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Please don’t mark author newsletters as SPAM. Pretty please. In these days of extreme uncertainty and disjointed communities, when we are spread all over social media and readers have a hard time finding us, please know that the newsletters remain are one reliable resource to reach our audience.

I'm seeing a lot of criticism of the Conclave. Especially how the ending "didn't work for them" and boy... It worked just fine for queer people. In fact, the queers sitting in the theater with me saw it coming a mile away & LOVED it. Appreciated it. 1/

Happy early Valentine’s Day and happy release day to Aphrodite & Athena 💘 What happens when Goddess of Love meets Goddess of Wisdom? 💘 Out now on eBook, KU and on audio with the one and only @abbycraden.bsky.social narrating 💘 Art by @kudriaken.bsky.social 💘 mybook.to/TPMBook2

Tomorrow, Aphrodite & Athena take center stage but today Sabine & Abby, the mischievous Cupids and their book, The Perfect Match, are just $0.99 💘 The audiobooks for The Perfect Match & The Perfect Matchmaking are narrated by one and only @abby_craden Amazing art by the wonderful @kudriaken 😍

MEET THE MCKAY TEAM 🖊️ Ever wondered who’s behind the 100% madness and 0% rhythm? All joking aside, this is what self-publishing looks like. I’m super lucky to have help especially in social media department & I work with professional cover designers & editors. The rest? Very much that graphic 🤣

And then there’s Katarina—the Black Swan—and her tendency to not go gently on men who dare cross lines… Katarina and her penchant for going for the jugular… IYKYK #sapphic #sapphicbooks

And then there's Katarina, the hope and the love that Juliette ever asked for. Katarina with her secrets, her past and her everlasting love, ever waiting for Juliette to come home… #sapphic #sapphicbooks

It’s been years since she’s made her presence known in my mind as a character for a ballet book, and yet Juliette Lucian-Sorel and her earnest, wounded, hoping—always hoping—heart still breaks mine… #sapphic #sapphicbooks

7 DAYS 💘 PRE-ORDER NOW In seven days Aphrodite and Athena will battle Cupids, Gods and Goddesses as well as each other in their way to Happily Ever After… Find out on February 11th when the Goddess and the Cupids will be back on eBook, KU and audiobook with the amazing Abby Craden narrating 💘

1st, I don’t have a kitchen now, else I’d be planning the Valentine’s bake to include this delicious item. 2nd, Abby Craden as the voice of Aphrodite. Literally it sounds like Love. Pre-order sapphic Valentine’s Day treat. @reallymckay.bsky.social

Yessss… your Sapphic Valentine’s Day dreams can come true thanks to @reallymckay.bsky.social

I give you… The Goddess of Wisdom herself… Athena takes center stage in the second book of Cupids & Goddesses series. Expect ALL the tropes as the Goddesses of Wisdom and of Love find their HEA 💘 Coming out February 11th 💘 Pre-order now 💘 Gorgeous art by the amazing @kudriaken.bsky.social

Sapphic community! We always come together for good causes. I'm here to ask you to help a city. I'm donating a signed paperback of Reverence in Booklovers for LA auction. Aim is to help 3 nonprofits supporting the LA community recovery from fires. Pls share. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

I give you… The Goddess of Love herself… Aphrodite takes center stage in the second book of Cupids & Goddesses series. Expect annoying meddling Olympians, Cupids’ shenanigans and ALL the tropes as the Goddess of Love finds her HEA 💘Pre-order now 💘 Gorgeous art by the amazing @kudriaken.bsky.social

Everyone is gay, dramatic and yearning is a professional qualification for a ballerina 🩰 Those are just a few tropes and themes found in Reverence 🩰 Gorgeous 📸 Vic Tsao

THE CUPIDS AND GODDESSES ARE AT IT AGAIN! The Perfect Matchmaking PRE-ORDER is here! The novella with meddling Greek gods (buzz off, Zeus!) interfering muses (Erato needs a hug) and mischievous Cupids is dropping on February 11th ♥️ mybook.to/TPMBook2

There’s also 4 minutes of @reallymckay.bsky.social explaining how awesome I am so you should definitely listen 😁 🌈📚 💙📚 🌏📚👀 🌈💜 #Sapphfic #BookRecommendations #BookReview #BookBlogger

Some books stay with you long after the last page. Here are the sapphic titles that defined 2024 for the TLR team. @kristin-hannah.bsky.social
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You read books very differently when you start writing them. The now unshakable "seeing" & "knowing" often gets in the way. And then there's a book that alters your soul in a way that you see & know nothing & only want to inhale every word. Magic. Get that book out this weekend, forget the world

I don’t want to subscribe to software. I want to pay once and own it for life. How did we effin drop the ball so badly that we own nothing these days? Same with media tbh.

This week, the wonderful @reallymckay.bsky.social joins me to chat about Reverence, which of her characters she would be friends with, favorite authors, what she wanted to be when she grew up and much more! www.buzzsprout.com/1935982/epis...

Did my list include books by @reallymckay.bsky.social, @writingroslyn.bsky.social, and @annmcman.bsky.social and @salemwest.bsky.social? I mean, yeah, of course!

Absolutely Delighted to find Reverence on the list 🥰

And in the world that wants us gone, our words are what keeps us going 🥰 @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social I hope you write a zillion books because your words are magic 🥹 (and pretty please sprinkle in some Carol fantic, as a treat 🤣 nobody does it like you do!)

(as seen on Threads) What’s the greatest “I’m dead and I’m going to enjoy it” moment in movies 🍿 I stand by my choice! Because it’s this one:

Join my Patreon to watch my video chat with @reallymckay.bsky.social! Episode can be purchased, without becoming a member! And all proceeds go to our LGBTQ+ bookstores. patreon.com/SBRHappyHappyHour

“We hate women in this country...” Magdalene spoke and watched as the crowd turned to her again with an enraptured focus. “We hate them, degrade them, abuse them, drag them through the mud of public opinion… My name is Magdalene Nox, and I AM a woman in America…” Free on Patreon

Also, I am getting real tired of these people taking away our spaces. We had a good thing on Twitter. A community. Togetherness. We left it behind. Most of us have a good thing on IG, TT or FB, again, these people are coming for our spaces. I'm not certain that just leaving is the solution anymore.

So, the biggest engagement a post of mine gained on Blue Sky, was a post about lack of engagement 🤣