ICYMI, I have a short horror western story coming out in the latest book from @shackleboundbooks.bsky.social , Twisted Trails. Always love me some weird west!

Some things have no business being as good as they are Like this rosemary cheddar scone. I mean, what kind of savory baking sorcery is this that it can make me forgo chocolate pumpkin bread that's VERY heavy on the chocolate?

I have a small piece up at trampset today about cutaneous horns. A big thanks to the editors for giving it a home.

Settled in for a long writing session at a coffee shop, realized that I'd forgotten to bring my glasses 😭 Hello, 125% magnification in Google Docs #amwriting #booksky #writesky 💙📚🌶️📚

🍂 HOME FOR THE HARVEST by Sydney Scott Amazon: bit.ly/48xyUtU Evernight: bit.ly/4myCpne Kobo Plus: bit.ly/4gKZ66y Apple: bit.ly/47VBmdz Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/4gKAA5x Will opening his home to help another also open his heart up to love? #romance #ContemporaryRomance #smalltownromancebooks

The word ass appears only twenty times in this novelette draft and I am very proud of my restraint

TFW a long piece of writing finally starts to emerge from underneath a mountain of literary detritus, and it's looking a little moldy and more than a little disgusting, but you can tell it will be delicious once you clean it up...after another three bajillion edits 💙📚🌶📚 #amwriting #booksky #writesky

We can't believe we've published 50 issues already! Here is our 50th issue for your reading enjoyment! factorfourmag.com/category/iss...

It's publishing day for Duke with a Lie!!! 🩷 Grab your copy now! geni.us/WickedDukes4 #historicalromance #romancebookrecs #wickeddukessocietyseries #Regency #ReadingForPleasure

Happy release day to my latest book from @evernightpub.bsky.social, Home for the Harvest. Grab your copy of this small town romance today! tinyurl.com/3rrv77db #booksky #romancelandia 🌶️📚 💙📚

Hey, folks, I have a new #flashfiction story up at @dreamtheorymedia.bsky.social today. Not sure what genre you'd put it in, as it it doesn't feature my usual cast of vampires, demons, and hitmen. Fabulism, maybe? Either way, I had fun writing it. :) #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky

Abby Jimenez broadcasting women's closely guarded secrets on the importance of carburators and gutters in men's hotness

When your romance author is a gigantic nerd: 🤓 I'm writing a scene with a couple going at it up against a wall & it's taking all have to not mention coefficient of static friction between wall & bare back & the minimal force needed to hold partner up by pressing them into the wall 🌶️📚💙📚 #amwriting

Pro tip: Write your book hook and blurb early and polish them slowly. Don't need to finish the book to start The simple form works well: Hook: 1 sentence (to tout everywhere) Blurb: 1-3 paragraph (depends on genre and story; often shorter is better) 50-150 words total #writesky #amwriting 💙📚

“She *is* fucking annoying.” “No, she’s not.” “No, she’s not.” Edie's the smartest of us all, always full of stories and jokes. Among our friends, she’s the life of the party. Alone with me, she is basically mute. #WIPSnips #disagree Book 2 of new STEM romance series #amwriting #booksky 💙📚🌶️📚

“why some people be mad at me sometimes” they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and i keep remembering mine - Lucille Clifton [writing the most Black woman poem of all time]

You know what? Tot celebrate 69k followers, get ALL my books on itch for the low price of $20! That's 3 smutty novellas, 3 short story collections! Lasts all weekend! Find the sale here: itch.io/s/160448/69k...

"How did you know? We were so careful!” David laughs. “These things tend to be #obvious when you’re not emotionally involved. She’s been mooning over you since grad school. But I see now that things might be much more balanced.” Book 2 of new STEM romance series #WIPSnips #amwriting #booksky 💙📚🌶️📚

No yard - patio! "The #patio is dark, barely lit from the hallway within. It’s decorated with shrubs & small concrete fountains that double as ashtrays. The crunch of gravel under our feet permeates the deafening rush of blood in my ears." #WIPSnips RINGS TRUE, 1st in new STEM novella series 🌶📚💙📚

The first hookup after a long relationship is always meaningless. Right? SOFT REBOUND from @evernightpub.bsky.social Amazon: bit.ly/4kEIldX Elsewhere: books2read.com/soft-rebond More of Fiona's books: books2read.com/fionaembers 🌶📚💙📚 #booksky #writesky #romance

If you haven't read Rick's latest published story, why are you even on this Earth? Producing carbon dioxide? Boosting consumer spending metrics? Please immerse yourself in "Kevin" ASAP. Thank you.

Hey, an interview I did is up now! Thanks to the Bold Journey team for chatting with me about my work and the Beautiful Beasts imprint boldjourney.com/meet-joachim...

I never post my book dedications but when looking for quotes to pull for promotion, I came across the one for Home for the Harvest and I'm glad I did. I needed to see it. Be well, friends. You matter.

This sentence is too silly to leave in the manuscript, but it's so silly I actually love it, therefore you get to enjoy it here in all its silly glory "The realization flattens me like a cartoon piano falling on my head." 🌶📚💙📚 #amwriting #booksky #@writesky

"... I f*ck her hard and fast and angry, confusion evident on her face, and I have no idea how I look but it must be terrifying, because the feelings within me are, they’re #red and hot and ugly and they almost feel like hate." #WIPSnips WIP Book 2 of upcoming STEM romance novella series 💙📚🌶📚

“The #difference is that Seth is a grown man. He’s offering this. He’s not a high-school girl who was so grateful to be chosen that she spent way too long with a guy who didn’t deserve her.” #WIPSnips From RINGS TRUE, 1st in a new STEM novella series from @evernightpub.bsky.social Coming soon! 🌶📚💙📚

Home for the Harvest has many moods. Travis is quiet & a bit surly, but has a marshmallow core while Parker is earnestly trying to make a better life for her & her daughter. Want to see if they get their HEA? Pre-order your copy today: tinyurl.com/3rrv77db ARCs here: booksprout.co/reviewer/rev...

Working closely every day with someone who irritates me to the marrow cannot be healthy

Happy Trope Tuesday! Applewood book four, Home for the Harvest from @evernightpub.bsky.social releases on 9/25. Will opening his home also open Travis' heart to love? Is Parker destined to leave while Travis is firmly rooted in place? Grab an advanced copy here: booksprout.co/reviewer/rev...

Every so often I dip my toe in what used to be the Bird Place, and all I find is hateful dreck. I will never understand how people live with such poison in their heads

TFW you have only 3k words left to hit the max for a call but still two whole spicy scenes to write 😬 If I have to cut some drama to allow for more spice ... I will do it

So much sighing. So much chuckling. (As Taylor Swift says, "I'm the problem, it's me" when I write action tags in dialogue) #amwriting #amediting #booksky #writesky 🌶️📚💙📚

“He fixes what’s broken, then he vanishes into the past without even saying goodbye, and we’re grateful for the work, but we feel lonely without him.” @happilander.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/mileva-anast...

In case you're wondering how editing is going 💙📚🌶📚 #booksky #writesky #amwriting

our fiction window featuring our pal @fuzzynick.bsky.social other faves nand novelties include Nicola Barker's TONYINTERRUPTOR new KUANG and Nick Bradley's new translation of I AM A CAT (I still haven't read my copy of the old translation.... meow)

In case you're wondering how editing is going 💙📚🌶📚 #booksky #writesky #amwriting

The first hookup after a long relationship is always meaningless. Right? SOFT REBOUND from @evernightpub.bsky.social Amazon: bit.ly/4kEIldX Elsewhere: books2read.com/soft-rebond More of Fiona's books: books2read.com/fionaembers 🌶📚💙📚 #booksky #writesky #romance

The whole time, Javi doesn't speak nor does he smile when others crack jokes. I don’t dare look at him directly, but I #half expect there to be a smoking crater in my temple from all the hot, barely coiled fury his eyes seem to beam to the side of my face. #WIPSnips 💙📚🌶📚 #booksky #writesky

He’s got the whole Southern California thing going on, with sun-bleached hair and a perennial tan. I hope it’s natural, because that would mean he’s got time to hit the beach. Which means I might, too. I might have time for a life #outside the lab in LA. Eventually. #WIPSnips #amwriting 💙📚🌶📚

YASS! Bookmarking on Bluesky! 😍

“I’m always up early,” I say with faux seriousness. Seth chuckles. “Maybe things have changed since grad school,” he says, “because I remember your #inability to roll into the lab before noon.” “I’m one of the grownups now. Gotta set a good example.” #WIPSnips #ability #booksky #amwriting 💙📚🌶📚

“Edie, isn’t your fellowship ending this year?” Seth asks. That’s a strange, out-of-nowhere thing to bring up. I don’t expect Seth to keep tabs on my progression, but perhaps Billie told him. #WIPSnips #nowhere Untitled WIP novella, Book 2 of series about lovestruck scientists #amwriting 💙📚🌶📚

If you're still trying to find something to read for #sapphicseptember, check out my book 'The Nightstalker's Mark'.

Deli meat purveyor: How do I classify this product? Romance reader, eyeing greedily: Night stick sausage #romancereader #sausage

When Billie first joined the lab, her husband attended our group social #events with her, but he would always stand by himself, beer in his hand, glowering, silent. She was never as relaxed with him around as she was when it was just her and our friends… Or her and me. #WIPSnips RINGS TRUE, upcoming

A few collections off the top of my head... Engines of Desire by Livia Llewellyn Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine by @kristinaten.bsky.social Skin Thief by @sillysyntax.bsky.social Uncertain Sons by @thomasha.bsky.social Haunted Ecologies by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social

Not having slept a wink, I head to the hotel #coffee shop and sit at a wobbly table by the window. The weather is dry & cloudy, several shades of gray painting the sky. Out of nowhere, Seth plops onto the seat across from me. I jump up, almost spilling my coffee. And the jerk just grins. #WIPSnips

What do you get when you cross a brand new erotica mag with a seasoned speculative author? Why, an excellent interview about monsterfuckery with @joaheijndermans_art, of course! Be sure to check out "Please Show Me Stars" in NYGEL issue 1, available now! 🎐🐙💦👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🌈 www.nygelmag.com/squid-blast-...

Happy publication day to SHITSHOW by @scribeofhades.bsky.social! 👏🥳🎉

Slept in a Depeche Mode shirt, woke up In Your Room