Tessa Dare
@tessadare.bsky.social
Occasional author of historical romance novels. Baby goat enthusiast.
Another upcoming event! I get to chat with Suzanne Enoch about her latest book, at In Bloom Bookery in Temecula, CA on March 3rd!
Once again, I appreciate any help spreading the word to romance-reading folks in Southern California.
Details & to register: www.inbloombookery.com/better-duke-...
Once again, I appreciate any help spreading the word to romance-reading folks in Southern California.
Details & to register: www.inbloombookery.com/better-duke-...
February 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Another upcoming event! I get to chat with Suzanne Enoch about her latest book, at In Bloom Bookery in Temecula, CA on March 3rd!
Once again, I appreciate any help spreading the word to romance-reading folks in Southern California.
Details & to register: www.inbloombookery.com/better-duke-...
Once again, I appreciate any help spreading the word to romance-reading folks in Southern California.
Details & to register: www.inbloombookery.com/better-duke-...
I am *delighted* that I got asked to be “in conversation with” the brilliant Mazey Eddings this Friday (2/6) evening at 6pm at the Tustin Library! @mazeyeddings.bsky.social
Come join us!
(I am not on socials much anymore and am grateful to any who can amplify this in SoCal bookish networks)
Come join us!
(I am not on socials much anymore and am grateful to any who can amplify this in SoCal bookish networks)
February 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am *delighted* that I got asked to be “in conversation with” the brilliant Mazey Eddings this Friday (2/6) evening at 6pm at the Tustin Library! @mazeyeddings.bsky.social
Come join us!
(I am not on socials much anymore and am grateful to any who can amplify this in SoCal bookish networks)
Come join us!
(I am not on socials much anymore and am grateful to any who can amplify this in SoCal bookish networks)
Last night’s insomnia stitching
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Last night’s insomnia stitching
oh look i’m one of them!
Hey, check out this article in People Magazine!
people.com/authors-who-...
I think three or four of these author-librarians (@heykellyjensen.bsky.social, @alexlondon.bsky.social,
@tessadare.bsky.social) might even be in this starter pack:
go.bsky.app/9ZCeiFw
#Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #BookSky
people.com/authors-who-...
I think three or four of these author-librarians (@heykellyjensen.bsky.social, @alexlondon.bsky.social,
@tessadare.bsky.social) might even be in this starter pack:
go.bsky.app/9ZCeiFw
#Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #BookSky
April 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
oh look i’m one of them!
Me: Nothing will pull me back to social media
Friends: lol a condescending law guy tried to dunk on @courtneymilan.com and bsky is clowning him
Me: 🍿
Friends: lol a condescending law guy tried to dunk on @courtneymilan.com and bsky is clowning him
Me: 🍿
April 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me: Nothing will pull me back to social media
Friends: lol a condescending law guy tried to dunk on @courtneymilan.com and bsky is clowning him
Me: 🍿
Friends: lol a condescending law guy tried to dunk on @courtneymilan.com and bsky is clowning him
Me: 🍿
My quarterly trip to The Ripped Bodice is coming up soon! Order signed books by March 21st for delivery in early April. Signed books make great gifts for Mother’s Day, birthdays, Easter… they also make great gifts to yourself because you deserve nice things.❤️
www.therippedbodice.com/product/tess...
www.therippedbodice.com/product/tess...
March 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My quarterly trip to The Ripped Bodice is coming up soon! Order signed books by March 21st for delivery in early April. Signed books make great gifts for Mother’s Day, birthdays, Easter… they also make great gifts to yourself because you deserve nice things.❤️
www.therippedbodice.com/product/tess...
www.therippedbodice.com/product/tess...
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Relevant to my interests (also LOVE the @tessadare.bsky.social cover in the article!). Hopefully, it catches on and becomes a destination for romance authors to be supported outside of Kindle publishing. #booksky #sapphfic
Harvard Square has a new hub for romantic reads. Owner Rachel Kanter stocked the Brattle Street shop with all kinds of romance books, which have exploded in popularity.
Lovestruck Books brings romance to Harvard Square
The shop is a romance reader haven with nearly 12,000 books from dark to sports romance. And a connected George Howell Coffee shop has eventual plans to transform into an evening wine bar.
www.wbur.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Relevant to my interests (also LOVE the @tessadare.bsky.social cover in the article!). Hopefully, it catches on and becomes a destination for romance authors to be supported outside of Kindle publishing. #booksky #sapphfic
Does anyone use a hypoallergenic (to cats) kitty litter that they recommend? I think the dust from our clumping litter is giving one of my kitties a rash.
December 12, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Does anyone use a hypoallergenic (to cats) kitty litter that they recommend? I think the dust from our clumping litter is giving one of my kitties a rash.
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heyyyy! your yearly reminder that this anthology exists and IT'S ON SALE RN #romancelandia #historicalromance #romancenovels
December 6, 2024 at 6:43 PM
heyyyy! your yearly reminder that this anthology exists and IT'S ON SALE RN #romancelandia #historicalromance #romancenovels
It’s official! So relieved and happy to know that Derek Tran will be representing my family and our neighbors in Congress.
November 28, 2024 at 2:35 AM
It’s official! So relieved and happy to know that Derek Tran will be representing my family and our neighbors in Congress.
omg, this is official?? YES!!! this is my district! I’d stopped checking the results because I was too sad, and then lo and behold.
Knowing we’re no longer represented by Steele is an immense relief. I’m gonna choose to believe the voter postcards I hand-wrote helped, just a tiny bit.
Knowing we’re no longer represented by Steele is an immense relief. I’m gonna choose to believe the voter postcards I hand-wrote helped, just a tiny bit.
November 26, 2024 at 4:47 AM
omg, this is official?? YES!!! this is my district! I’d stopped checking the results because I was too sad, and then lo and behold.
Knowing we’re no longer represented by Steele is an immense relief. I’m gonna choose to believe the voter postcards I hand-wrote helped, just a tiny bit.
Knowing we’re no longer represented by Steele is an immense relief. I’m gonna choose to believe the voter postcards I hand-wrote helped, just a tiny bit.
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Cat on table: The cup is on your floor
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Cat on table: The cup is on your floor
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Regency romantic: the cup is half agony, half hope
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Regency romantic: the cup is half agony, half hope
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Building conservator: it’s kinda cool that builders have been leaving their half finished drinks inside walls since the dawn of mankind
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Building conservator: it’s kinda cool that builders have been leaving their half finished drinks inside walls since the dawn of mankind
November 24, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Cat on table: The cup is on your floor
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Cat on table: The cup is on your floor
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Regency romantic: the cup is half agony, half hope
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Regency romantic: the cup is half agony, half hope
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Building conservator: it’s kinda cool that builders have been leaving their half finished drinks inside walls since the dawn of mankind
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Building conservator: it’s kinda cool that builders have been leaving their half finished drinks inside walls since the dawn of mankind
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Archaeologist: we’ll need a social history of cups, as well as a project charting the perception of their fullness, both geographically and through time, to better understand the social meaning of the cup.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Archaeologist: we’ll need a social history of cups, as well as a project charting the perception of their fullness, both geographically and through time, to better understand the social meaning of the cup.
November 24, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Regency romantic: the cup is half agony, half hope
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Regency romantic: the cup is half agony, half hope
Apparently my alma mater became the biggest feel-good underdog story of the college football season, so Loki and I got up early in California to cheer for THE Hoosiers take THE win over A college from Ohio.
I love that you can troll a whole football rival with indefinite articles. It’s so nerdy.
I love that you can troll a whole football rival with indefinite articles. It’s so nerdy.
November 23, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Apparently my alma mater became the biggest feel-good underdog story of the college football season, so Loki and I got up early in California to cheer for THE Hoosiers take THE win over A college from Ohio.
I love that you can troll a whole football rival with indefinite articles. It’s so nerdy.
I love that you can troll a whole football rival with indefinite articles. It’s so nerdy.
There are a lot of reasons to go see WICKED on opening weekend, and yes maybe it’s weird that my particular reason was Jonny Bailey sharing a screen with a goat. Just let me have this, ok. We all deserve to fly. 😭
November 23, 2024 at 3:09 AM
There are a lot of reasons to go see WICKED on opening weekend, and yes maybe it’s weird that my particular reason was Jonny Bailey sharing a screen with a goat. Just let me have this, ok. We all deserve to fly. 😭
A bunch of new folks are following me over here. I feel like I should post…
Here are photos of my dog and my latest read, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton. I adored it. Delightfully nerdy, romantic & fun.
If you have more nerdy, romantic, delightful books to rec, pls do!
Here are photos of my dog and my latest read, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton. I adored it. Delightfully nerdy, romantic & fun.
If you have more nerdy, romantic, delightful books to rec, pls do!
November 19, 2024 at 11:17 PM
A bunch of new folks are following me over here. I feel like I should post…
Here are photos of my dog and my latest read, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton. I adored it. Delightfully nerdy, romantic & fun.
If you have more nerdy, romantic, delightful books to rec, pls do!
Here are photos of my dog and my latest read, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton. I adored it. Delightfully nerdy, romantic & fun.
If you have more nerdy, romantic, delightful books to rec, pls do!
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Do you need some joy in this rough week?? @leighharlen.bsky.social is doing a flash auction for Trans Lifeline, and I think you'll recognize many Romancing the Vote crafters here! Maybe a second chance to snipe something you missed??? And it's open now!
www.32auctions.com/ProtectTrans...
www.32auctions.com/ProtectTrans...
Auction for Trans Lifeline
Silent auction 'Auction for Trans Lifeline' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 11, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Do you need some joy in this rough week?? @leighharlen.bsky.social is doing a flash auction for Trans Lifeline, and I think you'll recognize many Romancing the Vote crafters here! Maybe a second chance to snipe something you missed??? And it's open now!
www.32auctions.com/ProtectTrans...
www.32auctions.com/ProtectTrans...
It’s been almost a year since I was active on any social media, and … tbh I will probably disappear from this one any minute now! But I want to keep my accounts working just in case.
Here, have a drawing of a snail.
Here, have a drawing of a snail.
September 2, 2024 at 9:29 PM
It’s been almost a year since I was active on any social media, and … tbh I will probably disappear from this one any minute now! But I want to keep my accounts working just in case.
Here, have a drawing of a snail.
Here, have a drawing of a snail.
I heard Brasil moved to Bluesky…
a woman is taking a picture of herself in front of a mirror with a yellow background .
Alt: Brazilian meme queen Tulla Luana primping her pixie cut for the camera
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2024 at 9:08 PM
I heard Brasil moved to Bluesky…
Writers, should your main character have main character syndrome? Discuss.
August 24, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Writers, should your main character have main character syndrome? Discuss.
ROMANCE FOR MAUI auction alert! Lucy Eden designed adorable 3” vinyl stickers as a buy-it-now keepsake item. $10 donation for one design, $15 for 2, and $30 for the full 4-pack! #romancelandia https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden
ROMANCE FOR MAUI
Silent auction 'ROMANCE FOR MAUI' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
August 19, 2023 at 5:36 PM
ROMANCE FOR MAUI auction alert! Lucy Eden designed adorable 3” vinyl stickers as a buy-it-now keepsake item. $10 donation for one design, $15 for 2, and $30 for the full 4-pack! #romancelandia https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden
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here have some poem
August 15, 2023 at 6:26 PM
here have some poem
The Romance for Maui auction goes live for bids in 20 minutes!! Here’s a link to all the items: signed books, author zooms, handcrafted items, editorial and art services… so much good stuff! I have my wishlist ready to go and will bid ruthlessly for a good cause 😂🔪💸
I’m donating a full signed set of my (17) novels plus 4 novellas to the Romance for Maui auction. Please check out the auction site if you’re able to donate an item or want to start a watchlist for bidding! So many great items. #Romancelandia #RomanceForMaui
https://geni.us/romanceformauiauction
https://geni.us/romanceformauiauction
August 15, 2023 at 6:40 PM
The Romance for Maui auction goes live for bids in 20 minutes!! Here’s a link to all the items: signed books, author zooms, handcrafted items, editorial and art services… so much good stuff! I have my wishlist ready to go and will bid ruthlessly for a good cause 😂🔪💸