Happy birthday, sweet soul. Miss you and your generous heart every single day ♥️

Happy birthday to me 💜 Chapter one of In My Embrace is posted 🧡♥️💛 (I'll make a longer thread when it's fully uploaded) archiveofourown.org/works/695372...

Latch 3 is done! I'll start posting tomorrow :) I know it's taken longer than expected. I think you'll understand why if you decide to read it 🧡 Before final edits, it's 231k I hope their HEA helps you heal. It helped me ♥️ And huge thanks to @musicaddict382.bsky.social for the support

It's Monday ☀️☁️ Feeling overwhelmed by the world and your place in it? Focus on one kindness that you can accomplish. Commit to doing just one thing for your community. Then drink some water, have a snack, and do something kind for yourself, too. K love you bi 💜

"I can't sing when you look at me like that." "I love you. I love this guy. Take care of him." I've actually expired. I was on the floor. Now I don't exist.

This Town?? In London?? I love them so much 😭💜

I wonder if Z has ever been to a Bananas ⚾🍌 game. I think he'd like it.

15 years 💜 So much love So much joy So much pain So much life Forever grateful for everything they gave us. Fully aware they were too young and went through hell. Trying to remember the beauty even though we've lost Liam and all his light. Love you all 🫂

I hope you're doing well. I hope you've found joy within the chaos. I hope you are loved and hydrated and able to rest. Love you 💜

miss you ♥️

28 🌻 7 💙💚

It's the fifth of July. You know what that means 🎃

They built their new concentration camp in 8 days. They used a dead woman as an incubator. We're less than six months into this administration. Time feels like it's dragging with the weight of all their cruelty, but they're just getting started. Please don't look away.

Watching The Age of Innocence tonight and thinking about how I included the importance of the yellow roses in Z's storyline in Light Spills In A Flood 💛 archiveofourown.org/works/380440...

Happy one year to Won't Let Go Of You (book 2 of Latch) ♥️💛🧡 archiveofourown.org/works/55818805

Happy birthday RUTS ♥️✨

Have y'all checked the expiration date on your sunscreen? This is your friendly reminder to use SPF everyday ☀️ it just might save your life! 💜 (Also please hydrate k love you bi)

Did you hydrate today, you beautiful and capable, but exhausted soul? Love you 💜

Today's American History homework for everyone: The Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s Most of us who grew up in the US School System never heard of it. It's time to change that 📚 A few links to start 👇

6 months without this beautiful soul ♥️

Happy three years to the book that started it all ♥️💛 Thank you to everyone who has loved these characters right along with me.

I love Zayn with every bit of my soul ✨ so so incredibly proud

Today is the second anniversary of Now I've Got You In My Space, Book One of Latch Such a special story so close to my heart 🧡 thank you to everyone who has read and shared Latch. I plan to finish the third and final book over the next few months ♥️💛

I have a book coming out this Friday but I want to be clear: I fully support this Economic Blackout. I will not be spending on the 28th. If you are one of my lovely readers, I fully support you waiting until after the blackout to purchase the book. One day at a time, y'all 🔥

Wednesday belongs to LP 💔 every Wednesday I wake up and remember. Miss his beautiful smile and kind heart ♥️

Saw the most adorable twink at Costco today and when I tell you I had to stop myself from dropping to my knees in the bread aisle Anyway I'm now home chilling in some grey joggers so (Yes, vaguely nerdy twinks are like extremely my type and I will not be judged)

Always sending love to my favourite minion 💜 Z continues to make me so proud

It's Tuesday, at least for now, and I'm thinking of all of you 💜 Been writing, been reading, been baking, been resisting. Trying to remember it's a marathon AND a sprint. I miss Liam. I miss all of you. Be kind to yourself and others 💜

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Kendrick brought America together the way that "Country Roads" ad was supposed to.

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Written In The Stars? Available 28 February 2025 💙✨💛

Feeling overwhelmed? I've put together a to-do list of tasks that may help you navigate the next few years. It is non exhaustive, primarily for the US, and based on personal experience. The $ represent the realistic cost to you associated with each item on the list, from $-$$$. 👇

To all of my trans siblings: You are who you say you are You are important You are valuable You are loved You are not alone You deserve the same rights and care afforded to cis individuals Please reach out if you are ever in need 💜

Hearing 🧊 "stats" during the morning news is so genuinely sickening. I can't even call it dystopian because it's happening right now, in every corner of the country. Then followed by news that the gov plans to own the clock app...

♥️

The new executive order has directly impacted the work of Rainbow Railroad. I know many of you remember Liam's work with this organization, so I wanted to make sure to share this specific consequence of that horrific executive order. Love you all 🏳️‍🌈

A cold freeze is about to hit my area, so I'm sending you all warm thoughts this Friday ♥️ I'm extremely tired all the way through my soul, so to the extent that I'm able, I'm focusing on rest this weekend. If you feel the same, I hope you have space to rest and recover. 🫂

Have you had a chance to read Break A Leg yet? I'm building a Spotify playlist to go along with the book 🎶 Drop your recs for Lucas and Matty (and of course the dogs) in the replies 👇

I owe Louis William Tomlinson an apology for making fun of the cooking video. I just used the wrong side of a knife twice in a row before realizing.

TODAY'S THE DAY!! Break A Leg, a queer novella, is now available in both paperback and ebook 🎉

BOOK DAY BOOK DAY BOOK DAY

Love you, birthday boi 💛

If you're affected by the fires, evacuating, in need of resources, etc please reach out to me. I will do my best to sift through the piles of information and connect you with something/someone useful. This also applies if you are housing insecure or otherwise in need 💜

BOOK RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT Break A Leg Release date: 13 January 2025 Cover art by the wonderful @chalkydel on Instagram

Important book update 📚🌈 Follow my author account if you like: @briartownsend.bsky.social

Today I'm finalizing the release date for the published version of Break A Leg 🌈✨💜 (👇 To myself)

(do any of y'all have experience with website design?)

Just purchased a handful of ISBNs etc, meaning I'm very close to having books actually available to purchase. I've learned a lot during this process and spent a significant amount of money, but I have no doubt it will be worth it. Can't wait to have official release dates :)

It's sort of unreal the difference between how long it takes me to write a book and how long it takes someone to read it. Something I'm viscerally aware of as a reader now that I know the other side of the coin better.