I really enjoyed my beta read of Fight or Flight and Jared’s prose is a treat. Highly recommend supporting this project!

@clarislamauthor.bsky.social chatted about her new children's book "Sadie Rowe and the Missing Necklace" - the first #kidlit story I have read in many years, so a fun topic for me. Get your behind the scenes look in our full interview! Watch here: youtu.be/6zRrfLOUtB8

A late #unhingedpit post - all comments on just chapter 1!!! of my WIP romance sequel from @incendiarysolution.bsky.social whose comments are a treasure. #NA #R #W

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Golden retriever college athlete absolutely humbles himself donating blood, scrubbing his feet, and doing pilates because he's simping after the hot girl who sits next to him in class #UnhingedPit #NA #R

I had a busy but productive week at work and its 40 degrees and sunny and we have a weekend without snow and I have author social media marketing stuff done/in motion and I preordered 2 new books and things are feeling good

I write and do waves of individual alpha reader feedback on my work, but I’ve also enjoyed giving early feedback in the same doc as others to bounce ideas off - how I met @incendiarysolution.bsky.social. I also love a good voice chat with @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social to sort out ideas.

I am finishing drafting my sequel romance soon and will be revising it this spring! Hoping to get it to two beta readers this spring, maybe summer.

Took a 415 word brain dump draft of a chapter to an 1170 word decent first draft of a chapter this morning before work! Chapter 33 (of probably 38) done! #amwriting

College baseball player Emerson is tired of being single. But is he ready to bend his disciplined ways and set boundaries to overcome what’s been holding him back from finding love? Looking for ARC readers now: forms.gle/3dLvC7YvctB2... #NA #R #CS #IN #WSPIT

Hit the 60k word count mark on my WIP! I feel like this one is going to be shorter than the first installment in the series but I am less concerned about hitting a reasonable novel-length word count now. This milestone is gearing me up to just get a first draft done.

Me: this chapter is almost done and ready to send to alpha readers right Also me: nope didn't write the lead in to the argument scene, just the argument and resolution 🫠 #amwriting

Did I write today? No. But in addition to work, exercise, and making dinner, I did read from three different books and prepare my next author interview questions for my chat with @clarislamauthor.bsky.social coming soon! All in all still making progress on the overall goal!

My number 1 most book author is Lemony Snicket which makes sense, but for women writers 5+ reads: Sarah J. Maas Elle Kennedy Martha Wells Carissa Broadbent Suzanne Collins

Upright is the theme of the secondary relationship in my WIP! Reversed is the resolution for the main couple.

At the start of the sequel WIP, Emerson recaps how his mom and sister-in-law really wanted to get to know his new girlfriend in the time jump between novels, before he introduced her. Still in drafting mode, but excited to start revisions soon-ish:

Got my husband up and out and at a bar with the most aggressively hospitable Irishman bartender to watch the game before the blizzard rolls in. But I hope both teams have fun ❤️🤍💙🏅

I got chapter 32 into a very shitty first draft, compiling scenes from many months ago, and voice to text drafted 415 words of chapter 33. (Plus went to the gym and store and did laundry). Not bad, getting close to the end of this WIP! #amwriting

The marketing and procrastinating side of me wants to make a spreadsheet of my author social media video performance to identify trends and benchmarks, so I will set that as a reward for getting at least a shitty first draft of this chapter done

My plans for the day got cancelled - when it's finally bearable temps in the mid 40s and a break from snow and rain, AND I washed my hair last night 😿 I already planned to write a lot tomorrow when it'll be cold and snowy but I guess I'll get more done today.

My MC is the upright and the FMC is the reversed - and this is a big theme in the sequel WIP!

So I did outline this WIP much more than my first, and actually forgot I did as much since I did this months ago, but still struggled at the 3/4 point. I am proud that I did more than just write on vibes 😅

After like 3 weeks I finally finished this chapter!!!!!! (To be fair I have still been progressing on book stuff in general + sick + had a visitor in the last 3 weeks) And I sort of brain dump drafted a bit while walking at the gym yesterday. All the pieces are falling in place! #amwriting

Excited for this new release coming soon from @rwmeadors.bsky.social and @marbach.bsky.social !

5 things and 5 tags: 🐈 cats 💕 romance novels ✈️ travel 💪 working out ⚾️ live sporting events No idea who has done one yet! @rwmeadors.bsky.social @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social @marbach.bsky.social @incendiarysolution.bsky.social @gunsmile.bsky.social

Not a lot, but worked on my WIP for the first time in like 2 weeks. I shaped up the brain-dump draft before work and wrote 370 new words on lunch break. Making progress! #amwriting

I have not journaled for… 5 months and you know what a bullet point list of the notable stuff going on recently is good enough of an entry for now to get back in the habit!

I haven’t read anything in the thriller or mystery realm and I am excited for both The Major Arcana by @rwmeadors.bsky.social and @marbach.bsky.social and The Devouring by @gunsmile.bsky.social both coming out soon!

I made all the last tweaks and it's done! I sent my manuscript to the proofreader/book formatter - it's getting real! #amwriting #writesky

Iris orchestrates a breakfast party after everyone ends up sleeping over with their respective significant others at the same house:

Roses are red Violets are blue Support your local library And read books too #BookSky

Emerson's starting junior year of college with everything going for him... except a girlfriend. His wingwoman bestie sets a deadline for him to change that and ask out the pretty girl in his class. AT YOUR PACE is an 87,000 word sports romance looking for ARC readers now! #CuPit #CR #NA

“People will enjoy what you create more than you realize” And that’s all thanks to my early readers most of whom I found here on Bluesky!

Roll Play is out today! I so enjoyed chatting with @paisley-rose.bsky.social about what she's most excited about in this book, and it's for people to get to know Malcolm, the protagonist, and dig into his nuanced characterization. Can't wait to dig into this read soon!

Work conference is over and it was fine but most importantly I met a new team member in a totally different department today and we talked about books at lunch!

I have a slight cold and I’m trying to make an appointment with my PCP to get a refill of my Rx cough medicine for the cough that will linger for a week or so and the portal is giving me a doom loop of broken web pages or mammogram scheduling (why?) Guess I’ll just suffer then

Me: chilling doing one final pass through my manuscript before I send it to the proofreader Also me: what if I googled where Portuguese is spoken instead?

I’ve so enjoyed getting to know @rwmeadors.bsky.social after our video interview and I am soooo excited for this one!

Gooooo read this it’s so fun :)

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

Emerson starts a workout challenge for his baseball team over the monthlong winter break to distract him from his yearning 😅

Not a lot - it's a contemporary romance, so it's supposed to be fun - but I have my characters' subjects of study showcase my values and stances; Valeria studies the economic impact of paid family leave, the characters take a class on American protest history and share about labor movements.

Big fan of the bookmarks at my local library. Just renewed my card (hard to believe I’ve lived here 3 years!) and had to snag one! #badbunny #dtmf

*ARC Signups Open* LONE STAR LAYOVER Rival professors get stuck at a Dallas airport during an ice storm — one hotel room & one bed. Cold tension turns to burning hot desire in this one-evening read. Link below👇🏽 🌶️📚💙 #ARC #ARCReaders #bwwmromance #plussizeromance #romancenovella #forcedproximity

Today is canonically my MMC’s 21st birthday that’s fun #writesky We don’t see it because it’s in the time jump between books 1 and 2 but we learn about how he celebrated in book 2 :)

Upright: the possibilities for the characters’ careers after their college graduation Reversed: the LI’s home situation gets shaken up when her mom moves in with her boyfriend and not everyone gets what they plan/want at the start of their senior year

I wholeheartedly enjoyed "Level Up" from @paisley-rose.bsky.social and was even more excited that I got a chance to dig into the book even more with Paisley! Check out our interview here: youtu.be/Tf9n_5JwyAc Highly recommend reading "Level Up" before "Roll Play" comes out on Feb 13th!

Commute material today courtesy of @5feetofredfury.bsky.social #amreading

Recommend: Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Next up on my TBR: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

One of the coolest things (to me, at least) about writing with a creative parter is doubling the amount of media that can serve as inspiration for your own story. @rwmeadors.bsky.social shares more about how he and @marbach.bsky.social get inspiration for their shared urban fantasy universe: