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Darlene Marshall πŸ¦œπŸ΄β€β˜ οΈπŸ’™πŸ“š
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Award-winning historical romance, mostly about pirates, privateers, smugglers, and the occasional possum. Fan of good whisky & dark chocolate, Membership Dir. at Regency Fiction Writers. Represented by RosenbergLit. https://linktr.ee/darlenemarshallauthor
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We can see from losses in recent school board elections around Texas and the number of local groups fighting censorship documented by @penamerica.bsky.social that Americans are tired of library censorship battles and are pushing back.

What can you do? Join @uabookbans.bsky.social to start!
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CNN @cnn.com Β· 24d
More than two years after Hamas and its allies kidnapped 251 people from Israel and took them to Gaza, 47 hostages remain in the enclave, with at least 20 believed to be alive. https://cnn.it/4h36wST
Dang it, I still haven’t received my catalog. I’m going to write to them and get back on the mailing list!
I’m celebrating #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay with a @smashwords.bsky.social sale on SEA CHANGE (High Seas 1) with code SDXPW. Seize the booty and enjoy special savings! #booksky πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ
I’ve used the fake marriage/relarionship #trope a few times, in award-winning CASTAWAY DREAMS (High Seas 2), in my WIP FOR LOVE OF A SMUGGLER, and marriages of convenience that may not be legal in THE BRIDE AND THE BUCCANEER and SMUGGLER’S BRIDE. #writing #historicalromance #pirateromance
Ahoy! Prepare for #ITLAPD with SEA CHANGE (High Seas 1) from my award-winning series, $1 through Friday at @smashwords.bsky.social with coupon code SDXPW. Fill your ereader with book booty! (Read The Pirate’s Secret Baby [High Seas 3] for more pirate πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ life lessons.) #TalkLikeAPirate #booksky
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NPR @npr.org Β· Sep 9
In 1984, the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap satirized heavy metal bands. Now the characters are back for a sequel, Spinal Tap II. Reiner says "they have grown neither emotionally or musically."
Spinal Tap is back. Director Rob Reiner says they're still dialed up to 11
In 1984, the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap satirized heavy metal bands. Now the characters are back for a sequel, Spinal Tap II. Reiner says "they have grown neither emotionally or musically."
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I heard reports they were back! I’m so happy to see it and I hope my catalog arrives in a day or two.
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NEWS: Far-right MAGA network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 MILLION to settle a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over 2020 election lies

LINK: meidasnews.com/news/newsmax...
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A new breakthrough suggests that lithium could play a role in both causing and treating Alzheimer’s disease. However, this research is among the thousands of projects that lost funding due to President Trump’s cuts to the NIH.
Lithium May Have A Role In Causingβ€”And Treatingβ€”Alzheimer’s
This important breakthrough and other research projects have lost funding because of Trump’s cuts to the NIH.
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You can join PBS Passport for on demand streaming of the PBS library for a minimum of $5/month for PBS Passport, of $8/month for PBS and NPR.

This is linked to my local station (WETA) but you can find your local at pbs.org

give.weta.org/page/50762/a...
WETA | Passport
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CfP 🚨 The Journal of Popular Romance Studies is now accepting paper submissions for its Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman", focusing on romance, critical love studies and posthumanism:

πŸ“† Deadline: 31 October 2025
πŸ“„ Send 300-word abstracts
βž• More information: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...
Special Issue Call for Papers | Journal of Popular Romance Studies
JPRS publishes special issues on a range of topics relating to the study of romantic love and its representations. These issues contain at least 3 articles on their shared topic, as well as an introdu...
www.jprstudies.org