Jackie Lau
@jackielaubooks.bsky.social
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Romance reader/writer. Latest release: Time Loops & Meet Cutes. Coming soon: Magically Generated. She/her. jackielaubooks.com
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A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.

Magically Generated will be out on October 21!

Cover artist: @jaypillerva.bsky.social
Illustrated cover of Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Large Asian man with beard and glasses, wearing red winter coat and gray hat. White woman wearing green jacket and hat with pompom. He has an arm around her, and they’re looking at each other. Background: snowy city park, including snow sculpture of a rabbit holding a mug.  Subtitle: A Christmas novella.
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
Fortunately, I have only 1 preorder on Google Play, so...

(And I'm also still waiting on a resolution to the fact that I've been making negative $ on a free book! 5 days and counting for that one.)
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
It has been 7 days since I uploaded my files to Google Play.

It has been 6 days since I told them that my files were stuck in processing and they said they would look into it and get back to me by email.

Still nothing.

Am now worried that they will cancel the preorder due to lack of content (lol)
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
I have like four separate annoyances/issues with Google Play right now, which have all come up within the last 2 days.

I've averaged <$12 CAD/month in royalties there this year. It's not worth this aggravation.
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jackielaubooks.bsky.social
Magically Generated will be out in one more week!

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor as mysterious snow sculptures start appearing in Toronto parks.

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
Tablet with cover of Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Cover: illustration of man and woman outside in winter.
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gaudipern.bsky.social
The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
Magically Generated will be out in one more week!

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor as mysterious snow sculptures start appearing in Toronto parks.

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
Tablet with cover of Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Cover: illustration of man and woman outside in winter.
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timmarchman.bsky.social
A tale as old as time: Guy uploads his entire stash of 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy network so he can train an AI to "make better 'robot pornography,'" gets caught, gripes that the DOE (which is charged with maintaining nuclear secrets) is "spying on him a little too much."
Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets
A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network.
www.404media.co
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jackielaubooks.bsky.social
A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.

Magically Generated will be out in less than two weeks!

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
Trope graphic for Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Text: neighbors to lovers, Christmas romance, festive snow animals, a little magic, opposites attract, holiday treats.
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
What if you met your soulmate dozens of times, but he never remembered your name?

Looked at the calendar and realized it has been more than 5 months since the release of Time Loops & Meet Cutes!
What if you met your soulmate dozens of times, but he never remembered your name?

Looked at the calendar and realized it had been more than 5 months since the release of Time Loops & Meet Cutes! Page of novel. Highlighted text: 
“I really wish I could remember kissing you.” He brushes his fingers over my cheek, and I nearly shiver in the warm air. 
I want to sink into his touch and learn every inch of him. 
“So do I.” My breath hitches, and I trail a fingertip over his jaw. Does this feel familiar to him? “We’ll make new memories soon.”
Memories that he’ll have for just a few hours before they disappear, leaving only the faintest impression behind. 
The thought is bittersweet.
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maureenjohnsonbooks.com
The "set aside the art from the artist" thing in this case is moot. Harry Potter money now goes right to destroying the human rights of trans persons. A billionaire who got her ass kissed for two decades got a rebuke and now she's got to wreck the lives of others.
jessothomson.co.uk
It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
One of these issues is that I have made -$2 CAD in the past couple of months on a free book. From the dashboard, it looks like 2 people returned the book?? and I got charged about $1 each time??

anyway, make sure you check your statements. I'm still waiting on a resolution to this.
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
I have like four separate annoyances/issues with Google Play right now, which have all come up within the last 2 days.

I've averaged <$12 CAD/month in royalties there this year. It's not worth this aggravation.
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
that info is out of date...this was the reason I initially thought immunocompromised ppl could get them the first week in October, but absolutely nobody (pharmacies, even the hospital) had them last week 🫤 The Ontario website was updated a couple days ago to say the week of the 14th.
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
Yeah, the Ontario website was updated at some point to say the week of October 14, even though they initially said late September or early October.
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
appointments appeared on the Shoppers website a couple of days ago. Earliest appointments I could find were October 15.
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
Does anyone in Toronto know of a place where someone who is immunocompromised would be able to get a flu vaccine in the next two weeks? Many pharmacies have COVID-19 shots, but I cannot find a place with flu shots. Does nobody have them yet?
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
I have like four separate annoyances/issues with Google Play right now, which have all come up within the last 2 days.

I've averaged <$12 CAD/month in royalties there this year. It's not worth this aggravation.
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juliametraux.bsky.social
Here's a photo of Lucky when he was a baby for everyone's mental health purposes
A small white fluffy puppy taking a snooze.
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luckytran.com
when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable
jackielaubooks.bsky.social
A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.

Magically Generated will be out in less than two weeks!

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
Trope graphic for Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Text: neighbors to lovers, Christmas romance, festive snow animals, a little magic, opposites attract, holiday treats.
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charlottestein.bsky.social
My new book, Dealing With A Desperate Demon, is out today! Cheery curvy bookseller, grumpy curvy demon, dating lessons, a beauty and the beast style curse, lots of horniness. Perfect to curl up to for spooky season! You can grab it these places!

read.macmillan.com/lp/dealing-w...
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
Just saw a care home employee post a video of one of her charges dancing when she thought she was alone and care providers, you really need to…well, CARE about your patients’ privacy! My grandma would have been mortified.

Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.
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biologizing.bsky.social
The Newfoundland and Labrador public libraries continue to make the absolute best free pins that you can just have if you go to borrow a book
A pin on a desk, it has a codfish silhouette holding a library card, with the words "having fun isn't hard when you've got a library cod"
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kjcharleswriter.com
/adds to lexicon/
estherschindler.bsky.social
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.