Bryn Donovan
Author, blogger at BrynDonovan.com, freelance book editor at LuckyAuthor.com, and hopeful romantic in Chicago.
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- Reposted by Bryn DonovanSir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- The other week, a little video of me protesting ICE went viral, and I spent untold hours blocking and deleting comments. Here are the 12 dumbest things people said about it! I’m happy that my international blog readers know that many Americans are resisting. www.bryndonovan.com/2026/02/04/i...
- PS: please note that the upside-down American flag has long been used as a symbol of distress.
- Reposted by Bryn DonovanA Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
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- Okay...I must watch that show. I never did and it sounds like it was MADE for me. #TheLibrarian #NoahWylie
- I've started writing a page a day in a diary, and wow. The days are suddenly NOT flying by. I am capturing them all. #2026goals #amwriting
- Reposted by Bryn DonovanThis is Frankie. He ran outside like he always does, only to find out his yard had been replaced with a white void. 12/10 (IG: frankiethenorfie)
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- Reposted by Bryn DonovanHave a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
- I’m told there were 500 local and out-of-town clergypeople at a training Thursday (1/22 last night) for actions during the strike today. #iceoutmn
- Me: I'm going to write a closed-door romance this time! p. 31 of my WIP: the fuck you will #romancelandia #authorlife
- I haven’t done one of these in YEARS and I love reading other people’s!
- 1. do I have any nicknames - yes, my husband calls me Pie.
- 2. a compliment I've never forgotten - recently, a BookToker said I wrote her FAVORITE romance. And she read 155 or so books just last year!
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View full thread8. one of my most treasured memories - hiking on a glacier in Iceland - I thought of it today because it is COLD in Chicago!
- Reposted by Bryn DonovanPeople are constantly emailing us asking us how much whistles cost. It will always be $0. We send out 100 for $0. We send out 1000 for $0. Folks donating filament & shipping cash will let us keep doing that for as long as we need to, I hope! 💓 79,280 in the past 20 days & counting.
- Hey romance authors, if you are writing a query letter, Emily Henry is too big to use as a comp author. Plus, most of the other romance authors are also using her as a comp. 🩵 #writesky #books #amquerying #publishing
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- I want to put this on a party playlist and when it comes on I'll yell "THIS IS MY JAM" and hit the dance floor Seriously, this is so cool.
- This is haunting... It's the oldest piece of music for which we have both the words and the notes. A song to the Hurrian goddess Nikkal, it was written on clay tablets around 3500 years ago, and was discovered in the 1950s in the ruins of the ancient city of Ugarit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8tf...
- I am going to watch the extended versions of all 3 Lord of the Rings movies on the big screen this weekend, and I AM STOKED #amctheater #forfrodo #aragornpushingthosedoorsopen #friyay
- Reposted by Bryn Donovan“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
- If you're interested in horror writing--or just want to write a scary scene--I have 50 spooky writing prompts on my blog. Check it out! www.bryndonovan.com/2016/09/19/5... #horror #writesky #amwriting
- Reposted by Bryn DonovanCaleb Williams postgame interview
- Reposted by Bryn DonovanSorry caleb williams, but it’ll take more than 4th quarter bullshit to win in January! (Caleb williams opens his bag to reveal an even deeper hitherto undiscovered level of 4th quarter bullshit)
- Reposted by Bryn DonovanIn America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
- Reposted by Bryn Donovan@bryndonovan.bsky.social sent back developmental edits for my debut and words cannot express how excited I am. Unfortunately, actually getting to read through the edits and notes will have to wait until after I am off the clock at work. Stupid day job getting in the way.
- Multiple scientific studies have shown this, in fact: your brain is basically the same on audiobooks and printed books. #booksky #amreading
- I read print books, ebooks, and audiobooks, and sometimes I choose audiobooks because as a full-time book editor, an author, and a blogger, I often feel my eyes need a break. 🩵
- One of the stereotypes about childfree women is that they treat their dogs like their kids. And my boys Pippin and Bingley think there's wrong with that.
- Reposted by Bryn DonovanThis evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm
- I had so many follow-up messages from book editing clients at the beginning of this week! Everyone was back in the office and working on their novel again. 😂 #writesky
- AI has been tough on blogs, so I’d like to thank everyone who’s been visiting my writing blog! I used to make $200 a month from Google ads, but I stopped running them because so many of them were for AI companies. I hope you’ ll subscribe to the blog! Here’s the link: www.bryndonovan.com #writesky
- Reposted by Bryn DonovanMayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
