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Tamara Amsdt
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🖌 i like to paint on rocks
💗 love romance books
🎨 learning the art of the clinch
✨️ bosnian/yugoslav
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Tamara Amsdt @tamaraamsdt.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hello, new people ::waves::

If you love romance books, you have come to the right place! l like to paint romance covers on rocks (and any other suitable surface l come across), and l am also learning how to oil paint ❤️📚🎨
Collage of four photos. First photo of four rocks with Tender is the Storm by Johanna Lindsey, Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade, The Bride Test by Helen Hoang and Seven Days in June by Tia Williams painted on them Second photo is an oil painting of a blonde woman in a blue top. Third photo has three bags with Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn, Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert, And They Lived Happily Ever after by Therese Beharrie painted on. The fourth photo has an assortment of mini christmas decorations, painted with romance book covers on them. The hand holding some of the ornaments featuring these covers on them: Captured by Beverly Jenkins, Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas, Pas de Deux by Lynn Turner, Missing Christmas by Kate Clayborn, A Christmas Spark by Diana Biller, Holidays with the Wongs by Jackie Lau, Pasko Na My Love anthology by Mia Hopkins, Elle Cruz, Maan Gabriel, Maida Malby, Sarah Smith, Tif Marcelo
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ajcousins.bsky.social
I am 7 chapters into @catswrites.bsky.social's new book (After Hours at Dooryard Books) and she has already STABBED ME IN THE HEART an equivalent number of times.

Fortunately, she's also made me cackle with laughter too, so I'm not curled up in a ball on the floor. 😁
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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kjcharleswriter.com
the highs and lows of social media encapsulated in a single post.
oispooky.bsky.social Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 4d
Was researching an old theatre (boxing venue) in Hull.

Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'

A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'

The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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rubyopalmindy.bsky.social
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-...
Flatlay yellow background (it's my coffee table) with white circular trivet and a copy of the book in the center. Book is dark blue with a darker blue hand with gold sparks flying from it. Title in gold.
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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susannakearsley.bsky.social
You say that like it’s a bad thing…
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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rdotspoon.bsky.social
RAFE, XENI. & MEEGAN are here!
Catch up with these Loose Ends today!

💖 bookshop.org/p/books...
💖 www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
💖 www.therippedbodice....
#booksky #romancesky
Rafe, Xeni and Meegan by Rebekah Weatherspoon. "The Doctor and The Nanny The Heiress and the Scotsman The Teacher and the millionaire" Rafe Cover, the bust of a white man with red hair and read beard on a black background Xeni Cover, the bust of a black woman with her mass of hair up in a loose bun. She's wearing a purple tank top and sunglasses tilted down on a teal and pink background. Meegan Cover, a white woman with brown hair and blue eyes on a pink background 3 high heat contemporary romance. there's pegging in xeni and they do some real freaky shit in Meegan.
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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tlb8275.bsky.social
Please repost and donate if you can. I'm in desperate need.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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rdotspoon.bsky.social
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
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rdotspoon.bsky.social
I saw the most bonkers conversation on tiktok where people were arguing that Romance doesn’t need an HEA and authors were fighting for their lives in the comments trying to explain what a genre convention is. Again, trying to sell me a mystery with no crime and see what happens.
mostlybree.kitrocha.com Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 9d
God we need more craft discussions and less fights about which tropes are good or bad that play out in a way that makes it clear no one even understands what a trope is anymore.
rdotspoon.bsky.social Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 9d
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 7:55 PM
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okwonga.bsky.social
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the four-year siege of the city in the 1990s. More than 10,000 people were killed in Sarajevo by constant shelling and sniper fire between 1992 and 1996 in what was the longest siege in modern history, after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia.
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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oliviawrites.bsky.social
Maybe you'd like to see the amazing cover for WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON, my book about an infamously underpowered oracle saving the world alongside the uptight demon who helped ruin her life 20 years ago?

AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/WOOamz
Other links: go.oliviadade.com/WOOprh
The illustrated cover of WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON by Olivia Dade, featuring a man and a woman standing back to back against a hot pink background, appearing poised for action. The woman is holding a curved athame, while the man has a fireball just above his open, upturned palm. There are flames and small hearts surrounding them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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maggienorthauthor.bsky.social
FOSSIL FEUD coming July 28, 2026 to a bookstore near you!!! Preorder and I will love you for 100 million years 💚🦕💚🦕💚
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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melonreads.bsky.social
This book had no right to be as romantic as it was given that both MCs are serial killers who hunt other serial killers. Also, I was not as icked out by the graphic violence, not even the 👁️ stuff and I need to maybe sit with that for a bit.
melonreads.bsky.social Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 19d
188. Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Read: 11/1/25-11/4/25
Screenshot of Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver with a black background and neon pink blackbirds and skulls and crossbones and a meat cleaver and a chainsaw and an axe and a man and a woman embracing in the midst of it.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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romansdegare.bsky.social
I am not an influencer, but please help me boost Palestinian-owned Nabiha cafe on U street near 17th in DC. The coffee is AMAZING, staff is super friendly, links to donate to Gazan families are easily accessible for customers who want to help
Cute cafe w green chairs and wooden tables and Palestinian art Cup of coffee with cafe in background
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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kdcaseywrites.bsky.social
here, if you need more baseball now that MLB is over for the year bsky.app/profile/kdca...
kdcaseywrites.bsky.social KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · Sep 12
"But as in any KD Casey book, the third party in the relationship is ‘baseball’, which here acts as a hard to please lover."

I was trying to think of a good summary of this book, but a pal did it for me. Breakout Year, an mm sports romance, is out in the world!
www.kdcaseywrites.com/breakout-year
The cover of Breakout Year by KD Casey. The book is green. Objects important to the characters (baseball equipment, tea, plants, etc.) are present.
November 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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melonreads.bsky.social
It took exactly 2 books (one novella and one full length novel to be precise) for me to fall in love with this author's work. It's sexy and emotional and she only has the two out thus far but I was riveted. Her third is out in December and I'm already counting down the days for Athena's story.
melonreads.bsky.social Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 26d
185. Messy AF by Asha Mara

Read: 10/26/25-10/28/25
Screenshot of Messy AF by Asha Mara with a Black woman in a short tight black dress, baring crossed legs,sitting on a red leather sofa. She's only shown from the chest down.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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jackielaubooks.bsky.social
A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor as mysterious snow sculptures start appearing in Toronto parks.

Read Magically Generated this weekend! My latest holiday romance novella has hot buttered rum, festive snow animals, and a touch of magic.

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
Tablet with cover of Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. The cover has an illustration of an Asian man and white woman outside in winter. Their arms are around each other. Background: snowy city park, including snow sculpture of a rabbit.
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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carlylane.bsky.social
Time to resurrect one of my favorite things Over Here: let me know about a book you either have out now or one that's up for folks to preorder, and I'll repost to boost it! 📚💜
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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chaceverity.com
Come join my Patreon, even if you don't have a dollar to spare right now. Tomorrow's post is going to be a freebie as a Halloween treat. Learn some exciting (and sad) tales about one of cinema's most celebrated horror actors.

www.patreon.com/ChaceVerity
Get more from Chace Verity on Patreon
Queer romance author and Old Hollywood enthusiast
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October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
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October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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elizabethdavis.bsky.social
Get two (2) great books for the price of one (1) measly instagram comment!
rubyopalmindy.bsky.social Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 26d
The Inexplicable Magic Giveaway!

@elizabethdavis.bsky.social and I are running a giveaway on Instagram for signed copies of our books TIME FOR YOU and THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU: www.instagram.com/p/DQXVNBUkWQ...

Go to IG to enter!
Center top text, The Inexplicable Magic Giveaway. Covers of Time for You (illustrated white, dark-haired man in Victorian garb kissing the hand of blonde white woman in scrubs) and The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu (blue background with open hand, gold sparks). Center bottom text: "See caption for how to enter."
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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charishreidauthor.bsky.social
READ ME SLOW is officially out in the world! 🥹🖤💜

This story is flirty, filthy, funny, and full of heart. It’s about an author who writes steamy books… and the horror podcaster who’s secretly obsessed with her voice.

Of course he's going to help narrate her new book, lol!

shorturl.at/XoNpy
Image announcing the release of Read Me Slow by Charish Reid. “TODAY!” appears in bold at the top. Below it, a tablet displays the book cover: neon-lit recording studio setup with a microphone, soundboard, and headphones on a stand. The tagline reads: “One sound booth. Two voices. No boundaries.”
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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oliviawaite.com
We’ve got a seasonal #RomanceColumn for all your ghostly Halloweeny romance needs! Featuring: a haunting short take on Cinderella, a Florida town full of ghosts, a pair of Regency sapphic Gothic novelists, and a stunning romantasy with a witch and a lady knight. (Gift link)
#Romancelandia 💙📚
Romance Novels That Are Spicy, Sweet and Flat-Out Stunning
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October 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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melonreads.bsky.social
I adored this book. Soft and sweet and tender with Karl and his penchant for saying the F word and making physiologically impossible threats and his long standing love for Molly, this was adorable and fairly low angst. There's a part in this book relating to Karl's obit that made me laugh cry.
melonreads.bsky.social Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · Oct 23
182. Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade

Read: 10/19/25-10/23/25
Screenshot of Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade with a white woman with long brownish hairina blue button-down shirt with a white v neck sweater and brown pants sitting on a table with a white guy with reddish hair and a beard and mustache in a blue sweater and jeans with a white apron standing in front of her between her thighs. He's got his hands on her thighs and she's got a hold of him by his apron. There are baked goods on the table and on a rolling cart behind him.
October 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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authoremmabarry.bsky.social
one month from today I'm moderating a convo with two of my favorite people and writers!!!
rubyopalmindy.bsky.social Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · Oct 22
Join me and @oliviawrites.bsky.social and our excellent moderator @authoremmabarry.bsky.social for a virtual book celebration, 11/22 at 1pm Central. The event is free, but you'll need to register with Love's Sweet Arrow:
shop.lovessweetarrow.com/oliviaandmindy
Cream background with some tiny mid-century stars, an illustrated picture of Olivia (white woman with brown bob, glasses, smile, a dress with lemon pattern) and the cover of Second Chance Romance (illustrated clench) and photo of Mindy (East Asian woman with black hair, glasses, chin on hand) and cover of The Glowing LIfe of Leeann Wu. Text: Olivia Dade and Mindy Hung, November 22 1pm CT. Love's Sweet Arrow logo.
October 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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fatedmates.net
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 2:06 PM