Olivia Waite
@oliviawaite.com
Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
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Olivia Waite
@oliviawaite.com
· Apr 23
Ballast Book Company
Bremerton's independent bookstore, locally owned and operated since 2015 new books and gifts
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Good news! You can now order signed or personalized or doodled-on copies of my books from @ballastbookco.bsky.social! (Eagle eyes will also spot the pre-order for the second Dorothy Gentleman mystery!) ballastbookco.com/browse/filte... 💙📚
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“the world is a shitshow full of horrors and all we can do is love each other and be brave”
in lovely prose
also a great Romance Baby
in lovely prose
also a great Romance Baby
I'm only about 50 pages in but this is a really nice book so far.
It's the "everybody is a mess and everything is horrible" end of "cosy", in other words the part of it i can relate to at all.
www.amazon.com/After-Hours-...
It's the "everybody is a mess and everything is horrible" end of "cosy", in other words the part of it i can relate to at all.
www.amazon.com/After-Hours-...
After Hours at Dooryard Books
After Hours at Dooryard Books - Kindle edition by Sebastian, Cat. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“the world is a shitshow full of horrors and all we can do is love each other and be brave”
in lovely prose
also a great Romance Baby
in lovely prose
also a great Romance Baby
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You should do that. It is good.
Queer historical for people who had it up to here with dukes.
Queer historical for people who had it up to here with dukes.
relevant to my last post: if you would like to read A BLOOMY HEAD, my first historical romance/mystery, you can currently get a paperback ON SALE on my website! $7.99 + shipping!
www.sharonjgochenour.com/store
www.sharonjgochenour.com/store
Store — Sharon J. Gochenour, author and illustrator
Do you want to buy books directly from me? Here! Here is the place!
www.sharonjgochenour.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
You should do that. It is good.
Queer historical for people who had it up to here with dukes.
Queer historical for people who had it up to here with dukes.
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
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Today's romance deals are up, treat yourself to one of these lovely reads!
5 romances, all under $3 👀📚
Monday Romance Deals (12/08): A hedgehog shifter heroine, an heiress on the run from a forced marriage, hockey rivals to lovers & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/12/mond...
5 romances, all under $3 👀📚
Monday Romance Deals (12/08): A hedgehog shifter heroine, an heiress on the run from a forced marriage, hockey rivals to lovers & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/12/mond...
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Today's romance deals are up, treat yourself to one of these lovely reads!
5 romances, all under $3 👀📚
Monday Romance Deals (12/08): A hedgehog shifter heroine, an heiress on the run from a forced marriage, hockey rivals to lovers & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/12/mond...
5 romances, all under $3 👀📚
Monday Romance Deals (12/08): A hedgehog shifter heroine, an heiress on the run from a forced marriage, hockey rivals to lovers & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/12/mond...
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I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
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Londoners will have to reset their tray in 2026, then draw a new bird
White storks to make historic return to London in 2026
White storks to make historic return to London in 2026
Species extinct as breeding birds in Britain since 1416 to be reintroduced in Barking and Dagenham as part of rewilding effort
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Londoners will have to reset their tray in 2026, then draw a new bird
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My Amazon account got reinstated, with no details about why it was removed in the first place. I'm glad it's back, but I lost out on several days of sales, including Black Friday weekend.
If you'd like to support a trans indie author, please buy my books: www.amazon.com/Devin-Harnoi...
If you'd like to support a trans indie author, please buy my books: www.amazon.com/Devin-Harnoi...
Devin Harnois: books, biography, latest update
Follow Devin Harnois and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Devin Harnois Author Page.
www.amazon.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My Amazon account got reinstated, with no details about why it was removed in the first place. I'm glad it's back, but I lost out on several days of sales, including Black Friday weekend.
If you'd like to support a trans indie author, please buy my books: www.amazon.com/Devin-Harnoi...
If you'd like to support a trans indie author, please buy my books: www.amazon.com/Devin-Harnoi...
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It’s a love story, it’s a horror story, it’s got some cool elephants.
Consider a book this festive season! (preferably mine!)
Consider a book this festive season! (preferably mine!)
It‘s been out in North America for a while, and is shortly coming to the UK/Commonwealth market.
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
Asunder
"There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today."—Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author o...
us.macmillan.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s a love story, it’s a horror story, it’s got some cool elephants.
Consider a book this festive season! (preferably mine!)
Consider a book this festive season! (preferably mine!)
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All right, Booksky: it's my 2025 Books of the Year post! Get your book recs here.
Featuring lashings of romance and SFFH, a fair bit of murder, and some extremely specific history nerding, like you weren't expecting that.
Featuring lashings of romance and SFFH, a fair bit of murder, and some extremely specific history nerding, like you weren't expecting that.
Best Books of 2025 – KJ Charles
kjcharleswriter.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
All right, Booksky: it's my 2025 Books of the Year post! Get your book recs here.
Featuring lashings of romance and SFFH, a fair bit of murder, and some extremely specific history nerding, like you weren't expecting that.
Featuring lashings of romance and SFFH, a fair bit of murder, and some extremely specific history nerding, like you weren't expecting that.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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In The Vanishers' Palace is also great: sort of post apocalyptic Beauty and the Beast. Fireheart Tiger is also fantastic and made me cry. I can't really afford to buy books rn (alas!) but recommend these all!
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In The Vanishers' Palace is also great: sort of post apocalyptic Beauty and the Beast. Fireheart Tiger is also fantastic and made me cry. I can't really afford to buy books rn (alas!) but recommend these all!
In light of the Texas SCOTUS news, today is a great day to join or donate to Authors Against Book Bans — we’ve been fighting for the right to read in every state for the past year, and we’re going to keep doing it: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Authors Against Book Bans
Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In light of the Texas SCOTUS news, today is a great day to join or donate to Authors Against Book Bans — we’ve been fighting for the right to read in every state for the past year, and we’re going to keep doing it: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
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Announcement: the moon bootprint hoodies production queue closes tomorrow.
I'm over the moon that the hoodies got funded, and they are already in production!
I will be able to add a final few orders to the queue. This is your last chance to grab one :)
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
🔭🐡🧪🎨
I'm over the moon that the hoodies got funded, and they are already in production!
I will be able to add a final few orders to the queue. This is your last chance to grab one :)
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
🔭🐡🧪🎨
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Announcement: the moon bootprint hoodies production queue closes tomorrow.
I'm over the moon that the hoodies got funded, and they are already in production!
I will be able to add a final few orders to the queue. This is your last chance to grab one :)
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
🔭🐡🧪🎨
I'm over the moon that the hoodies got funded, and they are already in production!
I will be able to add a final few orders to the queue. This is your last chance to grab one :)
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
🔭🐡🧪🎨
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If you're looking for a payroll service, and are looking at Wave, DO NOT.
Look anywhere else. Hiring a necromancer to resurrect an accountant from 1902 is a better choice.
They
1. Failed to pay my state withholding taxes
2. Failed to file returns
3. AFTER TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT
Look anywhere else. Hiring a necromancer to resurrect an accountant from 1902 is a better choice.
They
1. Failed to pay my state withholding taxes
2. Failed to file returns
3. AFTER TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you're looking for a payroll service, and are looking at Wave, DO NOT.
Look anywhere else. Hiring a necromancer to resurrect an accountant from 1902 is a better choice.
They
1. Failed to pay my state withholding taxes
2. Failed to file returns
3. AFTER TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT
Look anywhere else. Hiring a necromancer to resurrect an accountant from 1902 is a better choice.
They
1. Failed to pay my state withholding taxes
2. Failed to file returns
3. AFTER TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT
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Not now, Chernobyl radiation shield
Chernobyl radiation shield 'lost safety function' after drone strike, UN watchdog says
Chernobyl radiation shield 'lost safety function' after drone strike, UN watchdog says
The protective shield at the site of the 1986 disaster has lost its main safety function, the IAEA says.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Not now, Chernobyl radiation shield
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Every queer person knows exactly what dogwhistle the threat of “normalcy” is.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Every queer person knows exactly what dogwhistle the threat of “normalcy” is.
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We are about to discover the far right equivalent of "everyone at the leftist commune wants to design the ideal society and no one wants to do laundry"
your fair share of taxes: an unconscionable ripoff at best, and theft at worst
$1,500/month to live in a Singapore hotel with the most unfuckable greedheads imaginable: an exciting opportunity to experience true freedom (with Singaporean characteristics)
$1,500/month to live in a Singapore hotel with the most unfuckable greedheads imaginable: an exciting opportunity to experience true freedom (with Singaporean characteristics)
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We are about to discover the far right equivalent of "everyone at the leftist commune wants to design the ideal society and no one wants to do laundry"
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There's an episode in Blackadder 3 where Edmond uses made-up words to convince Samual Johnson that he's missed stuff from his dictionary. I have been using these same words in work meetings and reports for decades without ever being challenged on their authenticity.
December 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
There's an episode in Blackadder 3 where Edmond uses made-up words to convince Samual Johnson that he's missed stuff from his dictionary. I have been using these same words in work meetings and reports for decades without ever being challenged on their authenticity.
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This is the easiest question of Constitutional interpretation imaginable, and Wurman and Barnett are trying to lawyer brain ethnic cleansing into existence
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is the easiest question of Constitutional interpretation imaginable, and Wurman and Barnett are trying to lawyer brain ethnic cleansing into existence