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bjwebb.bsky.social
Writer of SFF and romance. Violinist. Maker of cookies. Player of video games. Master of dungeons. Keeper of cats. Queer. Autistic. ADHD. She/her/hers. https://barbarajwebb.com
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Just finished reading @izzyxen.bsky.social’s queer cyberpunk novella. This is the kind of trans (and transhuman) story that’s been sorely missing from cyberpunk for so long. Just like its narrator, it’s bold, brave, messy, and brilliant. More like this please!

The latest book on @ifbookspod.bsky.social just reminds me of www.youtube.com/watch?v=uowL...

Pulling long strings of the edges off dot matrix printer paper.

This is the face of a kitty who does NOT understand I’m trying to finish a book!

Happy release day to me!! Twisted Loyalties is now out in the wilds! Book 2 in my cozydark gay romance series. Korin may have found a new home, but there are reasons Teriad never stayed in one place. books2read.com/Twisted-Loya...

Advent jam day 5: purple fig cinnamon. Very mellow. The cinnamon was just a hint. A perfect companion to some chai.

Door 4 of advent jam is orange-yuzu-grapefruit. Super excited about this one!

No one slams the mystery genre because the mystery’s solved by the end every time. It’s the execution. It’s HOW the solution happens. Same with romance. It’s the journey. It’s the how not the what that makes us care. Being 80 pages from the end and wondering “how will the author pull this off??”

I honestly feel that Romance does not exist in a vaccum and as writers & the provider of romantic fantasies that we should be playing more attention to the conversations that society as a whole is having about love and relationships right now. Especially when it comes to emotional care and labor.

Help me out, bluesky? I'm looking for recommendations for your favorite science fiction about climate disasters and/or people's responses to them. Any length from short story to novel is great. I'd particularly love recommendations from marginalized authors.

So I'm back to work today, after the disruption of the last couple weeks. Working my way through Twisted book 4, the final draft before I send it for copyediting. I come across this speech, which I wrote months ago, but I feel like it was a note written directly to myself for this moment.

Door 3 of jam calendar is Apple-Quince-Honey. After my discovery of quince, I am super excited for this one.

New newsletter post! buttondown.com/bjweb...

This is a haunting, sharp, powerful book with a romance fierce enough to leave you breathless. Read it! Then come Back here and join me in screaming about it.

Big mood right here.

Don't obey in advance. DON'T OBEY IN ADVANCE. Authorarians count on anticipatory obedience. Don't give it to them.

Door 2 of the advent jam is guava. Not my favorite fruit, I’ll confess, but in jam form I don’t hate it.

This right here. I received so many texts and emails from ActBlue and the DNC about races in other states, but nothing about helping us here in MO.

QTBIPOC authors? This is the time for you to double down on your content. I don't give a damn if you are only writing fanfic. Every time you are writing something that is about QTBIPOC being happy or winning or being empowered? That in of itself is resistance.

Happy election day! Here's your reminder to vote Democat.

Today is very stressful for a lot of people. I, too, am living in a state of perpetual anxiety. I wish I could say something to make it better. But all I can offer is this lovely tree.

My last pre election column for MSNBC went up late this evening pleading for people to realize how fucked trans people are if Trump wins. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

As a treat to myself, I am doing the Bonne Maman advent calendar. Started early because I cannot go through even a tiny pot of jam a day. Excited for the surprise and new flavors! First door was Quince. I’d never had it! Kind of a citrusy fig flavor? Delicious!

Any pie is a hand pie if you want it enough.

This seems brilliant to me. Going to try it for my next synopsis.

Sometimes people ask me "How do I find a publisher?" I usually hand out a bunch of links to resources that will help, but in the past few years my favorite page about how to write a synopsis is gone so I wrote one as a public post Caution: it might be weird compared to other ways

Microsoft released a new one-time purchase version of Office with most of the features from the subscription version, I am sure you all will be devastated that it doesn't include the Copilot AI integration (I feel like this is a selling point to most people who would buy a one-time purchase...)

I got to beta-read this and am so excited that now other people will get to read it too! Soooooo much fun!

Novel release day! My new supernatural Gothic horror novel GOLD DIGGERS is out today, just in time for your spooky season reading. Reality TV meets the supernatural. "I’m obsessed with this story!" - Reader Review Get your copy today! books2read.com/golddiggers

If you are not dropping everything to go read Rachael's story (this one, all of them), then I don't know what to tell you.

NEW STORY DAY!! NEW STORY DAY!! This piece about lawncare and fascism came directly out of a conversation at StokerCon this summer with @pseudopodalex.bsky.social, so I am friggin DELIGHTED he is narrating!!

Love at first knife!! His magic could heal anything, except a broken heart. Read Twisted Magic, my #cozydark #romantasy, available now. books2read.com/Twist... Illustration, Prince Valenz Masong

Hey Bluesky! Hit me up with the most recent book, story, song, or other piece of art you loved that was created by a trans person. Let's boost some trans creators today.

this is hands down one of the BEST AND MOST FUCKED UP DISTURBING HORRIFYING stories I've ever read and I love it to pieces