LADY CATHERINE: Are you engaged to my nephew? ELIZABETH: Who knows. LADY CATHERINE: Are you? ELIZABETH: Who can say. LADY CATHERINE: Well are you??? ELIZABETH: *checks her nails*

Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.

Yup, I'm sure your sons loved the 69 scene, AI bot

I am intrigued.

Does a musical theatre line ever pop into your head and delight you with its playful specificity? Today's for me was, "She wants five children to start./Five's a difficult point to make" from, of course, "Adelaide"/Guys and Dolls.

On the one hand, do we need another adaptation of The Portrait of a Lady? But on the other hand, I will watch.

It's the 57th anniversary of the moon landing!!!! Space history is one of my FAVORITE things. So let's make a list of crap I've written you could revisit today. First up, a discussion about space history on screen authoremmabarry.com/2019/05/17/s...

I recommended this elsewhere, so I'll recommend it here too: if your small kid is excited about The Odyssey, but you don't want to take them to it, get this book instead www.amazon.com/Iliad-Odysse...

recently, one of my kids told me that they used to like going to the grocery store with me because we'd listen to the radio in the car, and I'd tell them about the bands and the songs, and that's how they learned about "old" (aka 90s) music. it honestly felt like one of my biggest parenting wins.

Um, this is not how I thought this match would go.

I wrote a blog post that might only be interesting to me about my writing process for my latest draft authoremmabarry.com/2026/07/18/a...

one of the most stylish films ever made. for sure.

The 1993 film of The Nutcracker ballet featuring, inexplicably, Macaulay Culkin. (No, he doesn't dance.) My friend and I were the only two people in the theater, and for half the film, the picture was out of focus. But we were in middle school and thus too embarrassed to report this to a manager.

Today's #FridayFling is from Bad Reputation!!

I live near the border of Virginia and North Carolina, and we're currently getting the wildfire smoke haze.

I received my @romancingthevote.com items today, and they're rad!

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! youtu.be/dUT67vpW5Ms?...

My toxic author trait is that I love writing synopses. I have gotten to the point where enjoy writing proposals before I draft the book, and I appreciate how turning one into a true synopsis helps me see the moth holes in my plots and characterizations.

I have seen the cover flat for You, Me, & the Conspiracy, and it's just so very beautiful.

The thing is that certain people will think being a 6 foot millionaire who is absolutely shredded is the fantasy of a woman who reads romance when the actual attraction is usually toward a hero being emotionally intelligent, passionate, and loving. The looks are window dressing for the actual gift.

I know it's eye-rollingly trendy, but you can make a dense bean salad entirely with veggies that you peel and to use freeze dried herbs instead of fresh, rendering the recipe diarrhea lettuce free. So something like this: www.eatingbyelaine.com/mediterranea...

Since I gave everyone one disco roller skating earworm yesterday, may I offer another one today in a different genre?

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have a little guy. you've earned it.

I'm watching Xanandu for the first time, and I have many questions. Namely, how did this movie happen?

My book is DONE. and yes, I wrote a final scene, lol.

I am writing the final scene of my book. The. Final. Scene. Why can't I just say, "And then they talked about all their stuff, and realized they were on the same page, and they lived happily ever after. The end." Why would that be emotionally unsatisfying???

I want to talk about my ridiculous book and the endless action sequence I wrote today. I don't want to be crying about the daughter of a man who was murdered today wearing Bluey pajamas.

I've seen some folks discussing a new (or upcoming) vampire romance that they loved, and now (of course) I can't find it. anybody have any leads?

One of my favorite Sam Neill roles is in _The Dish_, in which he plays the Australian manager of a satellite dish that is going to receive the Apollo 11 broadcast from the moon www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dyG...

this offer actually goes for anyone. if you're teaching romance novels and you'd like to look at my syllabus and assignments, I'm happy to share them!

that was not the obit I expected to read this morning.

Wowzers, he nailed that thing

I wrote 2405 words today. it is my single best writing day on this book. alas, I am not done with the climatic [redacted] sequence.

LRT: I've been trying to talk politics less because I'm certain that everyone who follows me is also following what's happening. but dear Lord, things are bleak right now.

“How To Hide An Empire,” Daniel Immerwahr, 2019.

On Reddit, I just saw someone ask for lesser known romances, and one of the recommendations was The Devil in Winter. Bwahahahahahhahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Just a second. Hahahahahahahahahaha!

All hail, bean!

I just watched a rain band hit my back yard, and after a minute, it swept across my house. Then it began raining in the front. Earth is so magical, y'all.

brb, a new nightmare scenario just dropped

What a save!

a follow-up secondary question: if you're read Little House as a kid, did you also read Anne of Green Gables?

Is Little House on the Prairie one of the dividing lines between Gen X and Millennials? I'm a Millennial, and while I was vaguely aware of the 70s version--it was in syndication during my childhood--I never watched it and only skimmed a few of the books.

Mine is the painting The Spinet by Thomas Wilmer Dewing, which is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. I told this story on Instagram, but I knew this painting because it's on the cover of one of my favorite books that you haven't read (Esther by Henry Adams) www.instagram.com/p/C8WrhBtA8t...

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

As I wrap up drafting my book and begin to think seriously about marketing my book that's coming out in the fall....does anyone need any guests for your podcast? Because if so, **please** ping me. We can talk You, Me, & the Conspiracy or romance and pop culture more broadly.

Most exciting about the Emmy nominations is learning which of the shows you've been watching for the past year are dramas or comedies

such a good piece!

Happy, happy release day!!!!