BA Tortuga
@batortuga.bsky.social
New Mexican romance writer of LGBTQ+ HEA. Married to my soulmate. Fierce old desert witch.
Things I'm grateful for today:
My wife is home.
Green chile.
Iced coffee.
Long talks with @jodipayne.bsky.social (even if I kept her up too late.
My wife is home.
Green chile.
Iced coffee.
Long talks with @jodipayne.bsky.social (even if I kept her up too late.
September 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Things I'm grateful for today:
My wife is home.
Green chile.
Iced coffee.
Long talks with @jodipayne.bsky.social (even if I kept her up too late.
My wife is home.
Green chile.
Iced coffee.
Long talks with @jodipayne.bsky.social (even if I kept her up too late.
Oh, this looks fun. *grabs it up*
Now available in ebook, KU, paperback, and audio (narrated by Quinn Riley!) Sapphics in academia! Learning Curves is a steamy will-they-won’t-they romance about a bright young teacher reconnecting with the jaded professor she once pined for. 🍁🌈📚🧡
Buy it now: mybook.to/LearningCurves
Buy it now: mybook.to/LearningCurves
September 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oh, this looks fun. *grabs it up*
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THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
This Is Not Normal.
Welcome to dictator week.
www.thegodpodcast.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
Did I hear someone say it was National Wine Day?
a woman is holding a giant wine glass and says just one glass
ALT: a woman is holding a giant wine glass and says just one glass
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August 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Did I hear someone say it was National Wine Day?
#NationalDogDay -- Meet Bernie, Boomieshark, and Precious. :D
August 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#NationalDogDay -- Meet Bernie, Boomieshark, and Precious. :D
Hey y'all! this is the 1st time Hats to Boots has been on sale!
❤️ Second Chances
❤️ Disability Rep
❤️ Small Town
❤️ COWBOYS, Y'ALL!
www.bookbub.com/books/hats-t...
#MMRomance #Queerromance #gaycowboyromance @bookbub
❤️ Second Chances
❤️ Disability Rep
❤️ Small Town
❤️ COWBOYS, Y'ALL!
www.bookbub.com/books/hats-t...
#MMRomance #Queerromance #gaycowboyromance @bookbub
Hats to Boots by BA Tortuga is only $0.99 - BookBub
In this heartwarming second-chance romance, cowboy Westin takes a job working for the one that got away and as they focus on running the ranch, they realize their chemistry has not wavered
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August 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hey y'all! this is the 1st time Hats to Boots has been on sale!
❤️ Second Chances
❤️ Disability Rep
❤️ Small Town
❤️ COWBOYS, Y'ALL!
www.bookbub.com/books/hats-t...
#MMRomance #Queerromance #gaycowboyromance @bookbub
❤️ Second Chances
❤️ Disability Rep
❤️ Small Town
❤️ COWBOYS, Y'ALL!
www.bookbub.com/books/hats-t...
#MMRomance #Queerromance #gaycowboyromance @bookbub
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Not sure why Republicans are so intent on pushing America toward a police state, but Texas just gave us another example. GOP leaders forced Democratic lawmakers who had broken quorum to sign so-called “permission slips,” effectively agreeing to be tracked and escorted by state
August 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Not sure why Republicans are so intent on pushing America toward a police state, but Texas just gave us another example. GOP leaders forced Democratic lawmakers who had broken quorum to sign so-called “permission slips,” effectively agreeing to be tracked and escorted by state
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It never ends. Last night three local Texas activists, along with a Democratic leader, gathered at the Texas Capitol to show support for Rep Nicole Collier. Collier who had refused to sign a GOP-mandated “permission slip” requiring a Department of Public Safety escort and instead staged an overnight
August 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It never ends. Last night three local Texas activists, along with a Democratic leader, gathered at the Texas Capitol to show support for Rep Nicole Collier. Collier who had refused to sign a GOP-mandated “permission slip” requiring a Department of Public Safety escort and instead staged an overnight
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Good Morning! Do the Little Free Libraries in your area have banned books in them? Your assignment this week is to find out & if not make sure they do! (As always bonus points if the books are by living authors from communities being targeted by book banners!)
August 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Good Morning! Do the Little Free Libraries in your area have banned books in them? Your assignment this week is to find out & if not make sure they do! (As always bonus points if the books are by living authors from communities being targeted by book banners!)
Recovering from getting glutened. Stupid body. #celiacs #glutenfree
August 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Recovering from getting glutened. Stupid body. #celiacs #glutenfree
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Meiselas: A MAGA anti-vax extremist opened fire on the CDC, killing a heroic Black officer. 500 shots fired. Do we hear Trump or JD Vance saying anything?
Cohen: Not even thoughts and prayers.
Cohen: Not even thoughts and prayers.
August 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Meiselas: A MAGA anti-vax extremist opened fire on the CDC, killing a heroic Black officer. 500 shots fired. Do we hear Trump or JD Vance saying anything?
Cohen: Not even thoughts and prayers.
Cohen: Not even thoughts and prayers.
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This Saturday, nationwide “Fight the Trump Takeover” protests will take place with 50 rallies across 20 states to oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas. “Fight the Trump Takeover” is coordinated by Texas for ALL(@texasforall.bsky.social), the day of action pushes back against
August 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This Saturday, nationwide “Fight the Trump Takeover” protests will take place with 50 rallies across 20 states to oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas. “Fight the Trump Takeover” is coordinated by Texas for ALL(@texasforall.bsky.social), the day of action pushes back against
I'm trying not to panic. So far, it's not working.
August 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I'm trying not to panic. So far, it's not working.
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Since it’s in mastercards rules that content that is ”patently offensive and lacks serious artistic value”,
I think all artists should all call in and politely ask for the definition of “patently offensive” and where we can find the comity responsible for determining “artistic value”
I think all artists should all call in and politely ask for the definition of “patently offensive” and where we can find the comity responsible for determining “artistic value”
August 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Since it’s in mastercards rules that content that is ”patently offensive and lacks serious artistic value”,
I think all artists should all call in and politely ask for the definition of “patently offensive” and where we can find the comity responsible for determining “artistic value”
I think all artists should all call in and politely ask for the definition of “patently offensive” and where we can find the comity responsible for determining “artistic value”
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Reporter: The president threatened to use not just the National Guard but the military.
Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.
Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reporter: The president threatened to use not just the National Guard but the military.
Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.
Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.
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Given the current events, I wanted to remind folks that the last thing we should be doing right now is staying silent and obeying in advance.
August 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Given the current events, I wanted to remind folks that the last thing we should be doing right now is staying silent and obeying in advance.
*grins* Not only was it rough, the entire plot hangs on the fact that I wrote it before smart phones... ;-)
I kind of wonder if authors ever look back at their debut novel and go, "Damn, that shit was ASS."
Or if they're just really proud of it because it was their first published book, regardless of how they feel about the writing now.
Or maybe both. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Or if they're just really proud of it because it was their first published book, regardless of how they feel about the writing now.
Or maybe both. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
August 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
*grins* Not only was it rough, the entire plot hangs on the fact that I wrote it before smart phones... ;-)
I bought this one the day it came out. Second chances are my jam. ❤️
A $0.99 Deal for the month of August
🏞 One heartbroken country singer.
🏞 One single dad who’s afraid to love again.
🏞 One romance that will make you believe in second chances.
🔥 Slow burn that explodes
🔥 Emotional & heartfelt
🏞 One heartbroken country singer.
🏞 One single dad who’s afraid to love again.
🏞 One romance that will make you believe in second chances.
🔥 Slow burn that explodes
🔥 Emotional & heartfelt
August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I bought this one the day it came out. Second chances are my jam. ❤️
Is it cheating to put an iced coffee in your protein shake? Asking for a friend...
a man with his hands on his face and the words asking for a friend below him
ALT: a man with his hands on his face and the words asking for a friend below him
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August 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Is it cheating to put an iced coffee in your protein shake? Asking for a friend...
#QueerPrompts
Hey y'all! I write LGBTQ+ cowboy romances while hanging with my wife and our hound dogs. If I'm not writing, I'm crafting. Right now I'm working on Cowboy Wanted 4 and a charity novella (but I want to be writing on a shiny new idea...)
Hey y'all! I write LGBTQ+ cowboy romances while hanging with my wife and our hound dogs. If I'm not writing, I'm crafting. Right now I'm working on Cowboy Wanted 4 and a charity novella (but I want to be writing on a shiny new idea...)
#QueerPrompts August 1: Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book
August 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#QueerPrompts
Hey y'all! I write LGBTQ+ cowboy romances while hanging with my wife and our hound dogs. If I'm not writing, I'm crafting. Right now I'm working on Cowboy Wanted 4 and a charity novella (but I want to be writing on a shiny new idea...)
Hey y'all! I write LGBTQ+ cowboy romances while hanging with my wife and our hound dogs. If I'm not writing, I'm crafting. Right now I'm working on Cowboy Wanted 4 and a charity novella (but I want to be writing on a shiny new idea...)
Things bringing me joy lately:
📖 Local book clubs
🏳️🌈 My wife
🧑🍳 Australian cooking shows
🍅 Tomatoes from the garden
🌹 Roses on their second bloom
🐉 D&D on the weekends
🪑 My new chair!
🧶 New knitting class on Sunday
What's bringing you joy?
📖 Local book clubs
🏳️🌈 My wife
🧑🍳 Australian cooking shows
🍅 Tomatoes from the garden
🌹 Roses on their second bloom
🐉 D&D on the weekends
🪑 My new chair!
🧶 New knitting class on Sunday
What's bringing you joy?
Things bringing me joy lately:
🦉 The noise of the owls and crickets at night
📚 Every book, but especially The Silmarillion
📝 My writing
🤝 The book community’s support system
🐴 Making lots of animal friends
📺 Vintage movies
🎬 Romance shows
🎶 Classic rock
What’s bringing you joy?
🦉 The noise of the owls and crickets at night
📚 Every book, but especially The Silmarillion
📝 My writing
🤝 The book community’s support system
🐴 Making lots of animal friends
📺 Vintage movies
🎬 Romance shows
🎶 Classic rock
What’s bringing you joy?
July 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Things bringing me joy lately:
📖 Local book clubs
🏳️🌈 My wife
🧑🍳 Australian cooking shows
🍅 Tomatoes from the garden
🌹 Roses on their second bloom
🐉 D&D on the weekends
🪑 My new chair!
🧶 New knitting class on Sunday
What's bringing you joy?
📖 Local book clubs
🏳️🌈 My wife
🧑🍳 Australian cooking shows
🍅 Tomatoes from the garden
🌹 Roses on their second bloom
🐉 D&D on the weekends
🪑 My new chair!
🧶 New knitting class on Sunday
What's bringing you joy?
So, I need to write a bonus story for my newsletter this month, and I'm drawing a blank. Does anyone have any prompts to spark a thought?
July 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So, I need to write a bonus story for my newsletter this month, and I'm drawing a blank. Does anyone have any prompts to spark a thought?
Just picked this one up on audio. Looks fascinating as all get out.
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m trying to get a new contract, so every copy counts. Oh, and this Stoker/Locus finalist is almost half off! Go ahead, share what you love!
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July 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just picked this one up on audio. Looks fascinating as all get out.