YES

I'm putting the finishing touches on a proposal, and the way I fall in love with all the characters and all the story ideas, and I don't know if I'll get to write them....ack. The sweetest kind of pain.

I had an interesting reminder of how big romancelandia is today. My local romance bookstore sent out an email about an upcoming announcement for an event saying, "We know tickets will sell out almost instantly, so we wanted to let you know that the news will drop at noon."

Every day brings fresh horrors, but my God, does the resilience and tenacity of the people on the ground, resisting every inch of this, give me hope.

boy that gyre sure keeps getting wider

I'm leaving Mailchimp because I hate it; I only went there because they bought my beloved Tinyletter. I don't want any bells and whistles (no onboarding sequence or fancy analytics). I just want people to be able to subscribe and to be able to send an occasional newsletter. Who do you use?

I (32F) enlisted the help of a guy (35M) who loathes me to uncover a secret society from the 1770s that seized control of the US government. but here's the thing, they're still around and murderous, so he and I had to go on the run together. but come on, how could I have foreseen that? AITA?

respect to the orcas whose trends consist of wearing salmon hats instead of trying to make everything have AI

OOH, FUN! I taught a romance class in the fall, and I'll be running it again next fall. I believe **passionately** in the cause!

My ideology only comes in improper flavors.

It used to be the Missouri, but now, it's the James.

they abolished the department of education, we do not need a trojan horse to abolish ice we can just do it

three of these books are romances, friends.

I was at a signing event today with a bunch of authors, and it will never not amuse me how people respond to romance ("oh no, I don't--no, I don't read that, no") vs true crime ("you're saying the serial killer was right here, and the crime has never been solved??").

I put on a new movie to distract from /hand waves at everything/, but like, babes, that is *not* Boston College.

ha, this is my book. and it's on sale. if you like angsty BFF to lovers, a behind the scenes take on a show that's not *not* SNL, and scenarios involving the numbers 6 and 9 (iykyk), this book might be for you

"We had whistles; they had guns."

Everyone’s been doing hockey romance recs — and good thing! — but I’d like to also take a moment and point out that there’s a ton of great Asian-Canadian contemporary romance writing happening right now too!

I hope she gets the world she wants to build

My "stuff I really liked in 2025" post is finally up! authoremmabarry.com/2026/01/08/t...

So it's my birthday. Twenty-one years ago, I was sitting in the gallery in the House of Representatives watching them certify the 2004 election results. It was super depressing.

Me: why do I feel jumpy? Me: Me: Me: Oh, my solo piano playlist shuffled up some Prokofiev.

Life with a Labrador is when he dances in from the backyard and proudly presents me with a squirrel tail. Not a whole squirrel. Just a tail.

fascinating, albeit depressing. but yeesh, the cringe I cringed on learning that Bill Barr wrote the legal justification for Panama.

He looks seriously haggard and awful.

At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!

What the fuck is going on, and when do the impeachment hearings start?

A beautiful thread.

We had a LotR marathon today while taking down the tree and laughed our butts off at the memory of child #1 trying to decline an invitation to be the ring bearer in a wedding because he thought he was being asked to be a ring bear.

Happy 2026, y'all! I'm starting the year with some books on sale in North America. the ebooks of all three of these titles are just $1.99 this month on the 'zon. and also, FYI, the audiobooks are INCREDIBLE and can be added for just $1.99.

Random long shot question: has anyone watched the commentary tracks and special features on The Fifth Element DVD? If so, does the production team cite Lang's Metropolis as an influence?

getting up at 6, writing the acknowledgement's for You, Me, and the Conspiracy, and crying. today's getting off to a GREAT start!

Current read: October by China Mieville. It's a story I know well, but the writing is electric... And inspirational, if you're giving into despair.

I'll be honest, what I really want is basically Norton Critical Editions of some of my favorite historicals, not fancy hard covers with sprayed edges.

Or a chain of daycare centers called Nazgul.

I signed a contract earlier this year, and the AI assistant popped up in Adobe and offered to summarize it for me. I was filled with revulsion. Are people honestly letting the AI tell them what's in a contract and then signing without reading it for themselves???

I just ran around my house and made everyone in my family watch the best film of 2025.

I had one those experiences that always happens mid line edits, when you stare at word and convince yourself that it is or isn't real. In this case, it was damange. That really should be a word.

wait, what? where is my Sinatra's mom biopic??

Make a Bond film casual No Time to Sigh

As is now tradition, we celebrate the day after Christmas with free books, more than 1700 free books in this particular go round. Just visit www.romancebookworms.com to browse the incredible selection.

Having teenagers is being up at 7:15, drinking my tea by the Christmas tree with the dog, and we're the only creatures awake in the house.

I worked on my own edits in the morning, and now I'm reading Dana Williams book on Toni Morrison's editorial career. A fascinating juxtaposition.

I loved this essay, and yup, I love this movie.

The time is right for a new version of Desk Set. But EMERAC would be AI. Of course.

CBS really Bari'd the story huh.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Ella Fitzgerald's delivery of "hark, the herald angels sing" is a vibe.

last night's movie selection was _Man on Wire_, and the playful use of classical music in it remains unparalleled. it's just a lovely, human, affirming film.