L.J. Lawless
@ljlawless.bsky.social
📝YA and MG fantasy writer
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📚My workspace is an aesthetic nightmare so mostly I post pictures of my cats
🖥just trying to figure out where booktwitter lives now. lj_lawless everywhere else except elonville!
god the themes were masterful
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
god the themes were masterful
Reposted by L.J. Lawless
to understand what's happening in romantasy, and how pubilshers make decisions about what stories to tell, it's in fact deeply necessary to know how diverse YA fantasy actually is. because that's how it becomes really clear the extent to which romantasy publishers are prioritizing straight whiteness
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
to understand what's happening in romantasy, and how pubilshers make decisions about what stories to tell, it's in fact deeply necessary to know how diverse YA fantasy actually is. because that's how it becomes really clear the extent to which romantasy publishers are prioritizing straight whiteness
That one is on my universal recommendation list too!
July 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
That one is on my universal recommendation list too!
Eventually I was just like idk, there are a lot of things in the world that need doing and the existence of those programs shouldn’t depend on if they’re sexy enough to pitch at a cocktail party. But somehow, it does. No shade to the NGOs who work this way, it’s just the reality. But I hated it!
April 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Eventually I was just like idk, there are a lot of things in the world that need doing and the existence of those programs shouldn’t depend on if they’re sexy enough to pitch at a cocktail party. But somehow, it does. No shade to the NGOs who work this way, it’s just the reality. But I hated it!
A lot of private fundraising for NGOs is about identifying the extremely wealthy people and pitching them the good deed your org does, hopefully getting them to commit major $ to establish a project. But it’s so 1:1 and relational. Like, how is this good deed good for *them.*
April 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A lot of private fundraising for NGOs is about identifying the extremely wealthy people and pitching them the good deed your org does, hopefully getting them to commit major $ to establish a project. But it’s so 1:1 and relational. Like, how is this good deed good for *them.*