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"All art is propaganda...I do not care a damn, for any art that is not used for propaganda." — W. E. B. Du Bois, born on this day in 1868

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"Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them." — Alan Furst, born on this day in 1941 #AmWriting

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"I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there." — Audre Lorde, born on this day in 1934 #AmWriting

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"I write the way women have babies. You don't know it's going to be like that. If you did, there's no way you would go through with it." — Toni Morrison, born on this day in 1931 #AmWriting

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Valentine's Day is over, but we're still feelin' frisky . . . Now through 02.21.25 all of our books (except preorders) are 25%. Come on, hot stuff, check us out: loom.ly/DL_oi48 💋 #BookSky #LGBTQSky #SapphicSky

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Just started this. Only one chapter in, and it's already harrowing—and darn good.

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"Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant." — Iain Banks, born on this day in 1954 #AmWriting

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Thank you to Majuscule for publishing my essay "I Was A Creative Writing Program Dropout: One Poet's Story." It says some things that I think need saying. I hope you'll check it out.

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"Louvre President Laurence des Cars warned that the centuries-old building is in a dire state, and pointed at problems with water leaks and 'worrying temperature swings which endanger the conservation of works of art.'” www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/s...

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"I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside." — Judy Blume, born on this day in 1938 #AmWriting

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Pride has come to Head Rock Harbor…and the bodies are piling up. With the mayor and police chief against him, Jackson wonders if he can trust anyone anymore. Book #3 available now! #LGBTQ #cozymystery #mmromance mybook.to/HRHM3PaP2

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Theo & Jeff have a lot in common. They’re both young, talented, ambitious and driven. They also hate each other very much. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW… tinyurl.com/bdhwmbne

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It's a good day to remind folks that the literature you 💕 is on the chopping block—so adjust your Big Gay Agenda to fight book bans & censorship. Friends tell friends . . . #AuthorSky #BookSky #LGBTQSky #SapphicSky

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Hey audiobook fans and reviewers—I have a few FREE review codes for my new audiobook, a Finalist for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for LGBTQ+ Fiction. If you’d like to receive a free Audible review copy, please message me and let me know if you’re in the US or UK. #audiobooks #booksky

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Award-winning author Penny Mickelbury takes readers on a beautiful & complicated journey through Harlem in 1953. This captivating story is passionate & alive, teeming with the joy & pain of queer & Black life in America. Preorder your copy today: loom.ly/QMZYAjs #BookSky #LGBTQSky #SapphicSky

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Happy #LGBTQ History Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ My doctorate involved a great deal of queer history – which I then used for PROUD PINK SKY. The novel includes an entire alternate timeline leading up to the creation of the world's first gay state. I love history, and this was really fun to create! #booksky

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"I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write." — Bertolt Brecht, born on this day in 1898 #AmWriting

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My current read. I can't get enough of Octavia Butler.

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"I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read." — Alice Walker, born on this day in 1944 #AmWriting #AmReading

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This seems especially relevant right now: "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." — Ray Bradbury #AmWriting

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Authors in Art: N. K. Jemisin (b. 1972) Illustration by Golden Cosmos

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FINISHED BOOKS! Funny thing is the box came early last evening. It was too dark in my apartment for a decent video, so I kept the box sealed, out by the door, five feet from the bed, all night—no peeking, like some Christmas rule to myself. 25 DAYS & it’s out in stores! 💙💙 #joni #jonimitchell

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"You do an awful lot of bad writing in order to do any good writing." — William S. Burroughs, born on this day in 1914 #AmWriting

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Excited to get to work suggesting edits on a new short story from @joeokonkwo.bsky.social! I absolutely love Joe’s writing!

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"The score was thought to have been lost, but a chance discovery of the manuscript in Harvard University’s archives presented an opportunity to add Dédé’s name to the canon of American composers." www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/s...

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Rereading this. Vintage Toni Morrison.

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"If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it." — James A. Michener, born on this day in 1907 #AmWriting

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Hear, hear: "Life is too short to read a bad book." — James Joyce, born on this day in 1882

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#writingtips #bravewrite #amwriting #writersky #authorsky

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"Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you - / Then, it will be true." — Langston Hughes, born on this day in 1901 #AmWriting

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"Race is deeply meaningful from a story perspective because we’ve made it so in our cultures and our histories. But it is just one part of a human experience." lithub.com/diversity-sy...

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Authors in Art: Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) Painting by Lynell George

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"I'm not a great writer. I'm a great re-writer." — Paddy Chayefsky, born on this day in 1923 #AmWriting

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Under Positano’s azure skies, an Italian hunk would have to choose between his obsession to live forever or saving his family from the mafia. “Lucca’s Return” is available through Amazon at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4KC91HY #thriller #WritingCommunity #vampire #vampireromance #SFF #lgbtq #booksky 📚💙

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Would a vampire queen-to-be risk mind, body & soul to attempt a rite no one has performed in living memory to stop Armageddon, knowing her enemies may, meanwhile, kill her one true love? Find out reading “The Door”. #vampires #SFF #booksky 📚💙 #WritingCommunity #thriller amazon.com/dp/B0CSZP2VBG

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In a distant world, 'gods' slumber to avoid being enslaved by pure evil. Unless a human they’ve chosen awakens them, brings back forbidden knowledge & defeats this evil before a spacetime node collapses, life will end, everywhere. amazon.com/dp/B0CHKJF1B5 #vampires #WritingCommunity #booksky 📚💙 #SFF

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Idk about y’all but I need a reason to CELEBRATE!!! If you do too, then let this be your sign to come to my book launch party for Alligator Tears. I’ll be talking about the book with fellow Central American best selling diva John Manuel Arias. As we say in Florida: “Come get ur gator shoog!!!”

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Imagine The Exorcist meeting Rosemary's Baby during Night of the Demons. Visit Amazon and add it to your 2025 TBR list. #horror #supernatural #occult #demons #horrorfans #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #booksofhorror #kindleunlimited #kindle #paperback #hardcover www.amazon.com/Exorcism-Eve...

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Next Saturday (6-8pm), join us at NYC’s LGBT Community Center for a free tribute to the legendary Nikki Giovanni. Let’s celebrate her words, legacy, and impact together. 🌈 facebook.com/events/s/out... #NikkiGiovanni #PoetryTribute #LGBTCommunity

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This is not a drill! Early copies of FUTURE'S EDGE will start appearing in shops from tomorrow! Full details here: www.patreon.com/posts/keep-y...

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"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to." — W. Somerset Maugham, born on this day in 1874 #AmWriting

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My new novel DROUGHT is out June 3, 2025 from Rebel Satori press. I’m excited for the NYC launch event. ARC copies are available now! #lgbtq #writer #queerfiction

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My Octavia Butler love-fest continues.

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As “the visitors” foretold, against all odds, he was conceived on a blood god's altar. Would he be the saviour they promised his family or an instrument of untold destruction? amazon.com/dp/B0B7TFMW77 #WritingCommunity #SFF #scifi #paranormal #MustRead #mystery #thriller #SkyBook #novel #vampires

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