Explored and written 4 openings between 11/2 & 17, non-stop thought about it, written in my head, discussed with my love / writing partner, and made notes for many more, to better understand and convey to our readers the true promise of the novel. #thiswildandsoulfullove #sapphic #romance #writing

I rarely make statement about what ppl should or shouldn't do, but this one seems like a sound question anyone can ask themselves about their cast of mind: contempt or contentment? . . . #love #understanding #peace #peace #healing #positivevibes #helpingothers

Yeah, the world is kinda unhinged right now. But hope isn’t fairy dust. It makes the heart more loving, lighter and stronger. . . . #love #positivity #romancebooks #hopepunk #thiswildandsoulfullove

As writers, it's important that we keep thinking outside the bot.

Never forget, as writers, we have more influence than we may realize. We have the power to put love, hope, goodness and a vision for a better world into words. Blessings to us all. Read free on Medium with my friend link. tinyurl.com/servebold #writing #love #hope #politics #freedom

@ninageorgenovelist.bsky.social This account attempted to catfish me by impersonating you. I reported it to Bluesky & posted a warning on my profile. I knew I was being catfished when I saw your brilliant writing. It would be ludicrous to think that you would ask to swap pages with this unknown.

Writers beware! FlüsterndeNina @booksforeverr.bsky.social is impersonating author Nina George on Bluesky, offering to swap chapters. Nina George warns on her official site that this is a scam. The real author's account: ‪@ninageorgenovelist.bsky.social‬ #NinaGeorge #writing #authorscam #catfishing

Lilla and I slow-hike the Pacific Northwest coast, holding hands. She touches leaves, calls to birds, breathes in green scents with bliss. “Isn’t this great?” Her smile is wide. Heat drops through the canopy, bringing moisture to her lip. I lean in—wait, I’m the writer! She’s kissing Sydney, not me.

Is this not just perfect? “You don’t want to hear the story of my life, and anyway I don’t want to tell it, I want to listen to the enormous waterfalls of the sun." (from, Dogfish) ― Mary Oliver #MaryOliver #writing #poetry #ecology #nature #love

What big thing did I learn from my characters while writing my current romance novel? I thought I knew how they’d feel at certain points—but when we got there, they were deeper than me. I had to listen closely and humbly to what they were actually going through, and what they needed to say about it.

Finished my first draft and felt so peaceful-- for a day! One day, people! #theend #romancenovel #writinglife

Am I wrong? Tired of all the literary writing that laments the meaninglessness of modern Life. Okay then, take it as a given already. And then *make* meaning. Otherwise, this is just wallowing.

Just dropped my first Medium.com essay this year. It's a callback to my NYE message for 2025. It’s giving a soft boi summer debrief, and some ‘how do we heal / what do we do’ energy.” . Read free by tapping the link. . . #hope #love #life #spirituality #war #philosophy #politics

By moving from oppositional to additive writing, writing becomes a place of healing and integration. #writinglife #romancebook #love #loveofwiting #writingnerd

Sydney, one of the love interests in my book. Externalizing what they look like helps me write them. Interestingly, they keep subtly changing. #writing #romancenovel #love #writinglife #characterreveal #WIPCharacters

Finding precious gems during garden cleanup: a perfectly blue Robin's egg shell. Always making sure we wait until after the end of mating season.

Almost done with draft 1 and rewrites have begun. I'm learning that revisions aren't simply a flesh-out/fill in & clean-up job. They're an emotional, spiritual, psychological, and philosophical, emergent discovery process. So thrilling🧡🍊 #writing #romancenovel #love #writinglife #revising #editing

Just some of my family. Listening to chapter 49 and loving it, hahaha, because that's where all the good things are coming together.

To me, writing feels like patterning. A feeling arises, then its resonance. Structure lives not in plot as sequence, but emerges as a relational field, gathering meaning. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLife

A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, or because everything she does is golden. A writer is a writer because, even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway." Junot Díaz #writing #writer

Biden said "Don't question the motive, question the action," worked for him in politics, yet the bad guys won. Now, let's admit that the dominant US actors are operating in bad faith. And let that motivate love and compassion— for the victims, for the planet, for ourselves. #love #politics #truth

Needed now: Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Congrats Canada 🇨🇦 & Australia 🇦🇺. And thank you, Australians 🦘💗and Canadians 🦫🐴💗. The people of two major nations did not allow a move to the right. What a relief!

Just wanted kindness, peace, equality, love, inclusion, hope, and diversity to grace my feed today, and add compassion, empathy, curiosity, and connection 💗🌹💗🌹💗🌹💗.

Still not working, hehe.

Today's challenge: not to work a stitch. Join me?

"The lesson of incarnating into this particular world isn't just to learn that life is immeasurably precious and meaningful, but to hold everyone's possession of *their* life as that precious and meaningful." From "Lilla & Sydney" #writing #meaningoflife #love #romancenovel #savetheworld

If you 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 shop, maybe go to a tiny thrift shop and pay with cash? Or even put it on lay-away. Or window-shop and take pictures of what you want. It's not just a message; it gives the environment a little break for a day💗 #Feb28thBoycott #DEI #Inclusion #MindfulConsumption #ThePeople'sUnionUSA

Hopepunk isn’t about ignoring the storm. It’s about planting gardens in the middle of it. Choosing love, kindness, and community—because it matters. In a world that says “give in,” hopepunk says resist with joy. #Hopepunk #OptimisticFiction #EcoRomance #ClimateChange

To help us remember what joy and happiness, and generally being lit up look like. Art by Agata RG

My eco-romance is hopeful and positive. But the "All is Lost" moment is just inevitable. It's already breaking my heart in the first pass. Come Monday I'm going deeper. I wonder if it's like that for everyone.

Struggling much with my romance's crucible before the exhilaration of the grand gesture. Deeply feeling the characters' pain. But I'm making it through, moment by moment. #romancenovel #queer #love #writing

Had a big insight this morning during discussion: Yes, the 'All is Lost Moment' is about making the Happy Ending feel earned. But it's much more than that. It's what they learn during this dark night of the soul that shows them how to reconcile their differences so they can be together.

“Glad you’re back.” Uschi’s smile is warm – like she really is glad to see us again. “Me too. I didn’t think we would.” “Maybe we’ll have a miracle today.” At my doubtful face, she swats me lightly on the arm. “Well, don’t let me keep you. You go make it happen, girl.”| #romance #love #hope #queer

I guess the idea is to stay ahead of the struggle by writing furiously. #writing #romancenovel #love

The pain and destruction they cause spurs me on to write stories with happy endings, create goodwill, care packets for the unhoused, encouragements for friends, and on the edge of the torrent, a calm home. You?💗 #resist #withlove

What if the road takes an unexpected turn? Will you let it shake your faith, or will you trust the journey? #queerromance #enby #sappic #soulmates

OMG! Writing my debut novel (I was writing only nonfiction before). This past week, I cracked the code of how to cover a lot of ground without info dumping! Yaya. And today, I started and finished a chapter. Now in Act 3. Woohoo! #writing #writingcraft #writer #romancenovel #celebration

As seen around the internet. All the ways you make a difference.

Highlight of yesterday, found in a free pile: A baby colander! Ahyousocuteliittlecolander! Did you know? Yardsaling and free piling are Seattle pastimes. Of course, I gave this passion to one of the love interests, Lilla, in the queer romance I'm writing🌹 #kitchen #cute #romance #lgbt #queer

Four years is a long time. To not let this person dominate our lives for takes effort. I choose hope over cynicism and despair, putting that into my queer eco-romance novel. We can do this together. What are your go-to's for the next 4 years? 💝💖🙏🏻❤️ #love #thriving #resist #writing #positive

Opinions, impressions & perspectives, please: Writing a sapphic romance novel with a nonbinary and a lesbian MC, I'm concerned that the new administration will affect my chances of getting a traditional publisher. What do you think? #writing #publishing #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ #trans #nonbinary #trad

I'm going to remember every day for the next four years that dawn arrives in increments, but it arrives! #hope #love

In honor of Martin Luther King, one of the greats and one of my heroes. His "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is a sublime treatise on the importance and power of love.

Tomorrow, Monday, let's make ourselves heard, loud and clear: Join us for Blackout Monday. Stay off Facebook, X, Threads, Instagram, TV, network and cable news. Instead of watching the inauguration, listen to NPR, read Reuters or Associated Press. Or watch movies. #inauguration #boycott #blackout

My plans for the weekend and, of course, reading! (And probably writing, cuz I just can't stay away. What are you up to?

We're going through a lot of trials right now. Here are some ways that make them not quite as hard to bear. (As seen around the internet).

Tell me what you love about writing. Your characters? Tropes? Storylines? The yearning? The All is Lost Abyss? I love it all! Also, a massive, enthusiastic word nerd: punctuation, grammar, syntax, story structure, concepts--like semi-tangential narrative layering. Wow, what? #romancelandia

Just discovered that Jay Gruber is a woman. I now want to make an effort to make it work here 10x more. Facebook is pointless now. Ads stuffed into every corner. Instead of my friends, unwanted "suggestions" that, with the recent change in moderation, show me MAGA content. Wow!

A New Year's Message to remind us we are strong, we a powerful, we change the world.