We put a camera under our deck to see if the rock squirrels were living there and INSTEAD:

This year’s COVID jab was pretty easy— a couple of days with a minor sore arm and that was it. No fever, chills, or feeling bad otherwise.

I got to read this early & I loved it!! It’s the perfect cozy read for fall: romantic, a teensy bit spooky, & with an entirely unflappable* lady scholar MC I just adore. Read the equally delightful first novella for the full story, but you can also dive in here. — *Unless small talk is required.

Spent the weekend playing Borderlands and mostly being offline, and it was awesome, do recommend.

Borderlands 4 surprised me last night. I thought the story was going to go one way and I was going to be big mad, but it didn’t! Nice job, game writers. <3

There are HUNDREDS of amazing things available including some jaw-dropping rebinds. www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...

Hey, this is a reminder that the Unbound for Gaza auction is live right now. I have the complete Wedgeford Trilogy up here: www.32auctions.com/organization...

So update: Scrivener DOES NOT WORK on macOS Tahoe. It opens fine, typing/editing is fine, but the Compile function is completely broken. There’s an interim build that fixes the issue here: forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-...

Got my Covid jab! Now I’m doing the one-armed chicken dance to help with arm soreness.

I just saw a recipe call for three teaspoons, and I’m like… that’s a tablespoon?? Then I had an existential crisis while I tried to remember if that was right, despite knowing it for years. (Yes, a tablespoon is three teaspoons, and it didn’t need to be divided for the recipe.)

My ereader is once again a wasteland of partially read books. Most of them were good! I just had to put them down to work or sleep and now my brain is like nah. 2025 has definitely been the year of the reading slump. 😔

I updated to macOS Tahoe and everything seems okay, if a little glossier than before. Safari and Scrivener and Bluesky all work! But this new Safari look is just okay. Tabs have a nearly invisible divider between them now. I’m old! Use more contrast!

My kingdom for DepositPhotos to turn on the “exclude generative AI” filter by default. Because every time, I’m like, these results are all suspiciously shiny, then I remember I have to turn on the filter. :/

Once again, my tea timer has saved me from myself. By the time my watch starts vibrating, I’ve nearly always forgotten I’ve made tea. It’s five minutes. But five minutes is plenty of time to get sucked into some new thing and turn the teapot near my elbow invisible, lol.

Tomorrow!

BIG SALE ALERT!!! 25% off everything in the shop! We've got to make it the next two weeks until our book money hits, so we're doing one last huge sale! Great time to get spooky season goodies or to start stocking up on holiday gifts! thebrokencircle.etsy...

I added this to my pinned thread, but I’m not sure how the visibility is, so in case it vanished into the ether, here you go. :)

I had a good idea for my WIP while falling asleep last night, and I didn’t write it down, because of course I didn't, BUT I REMEMBERED IT! 🎉 Good job, brain, A+++

Only 6 days until wide publication day, this week's Tuesday snippet is from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence. Preorder now for the special advance price of $2.99/£2.49: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave & snap up novella 1 if you haven't read it yet! books2read.com/UndeadInconvenience #romancelandia

So is the rapture still on tomorrow or nah?

Listen, I know door to door sales has to be a tough gig, but when I say no, I mean no. Arguing just wastes both our time. This latest dude was soooo pushy right up until Mr M came up behind me and was like no thanks then he immediately left. I will now avoid that company until hell freezes over. 😡

We’re heading toward 100°F today and tomorrow, but since it’s the first day of fall, I’m craving soup. Maybe when the “cold front” gets here in the middle of the week and the temperature drops to... 92°F 😭😭😭

I have heroically logged my royalty statements for the last few months, please clap. And even if you trust your agency / publisher, it’s a good idea to look things over because we’re all human and typos are easy. I have a spreadsheet where I track everything, because of course I do, lol.

So much this!! Polaris Rising was absolutely panned by a major industry review site and it remains the book I’ve sold the most of. Yes, it’s been out the longest, but it’s not even close, lol. A bad review hurts to receive, but it could easily be from a critic who is not your target audience. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'd really love to get this to ⅓ funded by the end of the month. I'm so grateful to everyone who's already donated to help & I know things are difficult for so many of us. I'm doing everything I can to get past needing help, but I'm not there yet & could really use your help. gofund.me/d01a817c3

With the upcoming release of Hades II, Mr. M has been trying to convince me to give Hades a try, despite the fact that I usually loathe rougelikes. He assures me there is a story mode (aka easy mode) and it was on sale, so I’m going to give it a shot.

One of the NPCs in Borderlands 4 reads romantasy and stress bakes and he’s a precious ray of sunshine I will defend to my last breath. Him: “There’s no such thing as TOO trusting.” Me: :quietly stabbing anyone who breaks his trust: “Right you are!”

The Fall/Autumnal Equinox is TODAY at 2:19 PM EDT. That's the time at which our Sun is directly over the Earth's equator, signaling the start of Northern Hemisphere astronomical fall. The Earth’s northern hemisphere will continue to tilt further from the sun through the Winter Solstice on Dec 21.

Spent the day playing Borderlands 4 with Mr M, and if you liked any of the previous games, you’ll like this one. We’re having fun! I have a giant purple murder cat, WHICH I CAN PET, so I’m obviously living my best life. Her name is Trouble, and when I power her up, she becomes Big Trouble. 😍🥹

I did indeed get PREMIUM ASS PLACEMENT, and honestly it kind of spoiled me.

The golf course near our house is doing some sort of red vs blue team thing and there’s a plane circling with a GO BLUE banner, and that’s A LOT of it really is for the golf thing, lol. It’s also not in FlightRadar, so I had to go outside and look at it with my eyes.

In this month’s #RomanceColumn, it’s all about Austen anniversaries and the centuries-old urge to yell “just tell them, you fool!” at a fictional character. Dukes, time travellers, private eyes, and flapper heiresses ahoy! (Gift link) #Romancelandia 💙📚 #booksky

New blog post: Silver & Blood ARCs Are Here!!

Got my ROSES & STONE synopsis done. Wish I could share part of it, but basically the whole thing is a spoiler for book one, lol. No, wait, here you go: And she’s just the person to do it. :evil cackle: 😈

Watching Colbert live and he’s coming out swinging.

I have gotten nothing done today and I'm still somehow exhausted.

I was asked for a 1-2 paragraph synopsis of ROSES & STONE (aka Silver & Blood 2), and compressing 130k words into one paragraph is not a skill I have: They go to [redacted]. Bad things happen. [Redacted] [redacted]. They live happily ever after. The end.

This week, y’all. ☹️ At least the hospital seems like they’re on top of treatment for my mom. 🙏🏻

I feel like I need the softest, fluffiest romance that feels like a hug. No big angst, no medical emergencies, just two+ people finding each other and their HEA. Any romance subgenre. Send me your recs, please and thank you!

Heading home today, but if you can spare some good vibes for my mom and her spider bite, I’d appreciate it! 💕 Sadly she hasn’t gotten the ability to sling webs, climb walls, or catch bad guys.

My mom got a brown recluse bite on her back last week and it’s still pretty bad. I’m supposed to go home tomorrow but I’m worried. :(

I’m running a real-time fact checking service for things my parents see (and believe) on Facebook. Imagine what happens when I’m not sitting right next to them, going “ehhh, that doesn’t sound true, let me check.” 🫠

People who put loudly ticking clocks on bedside tables just want to watch the world burn.

My extra long layover turned into a race thanks to the delay and the skylink being broken. Did not plan to walk this far or fast in these shoes. :( But I made it!

This is my second trip with a carry-on that has four wheels, and omg. I was a holdout for a long time because how much better could it be? The answer: SO much better. It’s so easy and convenient to move it around. It wheels down the aisle sideways so it’s not hitting elbows. I’m a convert.

I thought I was living in the edge, arriving to the airport only ~thirty minutes before boarding, especially when I saw the traffic at departures. Precheck was super fast, though. And now the flight is delayed. I could’ve slept for another twenty minutes. 😭

Well, that was a very short night.

Now I have to go to sleep because I have to be up at dark o’clock for a flight. ☹️

Had a good time at #ArmadilloCon! All of my panels were great, thanks to my fellow panelists for making them fun and informative!

Come see me today at #ArmadilloCon! I have a panel at 2:30 about writing without an outline, then another at 7:00 about romantasy!