McKenna/MK Dean Mysteries
@mckennadean.bsky.social
Award-winning #author of crockpot PNR romances & cozy mysteries. I like putting characters in hot water to see how strong they are. Like teabags, only deadlier. She/her https://linktr.ee/McKenna_Dean
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Redclaw Origins: The year is 1955. Rebel without a Cause and The Seven Year Itch are playing in the movie theaters. The Chevy Bel Air is the most popular car in America. Gas is 25 cents a gal…
mckennadeanromance.com
I know some people want to support indie authors but don't want to buy from certain platforms. You'll find links to all my books on all available platforms below. You can also ask your local library to stock them! #indieauthor #cozymystery #paranormalromance
mckennadeanromance.com/books
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People really need to understand that every single AI product on the market and Wilson the volleyball from the major motion picture “Castaway” share the same amount of selfhood.
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 AM
People really need to understand that every single AI product on the market and Wilson the volleyball from the major motion picture “Castaway” share the same amount of selfhood.
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It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
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Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:13 AM
It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
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This administration is a criminal administration.
Rep. Kennedy: "Do you believe your agency has a legal obligation to follow court orders?"
ICE Director Lyons: "Yes."
Rep. Kennedy: "You have a very strange way of showing it, with a federal judge finding that your agency is in violation of 96 orders in one month alone."
ICE Director Lyons: "Yes."
Rep. Kennedy: "You have a very strange way of showing it, with a federal judge finding that your agency is in violation of 96 orders in one month alone."
February 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This administration is a criminal administration.
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Rep. Walkinshaw leaving today's ICE hearing: "All of this comes from Stephen Miller's sick, twisted, deranged Great Replacement Theory." He says when Dems have the majority, they will subpoena Miller to testify: "If he doesn’t, he will end up in prison for contempt."
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Rep. Walkinshaw leaving today's ICE hearing: "All of this comes from Stephen Miller's sick, twisted, deranged Great Replacement Theory." He says when Dems have the majority, they will subpoena Miller to testify: "If he doesn’t, he will end up in prison for contempt."
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Realfood.gov's AI just told me to go eat Snickers and Tostitos.
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Realfood.gov's AI just told me to go eat Snickers and Tostitos.
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Let’s be clear: non-citizens voting is already illegal.
The SAVE Act doesn’t fix a real problem. It creates new barriers by forcing Americans to present a passport or birth certificate in person just to register or update their registration.
The SAVE Act doesn’t fix a real problem. It creates new barriers by forcing Americans to present a passport or birth certificate in person just to register or update their registration.
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Let’s be clear: non-citizens voting is already illegal.
The SAVE Act doesn’t fix a real problem. It creates new barriers by forcing Americans to present a passport or birth certificate in person just to register or update their registration.
The SAVE Act doesn’t fix a real problem. It creates new barriers by forcing Americans to present a passport or birth certificate in person just to register or update their registration.
Age verification? We had a LaserDisc.
Age verification?
I've handled a betamax tape.
I've handled a betamax tape.
Age verification?
I’ve pumped leaded gasoline into a car.
I’ve pumped leaded gasoline into a car.
February 10, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Age verification? We had a LaserDisc.
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Agreed one thousand percent. Best format ever.
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Agreed one thousand percent. Best format ever.
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Since I have a lot of new followers, I will re-up this. Some folks just wanted to buy a couple whistles from us instead of getting 100-1000 FOR FREE (which you can do at the linktree in my bio!!!!!)
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Since I have a lot of new followers, I will re-up this. Some folks just wanted to buy a couple whistles from us instead of getting 100-1000 FOR FREE (which you can do at the linktree in my bio!!!!!)
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
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A little update to this. A source emailed me to say they'd used an industry tool to look up Coral Hart's sales and they totaled only 37 copies for the books under that pen name.
So, yeah I do not believe the six figures on 50k sales the NYT reported.
So, yeah I do not believe the six figures on 50k sales the NYT reported.
I wrote about why I'm skeptical of that AI author earning six figures pumping out 200 books a year story, but also about how authors might need to surf above the waves of slop countercraft.substack.com/p/surfs-up-i...
Surf's Up in Slop City
How should authors navigate a world with disappearing books coverage and a rising flood of AI slop books?
countercraft.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
A little update to this. A source emailed me to say they'd used an industry tool to look up Coral Hart's sales and they totaled only 37 copies for the books under that pen name.
So, yeah I do not believe the six figures on 50k sales the NYT reported.
So, yeah I do not believe the six figures on 50k sales the NYT reported.
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i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...
No, AI Written Romance Novels Are Not Inevitable
The New York Times interviewed two authors who claim AI is the future of romance novels, who coincidentally also sell courses about how to use AI to write romance novels.
aftermath.site
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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A certain category of my fellow white people (cough MAGA/white supremacists cough) are really 100% in the cut off own nose to spite face camp.
There's a chilling case study on basically this in DYING OF WHITENESS by physician Jonathan Metzl, a book I think all white Americans should read.
There's a chilling case study on basically this in DYING OF WHITENESS by physician Jonathan Metzl, a book I think all white Americans should read.
The most common age for a Black person in the USA, is ~27 years old.
The most common age for a white person in the USA, is ~58 years old.
Old people need more healthcare.
So you would think that white people in the US would prefer policies that lead to more nurses and providers?
But no.🤷🏿♂️
The most common age for a white person in the USA, is ~58 years old.
Old people need more healthcare.
So you would think that white people in the US would prefer policies that lead to more nurses and providers?
But no.🤷🏿♂️
More immigration into the US raises the number of health care workers and saves the lives of older Americans, from David C. Grabowski, Jonathan Gruber, and Brian E. McGarry www.nber.org/papers/w34791
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
A certain category of my fellow white people (cough MAGA/white supremacists cough) are really 100% in the cut off own nose to spite face camp.
There's a chilling case study on basically this in DYING OF WHITENESS by physician Jonathan Metzl, a book I think all white Americans should read.
There's a chilling case study on basically this in DYING OF WHITENESS by physician Jonathan Metzl, a book I think all white Americans should read.
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All of *waves hands wildly* THIS because ignorant, racist, misogynistic people wouldn't vote for a Black woman.
February 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
All of *waves hands wildly* THIS because ignorant, racist, misogynistic people wouldn't vote for a Black woman.
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Asheville! North Carolina! TONIGHT! With @bethrevis.bsky.social! It's the last stop on the Books & Bewitchment book tour, and I can't wait to see the shop where it all began-- Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe! Come see us for stickers, laughs, and fun! (And then there's Love Y'all Fest this weekend...)
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Asheville! North Carolina! TONIGHT! With @bethrevis.bsky.social! It's the last stop on the Books & Bewitchment book tour, and I can't wait to see the shop where it all began-- Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe! Come see us for stickers, laughs, and fun! (And then there's Love Y'all Fest this weekend...)
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**New SinC Writers' Podcast Episode!**
Tune in for a conversation with Tara Lush
Available at twp.ai/4itfAQ or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Tara Lush is the Florida-based author of the Crescent Moon Mystery series, where the bodies are fictional, but the weird Florida vibes are very real.
Tune in for a conversation with Tara Lush
Available at twp.ai/4itfAQ or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Tara Lush is the Florida-based author of the Crescent Moon Mystery series, where the bodies are fictional, but the weird Florida vibes are very real.
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
**New SinC Writers' Podcast Episode!**
Tune in for a conversation with Tara Lush
Available at twp.ai/4itfAQ or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Tara Lush is the Florida-based author of the Crescent Moon Mystery series, where the bodies are fictional, but the weird Florida vibes are very real.
Tune in for a conversation with Tara Lush
Available at twp.ai/4itfAQ or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Tara Lush is the Florida-based author of the Crescent Moon Mystery series, where the bodies are fictional, but the weird Florida vibes are very real.
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Happy release to GG Calpo for HOOK, LINE, AND MURDER! www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Happy release to GG Calpo for HOOK, LINE, AND MURDER! www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...
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Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
Trying to figure out how the protagonist of a cozy mystery who owns a big dog manages to have antagonistic confrontations at the front door, have the doorbell ring, guests come to the house, and she can go to the bathroom without the dog ever showing up.
I mean, that's like magic.
I mean, that's like magic.
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Trying to figure out how the protagonist of a cozy mystery who owns a big dog manages to have antagonistic confrontations at the front door, have the doorbell ring, guests come to the house, and she can go to the bathroom without the dog ever showing up.
I mean, that's like magic.
I mean, that's like magic.
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Cretaceous seas were inhabited by several Mosasaurus species, not all of them giants.
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Cretaceous seas were inhabited by several Mosasaurus species, not all of them giants.
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
Age verification? Our phones were attached to a fixed location in the house.
Age verification?
I know how to use a road atlas.
I know how to use a road atlas.
Age verification?
My first TV was black and white.
My first TV was black and white.
February 10, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Age verification? Our phones were attached to a fixed location in the house.
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First Four Jolie Gentil Mysteries ebook by Elaine L. Orr - Rakuten Kobo
Read "First Four Jolie Gentil Mysteries" by Elaine L. Orr available from Rakuten Kobo. This set has the first four books in the Jolie Gentil Cozy Mystery Series, set in the fictional Ocean Alley, NJ. ...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
ALWAYS FREE first Four Jolie Gentil #cozymysteries. “These books were a hoot…mystery, comedy & suspense.” #cozymystery #AvidReaders #booksky
#kobo bit.ly/2N7hTim
#ibooks apple.co/2IzZVk5
#BN bit.ly/31KMSUF
#GooglePlay bit.ly/3bJp7B9
(Others free on Amazon with Kindle Unlimited)
#kobo bit.ly/2N7hTim
#ibooks apple.co/2IzZVk5
#BN bit.ly/31KMSUF
#GooglePlay bit.ly/3bJp7B9
(Others free on Amazon with Kindle Unlimited)
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Remember: you're in a position to do the same and fail to do so, you'll forever be less ethically sound than DinoCon
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Remember: you're in a position to do the same and fail to do so, you'll forever be less ethically sound than DinoCon