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Sickening. Every journalist in America should think deeply about the fact that most American politicians are willing to accept and indeed facilitate the murder of our colleagues.

I know!!

They did such a gorgeous job

My first special edition and it’s so beautiful 😭

The @dazzlingbookish.bsky.social special edition of HOMEGROWN MAGIC arrived at last, and
✨🍓oh my god🍓✨

Now I know I’m closed to queries… but if you’re querying a queer or BIPOC western romance (or horroromance?!) 👀

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

Gotta stop by the library while I’m in town 😌

We make our own!!

FLY IN, COME SEE US

Boston and Boston-ish friends! In “I can’t believe I get to do cool stuff like this” news, I’m joining an all-author live D&D one-shot on August 26th to celebrate the first birthday of Side Quest Books & Games, which has quickly become one of my favorite indies. Come and see us 🎉🏹

Hi querying folks! Because I’ve been getting nudges and questions, two quick notes:

- I DO respond to all queries, just not quickly. Sorry! I was open from April-June and ended up with over 2k queries, which I’m working through now

- You CAN query another Neighborhood agent if you’ve queried me!

GET SWOONY IN SALEM! Join us for a Not-to-Be-Missed YA Romance Panel & Signing with Aashna Avachat (LOVE CRAVES CARDAMOM), Ali Novak (MY RETURN TO THE WALTER BOYS) & @beccapodos.bsky.social (FURIOUS) Sat Sept. 6 5:30 pm @cinemasalem. Swipe for more & use QR code to grab yourself a FREE seat!

About the Auction:

Lit for Queer Liberation is a virtual auction where book lovers uplift LGBTQIA2+ folx facing financial hardship. By bidding on signed books, query critiques, and more, your support directly fuels our work to empower queer and trans people in Texas and beyond.

The Lit for Queer Liberation auction is now open!!!Come and bid on two query and first chapter critiques from me, or outbid me on the many items I’ve already gone after (I don’t mind losing for a good cause).

@gmunoz6991.bsky.social is working the SDCC Random House Worlds booth where they have these REALLY COOL Marvel What If... bookmarks from me, @beccapodos.bsky.social @authoroux.bsky.social and Seanan Mcguire! Go to booth 2021 to grab them!

We all look so good together!!!

Excellent ICE response guide for academic library workers from the Library Freedom Project. Includes proactive defense prep as well as rapid response. Please RT, library friends. libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/u...

Marvel: What If . . . Marc Spector Was Host to Venom? (A Moon Knight & Venom Story) by Mike Chen: 9780593726884 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Marc Spector and Venom engage in a battle of wills in the next adventure of an epic multiversal series reimagining iconic Marvel origin stories. So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities...

It's paperback day for my Marvel What If... book starring Moon Knight and Venom! Get all the Marc/Steven/Jake/Venom shenanigans (and fun cameos plus one super deep Ethan Hawke filmography reference that no one has noticed), now in easier to carry format! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746412...

If we’re allowed to self rec, LIKE WATER (mc is going away to college, love interest is figuring out how to stay)

A bright rainbow against a cloudy sky off the highway

Gay sky at night, sailor’s delight

Black, purple, and yellow graphic titled “2025 Releases with Nonbinary Characters” and displaying six book covers for titles that fit the category. The titles included on this slide are: “Love, Misha” by Askel Aden, “A Single Brutal Fate” by Lee Paige O’Brien, “Let Them Stare” by Jonathan Van Ness & Julie Murphy, “Homegrown Magic” by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos, “Murder in the Dressing Room” by Holly Stars, and “My Best Friend’s Honeymoon” by Meryl Wilsner.

📖 2025 Releases with Nonbinary Characters

Friends, I’m hosting a lovely giveaway for Homegrown magic with the authors @beccapodos.bsky.social @jamiepacton.bsky.social with my bindery channel @binderybooks.bsky.social

Head on over to insta to participate:

www.instagram.com/p/DMPkpgbo88...

MSNBC's Chris Hayes interviews U.S. vet who was detained for three days after ICE raid on farm

U.S. citizen and veteran. ICE shattered his windows, peppered sprayed him, yanked him from his car, arrested him, held him incommunicado for three days. Because he was working at a farm where undocumented people also work.

www.mediamatters.org/msnbc/msnbcs...

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

It’s Non-Binary People’s Day, and I want to thank every reader who’s reached out to tell me how much Yael, the enby romantic lead of HOMEGROWN MAGIC, meant to them. They mean so much to me. Every author should get to write themselves in stories, as every reader deserves to see themselves in stories.

Hahahah I got it!!

Yeah that’s so incredible fair! I think it might be more helpful to do a green flags post instead