English Professor at UTampa. Early Americanist now researching Romantasy! Take my survey: t.ly/4JufY. Author of Stripped & Script: Loyalist Women Writers of the American Revolution: https://www.umasspress.com/9781625344328/stripped-and-script/.https://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3mdqul6ckqk26Someone said to me today that they don’t read Romantasy because so much of it is bad. I am truly baffled by this idea, which ppl always say to me. Much litfic is bad. Many thrillers are terrible. Every genre has shite books. But ppl only use that excuse to dismiss books women read and write.31 Jan 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqul6ckqk26https://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3mdqqfuqhc22bThis is Taryn and Flinn’s story. It’s simple but sweet: they’re thieves in a rival gang. They have to find 3 objects while being bound together because of a curse put on them by a maiden. It’s literally forced proximity and also fake (but of course not fake) marriage. I enjoy this series.31 Jan 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqqfuqhc22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3mdm3shvg4s2gI too was born to be a skunk ornament in a crone’s cottage. (Also Jesikah Sundin’s Bound by Ravens is too slept on.) #romantasy #jesikahsundin #crones #books30 Jan 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdm3shvg4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3mdjflkmrxb2aListen so hard right now. Lyla Sage. Writing about ghosts. And love. While working in an antique shop. You need this. #romance #lylasage #soulsearching #books28 Jan 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdjflkmrxb2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lhwfxarlqk2dThe SAVE act would mean that, if you are a married woman who took your husband's name once married, you would no longer be able to vote. This is HR 8281 if you want to read it for yourself and it's already passed the house. #saveact t.ly/m_rc1 https://t.ly/m_rc111 Feb 2025 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwfxarlqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ldzdzq7o3c26I’m in the mountains in TN & mom casually mentions that she saw a “massive shadowed creature on two legs with hooves swaying back and forth while looking in the window” last night around midnight. We are on the second floor. 😳24 Dec 2024 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldzdzq7o3c26https://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ldvj6fhfo22kIt’s science that sneeze-screaming makes the sneezing stop sooner.22 Dec 2024 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldvj6fhfo22khttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ldtadvwrn22pDad and I watched George C Scott’s 1984 Christmas Carol every Christmas Eve. The composer, Nick Bicat, never released the soundtrack but will mail it to you if you can track down his email address, which isn’t hard. Now, each year, Bicat sends us new songs and updates as “stocking stuffers.” 🥰21 Dec 2024 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtadvwrn22phttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ldgqnyfpcc2kWhen the queen of audiobooks writes and then narrates her own book, the situation is going to be 🔥 #juliawhelan #audiobooks #skyreaders #audiosky #roadtrip #amreading #thankyouforlistening16 Dec 2024 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgqnyfpcc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ldbq6bmcs22fI’d be friends with guy 3.14 Dec 2024 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbq6bmcs22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ldbje6ijm22fWe listen and we don’t judge: I always watch Unsolved Mysteries hoping that one episode will end with a surprise announcement that they have, in fact, solved the mystery.14 Dec 2024 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbje6ijm22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ld7o5kvies2gBeing middle aged involves having a favorite Publix because you can’t be bothered to learn a new layout of a different store. #Publix #Florida #middleaged13 Dec 2024 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7o5kvies2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ld44oxxezk2dWorkshopping replying “you can get glad in the same pants you got mad in,” my East Texas piano teacher’s favorite phrase, to grade grubbers this semester. #academicsky #skystorians #highered #professorsaretired12 Dec 2024 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld44oxxezk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3ld2ovr4h2c2yGiant. Mystery. Drones. Over New Jersey. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/11/nx-s1-5226000/new-jersey-drones11 Dec 2024 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2ovr4h2c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lcynoea2e22sI can tell a lot about you by how you rank your Scrooges. Obviously it’s George C Scott, Albert Finney, Michael Caine, Scrooge McDuck, in that order?11 Dec 2024 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcynoea2e22shttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lcvap76gu22jWhen you’re a professor administrator these are the hardest two weeks because as an instructor I am DONE but now I have to field grade grubs and complaints but I just want to bake cookies and read fairy smut.09 Dec 2024 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvap76gu22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lcibqqnnvk2pI remember a time when it was possible to be unreachable. I’m not nostalgic for much, but I’m nostalgic for that.04 Dec 2024 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcibqqnnvk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lch2abcaec2pMy TikTok feed is alternating Wicked choreo, ads for skin care products, and live streaming various coups. It’s like one of those flipbooks from childhood, only a dystopian hellscape.04 Dec 2024 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lch2abcaec2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lcg3q6g2rs2y“Officers were allegedly overheard coordinating to break detainees’ arms or legs, with instructions from their superiors to target the liver and head.” https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/12/3/georgia-protests-whats-behind-them-and-whats-next03 Dec 2024 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcg3q6g2rs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lcfwi2eexc2lThe generational resistance to giving or receiving Christmas lists is baffling to me as a xennial. We moms are overtaxed with the mental load. Just tell us. TELL US FOR GOD’S SAKE03 Dec 2024 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfwi2eexc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lcecdeq2ak2fIf I could do this for like 3 weeks uninterrupted I seriously believe I would solve all of my problems.02 Dec 2024 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcecdeq2ak2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lc3r3jcbe22cI’m 2 books shy of doubling my original reading goal of 52 books in 2024. What should my last reads be? #reading #skyreaders #fable #romantasy #thrillers #blueskyreaders #fantasy #books29 Nov 2024 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3r3jcbe22chttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lbmn54anzk2pI just really need someone to talk with me about Jonathan Bailey flamenco dancing in #wicked #dancingthroughlife #jobathanbailey #wickedmovie23 Nov 2024 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmn54anzk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lbkewbeikk25Show me your fun Thanksgiving break reads. #reading #booksky #broadbent #romantasy #nyaxia22 Nov 2024 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkewbeikk25https://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lbijbr23z222This audiobook is a weird hilarious delight so far if you need to listen to something other than news for a minute. #audiobooks #hollowplaces #books21 Nov 2024 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbijbr23z222https://bsky.app/profile/kacytillman.bsky.social/post/3lbhruzoidq25Brand new to bluesky and just discovered starter packs. OMG I missed so many of you from 🐦! #vastearlyamerica21 Nov 2024 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:g7ddabnsdub3dsx52tlexvis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhruzoidq25