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Authors' Concern Grows Over Late Royalty Payments at Dreamspinner Press - Writer Beware Scroll down for updates On Wednesday, September 11, Publishers Lunch published an article by Erin Somers about payment issues at Dreamspinner Press, which I’m reprinting here with permission. Dreamspi...

Heads up, Dreamspinner Press Is back to soliciting submissions at Dreamspinner Publications despite a long history (here’s a post from 2019) of screwing over authors. I know one such author. I also used to proofread/copyedit for DSP and their rates were…… low.

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I was recently served an old fashioned with a green salt rim...

You know the drill. The sacred post has crossed the timeline.

All righty, #Romancelandia. In honor of our next POTUS, I present my first #RomanceCoversAs thread on bluesky dedicated to the incredible Kamala Harris. Apologies in advance to any authors I can't find a tag for!

First up, Just Like Her by @fionazedde.bsky.social. 1/12

Red Kitchenaid mixer with a holographic reading dragon sticker

The newly deployed dragon sticker from @dragonsworn.net

7. There is no point at which I plan on surrendering, and it will certainly not happen before the goddamned election. Let's fucking go.

Two books by Samantha Sorelle. Plus peach tea. Plus stickers and postcards. And only one of many M&M cookies.

Golden envelope with a Happy Ever After keychain as well as stickers.

I'm starting to receive loot from @romancingthevote.bsky.social
@saraofwhimsy.bsky.social @dragonsworn.net @samanthasorelle.bsky.social. Yay! Not pictured: holographic dragon sticker.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

This is the sound of the Biden administration throwing the trans community under the bus on the anniversary of Stonewall.

There is Paper Mouse in West Newton

I feel like this tickles the “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” bone in all of us: who amongst us has NOT wanted to secretly dwell in extremely cool places and have them all to ourselves when the public leaves, unbeknownst to the authorities?

That is an awesome purse!

there's no bond like the one between a garbage truck driver & their toddler fans. every person driving a garbage truck is just waiting to see a toddler so they can honk the horn and put on a little show, and i die for it

Conservatives Plan to Ban Abortion and Cut LGBT Rights Starting Next January Project 2025's 180-Day Playbook is a remarkably detailed guide to turning the United States into a fascist's paradise.

I read across Project 2025—the right’s playbook for the next conservative president—to identify its myriad attacks on bodily autonomy. What I came away with is their chilling vision for a United States of sexual and reproductive coercion that’s as important to fight as any policy they plan. Read on:

What do I believe in? I believe in good sex, funk rock, great tastes, lace instead of leather, a laugh then a kiss, transportive phrases that fulfill unspoken wishes, towels straight from dryers, bathrobes so comfortable you see them breathing...

Tom Holland no volará en este lipsinqueo, pero si te hará bailar con su versión de "Umbrella" de Rihanna.¡Suscríbete a Comedy Central Latinoamérica y no te p... Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

Now that we have embedded video here, I decided to be the one to start this round: