I don't care who kissed you first as long as I kissed you last. ~Rachel Vail, _If We Kiss_

So this happened. Winners will be announced July 16th. #writerlife #writingcommunity Shout out to my wonderful editor Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social we did it again!

He is the cheese to my macaroni. ~Juno [film]

What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life -- to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain? ~George Eliot, _Adam Bede_

Look what my husband got me!

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing. ~Sherman Alexie

Love is a friendship set to music. ~E. Joseph Cossman (co-developer of the ant farm and the spud gun)

Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. ~Wes Angelozzi

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous human to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others. ~Aristotle

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ~David Viscott

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. ~Eric Hoffer

The Husband is playing with the crockpot. The house smells wonderful and it's making me hungry. But whatever is in that crockpot, it won't be ready to eat for another Two. And a Half. Hours. 😭

It's 51F, it's Cloudy, and I finished revisions on _The Song of Lynadria_ yesterday. <golf clap> #writerlife I declare that today is Author's Day Off. Messing around on Steam is on the table. So is spending the day reading. It will probably end up a combination of both. How's by you?

Miss Myrtle the Hurricane Cat just wants pets.

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. ~Dalai Lama

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are. ~Rabbi Harold Kushner

40 years ago today, this happened.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~Lao Tzu

It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are. ~Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt

If a thing loves, it is infinite. ~William Blake

Me in the dentist's office: I should probably try to get that bloodwork the cardiologist wants done before we go home. <Husband plays with phone> Husband: The nearest University lab is... across the street. Me: <sigh> <returns home a few vials of blood lighter> I've had better days...

Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is. ~Richard E. Feynman

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. ~Maya Angelou

Editors. Always sticking their fingers in every plot hole. Aargh! #writerlife #amrevising

Taking a break from juggling scenes and re-balancing chapters in _The Song of Lynadria_. Bertie's voice very helpfully informs me that I've been a right stress-puppy of late. So would he be, if he'd lost 22 hours of revisions last weekend. #writerlife

Writer's nightmare: on Sunday morning, I discovered a computer glitch had prevented 22 hours worth of work being saved. I lost ALL my revisions on the prologue and chapter 1 of _The Song of Lynadria_. Two days later, I've mostly reconstructed it, but I'm still feeling the pain. #writerlife

Always be a little kinder than necessary. ~James M. Barrie

When you callously ignore the suffering of others, you lose the capacity to share their happiness, too. ~Albert Schweitzer

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. ~14th Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness

I love her and that's the beginning and end of everything. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing else. ~Robert A. Heinlein

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ~Seneca

After 36 weeks, I FINALLY GOT A LLAMA!!! #finchapp #selfcare

I don't know about you, but I'm glad Bright Week is over. I was so exhausted when I woke up this morning that it felt like I never went to bed. Not sure I can get any work done. Brain isn't braining. What's up in your neck of the woods today?

It's 53F and Cloudy. I have my head down in revisions. What about you? Doing anything interesting? #writerlife

It's 47F and Sunny, and the weatherbeans are promising 53F today. Still not warm enough for my taste, but grape hyacinths out front are cheering on the tardy spring. First perennials of the year here inside the property lines at Monralar by the Lake. Busy day here. How's by you?

You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again. ~Maggie Stiefvater, Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception

Living with the reality of how chronic fatigue limits my life is getting to me today. But! I have edits back for both manuscripts now, and plenty of work to do. Now I just need to decide in what order to do it. #writerlife

I am not Catholic, but Pope Francis was a good man. My condolences to all who grieve his loss.

Love conquers all. ~Virgil

Missing someone, they say, is self-centered. I self-center you more than ever. Saša Stanišić, How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone

I have one of my two MSS back from the editor! Work! YAY! I don't know about you, but my brain is NOT happy when I don't have something to work on. #writerlife

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything. ~Katharine Hepburn

Where love is, no room is too small. ~Talmud

I spent some time this morning signing up for panels at Seattle WorldCon. Who else is gonna be there? #writerlife

To live without you is to be robbed of love and what is life without it? ~Rumi

I love you, always. Time is nothing. ~Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

I slept badly last night and woke exhausted. Fun times. Writing isn't happening. I've got Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, and OneRepublic queued up on Spotify, and that will last the rest of the morning. A nap is inevitable. #writerlife

It's 25F. It's snowing. /sigh