Sarah MacLean

Put Jen to work!

Haven’t been here in a while, just here to say Minnesotans are all goddamned heroes and also Abolish ICE. ❤️

Yessssssssss pls text me

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"

A list of ideas!

This is the only way I finish a book. Every box is 100 words written—a book is 900-1000 boxes. The colors don’t mean anything except small moments of joy as I decide which one to use. And I am in the future!

Sarah’s word tracking system, each box represents 100 words written

“This time next year, this book will be on shelves,” she whispers at two in the morning as she colors in her silly little boxes.

Black women pirates. Real history. Real power.
We’re talking about it Jan 15 at FoxTale.https://buff.ly/HXuyQhE

Fully intending to do the opposite of self care by watching on Valentine’s Day

yessssssss! anyone can write 100 words!

TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR SANDWICH THROWING GUY

all i'm saying is that there were better options

There's no explanation of how the data is being used by Amazon after a reader asks for it. The "answers" the tool is producing are at best reductive and at worst wrong. All of us should be up in arms--authors, publishers, readers and @authorsguild.org

New Kindle Feature Uses AI to Answer Questions About Books—And Authors Can't Opt Out - Reactor The new feature, called Ask this Book, is already drawing controversy and unanswered questions.

I just noticed the new Kindle "Ask this Book" feature, and it's a nightmare. Authors can't opt out if f*cking diabolical. The books are being read by AI without consent or compensation. reactormag.com/new-kindle-f...

During the holidays, I highly recommend that when someone tells you "The party just doesn't have anyone to get behind for President," you remember that this is not a serious statement in 2025, and instead of engaging it, you eat more pie.

We're going to kick some book banners off school boards, we're going to elect some new governors and land the US House and Senate. Follow @statesprojectus.bsky.social and @runforsomething.net for more, and one more thing...

"But who is going to run for President..."

No. We're not entertaining this question now. We've got 12 months to stay focused and do this again, but bigger: We're going to keep rallying. We're going to expand/flip a few state legislatures (NC, PA, MI, WI, AZ, I'm looking at you), and...

Yup! They go hand in hand!

Correlation is not causation but I can’t help but notice that our literacy rates and our democracy are declining at the same time we are pricing people out of reading, defunding libraries, and banning books.

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Just leaving this here.

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.

List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Isobel has always been such a big, bold voice — authentic and honest. I’m sending love and strength and gratitude for years of knowing her.

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It is with a heavy heart that I must tell people that Isobel/Tonda is losing her battle with cancer. She has been diagnosed as terminal & is now in comfort care @ her bffs house. GFM link below, DM if you want to send Isobel/Tonda direct funds (preferred)for her care. #fuckcancer gofund.me/73738360a

*evil laughter*
(Thank you so much!!)

Snippet from Sarah MacLean’s ‘No Good Duke Goes Unpunished,’ the Third Rule of Scoundrels book: Her gaze rested on his good hand, clutching the cravat he’d tossed away earlier, the long stretch of cloth at once promise and threat. “You worry about control,” he said. Her heart began to pound. “Yes.” He extended the cravat toward her. After a long moment, she took it, and he lay down on the bed, extending his arms up until his hands met the slats of the headboard. Her mouth went dry at the look of him, spread out before her, broad and beautiful.

Rereading Rules of Scoundrels by @sarahmaclean.bsky.social & I forgot that Temple is my favorite kind of freak. This is also such a masterful moment because yes, HOT, but also because when Mara tells him his control over her feelings scares her, he gives her TANGIBLE control over him, & it’s so…👩🏾‍🍳💋🔥

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Hand holding small black and white hand lettered zine titled "How to Report ICE and Help Keep Our Neighbors Safe". Sunflowers in background.

Hand holding open zine. Pages read: "S Size of group, A Actions/Activity, L Location, U Uniforms/Clothes, T Time/Date, E Equipment

"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places:
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...

so, one of the things I am going to do right now is PUT THIS INTO MY PHONE AS A CONTACT, that way, if I see something I can immediately report it, not fumble around wishing I could find this number, remember the name of the organization, etc.

Finished These Summer Storms by @sarahmaclean.bsky.social today. Just delightful. I was worried when it was billed as fiction instead of a romance because it might have a not HEA. It is an excellent accompaniment to The Summer I Turned Pretty if you would like all the characters to be likeable.

Oh Stephanie! Ugh!!!

Example: “Paramount fired Colbert because he made Trump mad and & they wanted a merger approved. MEANWHILE they locked down South Park for $1.5 billion, BUT when the ink was dry on the contract, South Park dropped a scorched earth episode on Trump, AS A RESULT OF WHICH Paramount played themselves.