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Bryn Donovan
@bryndonovan.bsky.social
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Author, blogger at BrynDonovan.com, freelance book editor at LuckyAuthor.com, and hopeful romantic in Chicago.
Pre-order my spicy romcom HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE: https://amzn.to/43Ie5bj
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YAY! My new book is an Amazon bestseller in books for writers--and people are loving it! Read the reviews! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Link: www.amazon.com/MASTER-LISTS...
#writesky #writingcommunity
screenshot of the book for writers MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: GOLD EDITION by Bryn Donovan on Amazon, with the banner tha reads #1 bestseller (Fiction Writing Reference).
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Walking to the library 🍁🍂
#chicago #november5 #autumnvibes
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: GOLD EDITION is here! Most people prefer the paperback format, but some people prefer having it in ebook. 😊 Here's the link to read more about it!
www.bryndonovan.com/2025/11/04/%...

#writingcommunity #writesky #masterlistsforwriters #screenwriting
bestselling author and beloved blogger Bryn Donovan grinning her head off, standing in front of bookshelves, holding her book for writers called MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: GOLD EDITION
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Writers, MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: GOLD EDITION is out today! On the blog, I’m telling you exactly what’s in it, so you can decide if it’s for you. Here’s the link: www.bryndonovan.com/2025/11/04/%...

#writesky #writingcommunity #booksky #nanowrimo #screenwriting
Paperback edition (360 pp) of MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: GOLD EDITION by Bryn Donovan, on top of sweaters, with a watch, pinecones, and a pair of glasses and some other stuff nearby, so it just looks cozy
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I can't believe there was a pro ICE demonstrator at the Home Depot in the Chicago suburbs today
super foxy redheaded woman in a devil mask and black cape, holding a sign that says, "Satan says ICE is doing an amazing job! See you in hell, boys!" There are many other protesters. One sign reads "Due Process for All" and one says ICE with a circle and a slash, meaning "no ICE"
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Now’ s the time. #Halloween #quotes
Sign says: Start in November. Start in your 40s. Start on Friday. Start at 5 pm. Start on the 31st. Start late. Just start.
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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@yahoonews.com If you need to hire someone to proofread headlines, DM me! 💙
Yahoo headline with the name Reagan (as in former U.S. president Ronald Reagan) misspelled
October 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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That's $$, but here's what it looks like in units so far this year. Please note this is in thousands:
#publishing
nine months unit sales print books by category (in thousands) adult fiction: 144,717 in 2024, 142,766 in 2025 adult nonfiction: 200,211 in 2024, 194, 192 in 2025 children's fiction: 115,428 in 2024, 116,340 in 2025 children's nonfiction: 41,915 in 2024, 43,045 in 2025 YA fiction: 22,023 in 2024, 22,660 in 2025 YA nonfiction: 3,194 in 2024, 3,193 in 2024
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Me about to take a pic at the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette. What a lovely peaceful place 🩵 #chicago
the temple had a dome on top and somewhat Arabic looking architecture. There are wide paved paths and formal gardens
October 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I bet most of you are chaotic good like me
grid with 9 options: lawful good, neutral good, chaotic good, lawful neutral, true neutral, chaotic neutral, lawful evil, neutral evil, chaotic evil
October 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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I have permission to share! I am THRILLED about our client’s debut novel, which was snapped up by Penguin Random House in a pre-empt.
I've read thousands of query letters, and I love collaborating with authors on them. Bookmark our site for future reference! luckyauthor.com
#writesky #publishing
Lucky Author Success Story book cover: Double Happiness by Heather Eng, featuring a woman wearing sunglasses, a skyline, the silhouettes of two men, and the Chinese “double happiness” symbol “Even after countless revisions and feedback from other people, I never felt like I quite nailed my query letter, which is why I turned to you. Once I saw your edits, I knew it was the query letter that would get me an agent. I signed with one soon after, and sold my novel the next year.” - Heather Eng
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I'm not a photographer but I took these pictures on my walk from the train station to the art museum today 😊 #chicago #artinstituteofchicago #saturdayvibes
Opera house sign that reads "she doesn't need labubus buy opera tickets" skyscrapers above a clean river; bridge city steet in Chicago city street with lamppost, old neon sign of The Berghoff, an old German restaurant
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Greetings from the war zone of Chicago
October 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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I share this cartoon by Rachel Greenburg every fall. 😊 Have a good weekend! #fallvibes #friyay #art #comics
cartoon title: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall egg character taking a walk and enjoying the autumn leaves, carving a jack o’lantern, reading by the fire, picking apples
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Here's the complete review of my romance novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE, from @berkleyromance.bsky.social,
in @libraryjournal.bsky.social.
I am so excited to have the word "hijinks" in a book review! 🤩
#booksky #chicago #romancelandia #romcom #romantasy
After attending her best friend’s wedding where she is hit on by her ex, Rose Novak decides it’s time to craft a love spell to find an old-fashioned gentleman who will like her for herself. Only Rose’s smallest charms have worked so far, so when the long-dead duke of Beresford (Henry Leighton-Lyons, whom Rose recognizes from a portrait recently acquired at the museum where she works) appears in her living room, very much alive, she realizes that her magical powers have expanded and landed her in a huge mess. In 1818, Henry had been researching time-travel so he could jump backwards in time and be with his deceased wife again. When he’s pulled forward instead, he is gratified to see that time-travel is possible—but can he and Rose figure out how she accomplished it and reverse the process to send Henry home? When the two realize why Rose’s love spell worked and what it ultimately means, history will be altered. VERDICT Donovan returns to the universe of Her Knight at the Museum, blending contemporary, historical, and fantasy romance in a charming, hijinks-filled, steamy read.—Kellie Tilton
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I think today is the last day to buy this sweet, cozy, spicy, romcom novel, set in Chicago, for only $1.99 on Kindle! You can’t buy a pumpkin spice latte for that. 😊 Read it before it becomes a Hallmark movie! amzn.to/4mHob3u

#HerKnightAtTheMuseum #art #psl #medievaltimes
the sweet, spicy romcom Her Knight at the Museum by Bryn Donovan, on a Kindle, with a pumpkin and a pumpkin spice latte, $1.99
October 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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If you haven't read my sweet and spicy romance from @berkleyromance.bsky.social, in development for a Hallmark movie, now's the time to get it for $1.99 on Kindle! PS: they go to a Chicago Cubs game!
@cubsbot.bsky.social
#psl #romancelandia #amazon #kindledeals #softromance #october1st #booksky
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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I am wishing everyone the October-est of Octobers. #October1st #happynewmonth
apple cider, cider donuts, pumpkin, on a picnic table
October 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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If you want to do me a huge favor, please request HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE for your library! If you Google "(library name) suggest purchase," you will find the form. The ISBN is 978-0593816615. If you do, email me at bryndonovan1@gmail.com so I can send you a thank you gift! 🩵 #romance #booksky
book cover for Bryn Donovan's HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE! featuring a smitten modern heroine and a dashing Regency era duke holding an astrolabe, with the Chicago skyline in the background and stars above
September 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Really don't appreciate Southwest Airlines shaming my reading choices
#booksky
back of seat on airplane printed with the message "literature only"
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Me overlooking the devastation of the shore of Lake Michigan in war-torn Chicago
Bryn Donovan in hat and flowered dress on a Chicago beach on a beautiful day. People swim in the lake. Skyscrapers are in the background
September 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Portland is beautiful and I hope I can go back there soon 🩵
Bryn very happy with her sprinkly donut: Voodoo Doughnut Bryn at the gorgeous rose garden in Portland a cool Chinese arch in Portland
September 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The stunning, award-winning 82-story Aqua Tower, by Jeanne Gang and her firm, is one of the many buildings in Chicago with international certification for being eco-friendly.
#illinois #architecture #environment #nature
This building has curved balconies reminiscent of waves in the ocean or in nearby Lake Michigan. It has a very harmonious and inspiring vibe.
September 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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No, I appreciate it! And yes, I did some work on Maxine (though I wasn't one of the main writers for her)! 😊
I even had my own line of cards once with my name on the back, which was amazing!
Bryn Donovan back when she had just discovered filters apparently, standing in front of her line of greeting cards at the Gold Crown store and beaming
September 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Visited the immigration facility at 1930 Beach Street in Broadview, Illinois (the Chicago area) today.
#ICE #abolishICE
woman holding sign that reads: evil ICE is building concentration camps in America
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM