Everything I learned about diversity, I learned by listening and being uncomfortable. I've messed up along the way and I'm not an expert.
Disclaimer done, I'm frustrated at the current RWAus committee. When I was on committee we discussed the issues with lack of diversity in the annual book comp..
Disclaimer done, I'm frustrated at the current RWAus committee. When I was on committee we discussed the issues with lack of diversity in the annual book comp..
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Everything I learned about diversity, I learned by listening and being uncomfortable. I've messed up along the way and I'm not an expert.
Disclaimer done, I'm frustrated at the current RWAus committee. When I was on committee we discussed the issues with lack of diversity in the annual book comp..
Disclaimer done, I'm frustrated at the current RWAus committee. When I was on committee we discussed the issues with lack of diversity in the annual book comp..
This week, myself and a few other authors get to say we knew Rachel (Reid) before she got famous. Watching a colleague living the dream is so cool.
If you loved Heated Rivalry, my sapphic WWI book Her Lady’s Honor has the same acquisition and editorial team.
books2read.com/DahliaLadysH...
If you loved Heated Rivalry, my sapphic WWI book Her Lady’s Honor has the same acquisition and editorial team.
books2read.com/DahliaLadysH...
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Her Lady's Honor: An Historical Lesbian Romance by Renée Dahlia
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November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This week, myself and a few other authors get to say we knew Rachel (Reid) before she got famous. Watching a colleague living the dream is so cool.
If you loved Heated Rivalry, my sapphic WWI book Her Lady’s Honor has the same acquisition and editorial team.
books2read.com/DahliaLadysH...
If you loved Heated Rivalry, my sapphic WWI book Her Lady’s Honor has the same acquisition and editorial team.
books2read.com/DahliaLadysH...
I do actually (mostly) make my money from writing. As well as my "stable" job doing admin for the Stud Book (20 hrs per week), I work as a horse racing journalist with 3 freelance clients.
My books make enough $$ to go to the pub with friends a couple of times a week.
My books make enough $$ to go to the pub with friends a couple of times a week.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I do actually (mostly) make my money from writing. As well as my "stable" job doing admin for the Stud Book (20 hrs per week), I work as a horse racing journalist with 3 freelance clients.
My books make enough $$ to go to the pub with friends a couple of times a week.
My books make enough $$ to go to the pub with friends a couple of times a week.
I missed the deadline for getting my books into this sale (life has been a lot lately) but it's a great promo, so dive in and check it out.
Sapphic Mega eBook Sale Alert! Dive into your favorite genres with more than 500 hundred titles at rock bottom prices!
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#sapphic #lesfic #wlw #lesbian
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I missed the deadline for getting my books into this sale (life has been a lot lately) but it's a great promo, so dive in and check it out.
So many ideas. And they multiply like bacteria, the more ideas you have the more you get until the list of books to be written will keep me going until I'm well past 100. Even when I combine ideas from my list, it only turns into more ideas, more characters, more words that need to be written.
I am not aware of a single author who has a shortage of book ideas. Words, yes. Ways to make the ideas become a book, yes. But I've never met an author who doesn't have ideas just raining down all the damn time.
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So many ideas. And they multiply like bacteria, the more ideas you have the more you get until the list of books to be written will keep me going until I'm well past 100. Even when I combine ideas from my list, it only turns into more ideas, more characters, more words that need to be written.
Reposted by Renee Dahlia
It's Trans Awareness Week AND Novella-ember, and I have trans novellas of all stripes available: noir, horror, paranormal, contemporary, fantasy...
You can get them from my direct shop or AMZ 💙 If you want a rec to match your tastes, let me know!
riengray.shop
www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...
You can get them from my direct shop or AMZ 💙 If you want a rec to match your tastes, let me know!
riengray.shop
www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's Trans Awareness Week AND Novella-ember, and I have trans novellas of all stripes available: noir, horror, paranormal, contemporary, fantasy...
You can get them from my direct shop or AMZ 💙 If you want a rec to match your tastes, let me know!
riengray.shop
www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...
You can get them from my direct shop or AMZ 💙 If you want a rec to match your tastes, let me know!
riengray.shop
www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...
If you've ever looked up my books and thought - oh, there's too many and they are all over the place - I have a handy list on my website by series, along with pairing type. Heat levels are also noted on my website.
www.reneedahlia.com/printable-li...
www.reneedahlia.com/printable-li...
Printable List – Renee Dahlia
www.reneedahlia.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If you've ever looked up my books and thought - oh, there's too many and they are all over the place - I have a handy list on my website by series, along with pairing type. Heat levels are also noted on my website.
www.reneedahlia.com/printable-li...
www.reneedahlia.com/printable-li...
Reposted by Renee Dahlia
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
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November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Once again, I find myself at the 75% point in my wip and am stuck. I know from experience that I just have to push on and it'll all work itself out, so I'm writing this as encouragement to myself. Keep going. The satisfaction that comes with finishing the book is worth getting past this part.
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Once again, I find myself at the 75% point in my wip and am stuck. I know from experience that I just have to push on and it'll all work itself out, so I'm writing this as encouragement to myself. Keep going. The satisfaction that comes with finishing the book is worth getting past this part.
Writing the last week's updates into my therapy journal is exhausting. Necessary though. And certainly not as funny as June's journal which is highlighted by a Reddit-worthy moment that was hugely validating.
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Writing the last week's updates into my therapy journal is exhausting. Necessary though. And certainly not as funny as June's journal which is highlighted by a Reddit-worthy moment that was hugely validating.
Can't stop thinking about the term 'pity marketing'. Wish I'd known how to do that when I was homeless, kicked out by my ex-husband for what he called my "inappropriate behaviour" aka telling people the truth about what he'd done.
18 months later, life is much better. I have my own place.
18 months later, life is much better. I have my own place.
October 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Can't stop thinking about the term 'pity marketing'. Wish I'd known how to do that when I was homeless, kicked out by my ex-husband for what he called my "inappropriate behaviour" aka telling people the truth about what he'd done.
18 months later, life is much better. I have my own place.
18 months later, life is much better. I have my own place.
Happy release day to Ravishing Among The Roses.
This is one of the most personal books I've written - I'm not the queer second son of a Duke in regency times and self-inserts are weird - only because it helped me deal with some big feelings while I was writing it.
books2read.com/DahliaRavish...
This is one of the most personal books I've written - I'm not the queer second son of a Duke in regency times and self-inserts are weird - only because it helped me deal with some big feelings while I was writing it.
books2read.com/DahliaRavish...
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Ravishing Among The Roses: A Gay Regency Novella by Renee Dahlia
books2read.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy release day to Ravishing Among The Roses.
This is one of the most personal books I've written - I'm not the queer second son of a Duke in regency times and self-inserts are weird - only because it helped me deal with some big feelings while I was writing it.
books2read.com/DahliaRavish...
This is one of the most personal books I've written - I'm not the queer second son of a Duke in regency times and self-inserts are weird - only because it helped me deal with some big feelings while I was writing it.
books2read.com/DahliaRavish...
I had one of those weeks where juggling everything left me exhausted, and then yesterday one of my kids achieved a goal that he'd been working on for ages, and I was so immensly proud of him that I couldn't sleep. He had a rough time a year ago and to see him thrive is awesome.
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I had one of those weeks where juggling everything left me exhausted, and then yesterday one of my kids achieved a goal that he'd been working on for ages, and I was so immensly proud of him that I couldn't sleep. He had a rough time a year ago and to see him thrive is awesome.
People who uphold Georgette Heyer as "historically accurate" are bigots.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
People who uphold Georgette Heyer as "historically accurate" are bigots.
#spookyseason
Want a sapphic short story that I wrote a couple of years ago for a spooky season challenge?
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Want a sapphic short story that I wrote a couple of years ago for a spooky season challenge?
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Get your FREE copy of Outwitting The Devil
Welcome to OUTWITTING THE DEVIL, a Halloween inspired short story.
This short story belongs with my Great War series and is based on a myth from the Devil’s Bridge near Aberystwyth in Wales.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#spookyseason
Want a sapphic short story that I wrote a couple of years ago for a spooky season challenge?
Note: this link will sign you up for my newsletter.
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Want a sapphic short story that I wrote a couple of years ago for a spooky season challenge?
Note: this link will sign you up for my newsletter.
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Want a book I wrote in anger, but actually turned out a little soft?
Ravishing Among The Roses releases at the end of this month. It's the third in a series but can be read as a stand alone.
www.amazon.com/Ravishing-Am...
Ravishing Among The Roses releases at the end of this month. It's the third in a series but can be read as a stand alone.
www.amazon.com/Ravishing-Am...
Ravishing Among The Roses: A Gay Regency Novella
Ravishing Among The Roses: A Gay Regency Novella - Kindle edition by Dahlia, Renee. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Want a book I wrote in anger, but actually turned out a little soft?
Ravishing Among The Roses releases at the end of this month. It's the third in a series but can be read as a stand alone.
www.amazon.com/Ravishing-Am...
Ravishing Among The Roses releases at the end of this month. It's the third in a series but can be read as a stand alone.
www.amazon.com/Ravishing-Am...
In the scheme of things this is small but it made me smile. My adult son bought me birthday cake yesterday.
September 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
In the scheme of things this is small but it made me smile. My adult son bought me birthday cake yesterday.
Reposted by Renee Dahlia
Another Australian cultural institution destroying its own reputation for reasons of censorship
Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith - story by Paul Daley www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith
Exclusive: Governing council ‘retrospectively’ decides the Les Carlyon literary award should go only to first-time authors, ruling out Chris Masters’ book
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Another Australian cultural institution destroying its own reputation for reasons of censorship
Love a writer's subconcious. I've just realised my latest wip is about AI - it's a regency set sapphic romance with themes of education and choice and what happens when people are discouraged from learning, and discouraged from independant thought.
September 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Love a writer's subconcious. I've just realised my latest wip is about AI - it's a regency set sapphic romance with themes of education and choice and what happens when people are discouraged from learning, and discouraged from independant thought.
Reposted by Renee Dahlia
I need to be reassured that the Anthropic settlement isn’t just “and this is how much it costs to steal work, build that into your budget model“ 😭
September 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I need to be reassured that the Anthropic settlement isn’t just “and this is how much it costs to steal work, build that into your budget model“ 😭
What would be a nice little appropriate (non-alcoholic) gift for my neighbour who helped jumpstart my car yesterday?
September 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
What would be a nice little appropriate (non-alcoholic) gift for my neighbour who helped jumpstart my car yesterday?
Reposted by Renee Dahlia
I will never read a romance that tries to turn a tech bro billionaire into a hero. That’s propaganda as far as I’m concerned.
“Owner of an AI company” seems to be the lazy, go-to romance hero job of 2025, and I’d like to just make the case for bringing back tattoo artists.
August 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I will never read a romance that tries to turn a tech bro billionaire into a hero. That’s propaganda as far as I’m concerned.
Reposted by Renee Dahlia
EW EW EW EW EW NO EW
Tell me ChatGPT wrote your book without telling me ChatGPT wrote your book.
Tell me ChatGPT wrote your book without telling me ChatGPT wrote your book.
“Owner of an AI company” seems to be the lazy, go-to romance hero job of 2025, and I’d like to just make the case for bringing back tattoo artists.
August 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
EW EW EW EW EW NO EW
Tell me ChatGPT wrote your book without telling me ChatGPT wrote your book.
Tell me ChatGPT wrote your book without telling me ChatGPT wrote your book.
Home from RWAus. Aside from the disappointment over the Ruby, the conference was excellent, and even better, I came home to a clean house thanks to my 19yo son (and flatmate) who did the laundry and cleaned the lounge and kitchen. Super work, lad.
Massive news that Alyssa Cole is coming in 2026.
Massive news that Alyssa Cole is coming in 2026.
August 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Home from RWAus. Aside from the disappointment over the Ruby, the conference was excellent, and even better, I came home to a clean house thanks to my 19yo son (and flatmate) who did the laundry and cleaned the lounge and kitchen. Super work, lad.
Massive news that Alyssa Cole is coming in 2026.
Massive news that Alyssa Cole is coming in 2026.
Australia Post announced this today too. No mail to USA from here anymore.
What does this mean for overseas voters?
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
August 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Australia Post announced this today too. No mail to USA from here anymore.