Took the evens (K2 and K4) to see Wicked 2. Both had ideal reactions in the right spots. K4 has a vendetta against Dorothy now.

In accordance with my genetics and heritage, I am Very Good at farmhouse cooking. Anything finicky, though, ugh.

Love to see my stuff up on Anna's Archive. (sarcasm)

Are there really people who can get a haircut and just go about their day? They don't have to rush home and take a shower to get the hair off?

"I asked Grok, and..." Okay, well I asked a gonk droid, and it went gonk.

Various members of the family have been down sick all week. K4 just fully got it this morning. Everything smells like Lysol and I am very, very tired of it.

That side character? He's the romantic lead now.

Oh hey, what's this? A ✨ vague publishing post✨ ?? 👀👀👀👀

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.

Terrible comedian experience update: MIL indicated that she & everyone else was surprised at the "political junk" (her words) since they knew the comedian from 30 yrs ago when her jokes were about raising kids, etc, and reiterated she'd never knowingly put me in an uncomfortable situation. Love her.

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K1 is 13, which means he obviously knows more than me about every topic. HOWEVER, I could not let it stand when he tried to tell me about playing the Zerg in StarCraft. Child, I have been OMGzergrushing since well before you were born. Anyway he found out I know what I'm doing.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Great read by a great writer

Congratulations to Jonathan Bailey for winning Sexiest Man Alive fight, and condolences to the loved ones of the previous winner.

Went with my MIL, SIL, and aunt-in-law to see a Christian comedian. The first part was boomer jokes ("men are so dumb") mixed with MAGA greatest hits ("Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve"). Thankfully I'd brought a notebook and got some writing done during the second part.

Half of the fam did a Hadestown family costume and while I look middling as Persephone (because I look middling in everything) my youngest son was a killer Orpheus and my husband was an absolute hottie of a Hades.

If you guys are looking for a cheapish spooky read, "The Way We Used to Walk" is only $2.99 on Kindle today! Featuring monsters and loss and adulting -- all sorts of scary things! tinyurl.com/yvc8ujrj

Went to the first grader's Halloween parade. SO many Rumis. SO MANY.

Today I broke 38k on The Something of Sea and Whatever, my current WIP. (Title still being workshopped.) I'm very pleased with how it's all coming together.

What is this, 2020 again??

Derry Girls remains class.

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

WIP accountability post: Book from a dream (title something about Iron and Sea, maybe?) is sitting pretty at 34162. I have some big holes to write ahead of me but they're slowly getting filled with lace.

"The bed sanked." Doing some award-winning writing here today.

I talked a writing puzzle out with my husband and then thanked him. He said "Honestly, I kind of tuned out. I heard 'I wrote myself into a problem' and then a bunch of mumbling and 'oh, never mind, I solved it'. So...you're welcome?"

We all love those giant skeletons, but let's not overlook the little skeletons swarming over houses and telephone poles. That some good Halloween right there.

Slept badly, had a nightmare, woke up with a headache, AMA.

Zero sales at this event. Anyone want a book to make the gas money worth it? books2read.com/u/3LX0Z1

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

I'm at a book event and it's so slow that an author across the room from me pulled out a loaf of bread and a thing of soft cheese and started having a snack.

Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")? Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event. Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...

I know it's cliche, but I had some really great plot-fixing ideas in the shower.

K1 had an orchestra concert tonight and dang, I just really love music. I miss making it in a group. Also there was a theremin!

I saw it again, I must post it again. So it is written, so let it be done.

Tea and pancake syrup.

Upcoming! In which things are happening

The good news: Act 1 of the incredibly rough draft of my WIP is done! The bad news: I still have 3/4 of the book to write. 😅

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

I've got a van full of kids all signing along to Hadestown and honestly, this is the life I wanted.

WIP accountability post Book from a dream (I really need a title...) is around 28000. I have two and half more chapters to go in the first part. My goal had been 30k for the part one so I may need to revise upward, or cut the number of chapters in parts 2 and 3.

Book giveaway is getting no entries - :( Local bookstore that opened this weekend already sold three copies and want me to bring a bunch more - :) Being an author is a trip, man.

Fall Updates – Ranks, Lists, and Free Stuff In which we talk about some things that are happening and have been happening but nothing that will be happening.

I turned weirdly and now my knee hurts. Yes, I am over 40.

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer! Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves. Go!!!

ATTN @reasie.bsky.social, @nylabright.bsky.social, and any other cat-loving Hamsters or other authors.

I know it's not in vogue right now because of, you know, the horrors, but I'm having a really nice day today.

Not going to lie, every time I see this it makes me A) proud of my first book and B) pumped to work on the current book.

Ooooh I got book mail!! It's gorgeous! @rhondaparrish.bsky.social

K4 was trying to tell me about our neighbor's dog. "It's a Trevor dog," she said. "You know, it's big and golden and stuff." Friends, she meant "retriever".