being a romance author ain't easy 🥲 #writers #authors #romance
the dedication i wrote in my debut YA book (Black witches from DC poison dumbass politicians w/ love potions) that made me a national bestselling, award-nominated author who earned out her book advance in less than 9 months
"I dedicate this book to all my haters. I only got this far outta spite."
I might have to start acting a fool over here. 😒
imma try to cook it up as quickly as i can 😌
one's looking at her like she's a lavish feast to behold while the other pretends to ignore her, knowing his hunger for her will be his downfall
SLICK MOUTH is an upcoming MMF Florida vampire smut story i'm serializing on my Patreon's TAKE ALL OF IT tier 🙂↔️
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Nooooo 😭😭😭😭
Check your DMs.
the way bluesky was the only platform that didn't have any giveaway entries. imma bout to give up on yall. 😭
💚Patreon Membership Giveaway💚
Broke recognizes broke, so I'm giving away 6mos of free access to my middle-aged slut stories on Patreon.
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3 winners. Ends March 8. Winners will be DM'd.
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Ayyyyye 😌
I knew y'all would like da names 😂😂😂
SUGAR MAMA + UNSCRIPTED is moving over there too! These were once free stories on my author site.
$3 = SUGAR MAMA + UNSCRIPTED + ✨More goodies✨
$6 = THE BEAST YOU MADE OF ME + SLICK MOUTH + ✨Even more goodies✨
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Lemme head on out before yall beat my ass.
2/2
C’mere ‘n lemme talk to yall. I’m starting a Patreon, & the werewolf smut w/ middle-aged sluts is getting serialized first, then Patrons will get early ebook access. Wide release will come later.
Black vampire MMF smut is coming up off the backburner too. Title: SLICK MOUTH. Also serializing.
1/2
I've got an announcement to make, but I don't know how y'all gone take it. Y'all either gone be excited or y'all gone jump the hell outta me. We bout ta find out together. Be back here at 10AM EST tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3.
Do y'all think it's a coincidence that after the SAVE Act failed to pass, which was a voter suppression act, Trump decides to ILLEGALLY declare war against Iran? He wants to use emergency powers to declare executive power over elections.
🗣️🔈WAKE🔈 IT 🔈UPPPPPPPPPP!!!
I promise I haven't forgotten about the middle-aged sluts. I'll be issuing a new release date soon. So, if you still want a book with werewolf smut with middle-aged sluts, keep an eye out. ☺️
My mom: *sends me random Bible scriptures*
Also my mom: *gives me important feedback*
I wrote THE POISONS WE DRINK angry. Black folk doing what’s needed for progress, even when it made us look like monsters, was the point. Making anger sentient was a choice. Defiance looks evil from the wrong side or the sidelines of a revolution.
Rest in peace, Rev. Jesse Jackson
Although THE POISONS WE DRINK is about love potions, there's real, complicated, messy love between Venus and Presley. If you like "Black bi and pan enby couple doing crimes" rep for a V-Day book rec, might I recommend my little pink book? ☺️
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Considering which books and authors they choose to invest $$$$$ in while BIPOC authors get left in the dust, A+B=C.
And to me, that's the gospel truth.
4/4
When we critique or speak of trad pub, it's often viewed as this faceless Goliath but the truth is beneath its thin skin, white women are its backbone and lifeblood. We tiptoe around this, but that's what it is. And considering how toxic the industry is toward BIPOC authors, 1+1=2.
3/4
They predominantly make up the agents, editors, and other publishing roles. Book marketing caters to white women, even for BIPOC books. Who gets through the gate oftentimes depends largely on if enough white women within literary agencies and publishing houses like you and your book enough.
2/4
There's good convo on Threads about gatekeepers in trad publishing and I want to put what I've said there on here too:
A friend said that publishing isn't a meritocracy. I agreed, then said publishing is a white matriarchy. White women are the gatekeepers and kingmakers of trad pub.
1/4
If only. 🙂↔️
In THE POISONS WE DRINK, there's 8 love potions. Venus is known for Peitho potions, which make you fall for ideas. In DC, ideas become laws. Laws hold power over witchers. And power is more dangerous than magic.
Maybe, this book is your preferred poison? 😘
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Imagine a country where its president posts a video of a Black former president and his Black wife as monkeys during Black History Month to the masses.
Still not enough to invoke Article II, Section 4 though, lol. To terrified white folk, inclusivity is the meteor that killed the dinosaurs.
What my mind envisions during sex scenes in books when y'all be saying stuff like:
"She gave his head a nice, long lick."
If you're interested in reading THE POISONS WE DRINK yourself, you can find a copy to buy HERE: linktr.ee/bethanybaptiste or check it out your local library.
And if you HAVE read THE POISONS WE DRINK, let me know who your favorite familiar is!
I'm nosy. 👀
9/9
In 2017, I was writing POISONS and decided I wanted familiars in my book's world. I decided that the Stoneheart family NEEDED a familiar and without hesitation, I immediately knew who that familiar would be.
So, Patch the Pumpkin Patch Kitten lives on in Patches the Stoneheart familiar.
8/9
