Hiya @barnesandnoble.com !

Did you leave Commission Junction? We can't find you anywhere!

And a happy book birthday to all of the fabulous-looking books in this @smartbitches.bsky.social roundup - I'm not sure there's ever before been a week where I wanted to read every single book on the list, but I REALLY do this time:

smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2026/04/hide...

#romancelandia

I used to pack a suitcase inside another suitcase so I'd have an empty one for the trip home 😂

Yeah I am grappling with that one too

Joy Was Never Yours to Have

Dear White Folx,

"Nothing in whiteness teaches you about joy, pleasure, play, and passion that isn't about control, entitlement, or competition. You don't know joy just to be joyful."

I said this on the Yell Fire! podcast recently and I want to sit with it here because it names something...

Graphic with red, purple, and gold tentacles overlain on blue and teal illuminated striped that look like you're underwater. Text reads: ABYSS Creatures from the Deep Cherrywood Challenge 2025 Nature's creativity is rivaled only by your own. Join us on a deep dive into the ABYSS.

Check this out - a Cherrywood Fabrics had a quilting challenge last year with a set color palette and the theme "Abyss."

Hundreds of quilts were entered and they are *incredible.* Check out this amazing handiwork!

cherrywoodfabrics.com/pages/the-ab...

Really well done, Rabbi. Facilitating action, reparations, and reconsideration. Thank you for what you do.

As always, @joshnathankazis.bsky.social is the first in on a story:

The literacy signing had a really distinct vibe. I miss it!

*Bang On. Good grief autocorrect

Your lip sync was Bang One
too! Nailed it! 💕

2010 Literacy Signing: Your Love is My Drug YouTube video by SBTBLLC

Sixteen (!!) years ago, in 2010, I made videos trying to capture the scope, the mayhem, and the fun of RWA Literacy signings.

This was my first one, filmed (poorly!) on my cell phone and edited in my hotel room that evening:

The minute I saw the boxes of books in the opening I had such memories

Your math skills are elite level!

Omg.

Paul Himself McCartney?! The LINE must have been truly something.

Holy cow that is a JOB job. They were so huge and so loud and the energy was entirely unique.

Oh gosh ME TOO. I was a little teary at the joy and the loss.

Ma'am, you never cease to inspire me and so many other people. How has it been decades already?

Always love making you smile Ms Bev 💕

We were SO YOUNG.

Time flies in the land of HEA and shiny pecs!

There are authors who aren't with us any longer, folks who aren't writing now - it's a fun little time capsule. With Kesha.

2010 Literacy Signing: Your Love is My Drug YouTube video by SBTBLLC

Sixteen (!!) years ago, in 2010, I made videos trying to capture the scope, the mayhem, and the fun of RWA Literacy signings.

This was my first one, filmed (poorly!) on my cell phone and edited in my hotel room that evening:

"Oh, God, Oh God, Oh God..."

See? Easy. You got this.

I can't remember the source for this but: "I want to see you eat, just not with me."

I went in a romance book podcast and had oodles of fun!! Science belongs everywhere! 💙📚🧪

Thank you!!!

If you were holding your breath and/or crying about Artemis II safely splashing down, this week's episode is for you. Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie.  @chanda.blacksky.app 

SPACE IS VERY COOL, Y'ALL.

That is such a kind thing to say. Thank you!

THAT is a VERY interesting parallel!