December 28 #TitanicVoyageReadalong LET ME THINK. He sends through emojis of a skull and crossbones, a knife, a bomb, and an explosion.

So if I want to toy with doing digital sketches on a tablet, what do I need? (I have an Apple PC and iPhone, so I'm leaning towards iPad. I THINK I might want pressure sensitivity, and it sounds like only certain iPads and the fanciest Apple Pencil do that?)

To think that you might have encouraged those men to become heroes in their own right! And that I was there when you had the idea! It's not enough to lift my gloom altogether, but it's a bit of a Christmas #gift. #TimeTravelAuthors

Proposed questions for next month's #TimeTravelAuthors. Let me know if you see any problems! #WritingQs #WritingCommunity

My niece‘s Jigglypuff #Pokemon

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Merry Christmas! I hope your holiday is merrier than Liam's. The Titanic Voyage ride stays open 'til around midnight a few times. The Titanic's clocks were supposed to be set back at midnight. Rocky wishes Liam Merry Christmas and texts him a phone game as a gift at midnight. #TimeTravelAuthors

December 25 #TitanicVoyageReadalong Sahar shrugs. "Whether an ending's happy or not depends on where you end the story. Even if Snow White existed, do you think she and her prince both lived to be ninety and died in their sleep? On the same night?"

Back by popular demand (and by popular I mean my bestie asked) My daily reactions to the 2025 Limited Edition Bonne Maman Advent calendar! (This thing wasn't cheap either) #Christmas #AdventAdventures

December 24 #TitanicVoyageReadalong He sends back an image of a circular red light, slightly pulsating. The caption reads, *I'm sorry, Liam. I'm afraid I can't do that.*

"Write every day"/any advice predicated on a specific schedule or output. Girl I got chronic fatigue. I can't do *anything* every day except keep myself alive

Nostalgia in Titanic Voyage? Liam longs for better times, when his adoptive/foster mother was alive and his adoptive father was well. I guess most Titanic stories involve a bit of nostalgia for the beauty of the doomed ship. #TimeTravelAuthors books2read.com/TV

December 23 #TitanicVoyageReadalong The historian entrance is just inside the gift shoppe, the door and its handle painted the same oak colour as the wall. A small mirrored panel to its right houses the sensor that reads the user's timepiece and allows access.

Describe your WIP in a single word? Or, a single emoji? 🥹

Have any authors heard of/worked with “Curios”? 🤔 studio.curios.com/tutorials/ho... #WritingCommunity

December 22 #TitanicVoyageReadalong In your time, churches were grand places, yeah? Well, perhaps your denomination's weren't. But some had adorned ceilings, gilded beams, and beautiful statues. A few modern church buildings still inspire awe today, but Papa's has only made a modest effort at it.

Clara is impossibly nice and good in Titanic Voyage. I stumbled across the story I used for the extended epigraph well after I wrote a good draft, and I was like "HOLY COW THAT'S CLARA." #TimeTravelAuthors

It's Week 2 of #DetailedSFFIntros: The World! This week is all about the setting. Tell us about your world! Yap all you want! I'm hoping for at least a few really long responses! And maybe double-check the rules; Rules 4 and 5 discuss formatting. #Writing #WritingPrompt #SciFi #Fantasy #SpecFic

December 21 #TitanicVoyageReadalong Sahar finally returns, carrying a bronze-coloured urn. A three-inch scratch mars the front. She winces as she sets it--him--the urn--on the coffee table. "I'm sorry, Liam. I didn't know it was a fake finish."

It's year-end sale time and I've been too busy to post about it until right this minute 😶 Please pretend this picture of my book at the location that inspired it is a nice promo graphic and check out my apocalyptic scifi in the Florida panhandle for half off! Link below:

When told, “Good job”: Liam: (slightly embarrassed but pleased) “Thank you.” Clara: (head tilt) “I really didn’t do much.” Rocky: (grins) “I know.” Emma: (smiles) “Thank you.” Oliver: (puzzled look and shrug, may or may not be accompanied by “Thanks”) #AwesomeCharacters

December 20 #TitanicVoyageReadalong It's peculiar enough that Rocky's thin, but to see him waiting on us is even more compelling proof that the world's completely changed.

Cautiously optimistic about publishing the sequel to Titanic Voyage, Immigrants’ Journey. #HistorytownAZ #PretendPanel

Is it morally wrong to read your own (published) novel for the library’s winter reading program? 🤔 (For what it’s worth, I likely am not going to claim any prizes, unless I win a weekly drawing.)

Rocky is naughty in Titanic Voyage! He's a prankster and the kid of Historytown's (incredibly wealthy) owner. He gets away with almost everything. But, as my dad always said, sometimes rich kids who aren't good at all get a lot of presents at Christmas… #TimeTravelAuthors books2read.com/TV

December 19 #TitanicVoyageReadalong My stomach's churning, but the ancient radio's playing a sweet, melancholy song, one of Ma's eclectic choices. It makes me think of you, and I let the words of wonder and love wash over me.

Very cute!

December 18 #TitanicVoyageReadalong "Don't wreck the timeline, all right?" "Cheers, Rocky." He laughs. I think mild mockery is his love language.

#AwesomeCharacters It’s not at all perfect ‘cause I don’t really think about alignments like this when I work on characters—and technically none of them are really lawful considering they’re on the run with a fugitive, but… Ehh, I just had fun~ So, for a general, we have:

December 17 #TitanicVoyageReadalong #TimeTravelAuthors Before I can answer your question, you take my arm and, unbelievably, you tug me into your cabin. We're alone in your tiny #room. If you notice the impropriety, you don't mention it.

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

You’re the only you there is, and that makes you irreplaceable in this world. Please remember that. No one else can be you and we need you. Your gifts. Your light. Your heart. I’m sending love, love, love out into the night sky 🌌🫂💗✨💫 To every beautiful one of you.

December 16 - #TitanicVoyageReadalong "Liam, no." She hands me my phone. How did I not notice she was holding it? "Friendship Vista called. They've been trying to reach you for hours." I'm sorry, Liam! I'm sorry, readers! This is the moment when I'm like "OK a December readalong was questionable."

How far do they travel? I keep it vague and say like "more than a hundred years in the past"--we know Liam travels from what is the near future (from our viewpoint) to 1912. But I glanced at a calculator and I THINK it's actually like 123 years? Huh. That's kind of poetic. #TimeTravelAuthors

December 15 #TitanicVoyageReadalong In that moment, we share a connection. We're each forsaking a place of safety to help others. That comparison isn't fair to you, of course. You're a real heroine while I'm a theme park worker who's pretending to be a historian who's pretending to be a hero.

December 14 #TitanicVoyageReadalong And a new idea strikes. I text him, *What if we stole someONE from the Titanic?*  juliebihn.itch.io/tv www.hoopladigital.com/title/15731818

Are there any e-ink e-readers that play well with Hoopla?

If you see this, post an anime you love. (I'm basic but whatever; I've loved the last 3 episodes I've watched so much)

There’s an active shooter down the street from me at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island

I know I've said something like "blurbs aren't so hard" etc. I take it all back. ::cries in WIP:: I do think there's SOMETHING to be said for the idea that if you have a clear plot, the blurb should be easy to write, but I'm sure that's not ALWAYS true. Also ::cries in WIP again:: #HistorytownAZ

(ANGST WARNING) December 13 #TitanicVoyageReadalong Clara, why do things have to change so much? Why do people grow old and frail? Why do they have to die? And yet you have #far more right than me to complain about death, yeah? #TimeTravelAuthors books2read.com/TV

December 12 #TitanicVoyageReadalong I reckon that most people in 1912 thought anyone with skin as brown as mine was a foreigner. Actually, some of the Titanic's crew called dark-skinned passengers "Italians" as though it were a slur, so maybe "foreigner" was a more polite way to say it.

Keeping things under wraps in Titanic Voyage? Unsurprisingly, Liam and Rocky try to keep time travel under wraps. Later, Liam and Rocky keep secrets from each other… #TimeTravelAuthors books2read.com/TV

December 11: #TitanicVoyageReadalong "Clara, there's no time. You--" "I don't know how you know my name, but it's 'Miss Jones!' Sir!" Your attempt at propriety...something in my chest twists in admiration of you.

It's very appropriate that Rocky uses the cat emojis because he very much gives the energy of a spoiled and very naughty, yet somehow lovable, housecat

I want to say “never,” but sometimes I learn about the characters. They usually tell me to change the plot, but in at least one case 🍕 I had a supporting character ALL WRONG. The non-character aspect of the plot point stood, but the character totally changed. #AwesomeCharacters 1/2

I somehow got a ahead on my own readalong? 🤨 Like I needed to be 1 day ahead so I can get the posts out, but why am I through the 12th? #TitanicVoyageReadalong

I try to track how much writing/editing I get done each day (shooting for an hour), and for the last 4 months, I've gotten a cool 15 minutes done on the 9th of the month. Cursed day? 🤔 (Maybe I DO need to use that planner!)

December 10: #TitanicVoyageReadalong Took a couple liberties to include the actual message as it would appear on social media! "Just saw Clara Jones in First Class on Titanic Voyage. Where else could she be hiding? 😹 #Hahahahaha #IAmSoGreat #Historytown." Melia says what I'm thinking. "Rocky."