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#QueerPrompts June 14: Queer reading rec(s)

Since I ONLY read queer books, here's some queer summer reading recs! 🌞

🧜 Out of the Blue by Jason June 🌊 In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens ⛱️ Summer Girls by Jennifer Dugan 🪶 The Language of Seabirds by Will Taylor 🍇 Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam Sass 🤠 A Little Bit of Country by Brian D. Kennedy 🍋 When Love Gives You Lemons by Steven Salvatore 🌇 Run Away With Me by Brian Selznick

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#QueerPrompts April 26: International Lesbian Visibility Day: Sapphic reading recs

Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus

The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham

Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales

Have It All by Beverly Ann Michel

Brewed with Love by Shelly Page

Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

A Balad for Slayers & Monsters by Rita A. Rubin

Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher

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#QueerPrompts October 24: Free Friday or spooky queer reading recs 🎃📚

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🌈 #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

🌹 April showers brought May flowers and now it's time to bloom! Tag me @cjaralore and join at any time and any days you want. 🌷

(Note I'll be active with this on Bluesky.)

#QueerPrompts Important Queer Dates in May:

International Family Equality Day (5/4)

Trans+ History Week (5/5-11)

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (5/17)

Agender Pride Day (5/19)

Harvey Milk Day (5/22)

Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day (5/24)

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#QueerPrompts June 3: Summer reading recs ⛱️📖

Some queer YA books that take place during summer or have a summer vibe:

🚣 Caught in a Bad Fauxmance by Elle Gonzalez Rose 🪄 Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson 🚀 The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper 🧜 Out of the Blue by Jason June 🖼️ Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender ⚽ I Like Me Better by Robby Weber 🔥 Heat Wave by T.J. Klune 🤠 A Little Bit of Country by Brian D. Kennedy 🏴‍☠️ In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens 😎 Hot Boy Summer by Joe Jiménez

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#QueerPrompts April 17: Queer children's book(s) 📚

Here are a few that I enjoyed:

😼Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty 🚪The Insiders by Mark Oshiro 🐧Harriet Gets Carried Away by Jessie Sima 🦆The Language of Seabirds by Will Taylor 🐈Princess Puffybottom… and Darryl by Susin Nielsen 🐶You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro

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#QueerPrompts January 18: What influenced your story? 📝

In case it's not obvious, Nix is based a lot on me. He's a hopeless romantic, klutz, breaks technology, likes drawing and making things, and ends up with his dream guy. That said, the events came to me while listening to music.