I just read a story in my local paper about a car thief who used one McLaren to ram down the gate at the dealership before driving away in a different, undamaged McLaren. Has this happened in any movie or book you’ve read? Because it feels properly romance suspense-y heisty heisty.

Mr. H brings my dinner from the kitchen to the table. Mr. H: Here you go. Me: Thank you. Cheeks: Dad is a gentleman. Me: He is. C: But…he is also a goofball. [to her dad] Hey! You are a Gentleman Goofball!

Watching Disney’s Atlantis (2001) together. The villain does something extremely villainous, especially by today’s Disney standards. C: Mama, is it okay to say hell? Me: Sure. C: WHAT THE HELL?!

I am trying to shop less, but will buying this help me shop less? 🧐 Water soluble transfers of moths for embroidering patches on holey sweaters. Bonus, I like that we can show off the wee perpetrators while fixing the damage they caused. Name and shame. www.etsy.com/listing/9242...

I have a terrible memory for movies so I can watch the same movie again and again, sitting there like, “Ooh, this is delightful!”

A Nelson song starts on the college radio station. Me: NELSON!!!! Cheeks: Who is Nelson? Mr. H: A band your mama loved when she was 13. Me: Do you want to see a photo? [pulls out phone] Mr. H: That’s just two pictures of Darryl Hannah. Me: [singing] “I’VE BEEN ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN…” 🎶✨🎸⚡️⛈️

Rabbits can’t fart? What happens? Do they blow up like a balloon? What a cruel universe.

Tamara’s work is amazing 🤩

seems like a good time to share some new romance book art💕 🖌acrylic on wood

Happy Valentine’s Day from your local curmudgeon/hopeless romantic.

Happy Pub Day to me and my pub-mates @richardwriteson.bsky.social and @synithiaw.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Treat yourself (shelf) today!!!

Just 10 days until THROW AWAY THE KEY is out in the world! If you miss Zora and Granny Marion, you're sure to get your fix, but Emma is the highlight of this story. I thought I'd share a little taste of the tropey goodness from this sapphic romance. Preorder: https://buff.ly/3Eq2uVe

My novel ROLE PLAYING is on sale this week for $2.49 USD! Meet my feral honey badget FMC Maggie, and the cinnamon roll MMC Aiden who loves her just the way she is. Gen X romance at its funnest. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFFM9BK5

Candy browsing. Mr. H: Do they have Abba Zabba? Me: No, but they have Laffy Taffy. Mr. H: Those are gross. They make me Barfy Barfy.

Attention: blossoms are happening. Blossoming? Blooming? Trees doing their lovely tree thing.

Unsure of what to read for Black History month? How about the story of resilient and amazing Black fashion designer Ann Lowe? It's on sale for less than 2 bucks for a limited time! Where ever books are sold! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/by-her-own...

I just read this, and I want to share it with you because this is not knowledge I can keep to myself. 🍏 From Gastro Obscura.

DC area folks: Save the date! Join me & @tajmccoy.bsky.social to celebrate the release of SOMETHING CHEEKY on March 6 at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social RSVP here www.loyaltybookstores.com/somethingche...

Honestly…I still wonder about this

Cheeks: Look, a dandelion! Me, Wait! If you blow it, a hundred dandelions will grow on our lawn. C: Fine. [sighs] My wishes never come true anyway. Me: [feeling guilty] Sometimes wishes come true. [hugs her] You are my wish come true. C: I always wish for the world to be bacon. [skips away]

Reminder: Preordering the book is required for entry into the 2/11 book launch! Link: eagleeyebooks.com/event/2025-0...

I’m reading Eve’s Hollywood for the first time because I’m feeling tender about Los Angeles and because Anthony Bourdain loved Eve Babitz’s writing. He sounds so much like her; I can’t pin down the specific points in common yet because I’m out of practice, but the voices are so similar.

This month’s #RomanceColumn is out! Featuring: an incredible cheesemaking historical (plus: murders!), a serial graphic novel about slow-burn friends to lovers in a supernatural Paris, and a roommates-turned-lovers situation between a trans academic and a butch mechanic. #Romancelandia

Me: Hey, cutie. My terrier: [wags, drops something] Me: Ooh. What’d you bring me? MT: [licks my cheek] Me: A bundle of twigs? Roots? What is this? Oh, it’s a…decomposing…raaaaat skulll? MT: [wags] Me: [begins eternal shudder]

WELP www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/b...

Things got a little away from me and I won't be winning any crafting awards, but hey, happy lunar new year!

UTLA teachers at Cheeks’ school distributed these flyers on the sidewalk yesterday. We read it together. Later I found my child had written her own version.

The Lunar New Year is almost here, and I have a book for that! *Fake relationship *Friends-to-lovers *Ice skating *An epic game of Pictionary Available in ebook, print, and audio. AMZ: amzn.to/2rwyzFp Kobo: bit.ly/2NHk8Hn B&N: bit.ly/32I7BHR Apple: apple.co/2Kw0kVx Google: bit.ly/3aDkPvD

SoCal, if you’re looking for Target alternatives, you can find brand name detergent, TP and other necessities at your nearest swap meet (some with the Target price tags still attached 👀)

Me: What is a pain suisse? Mr. H: It’s a pastry that has a lot of other pastries folded inside. Me: … Mr. H: Like, on one side, you can pull out a baguette. On the other side, there’s a little pain au chocolat. Maybe a croissant. Me: … Mr. H: It tastes pretty neutral though.

working on some fun romance book playing cards🃏💕🖌

Me getting ready to delete the Target app

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

Blood orange marmalade this week. The perfect thing if you’re feeling properly bitter but still want to make something nice.

"Readers looking for a well-constructed, satisfying historical romance will be pleased. A strong start to a new Victorian romance series." Out 2/25/25!

In a bit of felicitous timing, I just found out that ZOMROMCOM is up on NetGalley as of...today! 🎉 If you request an eARC, I'm crossing my fingers that you get approved (that's not up to me, sadly), and if you do get approved, I hope you absolutely love the story! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Someone (not me, stop it) hit a fire hydrant in Culver City on my drive home yesterday. Bellagio fountains on Venice Blvd.

i adore Michelle's recs, let's give her a warm welcome #romancelandia over here on bsky!

I have a lot of new followers, and I hear bluesky has a lot of new users! Welcome, friends! I belong to the Bluesky School of Thought that when we see someone being trash, we do the thing that will upset them most: we immediately block them and forget they ever existed. Trust me: they HATE IT.

Hey, #Philly! I’m so excited to welcome my friend Rebecca Yarros to my hometown this weekend to celebrate the long-awaited release of ONYX STORM! The event is sold out, but I hope to see a few members of my crew at the Miller Theater this Saturday. 🖤🐲💛

Ok romance authors, let’s do this. If you have a 2025 release coming out (or it just came out), promo it in the form of an AITA post. And please, if you can, drop a buy link or a GR link. Let’s topple some TBR piles.

Listening to Cherished Belonging by Father Greg Boyle. “Everyone can get stuck in yesterday and in regret. We move forward in love because it seems to be the only thing that can conjure up tomorrow.”

Hiding in the nursery with hella plants and one unbothered nursery cat.

Worth reading.

A lovely friend gifted us the Q-Less crossword solitaire game for Christmas and wowowowow am I addicted.

🚨 PRINCESS AND THE PI COVER REVEAL TIME! 🚨Okay, I told artist Amacieforever I wanted a sexy noir detective vibe, but she heard, “Why not make them want to F#@$ the cover?” I am not mad at it. 👏🏾 Thank you to my team at Berkley Romance 💕 #blackbooksky #booksky #blacksky Preorder here👇🏾 bit.ly/41xv9RV

On one hand I should be saving my money but on the other hand I just found an Etsy store that sells cloaks

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

Crafty craft thoughts. I’m watching My Housekeeper Nagisa-san on Netflix and one classic way to make a people-pleasing MC have deep guilt is to make them caretaker to two people. Something happens where they can only take care of one person and the other person gets hurt. Good start for an arc.