I turned this into an article.

the Pop-Tarts Bowl is unironically a banger of a football game even before you consider the wacky mascots who yearn for death

✨New Ep✨ @ianxcarlos.bsky.social @mythtaken314.bsky.social @itsonlyzach.bsky.social + @joeorgana.bsky.social talk Heated Rivalry Season 1 YouTube: youtu.be/VTIvzMtZn1U Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3hVl... Apple Pod: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

RIP in peace our heroes 🫡

I'm so appreciative that Jacob Tierney took the time to chat with me a few days before the #HeatedRivalry finale about finding the right cottage, those new end credits, his broad ideas for Season 2, and more:

This is why we read romance, folks! And it doesn’t meant the journey to that HEA feels any less earned in the process.

Books, poems, film, etc. may require retraining a brain to slow down. And it's important bc while scrolling social media pushes the happy button, it rarely provides actual happiness. It's like food with no nutrients; your brain ate a lot but it's still starving for things that scrolling can't give.

I went to the cottage and came back convinced that we need shows like Heated Rivalry more than ever. "Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is to have a good time on purpose." newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/a-tr... Thanks @carlylane.bsky.social & @readingtheend.bsky.social for their posts.

Once again, I must reiterate my biggest dream in the wake of Heated Rivalry’s success: If I had all the money in the world I would start an exclusively romance network and adapt ALL THE BOOKS for it. Varying subgenres, varying heat levels.

Just spent an hour chatting with romance authors Joanna Shupe & Adriana Herrera about what makes Heated Rivalry a great ROMANCE adaptation. www.youtube.com/live/hwikyrR...

Good morning! For @defector.com, I wrote about what @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social's "Game Changers" books, and the resulting TV show, have meant to me as a lifelong hockey fan with an increasingly... complicated... relationship to the men's pro game.

As is now tradition, we celebrate the day after Christmas with free books, more than 1700 free books in this particular go round. Just visit www.romancebookworms.com to browse the incredible selection.

May we all get screen adapters as thoughtful and engaged as Jacob Tierney.

The last line of the interview though!?!?? "Heated Rivalry, as a show, will always be focused around Shane and Ilya. That will be its core, that will be its heartbeat, and we're not in danger of running out of story in the near future."

I'm so appreciative that Jacob Tierney took the time to chat with me a few days before the #HeatedRivalry finale about finding the right cottage, those new end credits, his broad ideas for Season 2, and more:

A reminder for those headed to the cottage tonight:

Murderbot is checking the perimeter. Ilya and Shane are going to the cottage. Even in the darkest times, our imaginations create places for love and safety.

Once again, Rhea Seehorn is doing some of the unquestionable best acting on television and probably won't get the accolades she deserves for it. Kim Wexler and Carol Sturka are two of TV's most engaging characters in recent history, and so much of that is thanks to Seehorn's work.

if you are bored by pluribus and my curmudgeonly queen carol sturka that's a skill issue*!!! *reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing variety.com/2025/tv/colu...

Excellent Pluribus finale recap--and its first paragraph perfectly sums up my (very positive) feelings on the show, as well as how folks have reacted to it

For some reason, the thing about the #Pluribus season finale that really stuck with me was the goat. consequence.net/2025/12/plur...

talked to Vince Gilligan about Pluribus, with a detour through romance www.vulture.com/article/vinc...

to me, carlos-manuel vesga is giving the best performance on PLURIBUS as manousos, who'd rather take on the Darién Gap alone than have anything to do with the Others who've taken over the world. we chatted about catholicism, language, & migration, for @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/plur...

I wrote about the divas of Pluribus

I recapped the #Pluribus finale, which includes a tiny defense of Rhea Seehorn's layered performance as Carol Sturka and a callout for one of the most heartbreaking instances of goat acting I've ever seen:

PSA: The Pluribus season finale just dropped early. Apple TV says Merry Christmas, ya filthy Plurbs.

Jacob Tierney is a gem and I’ll have a Heated Rivalry finale post-mortem going up this week! 🎉

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

Good morning! www.gq.com/story/heated...

“As it turns out” is absolutely killing me here

Making my debut at @avclub.com talking about the year's best trend in fantasy publishing: Lady knights.

It’s a holiday week, I don’t even have anything resembling time to consider writing another Heated Rivalry piece or do I 👀

For anyone in the US (and maybe Canada as well? Please let me know if so!), Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale for $2.99 on Amazon, Kobo, and B&N for 7 days, starting today: www.amazon.com/Wooing-Witch... www.kobo.com/us/en/search... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wooing-the... Enjoy! :) #romancelandia

My first story for @nytimes.com: a profile of Rachel Reid, bestselling author of Heated Rivalry. Still pinching myself!

LOVE this???

This Vulture article really highlights the value and importance of an intimacy coordinator and director to carefully script, plan, and choreograph sex scenes like action scenes: www.vulture.com/article/heat...

I had the absolute pleasure of talking to Rhea Seehorn (!) about the penultimate episode of Pluribus www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/plu...

The penultimate episode of #HeatedRivalry was, with no exaggeration, one of the best episodes of TV in 2025. www.slashfilm.com/2056398/heat...

Is this the week where we can finally admit to ourselves that Heated Rivalry is just GOOD TELEVISION without a billion caveats about the quality, acting, steam level, etc.

This episode just introduced me to one of the best romance novels I’ve read this year??? 🥰

My latest #Pluribus recap delves into the intricacies of “Charm Offensive,” as Carol and the Others change their approach to each other to… interesting results:

the way I went to netgalley like "yes please give me the alphahole lady duke immediately thank you" listen I never said I don't have double standards

Heated Rivalry Episode 5 you will always be famous!!!

TCA EOY Spotlight | @carlylane.bsky.social "This is a profile of an actor" — Timothy Olyphant — "I’ve long admired for his TV work, who was just a joy to speak with about WHY he loves acting for television."

okay but who can I talk to about a writing gig on this show

Look what arrived: my author copies of (the US edition of) Enchanting the Fae Queen! Aren't they beautiful? You can preorder your own copy now: stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen And I'll give away an early copy in my next newsletter! stephanieburgis.com/newsletter #romancelandia

‘Tis the season (for me to try to complete my yearly reading challenge with a bunch of spicy holiday romance novellas)

NEW: I interviewed Harrison Browne about his role in Heated Rivalry www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/playing-a-...

I imagine there's a not-small contingent out there of histfic / romance folks who are happily childfree by choice. My debut poetry chapbook is called CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL and it's for us.💕 Preorder for your favorite cat mom or non-biological auntie! bsky.app/profile/chia...

last piece for the year! I spoke with author Rachel Reid and show runner Jacob Tierney about why & how Heated Rivalary became such a monster hit. Spoiler: Jacob is really glad he didn’t listen to the exec who said the characters shouldn’t have sex until Season 2!