R.M. Romero
@rmromeroauthor.bsky.social
🌊 THE TEAR COLLECTOR (10.14.25, LBYR)
🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson
🏳️🌈 🇨🇺 🧿 ✡️ 🍉 🇺🇦
https://linktr.ee/rmromeroauthor
🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson
🏳️🌈 🇨🇺 🧿 ✡️ 🍉 🇺🇦
https://linktr.ee/rmromeroauthor
I’m right here with you, laughing. 😹
(If J. and I were the same person, we probably WOULD be Alice…)
(If J. and I were the same person, we probably WOULD be Alice…)
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m right here with you, laughing. 😹
(If J. and I were the same person, we probably WOULD be Alice…)
(If J. and I were the same person, we probably WOULD be Alice…)
Big uh, this energy.
September 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Big uh, this energy.
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
“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
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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
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This is a bibliography that I’ll be including in the back of the book, along with an author’s note.
August 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is a bibliography that I’ll be including in the back of the book, along with an author’s note.
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.
Case in point: Australian possums vs. Florida possums.
(Florida possums are completely harmless but boy, do they look like dinosaur rats.)
(Florida possums are completely harmless but boy, do they look like dinosaur rats.)
July 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Case in point: Australian possums vs. Florida possums.
(Florida possums are completely harmless but boy, do they look like dinosaur rats.)
(Florida possums are completely harmless but boy, do they look like dinosaur rats.)
“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.)
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
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.
I can’t even with this 2003 nonsense.
June 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I can’t even with this 2003 nonsense.
This weekend is the Indie Bookstore Preorder Party! Preorder THE TEAR COLLECTOR from participating indie bookstores such as @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social and @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social
and get 15%. ☔️
and get 15%. ☔️
June 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This weekend is the Indie Bookstore Preorder Party! Preorder THE TEAR COLLECTOR from participating indie bookstores such as @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social and @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social
and get 15%. ☔️
and get 15%. ☔️
THE TEAR COLLECTOR received a 🌟 starred 🌟 review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social! @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
THE TEAR COLLECTOR received a 🌟 starred 🌟 review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social! @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
I’m going to be at Lavender Con in DC on June 14th and 15th! 🌈
Little District Books will be selling copies of THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL, A WARNING ABOUT SWANS, DEATH’S COUNTRY, and TALE OF THE FLYING FOREST. I’ll also be giving out a ARCs of THE TEAR COLLECTOR, to a few lucky readers.
Little District Books will be selling copies of THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL, A WARNING ABOUT SWANS, DEATH’S COUNTRY, and TALE OF THE FLYING FOREST. I’ll also be giving out a ARCs of THE TEAR COLLECTOR, to a few lucky readers.
May 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’m going to be at Lavender Con in DC on June 14th and 15th! 🌈
Little District Books will be selling copies of THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL, A WARNING ABOUT SWANS, DEATH’S COUNTRY, and TALE OF THE FLYING FOREST. I’ll also be giving out a ARCs of THE TEAR COLLECTOR, to a few lucky readers.
Little District Books will be selling copies of THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL, A WARNING ABOUT SWANS, DEATH’S COUNTRY, and TALE OF THE FLYING FOREST. I’ll also be giving out a ARCs of THE TEAR COLLECTOR, to a few lucky readers.
Life amid The Horrors.
Drafting THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (👀) + ARCs of THE TEAR COLLECTOR + friends + Robin.
Drafting THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (👀) + ARCs of THE TEAR COLLECTOR + friends + Robin.
May 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Life amid The Horrors.
Drafting THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (👀) + ARCs of THE TEAR COLLECTOR + friends + Robin.
Drafting THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (👀) + ARCs of THE TEAR COLLECTOR + friends + Robin.
Get 25% off your preorder of THE TEAR COLLECTOR from @barnesandnoble.com with the code PREORDER25! 🌧️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
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April 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Get 25% off your preorder of THE TEAR COLLECTOR from @barnesandnoble.com with the code PREORDER25! 🌧️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
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You can now preorder signed copies of THE TEAR COLLECTOR through my local indie bookstore, @booksandbooks.bsky.social! @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
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February 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You can now preorder signed copies of THE TEAR COLLECTOR through my local indie bookstore, @booksandbooks.bsky.social! @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
shop.booksandbooks.com/tear-collector
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It’s true though. 😹 My sister was explaining drama in one of her fandoms last summer as if it was new and shocking, and I was over here like:
February 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It’s true though. 😹 My sister was explaining drama in one of her fandoms last summer as if it was new and shocking, and I was over here like:
Now that the pass pages for THE TEAR COLLECTOR are in, I’m moving on to the next thing.
THE MERMAID OF WARSAW is, at its core, about what happens when the monsters win…and you keep fighting anyway.
THE MERMAID OF WARSAW is, at its core, about what happens when the monsters win…and you keep fighting anyway.
February 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Now that the pass pages for THE TEAR COLLECTOR are in, I’m moving on to the next thing.
THE MERMAID OF WARSAW is, at its core, about what happens when the monsters win…and you keep fighting anyway.
THE MERMAID OF WARSAW is, at its core, about what happens when the monsters win…and you keep fighting anyway.
“I am the one who did not listen to her mother
Who plays with ghosts and doesn’t expect
a fire
or man
to burn my house
down.”
— Ashley August
(Art by Tony Sandoval)
Who plays with ghosts and doesn’t expect
a fire
or man
to burn my house
down.”
— Ashley August
(Art by Tony Sandoval)
February 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“I am the one who did not listen to her mother
Who plays with ghosts and doesn’t expect
a fire
or man
to burn my house
down.”
— Ashley August
(Art by Tony Sandoval)
Who plays with ghosts and doesn’t expect
a fire
or man
to burn my house
down.”
— Ashley August
(Art by Tony Sandoval)
“Into you, into the world, into the woods.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
(Art by Gerhard Human)
— Rainer Maria Rilke
(Art by Gerhard Human)
February 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“Into you, into the world, into the woods.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
(Art by Gerhard Human)
— Rainer Maria Rilke
(Art by Gerhard Human)
“I have noticed that whenever you have soldiers in the story it is called history. Before their arrival it is called myth, folktale, legend, fairy tale, oral poetry, ethnography. After the soldiers arrive, it is called history.”
— Paula Gunn Allen
(Art by Sun Creature Studio.)
— Paula Gunn Allen
(Art by Sun Creature Studio.)
February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“I have noticed that whenever you have soldiers in the story it is called history. Before their arrival it is called myth, folktale, legend, fairy tale, oral poetry, ethnography. After the soldiers arrive, it is called history.”
— Paula Gunn Allen
(Art by Sun Creature Studio.)
— Paula Gunn Allen
(Art by Sun Creature Studio.)
It’s the semiannual Barnes and Noble preorder sale! 🌧️ Use the code PREORDER25 to get 25% off THE TEAR COLLECTOR at BarnesandNoble.com from 2/5 - 2/7.
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It’s the semiannual Barnes and Noble preorder sale! 🌧️ Use the code PREORDER25 to get 25% off THE TEAR COLLECTOR at BarnesandNoble.com from 2/5 - 2/7.
“I must become
I must become a menace to my enemies.”
— June Jordan
(“St. Joan of Arc”, Paul de la Boulaye)
I must become a menace to my enemies.”
— June Jordan
(“St. Joan of Arc”, Paul de la Boulaye)
February 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“I must become
I must become a menace to my enemies.”
— June Jordan
(“St. Joan of Arc”, Paul de la Boulaye)
I must become a menace to my enemies.”
— June Jordan
(“St. Joan of Arc”, Paul de la Boulaye)