Val

Lunch view, pas mal 😊

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

Screenshot from page 211 of Let’s Move the Needle

I feel like this paragraph from my book is pretty appropriate for today.

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...

Figure out what grounds you and anchor yourself to that.

Good morning. You are still here. Do something kind for someone you love today--and if you can, for someone else in your community, even if they're a stranger. We're in this together. ❤️

The purpose of yesterday was to frighten us to submitting in advance. I have my freedom of speech and I will use it here and everywhere else I exist online to make my voice heard. No oligarch, no president will silence me. So, be prepared for more Latinx books just as soon as my mourning ends, okay?

If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.

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My loves, if you find today or any day difficult for you, I find there can be comfort in Tolkien’s words.
While some times may be terrifying, infuriating, or devastating, it is never hopeless.

My fiercest belief is also a theme that informs all of my writing and can be an act of rebellion in dark times: they may try, but nobody, and I mean nobody, can tell you who or what you really are.

Even though most of us will probably never lead the charge, we all have a vital role to play in this battle before us.

"Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star." ~ MLK

Today and in the coming days, remember

Just so we’re clear:
1. Audiobooks count
2. Reading is political
3. The orange man is a piece of 💩

Thanks for stopping by 💃

We just got back from Thanksgiving dinner and my sister immediately got out her Christmas lights and is listening to the Glee Christmas album 😭😂

Trust yourself and the world is yours

Ive

Like, you have one job, sir. How do you advertise 80s and play no Cher?

I went to a throwback party event in Brooklyn where the DJ had the nerve to play Glorilla and Megan.

Don’t get me wrong, I love BOTH, but they weren’t rapping in the 80s and 90s?! 😭

#musicsky

I feel like, as a collective, we skated over the whole « Kendrick getting a whole ass GRAMMY nomination for being a hater » entirely too quickly.

#musicsky

A copy of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS held up against a background of sunlit trees

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY BOOK IS OUT TODAY!!!!!!!!!

THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS releases today in the US (and Italy)!!! I have waited SO LONG to share this book with everyone and I'm so excited that it's finally out in the world!!!!!!!!!

Books 📚

At all! Threads has more arguments and insane takes than Twitter 😭

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

Oh sounds gorgeous 🤩 as for me, one of mine is this beautiful smoky quartz

Lol