Laura Ridgefield
@lauraridgefield.bsky.social
HEA forever. Romance novelist ("Under the Influencer" coming soon!) Board Member, Chicago North Romance Writers. #romancelandia PR practitioner, mom, bleeding heart. She/her
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#Romancelandia -- if you want to keep up with the antics and amazing writers of the renown @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social, I've assembled this handy-dandy starter pack. go.bsky.app/79Fbp47
YES! I'm all registered for the Chicago North Romance Writers SPRING FLING 2026! Who's going to join me? EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS SOON!!!! www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com/spring-fling
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
YES! I'm all registered for the Chicago North Romance Writers SPRING FLING 2026! Who's going to join me? EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS SOON!!!! www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com/spring-fling
This.
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Contemporary romance indie authors - trying to decide between KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital and Barnes & Noble for self publishing. Leaning toward KDP, but would love to hear your thoughts! #indiepublishing #writingromance #amwriting
October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Contemporary romance indie authors - trying to decide between KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital and Barnes & Noble for self publishing. Leaning toward KDP, but would love to hear your thoughts! #indiepublishing #writingromance #amwriting
One of the best writing conferences around for romance writers! Registration just opened with early bird pricing, and you can choose in-person or online! (But I hope you choose in-person so we can meet!) #amwriting #writingromance #chicagospringfling
Chicago North Spring Fling Writers Conference 2026 registration is now available!
Workshops, agent pitch sessions, blogger bookseller meet and greet, book signing, gala, charity auction, networking! #Authorsky #romancewriters
www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com/spring-fling
Workshops, agent pitch sessions, blogger bookseller meet and greet, book signing, gala, charity auction, networking! #Authorsky #romancewriters
www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com/spring-fling
October 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One of the best writing conferences around for romance writers! Registration just opened with early bird pricing, and you can choose in-person or online! (But I hope you choose in-person so we can meet!) #amwriting #writingromance #chicagospringfling
Reposted by Laura Ridgefield
Authors of #Romancelandia! In an attempt to get a jump on Bookstore Romance Day planning for 2026, I have opened up the author registration form. This information is shared w/bookstores who want to do events for BRD & for Bookstore Romance Day-presented virtual panels & events. Link in next post.
September 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Authors of #Romancelandia! In an attempt to get a jump on Bookstore Romance Day planning for 2026, I have opened up the author registration form. This information is shared w/bookstores who want to do events for BRD & for Bookstore Romance Day-presented virtual panels & events. Link in next post.
Today's the LAST DAY to submit a workshop proposal for Chicago-North Romance Writers' SPRING FLING conference in April 2026. You won't want to miss it!
Deadline: submit your workshop proposal by August 15!
#romancewriters #Chicagosky #Chicago
www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com
#romancewriters #Chicagosky #Chicago
www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today's the LAST DAY to submit a workshop proposal for Chicago-North Romance Writers' SPRING FLING conference in April 2026. You won't want to miss it!
If the #StuffYourEReader event is too much to sift through -- @fatedmates.net have done the legwork for you. Just added these to my TBR! #romance
Get these excellent romances for free today!
Jess K Hardy's LIPS LIKE SUGAR
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Nikki Sloane's THE INITIATION
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Sara Whitney's TEMPTING HEAT
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Annika Martin's DARK MAFIA PRINCE
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Jess K Hardy's LIPS LIKE SUGAR
amzn.to/4lf4boA
Nikki Sloane's THE INITIATION
amzn.to/3FKUxv6
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Sara Whitney's TEMPTING HEAT
amzn.to/3HMfjeb
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Annika Martin's DARK MAFIA PRINCE
amzn.to/3HKcGtD
June 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If the #StuffYourEReader event is too much to sift through -- @fatedmates.net have done the legwork for you. Just added these to my TBR! #romance
For those who want to GET ALL THE BOOKS -- a bunch of freebies for you! It's #StuffYourEReader day!
Hey nerds it's stuff your e-reader day over on romance bookworms
Romance Bookworms
Free romance ebooks, sorted by the retailer of your choice! No strings attached, just one-click and start reading! Your friends, the romance novel fairies.
www.romancebookworms.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For those who want to GET ALL THE BOOKS -- a bunch of freebies for you! It's #StuffYourEReader day!
Confession - I hoard books (new, secondhand, library discards) like a miser. I have a very hard time getting rid of books. At last count, I had more than 1,100 in my shelves. Is that an excessive amount?
June 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Confession - I hoard books (new, secondhand, library discards) like a miser. I have a very hard time getting rid of books. At last count, I had more than 1,100 in my shelves. Is that an excessive amount?
I'm normally not a fan of present-tense writing, but I just finished beta reading a fantasy novel from my agent-sibling, and it was SO good. I might have to rethink my bias.
June 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm normally not a fan of present-tense writing, but I just finished beta reading a fantasy novel from my agent-sibling, and it was SO good. I might have to rethink my bias.
Only 3 weeks away!
Where are the #Chicagoland romance readers?
Our Books in Bloom event:
8 author panels including romance book podcasts Fated Mates, Whoamance!, Cantina Book club, Midnight Ace podcast and Chicago's Last Chapter Bookshop!
Tea & book-themed fashion show
Book signing!
www.chicagobooksinbloom.com
Our Books in Bloom event:
8 author panels including romance book podcasts Fated Mates, Whoamance!, Cantina Book club, Midnight Ace podcast and Chicago's Last Chapter Bookshop!
Tea & book-themed fashion show
Book signing!
www.chicagobooksinbloom.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Only 3 weeks away!
Me and my bsky bubble
June 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Me and my bsky bubble
Reposted by Laura Ridgefield
June 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The biggest problem with writing a romance novel set in Ireland is that you can get completely, wistfully lost when researching vacation rentals. Now all I want to do is plan another vacation there!
June 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The biggest problem with writing a romance novel set in Ireland is that you can get completely, wistfully lost when researching vacation rentals. Now all I want to do is plan another vacation there!
Writers, name five of the authors who most impacted your writing style or philosophy:
Betty Smith
Jane Austen
Victoria Holt
Sharon Kay Penman
Jude Devereaux
Betty Smith
Jane Austen
Victoria Holt
Sharon Kay Penman
Jude Devereaux
Writers, name five of the authors who most impacted your writing style or philosophy:
JRR Tolkien
CS Lewis
Libba Bray
Ken Follett
Lemony Snicket
JRR Tolkien
CS Lewis
Libba Bray
Ken Follett
Lemony Snicket
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Writers, name five of the authors who most impacted your writing style or philosophy:
Betty Smith
Jane Austen
Victoria Holt
Sharon Kay Penman
Jude Devereaux
Betty Smith
Jane Austen
Victoria Holt
Sharon Kay Penman
Jude Devereaux
Ah, we've reached that intersection of heat & humidity where I can't sit on any chair in shorts for more than a minute. My legs stick to the chair like a fruit rollup to its wrapper.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch and making a funny face while talking about fruit roll ups
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch and making a funny face while talking about fruit roll ups
media.tenor.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ah, we've reached that intersection of heat & humidity where I can't sit on any chair in shorts for more than a minute. My legs stick to the chair like a fruit rollup to its wrapper.
What little respect he has for the profession, the craft and the readers. Why buy it? Just ask ChatGPT to summarize the plot, if you must.
um, you couldn’t PAY ME to touch this book or support it. never in a thousand years. wow. ew. ick. 📚💙
June 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What little respect he has for the profession, the craft and the readers. Why buy it? Just ask ChatGPT to summarize the plot, if you must.
With THREE romance-only bookstores (@lovessweetarrow.bsky.social, @thelastchapter.bsky.social and now the new Pink Couch bookstore in Wilmette) in the Chicagoland area, it's absolutely a lock: CHICAGO IS THE BEST MARKET FOR ROMANCE NOVELS! 😍
May 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
With THREE romance-only bookstores (@lovessweetarrow.bsky.social, @thelastchapter.bsky.social and now the new Pink Couch bookstore in Wilmette) in the Chicagoland area, it's absolutely a lock: CHICAGO IS THE BEST MARKET FOR ROMANCE NOVELS! 😍
Chicago Romance readers! It's the last few days to enter to win FREE passes to the Chicago Books in Bloom reader event The ticket giveaway ends May 30, so use this link to enter: socialman.net/c/1h7ey/
Giveaway: Premier Registration for Chicago Books in Bloom 2025
2 separate winners will each receive ONE (1) Premiere registrationPremiere – $100 value (all Saturday activities-breakfast, panels, lunch,
socialman.net
May 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Chicago Romance readers! It's the last few days to enter to win FREE passes to the Chicago Books in Bloom reader event The ticket giveaway ends May 30, so use this link to enter: socialman.net/c/1h7ey/
As hometown romance novelists, the Chicago Sun-Times’ unwitting publication of an AI-“written” article on summer reads (where the majority of books weren’t real) struck a nerve. We responded. chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
Romance writers aren't hot for AI
Readers sound off about AI-generated summer reading list that appeared in a syndicated section of the Sun-Times.
chicago.suntimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
As hometown romance novelists, the Chicago Sun-Times’ unwitting publication of an AI-“written” article on summer reads (where the majority of books weren’t real) struck a nerve. We responded. chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
I mean....LOOK AT THESE HEAVY HITTERS??? 😍
May 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I mean....LOOK AT THESE HEAVY HITTERS??? 😍
SO excited for this incredible event! If you love books (specifically romance novels, romantasy, etc) and you're in the Chicago area -- you won't want to miss this chance to meet amazing authors, discover new favorites and have fun!
Join us for our second Books in Bloom event!
This is a reader focused event we host on the off-year of our long running Spring Fling Romance Writers conference and book signing.
Tickets available: www.chicagobooksinbloom.com #Chicago #romancereader #booksky
This is a reader focused event we host on the off-year of our long running Spring Fling Romance Writers conference and book signing.
Tickets available: www.chicagobooksinbloom.com #Chicago #romancereader #booksky
May 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
SO excited for this incredible event! If you love books (specifically romance novels, romantasy, etc) and you're in the Chicago area -- you won't want to miss this chance to meet amazing authors, discover new favorites and have fun!
Woot WOOT- my amazing literary agent @burbanosobi.bsky.social is in the house!!! Give her a follow!
May 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Woot WOOT- my amazing literary agent @burbanosobi.bsky.social is in the house!!! Give her a follow!
The @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social Discord group has kicked my butt into shape with goal-setting, writing sprints and general spoonanigans. 10/10 Would Recommend.
April 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social Discord group has kicked my butt into shape with goal-setting, writing sprints and general spoonanigans. 10/10 Would Recommend.
I love everything about this -- especially the opening lede.
Quicksand swallowed a man at a Michigan beach, then he found love
Quicksand swallows man at Michigan beach near harbor dredging
Romance blossoms after Leland beach date takes a dramatic turn.
www.mlive.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I love everything about this -- especially the opening lede.