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Listen, lady! I read the VERY early pages of this book and ADORED IT!!!! First drafts don’t scare me 😉

We have a cover!!! So excited for this release and so proud of the wonderful @zombicatures.bsky.social!!!

And she was ALWAYS the perfect character from the beginning. We love CB

Awww I used to have a Duck, too! A ginormous yellow lab 🥰 I miss my Duckie Doo

I will always, always, always support trans, nonbinary & LGBTQIA+ folks.

There are more than two genders.

I see you. You have value that nobody on this earth can take away from you. We're in this together.

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Feeling minorly offended by all my normal book newsletters telling me to kickstart my reading for the year as if I haven’t already read six books!!!

Boosting again! I know there’s a lot of people who need help right now, especially with the LA fires, but please consider sharing if you can’t donate 💜

Donate to Fellow LA Writer Needs Help After Devastating Fires, organized by Ann Rose When a Rosebud is in need, we come running! (For those of you who… Ann Rose needs your support for Fellow LA Writer Needs Help After Devastating Fires

One of my fellow Rosebuds, Casper, lost his home in the LA fires. Please consider donating if you have the ability! A boost helps, too 💕🌹

Thank you for organizing, @annmrose.bsky.social

Thank you!!

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(Day 22)

Oh you NEED to enter this giveaway from the wildly talented and absolutely hilarious @cthomasbooks.bsky.social!!!

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Seeing isn’t believing, believing is seeing 🌲

December's COLLECTORS' print | Zombicatures by Stan Yan Get more from Zombicatures by Stan Yan on Patreon

My Collectors Print featuring characters from my upcoming #graphicnovel from Atheneum BFYR (@SimonKIDS) has dropped!
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(Day 17)

sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

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(Day 16)

You definitely don’t want to miss this one! @authorsarafujimura.bsky.social is filled to the brim with expert “authorpreneur” knowledge for authors in every stage! #SpreadTheJoy

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(Day 15)

The Pro-Censorship and Anti-Library & Bills Already Filed for 2025 Killing the Department of Education is one we already saw coming.

The pro-censorship, anti-library bills already filed for 2025 across the USA.

It's your responsibility to follow these and write to your state representatives.

Guide to how to do that included....as are some *positive* bills prefiled.

wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-pro-ce...

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I've been resisting replying to a lot of posts today, because I wanted to think. And I think that we are at a unique crisis point right now on the left.

You can not spend a year running on telling us that democracy will end if this guy wins, and then just turn around and say, "well norms, you know"

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(Day 12)

There is NOTHING controversial about being queer. PERIOD.