Writing historical fiction means spending 2.5+ hours debating whether your character would use bathing costume, bathing suit, or swimming costume (and then possibly leaving the word out altogether) 😆

I was just vacuuming, and it turns out we don’t actually have carpet. Only dog hair.

When you wake up dreaming new words for the book that you are editing, you walk the dog, and then you write them down.

The new Scrivener update fixed the issue that forced a capital on a dialogue tag after a question mark! Hallelujah!

The problem with finishing a good book in the afternoon is then you have to figure out how to fill your evening despite a raging book hangover.

A year and a half ago I started reading North & South and had to put it down at about 40%. A few days ago I picked it up again and haven’t been able to put it down. Mood reader, indeed.

This was a fun email to receive at work. WHO’S GOING TO BUY YOUR FORDS, JIM?

Hey Librarian Friends! If you’re headed to ALA, pick up a free bookmark of Maggie and the Pirate’s Son at the IBPA Booth 1547. And don’t miss the Indie Book Buzz Bingo on Sunday May 29 at 1:45 ET at booth 138! Have a great time. I wish I could be there this year!

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Are there knitters on Bluesky? Cape is stockinette + 6 rows garter edging then i-cord BO. Whole edge is curving & flipping over. Tried +1 needle size on right—seemed worse—tried -1 needle size, nope. Seems due to garter = looser than stockinette & i-cord = looser than garter. Ideas? Help!

At the Nashville SC game, a giant flag for La Brigada de Oro, the Latino supporters section, which is not here tonight due to ICE activity. NSC officials tried to remove it, but were met with vehement objections by supporters clubs, who threatened a giant walkout if they did.

Do librarians not use NetGalley as much as they did a few years ago?

Hey #Romancelandia Librarians! Now on NetGalley: 1st in my new contemporary series: Tennessee Hebrides -- Grace on the Rocks is a renovation, only one B&B, Scottish get-away romance. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #romance #newbooks

It feels weird to talk about your own books now, so I've barely done it, but I wrote a classic whodunnit that also features our long American fascination with Eugenics and race in law (the Nazis LOVED OUR LAWS and BORROWED THEM) and is ANTI FASCIST. maureenjohnsonbooks.com/book/death-a...

In case this reaches anyone in Tennessee, this weekend is Smyrna’s first ever Author Con!

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

My proof copy has arrived! 😍

As more people exercise 1st Amendment rights to free speech and protesting, it’s important Protestors Know Your Rights. Where you protest, outside in public vs inside a government meeting, and how (peacefully) can affect whether you are safe or at risk #Voices4Victory www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Let's be so real. It's been an awful week/month/year. But I have a book coming out so I guess I need to promote it. Pre-orders are live now. This one is contemporary romance, first in my new Tennessee Hebrides series. GRACE ON THE ROCKS publishes May 20. I hope you'll consider reading it.

Seems like a good time to let people know you can lock down your social security file: www.e-verify.gov/employees/em...

I’m so so so excited to share the absolutely gorgeous, hot-off-the-presses cover for GRACE ON THE ROCKS, and if you’re kinda excited too, you should maybe sign up for my newsletter to get a sneak peek. eridanipress.eo.page/signup #Romancelandia

Hey #Romancelandia audiobook readers: what type of narration do you prefer? 1) single 2) Duet 3) Other (please elaborate)

When I asked, in a post-operative anesthesia haze in 2000, “what did you tell me an oligarchy was?” I didn’t realize 25 years later I’d be experiencing in real-time what we had discussed that week in history class.

I would just like to let it be known that I have survived the fucking week.

I dreamed I chatted with Barack Obama and he gave me career advice 😭

Did I hope to write 4K more words today? Yes. Did I negotiate that down to 1k? Also yes. Did I lie in bed with a migraine instead? Sadly yes. But did I start planning my presentation for an author panel in 8 weeks? Big fat yes. I’ll take the wins where I can get them.

Former CA First Lady @mariashriver.bsky.social has compiled this vetted list of charities helping those impacted by the Southern California fires including CA Community Fdn, World Food Kitchen, Pasadena Humane Society & more www.today.com/news/climate...

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a writer with an aggressive word count and a plan, will immediately have things go sideways.

Me, being pushed into AI stuff at work, just realized this is going to be the end of humanity. Because it’s going to take away our ability to reason. And then we’ll die

The face of a puppy who heard the “call end” sound on one meeting and is annoyed that the next meeting started immediately. Me too, puppy, me too.

Almost 2 months with this floppy-eared moppet 🥰

Night 8, and the dog has decided not to sleep in her bed but on the upstairs landing. Sits possible she’s protecting us from the wind.

10 shows to get to know me: (in no specific order) 1. Black Sails 2. Rookie Blue 3. Bridgerton 4. The Crocodile Hunter 5. Schitt’s Creek 6. Firefly 7. Outlander 8. Sanditon 9. Downton Abbey 10. West Wing

I’ve talked before about how the disabled community is often left out of discussions of marginalization, representation, & diversity in the book 💙📚 world. This certainly won’t solve that. But it’s a small step I can take to help disabled authors in #romancandia reach new readers. Please repost & if

You want free books ?! Get a library card & download Libby dammit ! They have graphic novels, books, audiobooks alladat! The amount of moneyyy I have saveddd ?! Goodness gracious. #Booksky

New fren

The Milky Way Nikon z6ii 20mm f2.8 25s

When you plow through an entire series in less than a week and now you’re bereft… #romancelandia

Somehow I wrote over 17,000 words at my writing retreat so pardon me while I pass out with a KJ Charles novel. #romancelandia

@whtabtpineapple.bsky.social thank you for reposting ☺️

So, this week has been wild. I'm humbled, honored, & basically in shock. Mistress Mack has been named a finalist in the 2023 Chatelaine romance awards and Lady Len has been named a finalist in the Foreword Indie awards. My book babies are growing up, and I couldn't be more proud. #romancelandia

Movie marathon weekend. Up first: Asteroid City.

Needed a cozy comfort read and for some reason my already-read Cat Sebastian wasn’t on my kindle anymore, but thank goodness for whomever recommended We Could Be So Good. #romancelandia

Other than final tasks for my July release, I stopped writing this year to focus on something in my non-writing life. And here’s what happens when I stop writing long enough… a story (not the one I was drafting of course) is SPILLING out of me, in trips and falls and dreams. #romancelandia

This was my favorite book last year, don’t miss this deal!

You can make websites in Canva. My life will never be the same.

2 weeks until President’s Day for those whose workplaces celebrate. We can make it. 💙

Tomorrow I do hard things. Tonight I rewatched Black Sails. Oops.

it's me on the front page of kirkus today with an article about what's happening in romance now. www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...