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Bryn Donovan

@bryndonovan.bsky.social

Author, blogger at BrynDonovan.com, freelance book editor at LuckyAuthor.com, and hopeful romantic in Chicago. Get my spicy romcom HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE: https://amzn.to/43Ie5bj

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Thank you PJ! 🩡🩡🩡 It's so funny--the pic was taken *before* I tried to actually pose πŸ˜‚

09.12.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Darci! 🩡🩡🩡

09.12.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
author Bryn Donovan, outside in Chicago, smiling and looking up, holding her romance novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE

author Bryn Donovan, outside in Chicago, smiling and looking up, holding her romance novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE

I'm so thrilled that my magical romcom
novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE is out in the world! Please consider getting it this week--you'll boost it before it gets lost in the holiday chaos!
And please repost! ✨
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749981...
#booksky #romancelandia #chicago #christmas

09.12.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

NICE

09.12.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is! And if I saw someone saying they loved their city and I thought it was a bad city, I'd just be happy for them and keep scrolling πŸ˜‚

09.12.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I never try to post ragebait, but I made a little TikTok about how Chicago is a great city, and some people are FURIOUS. Imagine getting mad about that. πŸ˜‚ (I'm just deleting comments and blocking.)

09.12.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so silly, anyway. You can do planks, pushups, burpees, situps, jumping jacks, yoga, etc. with no equipment, anywhere.

09.12.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't it? I'm following him on Instagram now--he's very talented!

09.12.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Chicago's festive holiday train winding through the downtown skyscrapers on a snowy evening

Chicago's festive holiday train winding through the downtown skyscrapers on a snowy evening

Chicago holiday train! 😍 Photo by David Salzman: www.instagram.com/dhsalz13?igs...
#photography #christmas

08.12.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In chapter two, Rose figures: doing a little love spell couldn't hurt...right?
HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE will be available in the 21st century tomorrow!
@thecure.com
@berkleyromance.bsky.social
#romance #booksky #romancelandia #music #goth #romancelandia #tiktok

08.12.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
children sledding on a big snowy hill as the sun goes down!

children sledding on a big snowy hill as the sun goes down!

Sledders near my house today. I love the snow! We're going to go sledding tomorrow! #chicago #winter

08.12.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Once a song came on shuffle (the old days; a CD player loaded with 50 CDs) that my husband loves and I don’t. I joked, β€œI bet the ghost will play it on repeat, since she likes you and she doesn’t like me.”
It played 20+ times in a row until I turned the music off. Never got stuck before or after.

07.12.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, it’s fine. I never really believed in ghosts/thought much about them before that apartment. She would flip off light switches I just turned on, fling pots and pans, and slam doors. Once the bedroom door (closed all the way) banged open and my husband asked in his sleep, β€œWhere’d she go?” πŸ˜‚

07.12.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A person sits in a subway car, dressed as a Christmas tree.

A person sits in a subway car, dressed as a Christmas tree.

I can’t believe that in this day and age, people are still wearing fir.

07.12.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2191    πŸ” 501    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 34

If my beagle mix hasn’t seen me for several hours, he greets me with a loud, heartbreaking wail and jumps and rubs all over me. Sometime I should post a video with the caption, β€œDog reuinted with owner after six months!"

07.12.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And I love it when it's the quiet, shy boys πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

#romancebooks #booksky #romancelandia #funny #shyboy #spicy #booknerd #bookish #bookworm #reading

07.12.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My mom used to tell me, β€œIt’s always the quiet ones,” and is that ever true. πŸ˜‚

07.12.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As an author I am bookmarking this, because that repeated little chair raise thing is so weird and will be great in a story.

07.12.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Being extremely careful about image/video attribution isn’t JUST important for giving credit to artists and creators. It’s also a way to slightly decrease your chances of spreading deceptive AI slop!

07.12.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 965    πŸ” 216    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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Chicago Snowfall

07.12.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 596    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5

we think crows are black, but that’s because we only see with human eyes

crows know they’re made of rainbows, even if we see only a void

isn’t it the way of humans? to miss the iridescent among us?

07.12.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a brilliant point. Every time I'm doing nothing *but* watching a movie, reading a book, walking, having a good conversation, I feel so much better…but tech companies discourage life without a second screen. Of course Mark Zuckerberg wants to push β€œAI wearables” on us now. πŸ™„
#Netflix #Meta

07.12.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ Right?

07.12.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not even a huge DUNE fan, although I read two of the books as a kid, but the sandworm riding scene in DUNE 2 was one of the best things I’ve ever seen in a movie. If I’d seen it on a small screen, it would’ve had zero impact.

07.12.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not a huge fan of watching men have meetings, so the only good part of OPPENHEIMER for me was the massive explosion, which would have been meaningless on a phone.

07.12.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

On top of the visual spectacle and immersion, Barbie was a PARTY. Girls and women came with their friends, dressed up! We complimented each other and chatted and helped each other get good photos!

07.12.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I wouldn’t want to be haunted by anyone (I once shared an apartment with a ghost and she was so annoying), but I especially would not want to be haunted by DAVID LYNCH. He would know how to really freak me out πŸ˜‚

07.12.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

YAY! I listened to "The Scientist" a lot when writing Henry, too--it's so perfect. And "A Sky Full of Stars"!

06.12.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do you listen to music when you read or write? I'm sharing the songs I listened to on repeat when I was writing HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE!
#booksky #writesky #romancenovels #romancebooks #berkley #penguinrandomhouse #newreleases #coldplay

06.12.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh honey, I am so sorry. What a lovely kitty--and so lucky to be so loved.

06.12.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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