@BWheelerBooks 1) Yes
2) Yes - that is the definition of HEA/HFN in genre Romance
3) No
4) No
If trad pub is the goal and you are querying agents or on submission to editors, HEA/HFN is THE genre requirement. You’re self-rejecting if you choose to submit a comedic love story as Romance.
ICE and Kids.
A Minnesota school system is raising major flags ... after a 2nd and 5th grader were detained w/ their mom in Dilley, Texas, and while there unexpectedly saw an elementary school classmate who the school thought was missing.
At least one other student from the school system (HS) believed to be there. And administrators wondering if more absent kids are in ICE detention in Texas.
See this extraordinary release - will copy and paste in thread.
If you’re in Minnesota and know anyone who needs a flight home from detention, reach out to Ashley Fairbanks by email at: [email protected]
Folks have donated 5 million sky miles to help out, so please share the word.
Much love to Alex Pretti and Renee Good—but remember—ICE has killed 9 people in 2026. You know the names of the 2 white people they've killed.
ICE has also killed a Black man named Keith Porter, a Cambodian named Parady La, and five Latinos named Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.
ICE is on pace to kill more than 100 people this year. Abolish ICE. Impeach Noem. Prosecute those who committed these crimes.
Shocking news as Columbia Heights school officials say four students have been detained by ICE, including 5- and 10-year-olds who have already been sent to Texas. https://t.co/ExBgUX2AKd
In the ICE out MN Briefing call. March on Friday will start in the Commons Park (425 Portland Ave S.) at 2pm. They just announced that it will be a 1 mile march to the Target Center, then there will be a program/rally inside the TC due to the weather.
I have a teacher friend in MPS and ICE knows their arrival & dismissal times, stalking kids & parents. It’s literally just teachers, school admin, the PTO, & local rapid response groups standing in their way. Armed with whistles & cell phones against tear gas and terror.
Abandoned cars, still running with doors hanging open, are left on the street and splintered doors of homes sway in the draft of subzero windchills in the aftermath of illegal detentions. People have died, people are badly injured, no one is safe.
Minneapolis is under siege.
If the fed govt truly came to MN to investigate fraud or violent criminals, they would send accountants and lawyers to work with local authorities. Not masked Gestapo in mismatched camo w/ guns and no badges or judicial warrants for arrests. 1/
Right now, people are hiding in their homes, wondering if they are safe. Curtains are drawn, tv on low volume, children are hushed. Food is running low and rent is due in two weeks. Mutual aid is trying, but can’t reach everyone. 5/
You may be getting texts from No Kings or other national Democratic groups fundraising off of the tragedy in Minneapolis. Please do not give to these groups, consider something local to the Twin Cities that will reach people in need immediately such as https://t.co/k3Bjz8AHfT