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TJ Alexander (they/them)

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Bestselling author of 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ romances. A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN out now. In 2026: A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS (spring), LOVE AND LAKE MONSTERS (fall). Rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski @ Azantian https://tjalexander.carrd.co

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · Sep 10

🌈COVER REVEAL🌈

From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.

A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is out March 10.

Preorder & full synopsis: tjalexander.com#books6

The cover for A Lady For All Seasons. A photograph of a redheaded woman in a blue dress is facing away from the viewer. The title and author name are illustrated as if on the front of a poetry chapbook.

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Carli Velocci👽 @carlivelocci.com · 2h

🧵The QT Library, an upcoming brick-and-mortar LGBTQIA+ library and community space in the Boston area, is doing something big.

We're looking to raise $100K and get a new influx of volunteers while celebrating our community and the resilience of the queer and trans community! Join us!

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 3h

🌱 A small seed is capable of turning into a beautiful garden. Likewise, from the simple idea of liberation and hope, QT Library has sprung up.

Introducing From Seed to Shelf: the QT Library's annual campaign! Donate, volunteer, RSVP... help us grow today: https://loom.ly/MRSIouU

QT Library covered in tiny flowers on a wooden board. Text underneath says, "from seed to shelf" surrounded by leaves. Text under that says, "our annual campaign to deepen our roots, grow our team, and raise $100,000. For, by, and with you." At the bottom is a brown bookshelf with blank books and some colorful potted flowers.

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 2h

literally i just need to take the sea air for a month

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 2h

Bookstore to Open in Former Macon Hardware Digs

Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is teaming up with Bed-Vyne's owners to create a literary salon in the Bed Stuy building.

www.brownstoner.com

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 3h

the three sads. -like, as if not even good enough to be a true Rumpelstiltskin. HUSK. a great collection of words.

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 3h

This was City Councilmember Chi Ossé describing Cuomo btw but again.........seems like a multi use phrase

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 15h

"a sad, sad, sad Rumpelstiltskin-like husk of a man" has been stuck in my head all day. Maybe because it describes so many people.

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 4h

like, we discovered PRETTY LONG AGO that eggs don't give you bad cholesterol, right? That was not a completely recent thing. i simply think most people could benefit from doing something to improve the world in real ways but I guess yelling on the internet is easier

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 4h

i don't know what i expected when posting to tumblr dot com but i guess someone lecturing me about my cholesterol was low on the list

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Els Jones🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 4h

I keep thinking about how ahistorical the US is becoming and how that relates to historical romance being sidelined. Esp as historical romance was starting to make more space for writers of color. Suddenly trad pub decided it wasn't worth it anymore!

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 21h

Just got off the phone with the moving company, and it's gonna be $2,000 to move our shit from Portland to Montréal. A five-hour drive away, and it's two grand for one of them pods. 😵‍💫

Anyway, great time recall I have a GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/help-autum...

And book bundle: itch.io/s/159177/the...

Donate to Help Autumn Wolff Move and Study in Quebec, organized by Autumn Wolff

Hi! I'm Autumn Wolff, a transfemme author working on going back to school in a… Autumn Wolff needs your support for Help Autumn Wolff Move and Study in Quebec

www.gofundme.com

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jeffsolochek.bsky.social @jeffsolochek.bsky.social · 5h

Some Florida schools are spending 100s of $1,000s to keep books out of their libraries. That story, plus the latest on charter schools, teacher pay, student clubs and more, in today's Florida education news roundup.
www.tampabay.com/news/educati...

Library book battles cost Florida school districts big money

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

www.tampabay.com

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 15h

"a sad, sad, sad Rumpelstiltskin-like husk of a man" has been stuck in my head all day. Maybe because it describes so many people.

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 18h

Please just pay sex workers and read real erotica

The Verge @theverge.com · 22h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all LOVE artists' lil cross stitch worthy bon mots, y'all HATE the idea that we need to survive

🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · Dec 28

remembering that booktuber who read van gogh's diaries and letters and hated it bc she expected inspirational quotes when in reality most of it is vincent writing about needing money

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 1d

then load up Splendor & Misery!!! It's a great album

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 1d

can you tell I don't know what is age appropriate for anyone.

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 1d

Oh definitely--well, now I'm thinking, are middle school kids allowed to listen to cussing? There's cussing in Hamilton, I'm pretty sure. If so then Daveed Diggs's clipping is wildly good.

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I dislike skipping over Halloween to the holiday season, truly, but next newsletter had to do it, scheduling-wise.

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 9d

I have a very special giveaway coming later this month for my paid subscribers. There's an arc for A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS up for grabs and a big dang something else. 🎄🌴

Subscribe: buttondown.com/tjalexander/buy

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think a lot of people are joining cults rn. Seems like a time, culturally, that people might be joining cults a bunch

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 1d

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Publishers should be invested in promoting the books they publish.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I have no idea, I never read the books, but my memory of the book cover is they're not Edward's hands? So even if it is referencing something that happened in the book I think it was interpreted very weirdly

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 2d

I was lost for most of this film but the apple thing.....

the apple thing is gonna keep me up at night.

You're a visual medium, but there are other parts of a book that can be adapted to visuals besides-- yanno what I am overthinking this probably

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 2d

DIDN'T GET that it was supposed to be an homage of the book cover until a sort of slideshow during the credits

but that made it worse! Like, THAT'S how you wanted to pay homage to your source material? Invoking the cover art??? do you understand what makes books beloved? I don't think it's that

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 2d

I watched the first Twilight movie for the first time last night and tho many parts were inscrutable to me, one scene stood out. The one where Bella is arranging fruit (??) in the school cafeteria, is startled by Edward, drops an apple only for him to catch it in a bizarre way

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