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Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung

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THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU by Mindy out November 2025 from Alcove. WILD LIFE by Opal out now from Harlequin. I have a lot of names. she/her. Canadian. Rep'd by Sarah E. Younger at NYLA. www.opalwei.com

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Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · Mar 19

In case you missed it, my romantic contemporary fantasy, THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU, comes out Nov 18, 2025. A 40-something midwife suddenly develops powers. Info and pre-order links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...

cover of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU: dark blue shadowed background with silhouette of an open hand with gold sparks shooting out, title in allcaps gold, author name Mindy Hung in allcaps gold.

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dracula marginalia @opheliainwaders.bsky.social · 3h

This fundamentally misunderstands what professors *do* in the classroom. Yes, I am imparting info, but students get most of that from readings - what we’re doing in the classroom is helping them build a framework they can use to evaluate the info they are reading—

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 18h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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Ruthie Knox / Mae Marvel @ruthieknox.bsky.social · 21h

Hoo, look at that! THE GUEST BOOK is "read now" for anyone on Netgalley who is into a messy, failed Wisco vegan cheesemaker with ADHD & her demisexual LA princess in deep grief on a low-rent European vacay with a treasure hunt and everlasting love

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 1d

IT'S ROASTING VEG IN A 400 DEGREE OVEN SEASON BITCHES

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 2d

ICYM the early posting. I'll be in Houston on Oct 25th at the National Black Book Fest along with Ms. Brenda Jackson and some other great authors. Come see us. Here's the schedule.
nationalblackbookfestival.com/NBBF_2025_Sc...

nationalblackbookfestival.com

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 7d

🎉🎉 COVER REVEAL TIME 🎉🎉

I am so, so hyped to bring you THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY 🥳 coming May 2026!

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Rachel Grant/R.S. Grant @rachelgrant.bsky.social · 9d

It feels weird doing book promo now, but also with the government shutdown & my husband being furloughed, we need my income.

Worth noting: False Flag goes after #pseudoarchaeology, disinformation & using AI to rewrite history to fuel a white supremacist takeover of government.
#archaeology
#booksky

Cover Reveal Evidence: Under Fire #4

contest.rachel-grant.net

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 7d

good morning, Bunny! new from me at the
@nytimes.com, just in time for spooky season: a Dark Academia starter pack, feat. Sofia Samatar, Melina Marchetta, Mona Awad, and unexpectedly, Sarah Rees Brennan, for lo, I am Like This full time.

Dark Academia: A Starter Pack

www.nytimes.com

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Llinos Cathryn Thomas @llincathryn.bsky.social · 7d

All Is Bright, my Christmassy F/F romance novella set in a little village in Wales, is out TODAY!

You can get it in these places and more:

Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
AZ: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FS4G5PKX

A promotional graphic for All Is Bright, by Llinos Cathryn Thomas. The book cover, with the title in large text over twinkling lights, is at the centre. Behind the book, there are glowy lights. Text blocks highlight features of the book: "F/F Christmas romance", "advent calendar style - one chapter a day", "Hallmark small-town Christmas movie with a queer twist", "one has elaborate Christmas lights, the other one hates them", "outdoorsy butch and city girl femme", "Wales!".

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Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 8d

On two separate segments of my walk I got to observe some tufty corgi butt waggle, so I wish you all a glorious day because mine has already been blessed beyond my wildest dreams.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 8d

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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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 10d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 9d

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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Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 9d

Happy happy release day!!!

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Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 9d

🎇 PREORDER BONUS ALERT! 🎇

If you order SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE from @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social by 11/15, you'll receive a dust jacket inspired by old-school romances, with gorgeous new artwork by @lenikauffman.bsky.social and lots more '80s-inspired fun!

shop.lovessweetarrow.com/product/seco...

The graphic has a peachy-pink background and shows the dust jacket for Olivia Dade's SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE. The dust jacket features a naked, hot, fat man on one knee embracing a pretty fat woman, whose hair flows out behind hair and whose suit jacket is falling off her shoulder.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 10d

EDGE OF NOWHERE is $0.99 as an ebook right now. A cranky smuggler gets hired to teleport an unconscious man. They get stranded in an alien wilderness, rely on each other to get home, and spend the rest of the book in varying states of horny panic.

books2read.com/edgeo...
or feliciadavin.itch.io...

An image of a figure in silhouette with his back to the viewer. His silhouette is transparent and the starry void of space is visible through it. The text on the cover says "Edge of Nowhere," and below that, "Felicia Davin."

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Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 10d

Aren't they? The photo does not capture the silvery shine of the ube on especially (bottom sort of lavender one).

Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 10d

OOH I need to get the black sesame next time.

Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 10d

Sorry I'm bad at being Taiwanese and prefer these to the standard flavours.

Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 10d

We got our mooncakes from Bake Code and they were non-traditional (clockwise starting with the green: matcha, kitkat, and ube).

White plate with gray kaleidescopic pattern, three of those non-traditional mooncakes on top: green (match), red (chocolate kitkat), and silvery lilac-ish (ube)).

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 10d

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)! 🥮

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 14d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.