*anotha one* open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

did not intend for homestuck to be the cover photo of this post open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

there's a moment in one of my favorite childhood YAs where the mmc squeezes the fmc's arm before exiting the scene and i live for that kind of thrill in my books every now and again (the lonely hearts club by elizabeth eulberg)

COMPLETELY OBSESSED with this character art from Odette Locke!! EXTRA INNINGS is a love letter to baseball and teaching and second-chances and coming home —but it's not a sports romance. Don't let all this baseball talk fool you ⚾️ 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

who the hell are these guys that go fishing on NESN and how can i get a production position on their show

here's to the highlights when I was convinced/ that this was much more to you than some night shit

:( trying to remember the B plot after the mc's have been making out for like 2.5 chapters straight :(

I'd rather write my own books, even if they never get read by a SINGLE person outside of my betas/CPs, than "generate" (steal) other people's hard work with AI.

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scrolling through my bsky and most of my posts are in all caps whoops

JANUARY READING WRAP-UP open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

5 MORE SUNDAYS UNTIL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

hbd harry styles THANK GOD IT IS FEBRUARY SPRING WE ARE GETTING CLOSER

🗣️DON'T CALL ME KID🗣️DON'T CALL ME BABY

Writing question: How do you format texts between characters? For context, I have a HP laptop and use word.

How many more people need to be murdered in the street? How many more children ripped away from their parents? As a mother and just as a human being, I feel so sick all the time. This needs to stop. ABOLISH ICE.

It is normal to feel scared in times like this, but if you are able to do so, get into community with people. Other people help you keep in touch with hope, help you understand that you can and will make a difference.

just shouted "and now…THE MOMENT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!" and hopped into bed with a book

Now #amquerying: LEARNING FOR YOU, the teaching/karaoke romance of my heart 💜 YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER When budget cuts threaten her dream job, new high school English teacher Jules must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her place—and avoid falling for him.

called my senator rep today and you should do

You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.

"When my depression works the graveyard shift All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room" is hitting a little too accurately right now

besties what are we reading this year? open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

i hate when i'm revising a chapter and it's like, where are their sunglasses? on their head or did they already put them away? Oh they're tucked into their t-shirt? Since when?

lowkey yearning for 2009

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oh shit did the doomsday trailer drop

happy pajama day for all who celebrate (last day of public school in the U.S. for 2025).

Wild take but a man wearing a quarter-zip with a quilted vest over it is--not a red flag, exactly--but it's SOMETHING OK

time to share one of my favorite videos on the internet!!! Happy first night of hannukah www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtlL...

Happy Hanukkah! Thank you to Chabad of Park Slope for shining light in times of darkness, and showing we will never yield to hate.

4. All the evidence that is not anecdotal here, all the research, supports teacher burnout from too much tech and too many demands, but it keeps coming back to more training. It does provide a voice asking for fewer demands and less tech.

bread

Introducing my latest book: STRANGE WEATHER ⚡️ black cat X golden retriever 🌧️ age gap ⚡️ friends to lovers 🌧️ magical recluse X skeptical professor ⚡️characters who haunt the narrative 🌧️ weather superpowers ⚡️navigating grief + depression 🌧️career vs family obligation conflict

plotted out my book up until fun and games. now i'm beyond that and don't know what happens next like an asshole

oh yup clock it open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

don't have to tell me twice!!

guys i am COOKING with my holiday shopping this year

I was approved for a Berkley title on netgalley. today is literally historic (SUNK IN LOVE by HEATHER MCBREEN)

open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr... go read my queried but professionally unedited and now shelved manuscript on wattpad (lmao)

LMAO i love you!!!

Appreciation post for the lovely and awesome @elliemayauthor.bsky.social for looking at my messy 0 draft and incomplete blurb and giving me ideas that make me feel like "okay, i can DO this!"

happy last day of baseball. a very bittersweet day

hit 30k baby, happy halloweennnnnn!!! let's get a jays win, please