Stella
@stellabystarlight.bsky.social
Chaotic reader 📚 Tea enthusiast 🫖 she/her
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THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU is out now! I hope you enjoy my novel about a magical midlife midwife dealing with generational trauma while discovering her true power.
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU is out now! I hope you enjoy my novel about a magical midlife midwife dealing with generational trauma while discovering her true power.
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
I love love loveeeee it in a meeting when a woman starts with “correct me if I’m wrong” and proceeds to eviscerate the loathsome man
FINISH HIM!!
FINISH HIM!!
elmo from sesame street is on fire with his arms outstretched
ALT: elmo from sesame street is on fire with his arms outstretched
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November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I love love loveeeee it in a meeting when a woman starts with “correct me if I’m wrong” and proceeds to eviscerate the loathsome man
FINISH HIM!!
FINISH HIM!!
Wow things really do go sideways in your 30s
I had the same lens prescription since 16 and BAM it changed significantly this year!
I had the same lens prescription since 16 and BAM it changed significantly this year!
a cartoon character wearing glasses and a bow tie
ALT: a cartoon character wearing glasses and a bow tie
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Wow things really do go sideways in your 30s
I had the same lens prescription since 16 and BAM it changed significantly this year!
I had the same lens prescription since 16 and BAM it changed significantly this year!
#romancelandia should I put this in my emergency vault?
I will read whatever Diana Quincy writes but since her next book is a thriller (which I’ll obvi preorder) should this go in the vault? IDK when there’ll be a new #historicalromance from Quincy?
Dilemma!
I will read whatever Diana Quincy writes but since her next book is a thriller (which I’ll obvi preorder) should this go in the vault? IDK when there’ll be a new #historicalromance from Quincy?
Dilemma!
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
#romancelandia should I put this in my emergency vault?
I will read whatever Diana Quincy writes but since her next book is a thriller (which I’ll obvi preorder) should this go in the vault? IDK when there’ll be a new #historicalromance from Quincy?
Dilemma!
I will read whatever Diana Quincy writes but since her next book is a thriller (which I’ll obvi preorder) should this go in the vault? IDK when there’ll be a new #historicalromance from Quincy?
Dilemma!
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Romance should evolve, but its so clear when people want the shine and financial benefit of Romance without respecting the genre, its conventions, or the readers. It's disturbing, but not surprising that we've arrived in a place where CRAFT DOESNT MATTER is a thing people believe.
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Romance should evolve, but its so clear when people want the shine and financial benefit of Romance without respecting the genre, its conventions, or the readers. It's disturbing, but not surprising that we've arrived in a place where CRAFT DOESNT MATTER is a thing people believe.
Knew this screenshot would come in handy one day
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Knew this screenshot would come in handy one day
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Now that holiday baking season is in full swing this feels especially relevant:
Grams for recipes please!
#MetricIsBest
#cooking
#baking
Grams for recipes please!
#MetricIsBest
#cooking
#baking
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Now that holiday baking season is in full swing this feels especially relevant:
Grams for recipes please!
#MetricIsBest
#cooking
#baking
Grams for recipes please!
#MetricIsBest
#cooking
#baking
#booksky
A new Vanessa Riley!!!
A new Vanessa Riley!!!
Porch Pirates or the winds have stolen all the rest of the physical Adv. Reader Copies of Fire Sword and Sea. But you can get a review e-copy at Netgalley and Edelweiss.
Get review it at: www.edelweiss.plus?sku=0063271044
or www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Get review it at: www.edelweiss.plus?sku=0063271044
or www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
#booksky
A new Vanessa Riley!!!
A new Vanessa Riley!!!
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This goes double for anything any milk brained pundits think of last night’s elections. Their takes will be bad! We know they will be! Who cares what they think, they have been loudly and enthusiastically proven wrong in races literally everywhere.
lets shake hands & agree to ignore every single garbage pundit & the terrible pieces they write for clicks. let them fade into obscurity so they're all sitting together at the bottom of a well yelling about the need for centrism so when it echoes back at them they think they still have an audience.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This goes double for anything any milk brained pundits think of last night’s elections. Their takes will be bad! We know they will be! Who cares what they think, they have been loudly and enthusiastically proven wrong in races literally everywhere.
Said hi to my neighbor while jogging this morning & she said, “it sure fuckin is - Dick Cheney’s dead”
So that’s how I started my day 😂
So that’s how I started my day 😂
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Said hi to my neighbor while jogging this morning & she said, “it sure fuckin is - Dick Cheney’s dead”
So that’s how I started my day 😂
So that’s how I started my day 😂
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My eye twitches every time I think about people saying they voted for Trump because of the price of eggs.
YOU DUMB BARN-OWL EYED BITCHES HAVE DOOMED US ALL.
YOU DUMB BARN-OWL EYED BITCHES HAVE DOOMED US ALL.
November 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My eye twitches every time I think about people saying they voted for Trump because of the price of eggs.
YOU DUMB BARN-OWL EYED BITCHES HAVE DOOMED US ALL.
YOU DUMB BARN-OWL EYED BITCHES HAVE DOOMED US ALL.
I am in my 30s & have been privileged enough to never be uninsured yet even though for a few years my coverage was shit.
I am scrambling to get in all my appointments & refills bc no matter how I crunch the #s it’s impossible
I’m scared & hope if I have a medical event it’s fatal
I am scrambling to get in all my appointments & refills bc no matter how I crunch the #s it’s impossible
I’m scared & hope if I have a medical event it’s fatal
I am seeing the posts about American healthcare premiums going up 5x and more. And I want to gather my Canadians and folks who have universal healthcare and let you know that Americans know their system is broken. You don't need to tell them that right now.
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I am in my 30s & have been privileged enough to never be uninsured yet even though for a few years my coverage was shit.
I am scrambling to get in all my appointments & refills bc no matter how I crunch the #s it’s impossible
I’m scared & hope if I have a medical event it’s fatal
I am scrambling to get in all my appointments & refills bc no matter how I crunch the #s it’s impossible
I’m scared & hope if I have a medical event it’s fatal
Threw my friend a divorce tea party this past weekend & OMG I love women so much
She is glowing, thriving, & FREEEE
I love women so much 💕💕
She is glowing, thriving, & FREEEE
I love women so much 💕💕
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Threw my friend a divorce tea party this past weekend & OMG I love women so much
She is glowing, thriving, & FREEEE
I love women so much 💕💕
She is glowing, thriving, & FREEEE
I love women so much 💕💕
Trying to find a new book to read in 2025
1 Oh sounds interesting!
2 spend 7 minutes trying to decipher if the cover is ai generated
3 go to author’s website & main social media page
4 sees ai generated art/video for promo posts
5 add author to “uses ai list”
6 scream internally
#booksky
1 Oh sounds interesting!
2 spend 7 minutes trying to decipher if the cover is ai generated
3 go to author’s website & main social media page
4 sees ai generated art/video for promo posts
5 add author to “uses ai list”
6 scream internally
#booksky
a black and white cat is laying on a couch with the caption screams internally
ALT: a black and white cat is laying on a couch with the caption screams internally
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October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Trying to find a new book to read in 2025
1 Oh sounds interesting!
2 spend 7 minutes trying to decipher if the cover is ai generated
3 go to author’s website & main social media page
4 sees ai generated art/video for promo posts
5 add author to “uses ai list”
6 scream internally
#booksky
1 Oh sounds interesting!
2 spend 7 minutes trying to decipher if the cover is ai generated
3 go to author’s website & main social media page
4 sees ai generated art/video for promo posts
5 add author to “uses ai list”
6 scream internally
#booksky
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i don't think i'll ever forgive all the people who legitimized anti-trans bigotry
and i don't think i'll ever really feel generous to those who stood by and paraded their proud ignorance and refusal to learn that the actual facts favor trans people's participation and that the bigots have nothing
and i don't think i'll ever really feel generous to those who stood by and paraded their proud ignorance and refusal to learn that the actual facts favor trans people's participation and that the bigots have nothing
Lia Smith, transgender student athlete at Middlebury College, died to suicide last week after being banned from participating in competition.
A somber piece by @alyssaur.bsky.social describes how she's being remembered by her friends and family.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
A somber piece by @alyssaur.bsky.social describes how she's being remembered by her friends and family.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
www.assignedmedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i don't think i'll ever forgive all the people who legitimized anti-trans bigotry
and i don't think i'll ever really feel generous to those who stood by and paraded their proud ignorance and refusal to learn that the actual facts favor trans people's participation and that the bigots have nothing
and i don't think i'll ever really feel generous to those who stood by and paraded their proud ignorance and refusal to learn that the actual facts favor trans people's participation and that the bigots have nothing
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You should be able to eat even if you are not working.
Access to food is a human right.
Access to clean water is a human right.
Access to adequate shelter is a human right.
Access to healthcare is a human right.
Access to food is a human right.
Access to clean water is a human right.
Access to adequate shelter is a human right.
Access to healthcare is a human right.
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
You should be able to eat even if you are not working.
Access to food is a human right.
Access to clean water is a human right.
Access to adequate shelter is a human right.
Access to healthcare is a human right.
Access to food is a human right.
Access to clean water is a human right.
Access to adequate shelter is a human right.
Access to healthcare is a human right.
🌲 evergreen🌲
eww what the actual fuck, british people need to be stopped
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🌲 evergreen🌲
Chopped off 10 inches of hair & now I feel unencumbered!!
Also had a productive talk about n95s with the new stylist and was able to give info on our local mask bloc
Also had a productive talk about n95s with the new stylist and was able to give info on our local mask bloc
a close up of a stuffed animal with the words `` it is time '' written next to it .
ALT: a close up of a stuffed animal with the words `` it is time '' written next to it .
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October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Chopped off 10 inches of hair & now I feel unencumbered!!
Also had a productive talk about n95s with the new stylist and was able to give info on our local mask bloc
Also had a productive talk about n95s with the new stylist and was able to give info on our local mask bloc
Lorraine Heath is part of my holy trinity of how I came to romance & I finally broke this out of my emergency vault last year and I’ve already read it 3x.
Thanks so much for highlighting what makes this book & her writing so fabulously rich & layered!!
bsky.app/profile/stel...
Thanks so much for highlighting what makes this book & her writing so fabulously rich & layered!!
bsky.app/profile/stel...
It's Gorilla Twins Week! We couldn't be happier to be talking about The Earl Takes All, a book we love so much we gave it a nickname that all of Romancelandia uses now. Whether you're reading it for the first time or the fiftieth, we're so happy to have you.
Gorilla Twins! The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
It's Gorilla Twins Week! We couldn't be happier to be talking about The Earl Takes All , a book we love so much we gave it a nickname that all of Romancelandia uses now. Whether you're reading it for...
fatedmates.net
October 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Lorraine Heath is part of my holy trinity of how I came to romance & I finally broke this out of my emergency vault last year and I’ve already read it 3x.
Thanks so much for highlighting what makes this book & her writing so fabulously rich & layered!!
bsky.app/profile/stel...
Thanks so much for highlighting what makes this book & her writing so fabulously rich & layered!!
bsky.app/profile/stel...
Not exactly a superpower but I’m very good at eyeballing 100mL of water +/- 3mL usually
I wanna try something!
ppl are often surprised at my ability to sound like a native even if I don't understand the language, and I've always said that's my superpower!
Now be it always successfully opening jars or falling asleep in under 5 minutes no matter what..
what is your silly superpower?
ppl are often surprised at my ability to sound like a native even if I don't understand the language, and I've always said that's my superpower!
Now be it always successfully opening jars or falling asleep in under 5 minutes no matter what..
what is your silly superpower?
October 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Not exactly a superpower but I’m very good at eyeballing 100mL of water +/- 3mL usually
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🚨New substack!
I asked one question on my book tour...❓"When was the first time your boobs were the drama?"
and y’all… the stories.😮💨
Duct tape. Bloody Boobs. Praise dances.
The Tea is, our boobs have been everybody’s business but ours.🍿 Free therapy in the comments.
open.substack.com/pub/payneful...
I asked one question on my book tour...❓"When was the first time your boobs were the drama?"
and y’all… the stories.😮💨
Duct tape. Bloody Boobs. Praise dances.
The Tea is, our boobs have been everybody’s business but ours.🍿 Free therapy in the comments.
open.substack.com/pub/payneful...
Tittie Tales
The secret anthropology of boobs, shame, and survival. Come get free therapy in the comments.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🚨New substack!
I asked one question on my book tour...❓"When was the first time your boobs were the drama?"
and y’all… the stories.😮💨
Duct tape. Bloody Boobs. Praise dances.
The Tea is, our boobs have been everybody’s business but ours.🍿 Free therapy in the comments.
open.substack.com/pub/payneful...
I asked one question on my book tour...❓"When was the first time your boobs were the drama?"
and y’all… the stories.😮💨
Duct tape. Bloody Boobs. Praise dances.
The Tea is, our boobs have been everybody’s business but ours.🍿 Free therapy in the comments.
open.substack.com/pub/payneful...
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We like to pretend the endemic use of the present tense in modern fiction is a stylistic choice. But usually it's a cheap way to disguise mediocre prose, lack of structure, or both. It's like a row of showy petunias planted along a house to disguise cracks in the foundation.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We like to pretend the endemic use of the present tense in modern fiction is a stylistic choice. But usually it's a cheap way to disguise mediocre prose, lack of structure, or both. It's like a row of showy petunias planted along a house to disguise cracks in the foundation.
I hope the wankers who decided to play ads at MAX volume while getting gas always have pebbles stuck in their shoes.
Truly diabolical. A sensory nightmare.
Truly diabolical. A sensory nightmare.
October 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I hope the wankers who decided to play ads at MAX volume while getting gas always have pebbles stuck in their shoes.
Truly diabolical. A sensory nightmare.
Truly diabolical. A sensory nightmare.
Did the BIG SHOP at the Korean grocery store & a woman around my mom’s age said “아가씨 꼼꼼하내“ as I was picking scallions
I HAVE ASCENDED! She approves of my produce selecting capabilities!!
☺️
I HAVE ASCENDED! She approves of my produce selecting capabilities!!
☺️
October 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Did the BIG SHOP at the Korean grocery store & a woman around my mom’s age said “아가씨 꼼꼼하내“ as I was picking scallions
I HAVE ASCENDED! She approves of my produce selecting capabilities!!
☺️
I HAVE ASCENDED! She approves of my produce selecting capabilities!!
☺️