Mae Rossi
@maerossiauthor.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 romance author (she/her). MM romance HOT SPRING REMEDY out now.
Current wip: sapphic chess romance~
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Current wip: sapphic chess romance~
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Mae Rossi
@maerossiauthor.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Thinking constantly forever about the "blueprint" I sent my cover artist and what he sent back
(Thank you to author and artist Alistair Reeves!)
#WritingCommunity #LGBTQ+ #romancelandia #mmromance
(Thank you to author and artist Alistair Reeves!)
#WritingCommunity #LGBTQ+ #romancelandia #mmromance
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Low on funds and need some help giving bookish gifts to loved ones? We've got a book drive (and many generous donors) for that! Sign up and get matched with a great book! lgbtqreads.com/2025/11/12/l...
LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you’re struggling to afford gifts for a loved one …
lgbtqreads.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Low on funds and need some help giving bookish gifts to loved ones? We've got a book drive (and many generous donors) for that! Sign up and get matched with a great book! lgbtqreads.com/2025/11/12/l...
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I got out of the habit of reading magazines bc of the social pressure of writers reading what's trendy/popular or frankly expected of you.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I got out of the habit of reading magazines bc of the social pressure of writers reading what's trendy/popular or frankly expected of you.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
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if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
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Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday.
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday.
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18181999:
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18181999:
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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Can we make 2026 the year we ditch the cartoon covers for romance books and bring back the lovingly rendered oil painting covers of old?
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Can we make 2026 the year we ditch the cartoon covers for romance books and bring back the lovingly rendered oil painting covers of old?
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Loved the Oscar Wilde quote read out at the start of Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction ceremony this evening:
“If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.”
Yay books!
(book in pic was in my goody bag, not the winner)
“If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.”
Yay books!
(book in pic was in my goody bag, not the winner)
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Loved the Oscar Wilde quote read out at the start of Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction ceremony this evening:
“If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.”
Yay books!
(book in pic was in my goody bag, not the winner)
“If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.”
Yay books!
(book in pic was in my goody bag, not the winner)
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
I've never had anyone be that aggressive with me, but when people start to throw mask shade I tell them I'm highly contagious. It's worked well so far tbh
Had a boomer woman pick a fight with me in Walgreens for wearing a mask.
"You're treating me like I'm diseased, but I'm not!"
Fuck off, lady. I'm just standing in line at the checkout counter. I don't even know you.
What a weird thing to say to a total stranger.
"You're treating me like I'm diseased, but I'm not!"
Fuck off, lady. I'm just standing in line at the checkout counter. I don't even know you.
What a weird thing to say to a total stranger.
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've never had anyone be that aggressive with me, but when people start to throw mask shade I tell them I'm highly contagious. It's worked well so far tbh
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The older I get, the more I appreciate and love physical media of all forms. To put in a CD in a CD-player, a vinyl on a record player, a movie into a blu-ray or DVD-player... It really is the best. To know you own it. You can touch it. Smell it. Display it nicely. 😌
a cartoon drawing of a record player playing a record .
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a record player playing a record .
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The older I get, the more I appreciate and love physical media of all forms. To put in a CD in a CD-player, a vinyl on a record player, a movie into a blu-ray or DVD-player... It really is the best. To know you own it. You can touch it. Smell it. Display it nicely. 😌
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In addition to all the *gestures at everything* I’ve barely been able to write this year and it’s been absolutely soul crushing
Well gosh dangit I have two and a half months left of this godawful year to turn that around and I’m fuckin gonna 💪 let’s fuckin go
Well gosh dangit I have two and a half months left of this godawful year to turn that around and I’m fuckin gonna 💪 let’s fuckin go
October 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In addition to all the *gestures at everything* I’ve barely been able to write this year and it’s been absolutely soul crushing
Well gosh dangit I have two and a half months left of this godawful year to turn that around and I’m fuckin gonna 💪 let’s fuckin go
Well gosh dangit I have two and a half months left of this godawful year to turn that around and I’m fuckin gonna 💪 let’s fuckin go
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It is once again time
October 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It is once again time
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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
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I just finished a book by one of my favorite authors from a series I started four years ago. FOUR. YEARS. Even though I love her work, I'm a mood reader with an enormous TBR.
It's a long game, folks. The key is just staying in it if you can.
#writingcommunity
It's a long game, folks. The key is just staying in it if you can.
#writingcommunity
October 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I just finished a book by one of my favorite authors from a series I started four years ago. FOUR. YEARS. Even though I love her work, I'm a mood reader with an enormous TBR.
It's a long game, folks. The key is just staying in it if you can.
#writingcommunity
It's a long game, folks. The key is just staying in it if you can.
#writingcommunity
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Just saw a care home employee post a video of one of her charges dancing when she thought she was alone and care providers, you really need to…well, CARE about your patients’ privacy! My grandma would have been mortified.
Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.
Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.
October 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just saw a care home employee post a video of one of her charges dancing when she thought she was alone and care providers, you really need to…well, CARE about your patients’ privacy! My grandma would have been mortified.
Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.
Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.
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She's so beautiful GO LOOK AT HER
October 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
She's so beautiful GO LOOK AT HER
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Some publisher could start a trade newsletter for romance-only bookstores and make a fucking MINT by throwing a few bucks to a freelancer or two and sending a copy to the literal hundreds of new bookstores that will be left rudderless if Tiktok starts suppressing spicy book content.
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Some publisher could start a trade newsletter for romance-only bookstores and make a fucking MINT by throwing a few bucks to a freelancer or two and sending a copy to the literal hundreds of new bookstores that will be left rudderless if Tiktok starts suppressing spicy book content.