So with the Warrens dead, do you suppose the Conjuring prequel is gonna acknowledge Judith Penney? Y'know, the teenager Ed was having an affair with? The one who got pregnant and Lorraine insisted she get an abortion?

The "that's a sign of AI writing" people are gonna have to pry the Oxford commas and semicolons out of my cold, dead hands, because I'm never giving them up 💜✨

I miss the days before "spice" meant smut. There's nothing wrong with that kinda thing, so why not just call it what it is? I see "spicy" in a book description, I expect one of the characters to be gargling hot sauce or something! Lol

So with the Warrens dead, do you suppose the Conjuring prequel is gonna acknowledge Judith Penney? Y'know, the teenager Ed was having an affair with? The one who got pregnant and Lorraine insisted she get an abortion?

The "that's a sign of AI writing" people are gonna have to pry the Oxford commas and semicolons out of my cold, dead hands, because I'm never giving them up 💜✨

I miss the days before "spice" meant smut. There's nothing wrong with that kinda thing, so why not just call it what it is? I see "spicy" in a book description, I expect one of the characters to be gargling hot sauce or something! Lol

You guys remember when I fell through the stairs on the patio back in June? The landlord finally fixed the broken step! 😂

Stop trying to make AI happen. It's never going to happen! 😒

He's so cozy! 🥺💜✨

I fully absolutely believe in ghosts, but I've never seen one, and it kinda bums me out. But also I'm a weenie and would probably have a panic attack if I did see one 😅😂

I don't remember exactly how it happened, but I absolutely love that the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, both the song and the shipwreck itself, have become part of my brand 💜

An important note on this post: Do not steal books, unless it's, like, King or Patterson or someone who's super rich. Writers deserve to be paid for their work.

What are three random things featured in your current wip? I'll go first! 1. A lighthouse 2. A walking corpse 3. A talking proto-whale

Guess it's time to get the air conditioner hooked up 😩

"Reading over thirty books a year is overconsumption!" Have you never heard of a library? Or NetGalley, Edelweiss, etc.? I haven't actually bought a book in ages!

Periodic reminder that audiobooks, graphic novels, and comics absolutely count towards your reading goal! 💜✨

Fellow bag carriers: Do you have more than one? I really just have the one basic bag that goes with everything. It's easier, y'know? And I'm all about ease! Lol

My cat doesn't loaf, he baby seals 💜✨

Yes, I have a Tiktok account. Yes, I avoid BookTok content like the plague. We exist! 😂

I like our little basement apartment a lot! It tends to stay nice and cool! I do not, however, like the fact that ants are inevitable every summer 😬

What's it going to be then, eh? Writing seventies Dorian Gray or mermaid revising Coraline? Or should I do another Saltwater revision so I can get it to beta readers sooner?

I think I'd like to join another writing Discord server. I have one of my own, but it's very quiet. I definitely prefer a smaller server, though, like, less than a hundred people and focused on romantic horror. Any takers?

Yeah, no, sorry, I can't. It's #caturday, and Duff has decided that I will not be moving for the foreseeable future 💜✨

The question is this: Do I let my WIP rest or do I throw it at b3ta readers?

Killing the pet will result in any horror book losing a star when I rate it. Just saying.

At just over 70k words, the most recent draft of The Very Deep Did Rot is done! Please clap! 💜✨

The problem with my WIP's ending is that it reads like something out of a romance novel. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, except this isn't a romance novel. I need to find a way to make the ending more impactful, and maybe lean into the horror of it 🤔

Apparently having PMOS (Formerly PCOS) and all the hormonal issues that come with it means I might potentially, technically be intersex? It's currently up for debate, but considering the facial hair, it makes sense to me.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live. 1. Dethklok 2. BABYMETAL 3. Ghost 4. Halestorm ...That's all I've seen, so you only get four 😅

When Duff sits in bright light, he looks like he's made of honey! ✨

Eight-year-old me hyperfixated on spontaneous human combustion for a few years. I was, for some reason, sure that that was how I was gonna die. I'm not giving up hope, though. Maybe I'll get to be the case that proves definitively that it's a real thing that actually happens! 😂

I'm on the last chapter of this revision, and I'm really struggling with the ending. Writing is hard, man!

When you're editing the climax chapters of your WIP and your background music gets shuffled onto ACDC's Thunderstruck. Fuck yes🤘💜✨

I'm officially halfway to my reading goal for the year! 💜✨

Does Stephen Gammell still do book covers? Because wouldn't it be so cool for The Book Formerly Known As Saltwater to have a cover from him, given the 80s setting and horror elements?

Napkins, for some reason, is obsessed with Cheetos. The puffy kind, the crunchy kind, even the jalapeño kind. He's never tasted of the cheesy forbidden fruit, but he wants it more than anything. Cheetos, what do you put in your snacks to make the so irresistible to cats? Lmfaooo

Comfy 💜

I've been unable to tweet for days, and it's super annoying. I think it thinks I'm a bot or something 😒

Always excited for a new energy drink! 👀

Sir, I was gonna play that! 😅😂

Didn't ChatGPT literally encourage a teenager to off himself not that long ago? 🧐

Okay but my very Mormon mom being all excited to visit a queer-owned thrift shop after church this weekend is making me a little emotional. I love her 😭💜✨

WhAt Do InTrOvErTs EvEn Do? The same thing extroverts do, but we aren't noisy and obnoxious about it 💜✨

He is disgusted 😅😂

Daily affirmation for writers: No matter how rough what I just wrote was, it's better than anything the AI plagiarism machine could ever spit out 💜✨

Don't you just love it when all your NetGalley requests come through at once? 😅 At least I have plenty of time to read them!

Since apparently I have to say this again: MAGA loons are not welcome here and will be blocked on sight. Kindly fuck off 💜

Writing advice that I personally find very helpful: Unless it's done for emphasis, don't start two sentences in a row with the same word. Variety keeps things interesting!

Duff's one of those cats who loafs perfectly! That's impressive for a ginger, what with his having only one braincell! 😂💜

Fun fact: My interest in vintage books goes back to a book exchange at an outlet mall many years ago. I had a copy of The Night Circus in my purse, but I wasn't enjoying it, so I traded it for a dictionary from 1946, and an obsession was born!