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River Kaplan 🏳️‍🌈
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just a little guy. writing queer MM romance set in the US south. he/they ✌🏻🌈💜

find my writing on ream: https://reamstories.com/riverkaplan
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HEARTSTOPPER HIATUS ENDING NEXT MONTH, WILL TO LIVE RESTORED
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June 4, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Tuesday nights are date nights and date nights are espresso martini nights 💜
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May 29, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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What are you wearing to the Bsky cocktail hour? 🍸
Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke kneeling in grass, wearing a top that literally only covers his arms and it tied around his neck with a coat billowing off him that's just around his shoulders, and also pants
April 30, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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share the first paragraph from your book/wip to gain interest

💕 How Not To Fall For Your Roommate 👬
It’s not that Norman is ugly, exactly. Truthfully, I have nothing against him physically. I’ve liked plenty of men with dad bods before. And believe me, growing up in the rural South, I know that not everyone has the same access to quality dental care that I had. And… I mean… it’s not his fault that he has a rather unfortunate receding hairline, I suppose. But, like… I’m mentally comparing the man sitting in front of me with the pictures on his Grindr profile and, honey, it’s been a minute and some change since he must have looked like the dreamy college swimmer I thought I was signing up for a date with. And if he is twenty-four like his bio says, then woof, that’s a rough twenty-four. I force a smile as I look up from the plastic rim of my iced coffee and try to ignore the mellow shag tune playing on the café’s speakers. “So… how long have you lived in Fisher Cove?”
April 26, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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halfway through the book and finally starting to get into the ~steamy~ bits
A public trail in a state park in broad daylight is decidedly not the place to give in to the urge to sink down to my knees directly in front of my roommate, but damn if I don't wish it was.
April 14, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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Oh, Adam, you poor himbo.

#wipsnips #amwriting #mmromance
“Earth to Moises?” Adam waves a hand in front of my face. “Hey, your turn. Quiz me.” “Oh. Right. Um, sorry.” I blush as I fumble for a flash card. “This is the powerhouse of the cell.” “Oh, come on, that one’s easy.” He sticks his tongue out. “The ribosomes.” My face stretches into a grimace as I look up from the card. “Um… try again?” Adam’s eyes widen. “Seriously? It’s not the ribosomes?” He flops forward, burying his head in his hands and mumbling, “I am so going to fail this exam.”
April 10, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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i think i'm sooooooo funny
“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” Adam cocks an eyebrow upward and takes a sip of his latte. “What’s that supposed to mean?” I mean, I’ll take Shakespeare, but I was hoping for more shall I compare thee to a summer’s day: hot as fuck with a personality to match.
April 9, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Chapter two of my MM romance WIP serial "How Not To Fall For Your Roommate" just went live on Ream! If you love:

✨ Opposites attract
✨ Coming out
✨ Oh my god they were roommates

Then head on over to Ream and join Jasper & Moises at Albemarle College: reamstories.com/page/lr04a0c...

🌈📚💜 #MMRomance
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March 15, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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🚨 New story alert 🚨

Class is in session at Albemarle College and the first chapter of my new queer romance, How Not To Fall For Your Roommate, is available to read for free, only on Ream! 🌈📚🌈💜

reamstories.com/page/lr04a0c...

#MMRomance #Romancelandia
A trope board for a book titled "How Not To Fall For Your Roommate" by River Kaplan. The art on the cover shows a blond-haired young Caucasian man grinning and looking upward next to a smiling young Latino man with black hair. The book is laid out on a table with a croissant and coffee, and arrows point from the book to tropes, including "Queer college Romance", "Happy Ending", "Opposites Attract", and "Oh My God They Were Roommates".
March 12, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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late night writing snippet, so sad that it'll be like another week before this chapter goes live for anybody
My lips purse. Objectively, I should still be feeling absolutely awful, but I'm still so baffled that I've almost forgotten what an idiot I am. "Is that... allowed?" Dr. Edison throws her head back and laughs. "I have tenure. Nobody gives a fuck what I do."
March 12, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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Apparently it's National Proofreading Day—which is worth celebrating bc no matter how perfect I think a chapter is, I literally always catch errors when I go to post it! One trick I've found is that using text-to-speech to read my stuff back to me makes all kinds of errors jump right out #amwriting
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March 8, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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plotting out the meet cute 🥰

#mmromance #amwriting #amwritingromance 🌈📚💜
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March 2, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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love cracking open a fresh outline #amwriting #amoutlining #amwritingromance
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February 29, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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Messages that make me love writing serial romance 🥰

#MMRomance #amwriting 🌈📚💜
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February 20, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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The first two chapters of my short queer MM romance, "Under An August Moon", are live and free to read on Ream, with new chapters every Tuesday morning! Check it out at reamstories.com/page/lr04a0c...

📚👀 🌈💜

#MMromance #romancelandia #amwritingromance
The cover of a book, "Under An August Moon", laying on top of carpet. The cover shows two boys in silhouette about to kiss beneath a full moon. Arrows point from the book to various tropes in a fun font: "Contemporary MM Romance", "Friends to Lovers", "Coming Out/First Kiss", "Nerd + The Jock Next Door", "The Platonic ideal of a hockey butt", "And A Happy Ending!"
February 7, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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February 6, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Mood board? Mood board. 🌈💜 And chapter two goes live tomorrow morning 👇🏻

reamstories.com/page/lr04a0c...

#mmromance #romancelandia #amwritingromance
A 3x3 mood board. From top left, it showcases a full moon, a cul-de-sac, a young, smiling brown-haired man, a glass bottle, the title "Under An August Moon", a person holding a smart phone, paper chains, a young blond man, and two men kissing.
February 6, 2024 at 2:49 AM
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What's the best episode of television you've ever watched?

(filed under: media that permanently rewrote my brain chemistry)
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February 4, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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just like one of those fish!
A sheepshead fish with horrible human-like teeth
February 2, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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current mood: happy crying about the person who just raced through this chapter and left six comments in like five minutes 😭

#amwritingromance #MMromance #writingcommunity #romancelandia
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February 1, 2024 at 4:32 PM