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Steve A

@stegan.bsky.social

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Archivist-for-hire, romance novel historian, freelance writer about romance history, general ne’er do well, scalawag. He/Him. Blog: romancehistory.com Podcast: blackromancehistory.com

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · Jun 21

Okay, here’s my plan. I’ve not read a lot of La Nora, so I’m going to try and score as many squares as possible on the @smartbitches.bsky.social bingo card with Nora Roberts books. As many old categories as possible, too. This feels really doable.

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · Jun 18

Me: maybe I’ll do one of the romance reading bingos this year!

Also me: Here are ten parameters I can set myself to make it far too complicated to even start!

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 14m

There’s also the famous Barbie set for Jude Deveraux’s The Raider! smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2013/06/barb...

Barbie, The Raider, The Washboard, and Me | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

smartbitchestrashybooks.com

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 29m

I wrote a little bit about this for SBTB, though not exactly tie-ins: smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/07/roma...

Romance Memorabilia Never Disappears, It Just Shows Up On eBay! | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

smartbitchestrashybooks.com

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 32m

The Clairol thing was a Carolyn Nichols innovation and kinda brilliant! www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Does She? Doesn't She? Only Her Publisher Knows

Hair color, so vital an element in romance novels that readers besiege publishers with angry letters if the shade of a character's hair does not match the tint on the book cover, has become a major in...

www.latimes.com

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1h

Something like that!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 3h

i forgot that i saved this, but my book is currently in an exhibit about Indigenous picture books at the Carle Museum (which made me squeeeee) and they provide an amazing list of recommendations of Indigenous picture books by subject matter are

Entwined Memory: Indigenous Stories of Creation, Place, and Continuity

Booklist for Entwined Memory: Indigenous Stories of Creation, Place, and Continuity, on view in the Reading Library from August 6, 2025 -August 2, 2026.

carlemuseum.org

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 3h

And then cancellation because of a gas leak at the high school. I did not see THAT coming!

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 5h

Two hour fog delays are the most annoying school delays of all.

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 19h

You say I should work harder, but if I put a long pipe over the end of my wrench it makes turning stuck bolts easier. Physics wants me to not have to work so hard. You go argue with physics.

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

Bump!

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 6d

It's October, aka American Archives Month, and while it's been a bit warm to don our cardigans, the shrines to Henry from RED are up and it's time to remind romance authors (and authors of all stripes!) about what kinds of things they ought to be preserving. romancehistory.com/2021/10/15/a...

Archives Month: Tips for romance authors (and others!)

October is always American Archives Month, which is of course when archivists don their colorful costumes and dance in the stacks after assembling their shrine to Henry the Record Keeper, as portra…

romancehistory.com

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

GBH does have a ZOOM shop! zoom.shop.pbskids.org?srsltid=AfmB...

The ZOOM Shop

Hubellubo frubiends and welcome to the ZOOM shop! In 1972, GBH introduced ZOOM, a half-hour live-action educational television series for kids ages 8 to 12 that helped lay the foundation for GBH ...

zoom.shop.pbskids.org

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

*Beesley, sorry. Anyone can put a cannon shot into the net, fewer can chip it over the keeper and then chase it into the goal.

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

Jake Beasley just scored a ridiculous goal for Burton Albion and football is so much fun.

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

Every once in a while, a football youtuber who usually trades in the very silly will hit upon a great video. Here’s a great one where Ellis goes to the Homeless World Cup. Keep hankies handy. youtu.be/Ryxiv-V73wg?...

The REALITY Of Modern Football

YouTube video by AwayDays

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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 2d

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Subscribe • Ohio Capital Journal

With waggish headlines and sharp insight, you can start your news morning off right with the latest from the Ohio Capital Journal and highlights from other publications across the state. We will lead…

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2d

How to be an educated, informed, and pro-library voter in the upcoming election cycle: bookriot.com/library-elec...

Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

bookriot.com

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning

Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks!

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 2d

Tried playing around with Procreate. I call it “Federal Records, 2025”.

Sketch of a grey Hollinger records box with orange and yellow flames coming out of the top.

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 3d

Do you like found objects, epistolary fiction, or workplace humor? I have a little treat for you today in @theflytrapmedia.com!

Hell in a Handbook

EXCLUSIVE: leaked documents show inner workings of the Underworld's largest afterlife services conglomerate.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 3d

Sad news. Greenie’s career coincided with me falling in love with baseball. I remember seeing him both in Pawtucket and Boston. Imagine trying to follow Jim Rice at the Green Monster? Jeesh.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 3d

RIP, Mike Greenwell. The former Red Sox outfielder - the successor to the incredible Williams/Yaz/Rice lineage of left fielders who spent their entire careers with the Sox, passed away at 62: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/s...

Former Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell dies at 62 after cancer diagnosis - The Boston Globe

Greenwell, who spent his entire 12-year major league career with the Red Sox, announced in August that he had been diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer.

www.bostonglobe.com

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 3d

*waves* hey whats up, we are a worker-owned feminist publication! check us out: the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

Wisconsin Data Center fight update, Charlie Berens still has some of the best civic engagement content I've seen in a minute.

Worth the watch and a good 101 on public meeting points challenging data centers anywhere

youtube.com/shorts/jPqUI...

Manitowoc Minute Special Report: AI questions for policymakers

YouTube video by Charlie Berens

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 4d

I should’ve also mentioned that there’s some real racist shit in there too, but that’s propaganda for you.

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 4d

And gobs of them are digitized already! catalog.archives.gov/id/513498

The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.

catalog.archives.gov

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