R.M. Romero
@rmromeroauthor.bsky.social
🌊 THE TEAR COLLECTOR (10.14.25, LBYR)
🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson
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🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson
🏳️🌈 🇨🇺 🧿 ✡️ 🍉 🇺🇦
https://linktr.ee/rmromeroauthor
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THE TEAR COLLECTOR is a darkly fantastical climate change tale about two siblings who survive the end of the world only to wash ashore on an island full of secrets…and people who are slowly turning into monsters.
You can preorder now!
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THE TEAR COLLECTOR is a darkly fantastical climate change tale about two siblings who survive the end of the world only to wash ashore on an island full of secrets…and people who are slowly turning into monsters.
You can preorder now!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/r-m-r...
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She is snow-hearted.
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
She is snow-hearted.
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In THE TEAR COLLECTOR, @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social explores memory, fear, and hope at the end of the world. Pick up this middle grade novel now, and read the author's interview about climate change anxiety and more with A Novel Mind:
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October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In THE TEAR COLLECTOR, @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social explores memory, fear, and hope at the end of the world. Pick up this middle grade novel now, and read the author's interview about climate change anxiety and more with A Novel Mind:
www.anovelmind.com/post/r-m-rom...
www.anovelmind.com/post/r-m-rom...
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In THE TEAR COLLECTOR (out today!), @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social explores anxiety and hope in the face of a climate apocalypse. Read the interview about this lyrical and heartfelt middle grade novel with A Novel Mind:
www.anovelmind.com/post/r-m-rom...
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R.M. Romero: The Tear Collector (Climate, Mental Health)
Set after the end of the world, this darkly fantastical climate change tale explores hope, memory, and what really makes a monster.ANM: Welcome to A Novel Mind, Ms. Romero! Please introduce yourself! ...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In THE TEAR COLLECTOR (out today!), @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social explores anxiety and hope in the face of a climate apocalypse. Read the interview about this lyrical and heartfelt middle grade novel with A Novel Mind:
www.anovelmind.com/post/r-m-rom...
www.anovelmind.com/post/r-m-rom...
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THE TEAR COLLECTOR releases in less than a month! My cli-fi dystopia about hope at the end of the world received a star from PW, glowing reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, and amazing blurbs from authors like NYT bestseller Natalie Lloyd! ☔️
@lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
@lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
THE TEAR COLLECTOR releases in less than a month! My cli-fi dystopia about hope at the end of the world received a star from PW, glowing reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, and amazing blurbs from authors like NYT bestseller Natalie Lloyd! ☔️
@lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
@lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
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🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 20 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: October-December 2025 🌟
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September 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 20 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: October-December 2025 🌟
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THE TEAR COLLECTOR releases in less than a month! My cli-fi dystopia about hope at the end of the world received a star from PW, glowing reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, and amazing blurbs from authors like NYT bestseller Natalie Lloyd! ☔️
@lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
@lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
THE TEAR COLLECTOR releases in less than a month! My cli-fi dystopia about hope at the end of the world received a star from PW, glowing reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, and amazing blurbs from authors like NYT bestseller Natalie Lloyd! ☔️
@lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
@lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
“This dystopian adventure delivers a balm for climate anxiety in the form of persistence and cooperation. A vivid, emotionally resonant narrative.”
Kirkus had nothing but lovely things to say about THE TEAR COLLECTOR! ☔️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Kirkus had nothing but lovely things to say about THE TEAR COLLECTOR! ☔️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
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August 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“This dystopian adventure delivers a balm for climate anxiety in the form of persistence and cooperation. A vivid, emotionally resonant narrative.”
Kirkus had nothing but lovely things to say about THE TEAR COLLECTOR! ☔️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Kirkus had nothing but lovely things to say about THE TEAR COLLECTOR! ☔️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!
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+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!
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+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
✨Please share and bookmark!✨
In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
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Coming soon: new projects from @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social @kelseybtoney.bsky.social @andrewchacket.bsky + more buff.ly/JPLQ8ig
August 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Coming soon: new projects from @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social @kelseybtoney.bsky.social @andrewchacket.bsky + more buff.ly/JPLQ8ig
THE MERMAID OF WARSAW, my YA historical fantasy novel (in prose!) about the Warsaw Uprising, will be published in the summer of 2027! 🧜🏻♀️ I’m so excited to work with Ashley Hearn and the team at Peachtree Teen again.
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
THE MERMAID OF WARSAW, my YA historical fantasy novel (in prose!) about the Warsaw Uprising, will be published in the summer of 2027! 🧜🏻♀️ I’m so excited to work with Ashley Hearn and the team at Peachtree Teen again.
I have news that I’ve been sitting on for a year dropping tomorrow… 👀
a mermaid is swimming in the ocean with the sun shining through the water
ALT: a mermaid is swimming in the ocean with the sun shining through the water
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August 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I have news that I’ve been sitting on for a year dropping tomorrow… 👀
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Goodreads is hosting a giveaway for THE TEAR COLLECTOR, my cli-fi middle grade about found family, monsters, and the end of the world! 🌧️
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
Book giveaway for The Tear Collector by R.M. Romero Jul 18-Aug 17, 2025
Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jul 18-Aug 17, 2025. Enter to win an ARC of this darkly fantastical climate change tale...
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July 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Goodreads is hosting a giveaway for THE TEAR COLLECTOR, my cli-fi middle grade about found family, monsters, and the end of the world! 🌧️
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
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July 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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“The desire to forget prolongs exile and the secret of redemption is memory.”
— Issac Luria
(Footsteps. Ghosts.)
— Issac Luria
(Footsteps. Ghosts.)
July 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“The desire to forget prolongs exile and the secret of redemption is memory.”
— Issac Luria
(Footsteps. Ghosts.)
— Issac Luria
(Footsteps. Ghosts.)
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What I've been saying.
July 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What I've been saying.
My loathing for my dead arch nemesis is so intense that I made a fictionalized version of him the villain of THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL. 🙃
If you do any amount of historic research you will get a dead arch nemesis.
I have several but the horrifying state of media right now has me wanting to invent a time machine just to get into a barfight with Edward Bernays.
I have several but the horrifying state of media right now has me wanting to invent a time machine just to get into a barfight with Edward Bernays.
July 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
My loathing for my dead arch nemesis is so intense that I made a fictionalized version of him the villain of THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL. 🙃
Goodreads is hosting a giveaway for THE TEAR COLLECTOR, my cli-fi middle grade about found family, monsters, and the end of the world! 🌧️
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
Book giveaway for The Tear Collector by R.M. Romero Jul 18-Aug 17, 2025
Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jul 18-Aug 17, 2025. Enter to win an ARC of this darkly fantastical climate change tale...
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July 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Goodreads is hosting a giveaway for THE TEAR COLLECTOR, my cli-fi middle grade about found family, monsters, and the end of the world! 🌧️
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries, 2025 edition.
(The first photo of me in The Hat was taken by Steven D. Reece)
(The first photo of me in The Hat was taken by Steven D. Reece)
July 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries, 2025 edition.
(The first photo of me in The Hat was taken by Steven D. Reece)
(The first photo of me in The Hat was taken by Steven D. Reece)
If you preorder THE TEAR COLLECTOR, my cli-fi middle grade about hope, lies, and monsters after the end of the world, you can get 25% off now through July 11 from @barnesandnoble.com with the code PREORDER25! ☔️
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If you preorder THE TEAR COLLECTOR, my cli-fi middle grade about hope, lies, and monsters after the end of the world, you can get 25% off now through July 11 from @barnesandnoble.com with the code PREORDER25! ☔️
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
I’m going to be volunteering in Poland from June 30th to July 19th, and then I’m off to Berlin until the 29th! ✈️ If you need to get in touch with me, please either DM or email me.
June 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I’m going to be volunteering in Poland from June 30th to July 19th, and then I’m off to Berlin until the 29th! ✈️ If you need to get in touch with me, please either DM or email me.