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Darci Ann Baker
@dabakerauthor.bsky.social
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Romance Author, Scorpio, sailor, animal lover, professional shower, member Chicago North Romance Writers, she/her 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Debut novel, Separation Game,
buy link:
https://books2read.com/separationgame

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Darci Ann Baker @dabakerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 2
I'm super excited to announce my debut's available to even more readers!

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#separationgame
Now available on Kobo Plus Image of ereader with Separation Game cover (gold and dark brown chessboard. Black queen standing over the white king and simple wedding bands
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#WIPsnips | week

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#secretswekeep
Okay, I might have fucked up. Come on a little strong. I don’t know. I was going on instinct. How was I to know my grocery-store angel was the same woman Grace mentioned last WEEK? At least, I didn’t know who she was when I first walked up to Lyric. Secrets We Keep
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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#WIPsnips | build

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Zane squeezes my hand, turning in his seat to face me. My mouth dries and my skin prickles with awareness. Without even looking, I can feel the weight of his gaze and the expectation building as the seconds tick by. Shit, he's going to kiss me. Secrets We Keep
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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#WIPsnips | shirt

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A quick glance up told me what I already knew. Travis looked good. Today he wore a pair of thigh-hugging worn jeans—not the trendy kind, but from actual wear—and a cranberry-colored t-SHIRT topped with a charcoal tweed sport coat that complemented his silver eyes and salt-and-pepper hair. Professor porn.
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#WIPsnips | burger

Searching for burgers in my wips has made me hungry!

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"Yeah. I miss the sun and the heat. I miss Leo's tacos and In-N-Out BURGERS. I even miss the Santa Anas, the May Grays, and the June Glooms. But I can't risk it. I have to make it as hard as possible for Gray to find me. I've a new life here and I'm making the best of it." Secrets We Keep
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#WIPsnips | local

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This wip will be released Feb 1!
I bolt to my feet, my eyes widening a fraction as I reassess my opinion of Zane Brody. His music the other night was good—better than I had expected for a LOCAL bar band. But the music inked on his skin hints at so much more. Who is this guy? Secrets We Keep
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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They were useless little nothings that should have held no meaning, and yet she risked life and limb to get them back. And, for what? To find herself right back starving on the streets?
- my WIP, Seven Years Love

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November 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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One week to go in this special virtual food drive! Make a donation to Northern Illinois Food Bank and you'll get a super special shout-out in THE BRIGHTEST BLAZE.
Be a hero, lend a hand, make someone's day a little brighter. ❤️
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Image with small gourds and pumpkins along the top and bottom and the text "Donate to Northern Illinois Food Bank and get thanked in THE BRIGHTEST BLAZE!"
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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#fridayspark from my wip Secrets We Keep

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The sleeve of his jacket shifts revealing scrolls of ink that disappear under the leather. This time my sigh is harder to hold back, and so is my curiosity to discover how much art lies under this man's clothes. Why must I have a weakness for tattoos? Secrets We Keep
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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#WIPSnips | movement

I shortened today's word to Move

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The urge to kiss the daylights out of Cynthia was just about overwhelming. But I needed to bide my time. Wait for her to make the first move. Far be it from me to break her rules. No, she will have to willingly break them herself.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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#WIPsnips | penultimate

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Ugh. This was a tough one. This quote is as close as I could get.
The easiest thing would be to send Zane home. Never see him again. Never challenge my fears. But Kelly's words ring loud in my ears, making too damn much sense. My ex-husband's been in jail for the last three years, but so have I. Without even realizing it, I've turned this house into my self-imposed isolation cell. This is my chance at freedom. Secrets We Keep
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The crew attend a funeral, and Sophie's thoughts are clouded by anger and grief. 😠😔😣

Today's snippet is a bit more serious than usual.

From an action-comedy novel about a girl, a robot, and the heist crew they call family.

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They’d barely found time to peel Scruffy out of his bandages before rushing down to a shadowed cemetery behind Saint Aureline’s Cathedral, where their fallen comrades were being interred. It was a quiet ceremony. Rain dripped down faces already wet, and hands missing fingers found trembling shoulders unasked. “May they all find serenity beyond our world,” chanted the priest solemnly as the final body was lowered. “May they all rest in peace, evermore.” What rest? Sophie had thought at the time, angry and exhausted. What peace? They were dead. They hadn’t needed to die, but death rarely waits to be needed. Rest was for the living, and peace was what the living told themselves they wanted, yet somehow, after all these years, they remained hopelessly incapable of coming close to it, even by accident. Their allies had fought for a city that failed them, and died for people who would never learn their names. And they got nothing in return. Nothing. Even their meagre funeral was a sham. The ceremony wasn't really for them at all. Those who survived the battle simply couldn't bear to grieve alone. And what good were a handful of tears? A few slabs of engraved stone, a chorus of mumbled prayers, a weedy trail to a patch of old dirt, all in exchange for their eternal silence. Such audacity, to think that any of it would bring them peace.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#WIPSnips | trail

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"First time in three years a man has me on my back, and I'm covered in mud and grass clippings and God knows what else. I was hoping for something a bit more romantic." Zane's fingers TRAIL along my jaw and his thumb brushes across my bottom lip. "You look beautiful in mud and grass clippings." Secrets We Keep
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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#WIPSnips | steel

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There was nothing cool about Cynthia Jacobs. She was molten STEEL and burning flame, and by morning I would be nothing but a pile of cooling cinders at her feet. And God help me, I wanted to be the ash she swept away once she had her fill. Engagement Game
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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#WIPSnips | nice

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I'm playing catch-up today. I apologize for checking out for a bit, but I've been preoccupied with the final edits of my next book:)

This quote is from my debut novel (link in my bio, for anyone interested)
"My granny always said, 'There's ain't nothin' like a NICE glass of justice and a thick slice of revenge to put everythin' right.'" Separation Game
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 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/%...

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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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taco john's is good people
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It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Yup, that's me
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November 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Want to be a real-life superhero? I've set up a virtual food drive to raise funds for Northern Illinois Food Bank.
For anyone who donates before Nov. 14, you'll get thanked in THE BRIGHTEST BLAZE.
Food is a basic human right. Let's lend a hand, friends.
support.solvehungertoday.org/fundraiser/6...
Image with small gourds and pumpkins along the top and bottom and the text "Donate to Northern Illinois Food Bank and get thanked in THE BRIGHTEST BLAZE!"
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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#NoKings Chicago. 📸: @aaroncynic.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#Romance #writers, #editors, and #publishing folks -- we love getting new speakers and new topics! Please reach out! 🫶✍️
chicagonorthrw.bsky.social Chicago-North Romance Writers @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social · Oct 9
Interested in becoming a guest speaker for one of our writing programs? Please contact us to receive a link to submit your programming idea. #Authorsky #writersky #romanceauthor #indieauthor
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Chicago north romance writers - find our upcoming programs on our website
October 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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New Yorkers! The New York State Teachers Union has created an easy way for you to tell Governor Hochul to sign the right to read law.
Tell Gov. Hochul to sign the Freedom to Read Act!
Tell Governor Hochul to stand up for free access to books and ideas—urge her to sign S.1099/A.7777 to protect New York’s school and public libraries from censorship.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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My beautiful city is under siege, and it's breaking my heart. Please read, and share if you like the post.
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#chicago #ice #nationalguard
My Beautiful City Is Under Siege and It’s Breaking My Heart
I don’t expect to write another blog post like this. If you’re a longtime reader of this blog, you know that I focus on writing and positivity. But this is related to my writing, and anyway, …
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October 10, 2025 at 3:07 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

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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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REGISTRATION is open!!! Get in early for the good prices for @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social Spring Fling 2026 writers conference in Chicago. Masterclasses, workshops, pitch appointments, networking and fun. Check it out ☺️ #romancelandia

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Spring Fling — Chicago-North Romance Writers
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October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM