Jackie Lau
@jackielaubooks.bsky.social
Romance reader/writer. Latest release: Magically Generated. She/her. jackielaubooks.com
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Jackie Lau
@jackielaubooks.bsky.social
· Oct 21
❄Magically Generated is out now!❄
A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.
jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.
jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
I keep wondering whether, a year from now, I'll still be able to write romance.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I keep wondering whether, a year from now, I'll still be able to write romance.
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#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is BACK for our 6th year! 🎁✨
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is BACK for our 6th year! 🎁✨
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
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What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
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i got everyone in my family holiday socks with my dog's face on them and i am c r y i n g
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
i got everyone in my family holiday socks with my dog's face on them and i am c r y i n g
Was really hoping to watch it today, before my next chemo. Hard to reward myself for surviving chemo bc I can't enjoy anything properly afterward.
I thought Heated Rivalry was out today but it's tomorrow ugh
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Was really hoping to watch it today, before my next chemo. Hard to reward myself for surviving chemo bc I can't enjoy anything properly afterward.
I thought Heated Rivalry was out today but it's tomorrow ugh
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I thought Heated Rivalry was out today but it's tomorrow ugh
There is a Little Golden Book for The X-Files
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
There is a Little Golden Book for The X-Files
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For a limited time, you can grab my award-winning novella, TIKKA CHANCE ON ME, for just $0.99! Trucker and Pinky are a cheap date! But, sorry, you'll have to procure your own samosas.
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
For a limited time, you can grab my award-winning novella, TIKKA CHANCE ON ME, for just $0.99! Trucker and Pinky are a cheap date! But, sorry, you'll have to procure your own samosas.
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
apparently there's a type of marine worm known as the pig's rump worm or flying buttocks b/c it looks like a disembodied ass, and I'm definitely doing to put this in a book.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
apparently there's a type of marine worm known as the pig's rump worm or flying buttocks b/c it looks like a disembodied ass, and I'm definitely doing to put this in a book.
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This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
Thanksgiving was last month where I live, so I had turkey soup from the freezer for lunch.
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thanksgiving was last month where I live, so I had turkey soup from the freezer for lunch.
I finished the draft! 69,385 words in just over 6 weeks. This is slower than my usual drafting speed, but I started it a few days before my first infusion (chemo/immunotherapy), and I've now had 6.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I finished the draft! 69,385 words in just over 6 weeks. This is slower than my usual drafting speed, but I started it a few days before my first infusion (chemo/immunotherapy), and I've now had 6.
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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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Sometimes I think about how every 3 months the news tells people they're financially irresponsible for having a coffee or eating a candy bar or whatever the fuck and therefore deserve to die without housing or healthcare.
Then this shit.
Then this shit.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sometimes I think about how every 3 months the news tells people they're financially irresponsible for having a coffee or eating a candy bar or whatever the fuck and therefore deserve to die without housing or healthcare.
Then this shit.
Then this shit.
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Right now on reddit there's a guy inventing a new kind of brick to build his home with and it's going about as well as you can imagine
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Right now on reddit there's a guy inventing a new kind of brick to build his home with and it's going about as well as you can imagine
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SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
Finch West is officially opening in 2025 though!
(Line 6 is opening before Line 5. It has been under construction for ~6 years, I believe, vs. 15 years, but it's all above ground.)
(Line 6 is opening before Line 5. It has been under construction for ~6 years, I believe, vs. 15 years, but it's all above ground.)
apparently there's still a chance the Eglinton LRT could open in 2025 lol
'Still a chance' Eglinton Crosstown LRT could open in 2025: Metrolinx
With less than two months of the year remaining, Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay says there's "still a chance" that the Eglinton Crosstown LRT could open in 2025.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Finch West is officially opening in 2025 though!
(Line 6 is opening before Line 5. It has been under construction for ~6 years, I believe, vs. 15 years, but it's all above ground.)
(Line 6 is opening before Line 5. It has been under construction for ~6 years, I believe, vs. 15 years, but it's all above ground.)
Time Loops & Meet Cutes is featured here!
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apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Time Loops & Meet Cutes is featured here!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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I feel like I'm running out of steam with this book, but I'm on the last chapter, so I suppose that's okay.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I feel like I'm running out of steam with this book, but I'm on the last chapter, so I suppose that's okay.
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Annual reminder that I've got a holiday romcom out
"A super-steamy queer holiday romance that deals with serious topics, such as substance addiction, identity exploration, and family strife, while still managing to be uproariously funny and incredibly romantic." —Library Journal (⭐ review)
"A super-steamy queer holiday romance that deals with serious topics, such as substance addiction, identity exploration, and family strife, while still managing to be uproariously funny and incredibly romantic." —Library Journal (⭐ review)
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Annual reminder that I've got a holiday romcom out
"A super-steamy queer holiday romance that deals with serious topics, such as substance addiction, identity exploration, and family strife, while still managing to be uproariously funny and incredibly romantic." —Library Journal (⭐ review)
"A super-steamy queer holiday romance that deals with serious topics, such as substance addiction, identity exploration, and family strife, while still managing to be uproariously funny and incredibly romantic." —Library Journal (⭐ review)
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GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
Diaspora Dialogues Presents the 2025 Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase - Diaspora Dialogues
The Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase is a three-day celebration of Caribbean voices and their influence on Canadian literature, art, and culture. Over the course of the showcase, audiences are inv...
diasporadialogues.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...