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
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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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They have repeatedly abducted Native Americans. This is ethnic cleansing, point blank.
No news reporter should go uncorrected whenever they call this an "immigration crackdown".
When they are kidnapping people simply based on the color of their skin that is an ethnic cleansing.
When they are kidnapping people simply based on the color of their skin that is an ethnic cleansing.
January 24, 2026 at 2:06 AM
They have repeatedly abducted Native Americans. This is ethnic cleansing, point blank.
Honestly the combination of ICE protests and actual ice storm is a gift to future historians, who are not gonna have to work even a little bit to find symbolism in this era.
January 24, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Honestly the combination of ICE protests and actual ice storm is a gift to future historians, who are not gonna have to work even a little bit to find symbolism in this era.
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It's worth noting that the population of Minnesota is about 5.8 million, so close to 1 in 100 people in this entire amazing state showed up to say #FuckICE today
50,000+ marched against Operation Metro Surge and IN FAVOR of our neighbors in 10 Degree below weather.
January 24, 2026 at 2:34 AM
It's worth noting that the population of Minnesota is about 5.8 million, so close to 1 in 100 people in this entire amazing state showed up to say #FuckICE today
This book is lovely and the sequel is perfection!
New Review
Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin is a fantasy set in a rich world where gods, dragons and magic play a real and important role in the stories. It’s the first book in the series and a brilliant beginning.
@effiecalvin.bsky.social
#highlyrecommended #fantasy #romance
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Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin is a fantasy set in a rich world where gods, dragons and magic play a real and important role in the stories. It’s the first book in the series and a brilliant beginning.
@effiecalvin.bsky.social
#highlyrecommended #fantasy #romance
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January 24, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This book is lovely and the sequel is perfection!
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They were eventually allowed one phone call as a thanks for saving the agent’s life.
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
They were eventually allowed one phone call as a thanks for saving the agent’s life.
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
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Then they will strip their sleeve and show
Their frostbite scars
And say "These wounds I had on Fuck Ice Day"
Their frostbite scars
And say "These wounds I had on Fuck Ice Day"
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Then they will strip their sleeve and show
Their frostbite scars
And say "These wounds I had on Fuck Ice Day"
Their frostbite scars
And say "These wounds I had on Fuck Ice Day"
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I just finished One in a Million by @beverleykendall.com and ! really enjoyed it. Like smiling and kicking my feet enjoyed it. You should read it.
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I just finished One in a Million by @beverleykendall.com and ! really enjoyed it. Like smiling and kicking my feet enjoyed it. You should read it.
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FREE ✦ The Poetics of Passion by Delphine Ross
She secretly writes erotic poetry, he's a children's book illustrator.
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4jUe7nW
She secretly writes erotic poetry, he's a children's book illustrator.
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4jUe7nW
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM
FREE ✦ The Poetics of Passion by Delphine Ross
She secretly writes erotic poetry, he's a children's book illustrator.
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4jUe7nW
She secretly writes erotic poetry, he's a children's book illustrator.
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4jUe7nW
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Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
Just sitting here with tears in my eyes, grateful for everyone on the ground in Minnesota showing the rest of us how it’s done.
January 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Just sitting here with tears in my eyes, grateful for everyone on the ground in Minnesota showing the rest of us how it’s done.
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I love you, Minnesota
Now: With double digit windchill, thousands marching in Downtown Minneapolis during a general strike. Marching and protest against the actions of ICE. Prince dance party outside First Avenue and the Prince mural - where there’s been many Prince dance parties before.
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I love you, Minnesota
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They're singing "We get there together or never get there at all." So that's my crying moment for the day. My new favorite protest chant.
Happening now: From Target HQ in Minneapolis hundreds of clergy ask Target to be good neighbors and Support the 4th Ammemdment stop Cooperating with ICE!
Action by Interfaith Alliance 👏👏👏 #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
Action by Interfaith Alliance 👏👏👏 #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
They're singing "We get there together or never get there at all." So that's my crying moment for the day. My new favorite protest chant.
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Was talking to a family member about this last night. Minnesota's upstanding is so effective in part because we started preparing *last spring*. Then an additional round of prep when we saw what was happening in Chicago. Wherever you are, start building now.
I cannot emphasize this enough. If you live in a city, ICE IS COMING TO YOU. Get to know your neighbors now. Start signal chats now. Figure out what you can do well and get to it. See what other cities have done and well and replicate it.
This is also where you have to get your seeds of community in the ground while the ground is soft. Don’t wait until the goons are at your neighborhood schools to figure out who’s going to walk your dog/mind your baby/get everybody fed.
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Was talking to a family member about this last night. Minnesota's upstanding is so effective in part because we started preparing *last spring*. Then an additional round of prep when we saw what was happening in Chicago. Wherever you are, start building now.
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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HEY APub AUTHORS!!!
Amazon has put up a form where they (non legal terminology) sign over their half of any anthropic settlement money to you. Obvs I can not give anyone legal advice, but check this out. This could give you 2x the money.
d1qwyayg24w5f4.cloudfront.net/pdf/Anthropi...
Amazon has put up a form where they (non legal terminology) sign over their half of any anthropic settlement money to you. Obvs I can not give anyone legal advice, but check this out. This could give you 2x the money.
d1qwyayg24w5f4.cloudfront.net/pdf/Anthropi...
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM
HEY APub AUTHORS!!!
Amazon has put up a form where they (non legal terminology) sign over their half of any anthropic settlement money to you. Obvs I can not give anyone legal advice, but check this out. This could give you 2x the money.
d1qwyayg24w5f4.cloudfront.net/pdf/Anthropi...
Amazon has put up a form where they (non legal terminology) sign over their half of any anthropic settlement money to you. Obvs I can not give anyone legal advice, but check this out. This could give you 2x the money.
d1qwyayg24w5f4.cloudfront.net/pdf/Anthropi...
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Crowd sourced traffic calming in Powderhorn, Minneapolis.
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Crowd sourced traffic calming in Powderhorn, Minneapolis.
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Okay sorry one more shot:
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Okay sorry one more shot:
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Current temp in Minneapolis: -12°F (-24°C), -28°F wind chill (-33°C)
Thousands of people are congregating downtown for today's General Strike march against ICE. Thousands more are on their way.
Of course we are going to win.
Thousands of people are congregating downtown for today's General Strike march against ICE. Thousands more are on their way.
Of course we are going to win.
January 23, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Current temp in Minneapolis: -12°F (-24°C), -28°F wind chill (-33°C)
Thousands of people are congregating downtown for today's General Strike march against ICE. Thousands more are on their way.
Of course we are going to win.
Thousands of people are congregating downtown for today's General Strike march against ICE. Thousands more are on their way.
Of course we are going to win.
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If you're looking to buy some books this weekend, one of my fav kid lit locals is donating a portion of all their sales to mutual aid orgs in the twin cities
littleshopofstories.com
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littleshopofstories.com
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January 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If you're looking to buy some books this weekend, one of my fav kid lit locals is donating a portion of all their sales to mutual aid orgs in the twin cities
littleshopofstories.com
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littleshopofstories.com
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This is the real story.
January 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is the real story.
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I keep thinking about how the people of Minneapolis already went through so much in the last six years and now have to survive ICE's mass brutality across the city. Melissa Hortman, her husband, and their dog were assassinated less than a year ago last June.
January 23, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I keep thinking about how the people of Minneapolis already went through so much in the last six years and now have to survive ICE's mass brutality across the city. Melissa Hortman, her husband, and their dog were assassinated less than a year ago last June.
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Status report, "WTF" dep't: I'd appreciate clarity on what kind of "genAI" Matt Kiser is alleged to be using. Because if I discover that he's using material not only stolen from me but from my *relatively recently dead husband @peter.petermorwood.com, that's gonna SIGNIFICANTLY shift my attitude. 😡
January 23, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Status report, "WTF" dep't: I'd appreciate clarity on what kind of "genAI" Matt Kiser is alleged to be using. Because if I discover that he's using material not only stolen from me but from my *relatively recently dead husband @peter.petermorwood.com, that's gonna SIGNIFICANTLY shift my attitude. 😡
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Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.”
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
#BREAKING: Federal jury finds Chicago man NOT GUILTY of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
January 22, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.”
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
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This takes enormous amounts of resources and sacrifice to pull off. Sharing this to support people on the ground:
"This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes"
"This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes"
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This takes enormous amounts of resources and sacrifice to pull off. Sharing this to support people on the ground:
"This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes"
"This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes"