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Karin Kallmaker 💜🍦 Love is the Universal Story 🌈📚
@karin.kallmaker.com
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Ice cream. Tim Tams. Coffee. Lesbian writer of sapphic books. Loves her library card. Free reads and more at https://kallmaker.com
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"Hey I'm going to read the news to see if my marriage is going to be invalidated." - said no straight married person ever.

That was my gay agenda today. Finding out if my marriage was up for SCOTUS review. The answer is thankfully no. To a question no one should EVER have to ask.
Against a bright blue sky with trees at the bottom edge, flags for the City of Dublin, State of California, and the USA flag flutter in a strong wind. Below them the Progress LGBTQ flag also flies. I love where I live.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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I discovered this brilliant software a few years ago. One-click and reboot to disable CoPilot and delete its stored data, turn off telemetry tracking, and take control of lots of other privacy settings. Completely free. oo-software.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Cave Dwellers was my gateway drug for a lifetime addiction to MST3K.

best lookin man in the middle ages, my my my
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
small very serious kitten with paws folded together announces I WILL DOMINATE THE WORLD AFTER MY NAP
September 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in September. At the very least you will smile.
Don't step on my purple suede shoes that I of course can't wear anymore but will never part with.
September 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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A 13-year-old meme. Still true. Especially the "serious" critics.
Meme "Romance Writers" with 4 photographs. What We Wish We Were Doing: Poet chewing on pen while pondering over the choice of a word. What Friends Think We're Doing: Woman relaxes at a spa on a bed of roses. What the "Serious" Critics Think We're Doing: Howling monkeys throwing poo at the computer. What We're Actually Doing: Frazzled woman rests weary forehead on hand in front of a blank computer screen with a stack of blank paper to one side.
August 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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And now I have to watch it again, if only for the Purse Ninja ending with the most inelegant dismount from a stage ever, and kudos to Steve Martin for selecting his own butt for 4 seconds of onscreen awkward.
Steve Martin's butt in his fake ninja red warrior suit as he struggles to climb down from a stage.
July 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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My favorite hands down performance by Murphy, and Christine Baranski is a delight. So community theater serious and playing her role SO unhinged.
Christine Baranski slinking into the scene to shout "alien love why why" at Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger.
July 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Post a meme made by you
Meme Of course you can trust me. Not alone with ice cream. Like duh.
July 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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me and the boys, we all heard you was talking shit
Dour Lt Tragg and two other equally dour cops from classic Perry Mason.
July 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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me and my friends, we all heard you was talking shit
Orphan Black black and white photograph of 4 of the characters all played by Tatiana Maslawny - Rachel "you are tiresome", Allison "don't be crude", Cosima "I will thwart you any way that I can" and Sarah "I just wanted to live my life but now you're in my way"
July 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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The fastest way to find Frosting on the Cake 3? Go to your favorite site and search for "kallmaker frosting 3 crazy"

I had hoped that "karin kallmaker is crazy" would work, but it's not precise enough, even though it might be kinda true...
Colorful cupcakes on the Cover of Frosting on the Cake 3: Still Crazy After All These Years by Karin Kallmaker with inset "A calendar year's journey through the lives of couples who believe in love, live proud, and embrace the future.
July 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek Lord of the Rings or Marvel
Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon), stranded alone on Mars, says "It has been seven days since I ran out of ketchup."
June 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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I love where I live. #California #EastBay #Pride2025
June 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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I ask myself "Is anything in this that I can apply to future work?"
Yes: I imagine how I would apply it. Now I know better and will do better.
No: The book I published was the best I could do at the time. Someone didn't like something about it, and there is nothing I can do about that. Let it go.
Clouds in a blue sky. Quote: Let them come, let them be, let them go. - Culadasa.
June 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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But it's NOT true. Courses aren't new or US citizen only. There is no sign of How to spot a dictatorship 101. A short visit at the link shows it's not true.
SOMEONE MADE IT UP for $$ and scored.
Blindly sharing misinformation is why MAGA cult *believes* immigrants eat pets.
Can't we be better?
Screenshot of 2 posts saying "it's true here is the link" and "wow this is the best chaos" referring to a completely false meme "Harvard University set to launch free college courses online for every US citizen. Highlighting basic US Government, understanding the Constitution, and How to recognize a Dictatorship 101"
May 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Quote post this with an image from a movie that always cheers you up. Don’t name the movie, just the image🎥
Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney, stranded on Mars and running out of food. He's talking to the in-habitat camera and looking a bit scruffy around the edges as he says "It has been seven days since I ran out of ketchup."
May 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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For your #lesficfri, a brief moment to put a tingle in your Friday - GASP.

From Black Velvet and a Little Boi Smile. At this very moment the short story is in process of transitioning from Kindle only to everywhere, including my site! www.kallmaker.com/shop/black-v...

lesfic sapphic short story
Moments later my hair was a mess. The heat of her hands on my ears, on my throat, on the back of my head, made me dizzy. She tipped back my head, and my mouth opened to her exploration. Someone moaned — I think it was me, but maybe it was her, or both of us in tune. She bit gently on my bottom lip as I ended the kiss. Her eyes were dark with lust as she asked, “Back seat or bed?” I gasped. “I—” “I’m not really serious about the back seat.” Her voice grew deeper, with a rasp. “Though I like that you’re thinking about it.” from Black Velvet and a Little Boi Smile by Karin Kallmaker. Copyrighted material.
May 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Proof!
May 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Kindle Unlimited users - my short story will be leaving KU later this week so download while you can.

Everyone else - coming soon to most other online sources, including Bella Books and Kobo.
lesfic sapphicromance butch-femme
Cover, butch femme lesbian romance story, Black Velvet and a Little Boi Smile, by Karin Kallmaker, on dark velvet background with orange rose and neon blue ribbon in the shape of a heart
May 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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The word is "promise" for #lesficfri - voted I Heart SapphFic Historical Romance of the Year!

Available **everywhere** including Bella Books, Kobo, Hoopla for ebook, my site for signed paperback, and Spotify et al for audio read by Ann Shanks Etter.
sapphic books, lesbian romance 🌈📚
Her voice like the memory of a smoky fire, she added, “‘Eyes, look your last. Arms, take your last embrace.’” I didn’t recall the rest of Romeo’s speech, except the end. “‘Thus with a kiss I die.’” Her lips parted enough for her to say, “Oh, surely there won’t be death in your kisses, Darlin’.” The half-smile of promise, the flutter in my lashes — flirtation suddenly came to me easily. “I had quite the opposite in mind.” She leaned toward me with a now open grin, but a knock at the door brought me to my feet. - From Cowboys and Kisses by Karin Kallmaker. Copyrighted material. Cover of sapphic book lesbian historical romance Cowboys and Kisses written by Karin Kallmaker and read by Ann Shanks Etter. Woman in vintage black dress holds handmade book of brown rough-edged paper folded over lavender.
May 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Let them eat dolls.
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The math here is 2 bags of rice will cost a few bucks more than 30 bags of rice?
You know, somebody said, oh the shelves are going to be open. Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally. President TFG, April 30, 2025
May 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Huh. The NYT crossword doesn't often use so many rebus answers, but I know this is right..?
67 across clue: Like government secrets, occasionally my answer SHARED IN SIGNAL CHAT
May 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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It's still #lesficfri where I am, and the story quote is all about eye contact. "stare"

Available everywhere including my site, Bella Books, and Kobo.
SapphicBookSky Sapphic romance lesfic
THE BLOND, CURLY-HAIRED woman was back. Nikki had noticed her almost right away because she listened attentively. She also applauded quickly, didn’t dress like the regular gamblers, and probably wasn’t a tourist either. She knew the waitstaff, spoke Italian to them, and seemed to smile easily. When she listened to Nikki’s music, her narrow, pale face was green and blue in the cabaret lights and smiled more than once in response to an unexpected key change or a cadenza Nikki used to segue between songs. Her large, wide eyes seemed to miss nothing. Nikki had at first found the lingering stare disconcerting, but that had changed on the third night, when their gazes had met, and that easy smile had held nothing but a grateful pleasure. She was back for a fourth night. Something about her felt like gravity pulling on Nikki’s skin. - from Velvet in Venice by Karin Kallmaker. Copyrighted material. A Coin of Love Romance. Velvet in Venice. Karin Kallmaker. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Book cover featuring young black woman with natural hair and glowing skin. Foreground glass of red wine, background the skyline of Venice and the Grand Canal.
April 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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It's the last one in the store. Oh the debate betwee BUY IT NOW and Ummm...gross?

BUY IT NOW wins of course.
Cadbury Creme Egg available only around Easter, with foil missing from a chunk of it exposing the chocolate of a confection either beloved or detested by all who know of it.
April 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM