Melanie Baker
@melle.ca
Reader, writer, editor, baker, sock zoologist, universal aunt, wayward. Tell your dog I said hi. (she/they) 🐾🖋🍪🇨🇦🏴☠️ | melle most places | linktr.ee/melledotca
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Just saw a list of books that give "swoon worthy Valentine's Vibes." How many times must we point out that Anna Karenina, about a woman who throws herself in front of a train because of a fuck boy - is NOT a romance. Article adds disclaimer about the methodology. *sigh*
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Just saw a list of books that give "swoon worthy Valentine's Vibes." How many times must we point out that Anna Karenina, about a woman who throws herself in front of a train because of a fuck boy - is NOT a romance. Article adds disclaimer about the methodology. *sigh*
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Thanks @Mollie Ann Cox for including Maggie Hope in "5 Clever and Compelling Heroines in Mystery Series" in @crimereads.bsky.social with Nancy Bilyeau @nancycb.bsky.social Mally Becker @mallybeckerwrites.bsky.social and Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social
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5 Clever and Compelling Heroines in Historical Mystery Series
One of the enduring pleasures of historical mysteries is reading about women solving problems history never intended them to touch. They rarely begin with authority, freedom, or even credibility. I…
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February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Thanks @Mollie Ann Cox for including Maggie Hope in "5 Clever and Compelling Heroines in Mystery Series" in @crimereads.bsky.social with Nancy Bilyeau @nancycb.bsky.social Mally Becker @mallybeckerwrites.bsky.social and Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social
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crimereads.com/5-clever-and...
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Hey, everyone! The ZOMROMCOM ebook is $1.99 *today only*--so if you've been waiting for a price drop, now's your moment!
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February 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Hey, everyone! The ZOMROMCOM ebook is $1.99 *today only*--so if you've been waiting for a price drop, now's your moment!
AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/Zamz
B&N: go.oliviadade.com/Zbn
Kobo: go.oliviadade.com/Zk
iBooks: go.oliviadade.com/Zi
Google: go.oliviadade.com/Zgp
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AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/Zamz
B&N: go.oliviadade.com/Zbn
Kobo: go.oliviadade.com/Zk
iBooks: go.oliviadade.com/Zi
Google: go.oliviadade.com/Zgp
Bookshop.org: go.oliviadade.com/Zbs
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"keeping kids off the internet is couched in language of protecting them, keeping them safe ... But there is a piece of it that is inherently rooted in the idea that they have nothing valuable to add to society or that there's no point in listening to them." www.businessinsider.com/kids-parenti...
What adults lose when kids are banned from social media
Banning kids on social media today will hurt tomorrow's internet.
www.businessinsider.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
"keeping kids off the internet is couched in language of protecting them, keeping them safe ... But there is a piece of it that is inherently rooted in the idea that they have nothing valuable to add to society or that there's no point in listening to them." www.businessinsider.com/kids-parenti...
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Times article has an incredible illustration
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Times article has an incredible illustration
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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wuthering heights is what happens when you can only marry people who live in walking distance
February 4, 2026 at 10:32 PM
wuthering heights is what happens when you can only marry people who live in walking distance
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no disrespect, but I'm not subscribing to your Substack for reasons that should be obvious if you google words like "substack" and "nazis"
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
no disrespect, but I'm not subscribing to your Substack for reasons that should be obvious if you google words like "substack" and "nazis"
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“Romance novelists pay attention to muscle. Bodies are the instruments on which we play love songs.”
From "Mouth and Muscle," a new original essay by @oliviawaite.com about Heated Rivalry.
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From "Mouth and Muscle," a new original essay by @oliviawaite.com about Heated Rivalry.
➡️ buff.ly/n3o6hNL
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“Romance novelists pay attention to muscle. Bodies are the instruments on which we play love songs.”
From "Mouth and Muscle," a new original essay by @oliviawaite.com about Heated Rivalry.
➡️ buff.ly/n3o6hNL
From "Mouth and Muscle," a new original essay by @oliviawaite.com about Heated Rivalry.
➡️ buff.ly/n3o6hNL
Clear skies and full moon tonight. It's gorgeous.
As the moon and cell phone cameras are ancient enemies, I did not attempt to take a picture.
As the moon and cell phone cameras are ancient enemies, I did not attempt to take a picture.
February 1, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Clear skies and full moon tonight. It's gorgeous.
As the moon and cell phone cameras are ancient enemies, I did not attempt to take a picture.
As the moon and cell phone cameras are ancient enemies, I did not attempt to take a picture.
“Who knows what will befall us tomorrow? You could be hit by a Mack truck or bopped on the head by a tiny piece of space debris.”
RIP, legend.
RIP, legend.
a woman in a black and white dress is standing in front of a door with #schittscreek written on it .
Alt: Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose in a black and white dress, raises her fist and says "Courage!" on the way to exiting through a white front door.
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
“Who knows what will befall us tomorrow? You could be hit by a Mack truck or bopped on the head by a tiny piece of space debris.”
RIP, legend.
RIP, legend.
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PM Mark Carney speaks at Canadian media summit in Ottawa – January 29, 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlH4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlH4...
PM Mark Carney speaks at Canadian media summit in Ottawa – January 29, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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January 30, 2026 at 1:11 AM
PM Mark Carney speaks at Canadian media summit in Ottawa – January 29, 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlH4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlH4...
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Happy pub day to SILVER & BLOOD, my first full-length romantasy novel! 🎉
A cursed forest, a deadly beast, a magical castle, a sprinkle of delicious forced proximity, a dash of “touch her and die,” and a slow-burn romance between two wary, reluctant allies who (mostly!) communicate. 💕
(1/3)
A cursed forest, a deadly beast, a magical castle, a sprinkle of delicious forced proximity, a dash of “touch her and die,” and a slow-burn romance between two wary, reluctant allies who (mostly!) communicate. 💕
(1/3)
January 27, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Happy pub day to SILVER & BLOOD, my first full-length romantasy novel! 🎉
A cursed forest, a deadly beast, a magical castle, a sprinkle of delicious forced proximity, a dash of “touch her and die,” and a slow-burn romance between two wary, reluctant allies who (mostly!) communicate. 💕
(1/3)
A cursed forest, a deadly beast, a magical castle, a sprinkle of delicious forced proximity, a dash of “touch her and die,” and a slow-burn romance between two wary, reluctant allies who (mostly!) communicate. 💕
(1/3)
I had this as a Slack profile picture (not work) for a long time, and it was a consistent delight.
January 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I had this as a Slack profile picture (not work) for a long time, and it was a consistent delight.
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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🧵 about murder bones vs. graveyard bones. Superb.
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🧵 about murder bones vs. graveyard bones. Superb.
I don't know how we're supposed to take this article seriously when it didn't even mention Forever Knight...
Canadian TV needs to get weird again
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. #Canada
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In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. #Canada
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OPINION | Canadian TV needs to get weird again | CBC Arts
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. Writer Niko Stratis argues that we need to back to that
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January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I don't know how we're supposed to take this article seriously when it didn't even mention Forever Knight...
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Thrilled to see @jenreadsromance.bsky.social talking all the sense in the Guardian today!
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Why can’t women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt? | Zoe Williams
The TV hit has cracked open a rich seam of misogyny: romance is written off as a weird thing that women like, and the audience is dismissed as ‘wine moms’, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Thrilled to see @jenreadsromance.bsky.social talking all the sense in the Guardian today!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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BODIES OF MAGIC, out Sept 2026: Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.)
Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
BODIES OF MAGIC, out Sept 2026: Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.)
Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
Is there anything more dangerous than impatient pickup drivers when there's a big snow? Jeeziz.
January 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Is there anything more dangerous than impatient pickup drivers when there's a big snow? Jeeziz.
As a Canadian, our lord and saviour Anne Murray requires us to ALWAYS point out when things are Canadian. So this piece pleases me at a cellular level.
Plus the title makes it sound like Canadian is a sexual orientation. Which I won't argue with... 😉
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Plus the title makes it sound like Canadian is a sexual orientation. Which I won't argue with... 😉
medium.com/@angelolexie...
Heated Rivalry isn’t for gays or straights. It’s for Canadians.
Heated Rivalry isn’t for gays or straights. It’s for Canadians. In a media culture and political climate dominated by the United States, when it comes to Heated Rivalry, Canadian’s are not …
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January 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
As a Canadian, our lord and saviour Anne Murray requires us to ALWAYS point out when things are Canadian. So this piece pleases me at a cellular level.
Plus the title makes it sound like Canadian is a sexual orientation. Which I won't argue with... 😉
medium.com/@angelolexie...
Plus the title makes it sound like Canadian is a sexual orientation. Which I won't argue with... 😉
medium.com/@angelolexie...