I've been asked this before! In the fifth grade I heard The Firm had a sex scene so I read the whole thing and, uh, my books have a way healthier view of sexuality. But they also have the word "cock" in them. So you be the judge.

Mere hours after I finished @jordanlhawk.com's Unhallowed I heard a mom calling, "Vesper, honey, wait for me!" at preschool pickup, and I just...

Trans Rights Readathon starts today, so I wrote down a few recs: ehlupton.com/2026/03/17/t...

Finally made a phone call I've been putting off for sixteen days and got voice mail. :frustrated muppet face:

Planning for Rainbow Space Magic 2026 will be starting soon! RSM is organized by a small group of volunteers & new members to the team are always welcome. Interested? Send us a note at [email protected] (or DM us here).

Question for authors: Any advice for how to handle the physical rigors of booksigning when you have arthritis in your signing hand? (Thx!) ✍️ 😬

I'm at a *$ near [child birthday party location], and the music is very loud, and there's a machine in the back going whoop, whoop, whoop...aren't people supposed to be able to do work at these places? I cannot even focus to read.

Me: Oh, it's getting so warm. I kinda miss the winter. Wisconsin: Bet.

Guys, all the hockey novels I have read didn't prepare me for how loud a hockey game is. The teams are just warming up, and when they hit the puck into the boards it sounds like a gunshot. Also there's music and everything is sticky. This is like my worst nightmare.

(Driving past some people with Jesus Saves signs) Me: (under breath) ugh, Jesus freaks. 5yo: Who was Jesus? Me: Uh, he was this guy, and some people think he was a god— 5yo: Did he have two heads? Me: ...what?

Interesting stickers in Monona today.

I 🧡 podcasts! This took me a lot less than the stated 15 minutes.

IT IS QUEER YOUR BOOKSHELF DAY MY GUYS THREE HUNDRED QUEER INDIE BOOKS FOR $0.99 A POP queeryourbookshelf.com

PSA: #Romancelandia If you happen to have a mastodon account at the romancelandia.club instance, please be aware that the server will shut down at the end of the month. You are two weeks to migrate your account if you want to keep your follows and followers. 1/3 🧵

Forty minutes into The Importance of Being Earnest, the 8yo: Wait, so this isn't Frankenstein? ...

Do they specifically hire dead-eyed actors to appear in sexual harassment prevention training videos?

What lovely wind. BRB, calling into work with prairie madness.

Magical shit happening in Minnesota, guys.

Blugh, this chapter needs a better ending, and apparently the person in charge of fixing it is... me.

Q: How is that "getting stuff done" going, Em? A: I somehow spent thirty minutes trying to figure out what is going on with the grammar of a single line from The Aeneid I found in my notebook, so...

Stopped at this new Yemeni coffee place and got a coffee with cardamom this morning. It is very good. And waaaaay stronger than my usual. Once I scrape myself off the ceiling I look forward to getting stuff done.

Hey, are you interested in historical romance set in Scotland feat. the nauseating feeling of awakening class consciousness?

It is snowing in Madison right now.💀

Sometimes people put quotes from my books on Goodreads and I get this little thrill of "Oh, that's good! I WROTE that!" It is very satisfying.

Grammarly is terrible, and this is a good response. If you are writing a book, you have to read a lot and you have to learn grammar and style. Don't try to use AI tools to replace craft and experience.

Today is going to be one of those "I can't get anything done, I have an appointment coming up" days.

I am on the mailing lists for two candidates for governor of WI (Hong and Roys). I have gotten fifty times the emails from one that I've gotten from the other in the last couple weeks. Interesting strategies! Also I think they'd both be good governors from what I know of them.

"I use AI for researching my historical novels, but I'm pro human writing because look at the nifty Human Authored label I'm promoting" is the "some of my best friends are Black" of AI activism.

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🌸 She has arrived 🌸 A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS, the Regency romp starring a cunning society lady who is looking for a fake marriage but instead falls for a genderfluid poetess, is out now. Full synopsis, buy links, etc: tjalexander.com#books6

When you feel like you're getting a lot done, and then you look at your list and it's actually two things. And then you got distracted.

Wednesday, at the central branch of the Madison Public Library! Be there or wish you were! www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/roman...

Lotta bots wanna look at Lake Michigan, I think. Lots of real people too, but lots of bots. I...you know, I hope the vast expanse makes you feel free, little bots.

Hey have you seen Lake Michigan lately? Now you have!

You can send a postcard to Peter Docter at Pixar, 1200 Park Ave, Emeryville, CA 94608 Disney employees may report Peter to HR for violating Code of Conduct # 3 at investors.thewaltdisneycompany.com/files/doc_do...

In our little journey back to the early 2000s in both nostalgia and wars, have we again started making movies where one guy fights nature? Because sending Ryan Gosling to fight the sun feels like...Armageddon redux?

Before race and after race. The temp dropped 15° between leaving Madison and arriving at the park an hour away. Also it was very muddy. I listened to an excellent audiobook and later signed with a couple of HOH people. Good times. I look forward to feeling my fingers again later.

I lived.

It's still raining, by the way. Just quieter.

Me: wow, I'm anxious. Hey phone play some pump up music. Phone: ok boss. (Plays the Eels) Me: uh, next. Phone: Some things you to see just how bad they make you feel Me: OKAY

It rained alllllll night and I am heading to a trail race.

I found "dramatically" in Renaissance. A gloomy little excerpt for a gloomy day.

Love baseball romance? Author KD Casey is being interviewed on the Ashland MA Public Library romance book club zoom Thursday April 9, 7pm! Anyone can join in free and the author Q&A with librarian Meena Jain rocks Sign up for Ashland’s romance club news here www.ashlandmass.com/1146/Sign-Up...

Today and tomorrow are the last days of the sale! Good time to get caught up on your reading before Renaissance comes out!

Finally found out a piece of breaking news from the Destiel News Network on Tumblr, and then I had to try and explain the Destiel news meme to my husband, who does not know what Supernatural is.

Might mess around and write 5k words on a project I'm not supposed to be working on.

One was a doctor. My grandmother had a PhD in neurophysiology but I don't think she was practicing--she did a lot of other stuff though. The other was a salesperson in publishing and I think my grandma on that side was maybe a teacher? They both died when I was four, so I didn't really know them.

@sjgochenour.bsky.social is an excellent addition to any online book event, by the way. 😊

I think the vote is tomorrow, so call tonight!