the spicy vanilla scent of gorse flowers. Phew, it was hot tho
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed this book
Less than a year in print and this bad girl already has 1000 ratings on Goodreads! #books #janeausten

"After procuring several fervent assurances that his wife would apologize sincerely and deeply for his absence from Rosings that evening, Mr Collins reluctantly died."
February 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
What a fascinating article. I've often wondered about that name. Never eaten one tho...maybe one day...
It's Friday! Sandwich day!

Today I answer your burning question: who are the poor boys po'boy sandwiches are named after?

The answer: Streetcar workers from the great New Orleans strike of 1929!

Two brothers stepped up to feed them:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Notable Sandwiches #137: Po' Boy
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I trip merrily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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HEN FEVER is a short sapphic Victorian romance with Crimean War veteran widows, rival lesbian chicken breeders, and a small town with a cutthroat Christmas poultry competition: www.oliviawaite.com/books/hen-fe...
Hen Fever — Olivia Waite
www.oliviawaite.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
My January royalties for Overdrive. Not much money you may think, not many 'units' sold. But this is LIBRARIES buying my books (Probably mostly my m/m romance Pride and Prejudice retelling MR COLLINS IN LOVE) and as a life-long library lover that makes me so happy!! 😃
February 3, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Hey! Who out here is recommending SEDUCING THE SORCERER by @leewelchwriter.bsky.social? Because I need to follow more people with good taste and get more recs like this.

I’m savoring the final chapter right now and whoo boy! It’s been a minute since I’ve been been blown away by a book like this.
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
ICYMI #Austen 😁
The Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand interviewed me about my book Mr Collins in Love, which reimagines the clergyman from Pride and Prejudice as gay, autistic, and the hero of his own romance. Read it here: janeaustensocietynz.wordpress.com/blog/
Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand
"The pleasures of friendship, of unreserved conversation, of similarity of taste and opinions"
janeaustensocietynz.wordpress.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand interviewed me about my book Mr Collins in Love, which reimagines the clergyman from Pride and Prejudice as gay, autistic, and the hero of his own romance. Read it here: janeaustensocietynz.wordpress.com/blog/
Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand
"The pleasures of friendship, of unreserved conversation, of similarity of taste and opinions"
janeaustensocietynz.wordpress.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
How the new cat mint died 🤭
January 30, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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my review for the Reanimator's fate by @authorkaraj.bsky.social is up and only a few (happy) tears were shed in the process. i cannot articulate how much this book series means to me but i tried my best to write something somewhat coherent🫀

#booksky
Review by ech0reads - The Reanimator's Fate
I adore this series so much. I'm devastated that it's over but it was such a lovely, well-writ...
app.thestorygraph.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Lil summer guy 😊
January 29, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Oooohhh!!! 👀👀👀👀
HELLO I'm so delighted to finally officially share A TRUE GENTLEMAN, the graphic novel I’ve been working on for the last few years & is very close to my heart.

Inspired by a lot of real queer & trans history and my own disability, with big marsh, big ships & BIG YEARNING #books
January 29, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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THE REANIMATOR'S FATE (TRM #4) is coming January 29th! ONE DAY LEFT to preorder your copy for:
📚A conspiracy to undermine the Society
📚A cursed book
📚Felipe battling his demons
📚Oliver truly embracing who he is
📚And a way for them to save their community
books2read.com/trm4
Paperbacks available now!
January 28, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Happy birthday to JM Snyder of my lovely publisher @jms-books.com ! To celebrate, there’s a 52% off #sale today - including new releases like my ‘An Exchange of Hearts’! Come celebrate love & #lgbtq #romance & reading as activism with us! Support a small queer publisher! #BookSky
January 28, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Delighted to discover that the local rugby club has a corporate box 🤭
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Romance is stepping up for Minnesota! Please check out the website, make a donation, enter for one of an incredible list of prizes, and share the link! #romancelandia
Romance for Minnesota
*Because the Romance Community Stands Up We are appalled (though sadly not surprised) by the aggressive, violent, and deadly actions of ICE, at the behest of the Trump administration, in Minnesota …
janehadleywrites.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Protip for writers: you want to do the weird thing, you gotta just *do it*

If AC/DC can pull off a *bagpipe break* in It's A Long Way To The Top, you can get us to care about your weird little thing
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Generalize your skeets. What's your most typical, most average skeet?

Look at my dog on a hill. Look at my dog in the bush. Look at my cat in a box. Look! I wrote a m/m romance! Look! Someone else wrote a queer romance! Oh Look, a cat! Maybe also moss. Perhaps a bird.
Generalize your skeets. What's your most typical, most average skeet?

cheese is good. CHEESE FACTS. have you read these fantasy and romance authors? have you considered learning another language to be more useful to your immigrant neighbors?
Generalize your skeets. What's your most typical, most average skeet?

Kye has done *something* in the book two draft and I am shaking her around like a ragdoll to cope.
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
We're home from Whangamata. Had a few good days with wonderful ocean swimming but then a storm hit and we only just got out before slips closed the roads. My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:13 PM
All true! 😀
Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books.

It’s seriously what gets us through.
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 AM
'Desperately malnourished waif' wins the internet today 🤭
One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
January 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
A must-read for any romance writers! Can't wait!
Some news from me!
January 16, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Bandcamp has banned AI music.

The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."

stereogum.com/2485199/band...
Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
stereogum.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Nope. That's not research I could trust.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Hey #PortfolioDay I'm a transmasc #MMromance book cover artist and character designer!
www.thistle-arts.com - portfolio and comm info
www.etsy.com/shop/thistleartsstudio - art prints
www.patreon.com/thistlearts - MM erotica
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM