A5: Well, you could help me AND yourself by joining the #WeeknightWriters community 😉 Seriously though, every new member brings me closer to making the work I do financially sustainable AND you get access to a *lot* of community & educational support - and it starts at just $5/month!

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall A5: honestly, just interacting with my posts keeps me motivated and going. Though this particular weekend I might not be as active (unless you REALLY want my thoughts on figure skating that is happening in Japan in the wee hours of the night here)

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall A4: I’d say get some sleep, but with NHK Trophy that’s not going to happen. Plus I’m driving to AC for Disney On Ice. So I think it’ll be mostly just trying not to think about my outstanding queries on The Ice Between Us and focusing on the new projects.

#WeeknightWriters A3: my favourite (yes, that’s the correct spelling) part of #FirstDraftFall has been diving into a new story and finding my characters’ voices. And, as always, writing about figure skating.

NHK Trophy preview is live with three hours to spare! Phew www.patreon.com/posts/nhk-tr...

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall A2: Not struggling, at least not yet, but I’m trying to decide if Aiden’s love for Genevieve will be an “it’s always been you” situation or something that develops unexpectedly from the fake marriage (it’ll definitely be the latter for her).

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall A1: I’m feeling great about my progress. I already at 7500 words in fake marriage figure skating novel, and I have strong ideas about where it’s going to go. I even figured out a third-act conflict without doing a third-act breakup.

#WeeknightWriters Hi, I’m Adam, queer author and obsessed figure skating fan, and I’ve knocked out a few thousand words across multiple WIPs this week, so I’m feeling good. #FirstDraftFall

Wrote another 1500 words in figure skating body swap novel, and took some notes for the next chapter of figure skating fake marriage novel #FirstDraftFall

#FiFRevPit Three years ago, I (26, F) threw my Olympic silver medal in the trash. Now the hated rival (29, M) who beat me for gold wants me to skate with him. But to be eligible to skate for the US in Milan, we'd need to get married. AITA for faking a marriage just to compete at the Olympics?

My current reads. Physical: The Wild One by Nicole Bobek Audio: Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid Kindle: Cross-Checked Hearts by Cali Melle

#Novmemeber 6 I haven’t gotten close to writing this part yet, but I’m leaning toward this being Genevieve and Aiden’s program music for their free skate. youtu.be/bo_efYhYU2A?...

The #WIPSnips word for November 6th is “penultimate” Don’t have that, but I do have “latest” in Seasons On Ice Book 2, which overlaps with Book 1, so we get moments like this where Chloé still isn’t with Freja, but from Beth’s perspective.

#FirstDraftFall I wrote 3000 words across two first drafts. Updated word counts: Fake marriage: 7.5K Body swap: 12K Seasons On Ice Book 2: 13K

Chloé is a phoenix, for obvious reasons. Freja is a swan, also for obvious reasons. Beth is a cat, specifically my cat Felicia, who gives off weird vibes at times, but is also super loyal. In my new WIP Genevieve is peak black cat energy, to the point of owning a black cat. #AwesomeCharacters

#Lovember Genevieve Cartier believes she could never love Aiden Miller, which is why she’s willing to enter into a fake marriage with him. She thinks it’s risk free. She is very, very wrong about that.

Alysa Liu says she’s keeping Promise for the rest of the season. She still plans to do the Lady Gaga program this season but she is waiting on the final music cut but the choreography is done. She will be doing MacArthur Park again at Skate America. ⛸️

Genevieve wouldn’t bring anything other than herself. She was invited, why should she be supplying food? She has three Olympic medals and is in the middle of training with a new partner. You think she has time to cook?! Just be happy she showed up at all! #FiFRevPit

“The first thing you learn as a figure skater is how to fall.” But CanSkate classes could never prepare Chloé LaFleur for her fall from grace… or falling for Freja Lindholm. THE ICE BETWEEN US, querying now. #questpit #Q #A #R #LGBTQ

Even the skating websites are menning now 🤦‍♀️

After an injury ends her competitive career, former Olympian Chloe LaFleur joins a touring skating show. The tension between her and show star Freja Lindholm could cut the thickest of ice, but when they're assigned to be roommates on the road, sparks fly. #questpit #A #R #Q #LGBTQ #amquerying

#Novmemeber 5 My antagonist is full of green flags. She’s beautiful and kind and smiles all the time even after her injury. And she handles the fact that her best friend and former skating partner enters a fake marriage with her fiercest professional rival very well… almost TOO well 🤔

The #WIPSnips word for November 5th is "trail" From untitled figure skating body swap WIP…

An updated #agentsguide to THE ICE BETWEEN US, a sapphic figure skating romance novel featuring: ⛸️ Forced Proximity ❤️ Workplace Romance ⛸️ Dislike-to-Lovers ❤️ Only One Bed ⛸️ She Carries Her ❤️ “Stop Talking” #questpit #A #R #LGBTQ #Q #amquerying

#AwesomeCharacters Chloé and Freja are the two POV characters. Each of their best friends, Beth and Sophie respectively, are key to the story. I’d say Chloé’s skating partner Misha is a core character too. And they’re together because they’re all in the same touring skating show.

#NHK杯フィギュア men preview: Yuma Kagiyama looks to dominate the 2nd half of the GP series after Ilia Malinin did in the 1st half; Shun Sato has upset potential; podium fight for Lukas Britschgi, Andrew Torgashev, Matteo Rizzo, Junhwan Cha bit.ly/4orHFei #GPFigure

Back in skating coverage: Asked U.S. Figure Skating High Performance Director Justin Dillon about if/how planning is impacted by both Christina Carreira & Alisa Efimova's citizenship questions. The short answer: it's not. Both teams are still amassing "data points" towards Olympic team selection.

#Bookvember Day 4 Not at all a children’s book, but when I was ten years old I made my parents buy me a copy of the Baseball Encyclopedia. It’s nothing but hundreds of pages of stats (think basically printing out Baseball-Reference). And I poured over every page.

Daphne is on site at the 2026 U.S. Ice Dance Final. Don’t miss her photos from the event! 📸 ⛸️ 🔗 photos2.ice-dance.com/2025-26/26IDF/

This is not the vibe for The Sixth Ring, sorry #FiFRevPit

The #WIPSnips word for November 4th is "steel" I’ve written more than 120,000 words across one completed MS and three WIPs all about figure skating and somehow this is the lone use of the word steel.

#Novmemeber 4 This is very inside figure skating: Genevieve has a cat named Tessa Purrtue.

We're still thinking about Ilia Malinin's record-breaking skate 🤯 His gold medal finishes at Grand Prix de France and Skate Canada have qualified him for the Grand Prix Final! 👏

If nobody else is going to break this news and blow the whistle, it’s a good thing I have a blog now to spread the word www.patreon.com/posts/mrazko...

From The Sixth Ring (figure skating fake marriage romance) "Give me a week to break it to her. Then I'll start meeting with prospective partners.” #FiFRevPit

#Novmemeber 3 It’s early in the draft, so I’m still developing Genevieve’s personality, but this is a good summation of Chapter 1

The #WIPSnips word for November 3rd is “nice” Since THE ICE BETWEEN US is in a locked state for now, I want to start pulling these from my other three WIPs, all of which are in early draft mode. This is from ICED OUT, Book 2 of the Seasons on Ice series.

#MondayConversationStarter They do, but they’re both my job and my passion, so I don’t mind. Plus the time I spend watching figure skating helps inspire my writing.

Chloé’s preference is chocolate chip cookie dough. Freja is strictly a French Vanilla girlie. This is mentioned exactly zero times in the novel, but I know it. Because I must. #WritingCommunity

Honestly a little bummed that “nice” wasn’t the #WIPSnips word for June 9th or September 6th

Pretty much since January I’ve thought nonstop about Chloé and Freja. I’m starting to spend more time thinking about Beth and Luc too. And Genevieve and Aiden are already starting to worm their way into my brain. #AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Dammit, I forgot to turn off the stream before “Thunder” started and now it’ll be stuck in my head for the next three days #SCI25

It’s not quite Deanna competing at Skate Canada 25 years apart, but the first time Piper and Paul took part in this event was 13 years ago. For reference, Leah Neset, who competed in #SCI25 against Piper/Paul, was 6 at the time.

I so badly want Piper and Paul to win gold in Milan #SCI25

Fun fact: Piper Gilles was supposed to be Rapunzel in Disney On Ice, but decided to give skating with Paul Poirier a shot. Seems like she made the right call #SCI25

This program is so weird and I love it. #SCI25

Piper skating as a literal work of art is so fitting #SCI25

Give the bisexual figure skating fans what they deserve

Obsessed with Lauriault’s dress #SCI25

I get to watch Wemby for work and I get to watch Ilia for fun. Cannot complain about that.