Maeve Brooks
@maevebrooks.bsky.social
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Sci-fi romance author of Thread and Stone
Lover of all things sci-fi
Gardener 🌻🌱
Leftist ✊🏼
Protect your neighbors 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/MaeveBrooks
Sci-fi romance author of Thread and Stone
Lover of all things sci-fi
Gardener 🌻🌱
Leftist ✊🏼
Protect your neighbors 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/MaeveBrooks
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 18
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Day - 18
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December 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 18
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Day - 18
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Anyone else run into a wall when drafting book two in a series? I've written about 20,000 words, and I still can't figure my shit out. 📚💙
December 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Anyone else run into a wall when drafting book two in a series? I've written about 20,000 words, and I still can't figure my shit out. 📚💙
When your characters get two options: Trust each other, or die.
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a little girl wearing a red jacket and white fur collar
ALT: a little girl wearing a red jacket and white fur collar
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December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
When your characters get two options: Trust each other, or die.
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20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 17
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 17
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December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 17
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Day - 17
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Started reading The Stars We Carry by E.S. Brandon, and I'm really enjoying it! The FMC is an engineer, holding together a failing starship headed to Alpha Centauri, when one of the cryo-pods starts to fail, and she has to wake up the very handsome occupant. #scifiromance 🌶️📚💙
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Started reading The Stars We Carry by E.S. Brandon, and I'm really enjoying it! The FMC is an engineer, holding together a failing starship headed to Alpha Centauri, when one of the cryo-pods starts to fail, and she has to wake up the very handsome occupant. #scifiromance 🌶️📚💙
I did an interview about the world-building in my sci-fi romance novel, Thread and Stone. Check it out if you're interested in alien politics, the dark forest theory, and the multi-species society question!
#sciencefiction #scifiromance 🌶️📚💙
grathew.substack.com/p/threading-...
#sciencefiction #scifiromance 🌶️📚💙
grathew.substack.com/p/threading-...
Threading Stones
An Interview with Maeve Brooks
grathew.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I did an interview about the world-building in my sci-fi romance novel, Thread and Stone. Check it out if you're interested in alien politics, the dark forest theory, and the multi-species society question!
#sciencefiction #scifiromance 🌶️📚💙
grathew.substack.com/p/threading-...
#sciencefiction #scifiromance 🌶️📚💙
grathew.substack.com/p/threading-...
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 16
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 16
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December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 16
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Day - 16
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It's -2 F in Iowa, and I'm over it.
My dog doesn't want to be inside, and she doesn't want me in there either.
But I'm a human. I don't have a thick fur coat; I have a soft, fleshy body not built for these conditions.
HELP! ❄️🥶
My dog doesn't want to be inside, and she doesn't want me in there either.
But I'm a human. I don't have a thick fur coat; I have a soft, fleshy body not built for these conditions.
HELP! ❄️🥶
December 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It's -2 F in Iowa, and I'm over it.
My dog doesn't want to be inside, and she doesn't want me in there either.
But I'm a human. I don't have a thick fur coat; I have a soft, fleshy body not built for these conditions.
HELP! ❄️🥶
My dog doesn't want to be inside, and she doesn't want me in there either.
But I'm a human. I don't have a thick fur coat; I have a soft, fleshy body not built for these conditions.
HELP! ❄️🥶
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 15
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 15
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December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 15
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Day - 15
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20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 14
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Day - 14
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December 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 14
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 14
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Am I the only one who thinks Quasimodo should have gotten the girl?
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Am I the only one who thinks Quasimodo should have gotten the girl?
World-building tip:
1. Build your story first
2. Find every detail in your story and ask, "Why?"
3. Answer the 'whys' to build the world
You'll avoid info-dumping, adding unnecessary details, or having to delete parts of your world you've grown attached to.
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1. Build your story first
2. Find every detail in your story and ask, "Why?"
3. Answer the 'whys' to build the world
You'll avoid info-dumping, adding unnecessary details, or having to delete parts of your world you've grown attached to.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
World-building tip:
1. Build your story first
2. Find every detail in your story and ask, "Why?"
3. Answer the 'whys' to build the world
You'll avoid info-dumping, adding unnecessary details, or having to delete parts of your world you've grown attached to.
📚💙
1. Build your story first
2. Find every detail in your story and ask, "Why?"
3. Answer the 'whys' to build the world
You'll avoid info-dumping, adding unnecessary details, or having to delete parts of your world you've grown attached to.
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My Characters: Bloodied, exhausted, traumatized
Me: And now they kiss
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Me: And now they kiss
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December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
My Characters: Bloodied, exhausted, traumatized
Me: And now they kiss
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Me: And now they kiss
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Writing romance with a lot of plot feels like writing two books at the same time, and damn do I feel like I'm juggling too many balls... *pun intended*
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December 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Writing romance with a lot of plot feels like writing two books at the same time, and damn do I feel like I'm juggling too many balls... *pun intended*
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20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 13
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 13
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December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 13
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 13
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20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 12
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Day - 12
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December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 12
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 12
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When you used to live next to a ski area that only got wet, heavy snow, but now you live in the flats of Iowa, and it only gets light, fluffy snow.
a stick figure is pressing a pointless button on a box
ALT: a stick figure is pressing a pointless button on a box
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December 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
When you used to live next to a ski area that only got wet, heavy snow, but now you live in the flats of Iowa, and it only gets light, fluffy snow.
Author Horror Micro-Story:
You write the blurb for your back cover.
You published the book.
You realize you hate the blurb.
The end.
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You write the blurb for your back cover.
You published the book.
You realize you hate the blurb.
The end.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Author Horror Micro-Story:
You write the blurb for your back cover.
You published the book.
You realize you hate the blurb.
The end.
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You write the blurb for your back cover.
You published the book.
You realize you hate the blurb.
The end.
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20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 11
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 11
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December 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 11
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 11
#bookchallenge #booksky
I posted a video yesterday, talking about how I expect us to discover life in the universe is nearly ubiquitous. If you're curious, check it out. #aliens #space #scifi 💙📚
www.tiktok.com/@maeve.brook...
www.tiktok.com/@maeve.brook...
And here’s why I think that life in the universe is common, and darn near everywhere. #scifiauthor #scifi #space #aliens
TikTok video by Maeve Brooks Author 📚
www.tiktok.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I posted a video yesterday, talking about how I expect us to discover life in the universe is nearly ubiquitous. If you're curious, check it out. #aliens #space #scifi 💙📚
www.tiktok.com/@maeve.brook...
www.tiktok.com/@maeve.brook...
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 10
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 10
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December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 10
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 10
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Question to alien romance readers: Have you read and enjoyed any series that follows the same couple throughout?
#alienromance #scfiromance 📚🌶️💙
#alienromance #scfiromance 📚🌶️💙
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Question to alien romance readers: Have you read and enjoyed any series that follows the same couple throughout?
#alienromance #scfiromance 📚🌶️💙
#alienromance #scfiromance 📚🌶️💙
Anyone up for some sexy space vikings?
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December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Anyone up for some sexy space vikings?
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20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 9
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Day - 9
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December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 9
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 9
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20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 8
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Day - 8
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December 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
20 books, one per day, in no particular order, that you’ve read and would recommend to another reader. No comments, just covers.
Day - 8
#bookchallenge #booksky
Day - 8
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