Sydney Scott (Author & Hopeful Romantic)
@sydneyscottauthor.bsky.social
Contemporary romance author. 💙📚 🌶️📚 My books are gen-AI free. Also here to talk mental health, baseball (Go Halos!), any anything else I feel like. She/Her
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I've really needed a win lately, and this morning my boss emailed me to thank me for being so awesome, told me I am thoughtful and bring warmth kindness, and fun, and that I make the school a better place. I happy cried. Tell the people in your life who are amazing how you feel. It's so healing. ☺️
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I've really needed a win lately, and this morning my boss emailed me to thank me for being so awesome, told me I am thoughtful and bring warmth kindness, and fun, and that I make the school a better place. I happy cried. Tell the people in your life who are amazing how you feel. It's so healing. ☺️
When you're texting with a man, and he starts sending you AI generated images.
justin bieber and comedian jimmy carter in a car with the words immediately no written on the screen
Alt: justin bieber and comedian jimmy carter in a car with the words immediately no written on the screen
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December 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When you're texting with a man, and he starts sending you AI generated images.
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Great list of indie publishers of horror and weird fiction 🦇☠👹
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Great list of indie publishers of horror and weird fiction 🦇☠👹
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A reminder that all my stuff is free.
It's on the blog: ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com.
It's on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit....
And it's on my webpage: ddwardiswriting.com.
No pay wall. No sign up required. Like my stuff? Read my stuff.
It's on the blog: ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com.
It's on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit....
And it's on my webpage: ddwardiswriting.com.
No pay wall. No sign up required. Like my stuff? Read my stuff.
D.D. Ward is Writing
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ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A reminder that all my stuff is free.
It's on the blog: ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com.
It's on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit....
And it's on my webpage: ddwardiswriting.com.
No pay wall. No sign up required. Like my stuff? Read my stuff.
It's on the blog: ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com.
It's on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit....
And it's on my webpage: ddwardiswriting.com.
No pay wall. No sign up required. Like my stuff? Read my stuff.
I got to be a guest speaker in a fifth grade class today to talk about my books and it was so fun! I am super jazzed to write something, now I just need to figure out which idea to start with. 😄
December 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I got to be a guest speaker in a fifth grade class today to talk about my books and it was so fun! I am super jazzed to write something, now I just need to figure out which idea to start with. 😄
Put my whole palm on a white hot burner because I'm a dum-dum. Luckily I whipped it away before too bad, but ouch. 😵💫
a woman wearing a blue bucket hat with the word agenda on it
Alt: a woman wearing a blue bucket hat with the word agenda on it
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December 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Put my whole palm on a white hot burner because I'm a dum-dum. Luckily I whipped it away before too bad, but ouch. 😵💫
I have a date tonight, so I'm wearing my fancy jeans.*
*a pair that hasn't been worn for the last three days
*a pair that hasn't been worn for the last three days
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I have a date tonight, so I'm wearing my fancy jeans.*
*a pair that hasn't been worn for the last three days
*a pair that hasn't been worn for the last three days
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He felt himself slipping into the old ways: the familiar gait, relaxed, yet steel-spring loaded. Wandering eyes - scanning, alert. Right down to the well-oiled weight on his hip, ready to speak it's silencing #soliloquy.
The old ways of leather & lead.
It felt good.
#vss365
The old ways of leather & lead.
It felt good.
#vss365
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
He felt himself slipping into the old ways: the familiar gait, relaxed, yet steel-spring loaded. Wandering eyes - scanning, alert. Right down to the well-oiled weight on his hip, ready to speak it's silencing #soliloquy.
The old ways of leather & lead.
It felt good.
#vss365
The old ways of leather & lead.
It felt good.
#vss365
I have my mid-year review today, and it has been confirmed: I am awesome (and silly). 🤪
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I have my mid-year review today, and it has been confirmed: I am awesome (and silly). 🤪
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
If you don't like being wooed with mediocre poetry, I am not the lady for you. 🤪
out for a walk, a drink, a meal
good conversation, see how we feel
sparks and attraction, maybe a kiss
and if there is nothing amiss
another date, and then perhaps
we'll both be off these stupid apps
out for a walk, a drink, a meal
good conversation, see how we feel
sparks and attraction, maybe a kiss
and if there is nothing amiss
another date, and then perhaps
we'll both be off these stupid apps
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If you don't like being wooed with mediocre poetry, I am not the lady for you. 🤪
out for a walk, a drink, a meal
good conversation, see how we feel
sparks and attraction, maybe a kiss
and if there is nothing amiss
another date, and then perhaps
we'll both be off these stupid apps
out for a walk, a drink, a meal
good conversation, see how we feel
sparks and attraction, maybe a kiss
and if there is nothing amiss
another date, and then perhaps
we'll both be off these stupid apps
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Exciting publishing news for 2026!
Short-story collection (as Maura Yzmore) and two spicy STEM romance novellas (as Fiona Embers) are all expected to come out in the first half of 2026! 🥳
Looking for books that are already out? books2read.com/fionaembers
#writesky #booksky 📚💙📚🌶📚
#romancelandia
Short-story collection (as Maura Yzmore) and two spicy STEM romance novellas (as Fiona Embers) are all expected to come out in the first half of 2026! 🥳
Looking for books that are already out? books2read.com/fionaembers
#writesky #booksky 📚💙📚🌶📚
#romancelandia
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Exciting publishing news for 2026!
Short-story collection (as Maura Yzmore) and two spicy STEM romance novellas (as Fiona Embers) are all expected to come out in the first half of 2026! 🥳
Looking for books that are already out? books2read.com/fionaembers
#writesky #booksky 📚💙📚🌶📚
#romancelandia
Short-story collection (as Maura Yzmore) and two spicy STEM romance novellas (as Fiona Embers) are all expected to come out in the first half of 2026! 🥳
Looking for books that are already out? books2read.com/fionaembers
#writesky #booksky 📚💙📚🌶📚
#romancelandia
My need to please others fighting with my desire to protect myself.
two men are standing in front of a monitor that says status docked
Alt: two men are standing in front of a monitor that says status docked
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December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My need to please others fighting with my desire to protect myself.
Giving good advice doesn't mean much when you deliver it like a condescending asshole.
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Giving good advice doesn't mean much when you deliver it like a condescending asshole.
I was trying to think of what to get some coworkers for Christmas and I realized the best gift would probably be just to get better so I'm not coughing all over the place.
December 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I was trying to think of what to get some coworkers for Christmas and I realized the best gift would probably be just to get better so I'm not coughing all over the place.
Finally reached the point where my daughters (12 & 10) are going to be tucking me in at night. 🙃
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Finally reached the point where my daughters (12 & 10) are going to be tucking me in at night. 🙃
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Mad for the Mayor is live! I'm so excited for this former rivals to lovers romance. A big thank you to @evernightpub.bsky.social for helping me share so many of my stories. The Applewood series might be my favorite. ☺️
Order here: tinyurl.com/3fvm3z7y
Order here: tinyurl.com/3fvm3z7y
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Mad for the Mayor is live! I'm so excited for this former rivals to lovers romance. A big thank you to @evernightpub.bsky.social for helping me share so many of my stories. The Applewood series might be my favorite. ☺️
Order here: tinyurl.com/3fvm3z7y
Order here: tinyurl.com/3fvm3z7y
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Yesterday's sunrise.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yesterday's sunrise.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Day 1,324 of being sick. No improvement and I sound like a seal barking when I cough. 🦭
Day 15 of being sick with a super cold. Send tissues. 🤧
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Day 1,324 of being sick. No improvement and I sound like a seal barking when I cough. 🦭
When the "may cause drowsiness" medicine finally hits, but you're at work.
a man in a suit is sitting at a desk with his head resting on his hand .
Alt: a man in a suit is sitting at a desk with his head resting on his hand .
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December 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
When the "may cause drowsiness" medicine finally hits, but you're at work.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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A change of perspective.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A change of perspective.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Happy #tropetuesday brought to you by Mad for the Mayor. The characters of Nate and Lottie have been battling it out in each book and no one quite knows why...
Grab your copy of this small-town, former rivals-to-lovers read today to find out. a.co/d/9CJxA8l
#booksky #romancelandia
Grab your copy of this small-town, former rivals-to-lovers read today to find out. a.co/d/9CJxA8l
#booksky #romancelandia
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Happy #tropetuesday brought to you by Mad for the Mayor. The characters of Nate and Lottie have been battling it out in each book and no one quite knows why...
Grab your copy of this small-town, former rivals-to-lovers read today to find out. a.co/d/9CJxA8l
#booksky #romancelandia
Grab your copy of this small-town, former rivals-to-lovers read today to find out. a.co/d/9CJxA8l
#booksky #romancelandia