I really am starting to hate all the “your clothing makes you look old” or whatever videos on the internet that insist this or that looks better on “everybody” when what they mean are women of at least average to slightly above average height with less generous bosoms.

Indy PopCon with Owl Talyn!

I'm upset by how awful it feels even contemplating wishing folks a happy or blessed Midsummer when you-know-who decided to just up and set the fucking world on fire today.

Yes audiobooks count as reading. Yes romance books are still books. Call dibs on both right here! www.audible.com/pd/Dibs-Audi...

Nothing like looking at your Books2Read links and realizing the Smashwords migration must have f'ed something up because all your non-Draft2Digital platform links have gone poof. So irritating. I wonder how long that's been broken.

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It sure is hard to find a song when you can't remember the artist, can't remember the title, can't remember a whole line, AND the song is in a language you can barely communicate in.

Tomorrow we will be recording our first episode with a guest! Very excited to talk to Sara Cleveland about her writing journey. If you’d like to give her a follow she’s here on Bluesky at @shcleveland.bsky.social

Does anything humble you quicker than trying to read something in a language you never reached fluency in and haven’t spoken in five years? I feel so dumb right now 😂

The whole series is on Kobo now! www.kobo.com/us/en/series...

Birthright is now available on Kobo! Rest of the series will be available there soon! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Apparently, D&D Beyond doesn't want to hear from me as badly as their email would suggest, because the survey link they sent is totally busted. Oh well, lol.

I'm realizing now as I look through my phone that I didn't actually take many pictures this weekend. Whoops.

I probably *should* have realized I might end up in other people's TikToks by attending C2E2 but it 100% did not cross my mind until I saw myself in somebody's TikTok this afternoon lol.

I’m pondering tonight the ways in which people we never knew well can have a profound impact on who we turn out to be. There’s a lot of folks I wish I could say thank you to without being an awkward weirdo.

I'm blond for the next 8 weeks, and I hate it so much lmao. My colorist did an amazing job and it looks great, it just isn't me. But I really didn't want to wear a wig all next weekend, so here we are.

Finally found a book I thought was going to scratch the super specific reading itch I've got. Read it, got to the end, MC was dead the whole time. IN A ROMANCE. I mean, I guess technically, it had a HEA if you count haunting a place with your ghost boyfriend for eternity a happy ending, but UGH.

You can now filter by "first in series" in Libby. No more wading through books 7, 18, and 32.

Apparently, the ebook for Bared Magic is on sale for .99c. Get it while the price is good! Having somebody else control the price is still SO WEIRD lmao. books2read.com/bared-magic

That sci-fi smut binge I went on back in December has royally screwed my recommendations now that I'm out of that reading mood 😂

Hubby has never played BG3 before. I’ve never played it in multiplayer mode before AND I had to take cold medicine. Come watch the pain live on Twitch lmao www.twitch.tv/foresaken

I should get some writing done before work, but all I wanna do is hang out in the bathroom watching the baby geese in their brooder.

Me: Trying desperately to describe the vibe of the little restaurant my players have found for lunch. My Players: Is this… are we at Panera? Can I get a bread bowl? So I guess our version of Forgotten Realms has Panera now 🤷‍♀️

It's nice to open up a new vinyl album and 1) not have to immediately resleeve it because the inner sleeve is actually lined and 2) have a lyric insert that's actually legible.

I miss meeting up with other people to write in coffee shops or wherever. Doing 20min sprints and then having a good yap in-between to share good bits or bounce ideas is the ideal way to write for me. Being left alone with my computer and unrestricted internet access is not it. Also, it's lonely.

Thought I found a beta swap for all of 2 seconds but it didn't work out, so now I'm back to square one 🙃

I had a random BG3 thought today. I think the most out of pocket thing Gale says in the entire game is that line about Khelben. Pretty sure if Laeral heard it her response would be something like, "I don't care if you're banging my mom (kinda) I’m going to bitch slap you clear into the fugue plane."

It's 11PM. Many of my friends are in bed, and I'm currently struggling to resist the urge to alienate the rest of them by ranting and/or oversharing writing snippets because I'm in a MOOD.

I am legitimately so nervous about posting the next chapter of my fic. Despite all the groundwork I've laid, a warning right up front at the bigging of the fic, I'm so scared that people are gonna be mad when I don't character assassinate Mystra 😬

The worst part about our internet modem just up and dying? Hubby is *actually watching TV* in the family room. Like, cable TV with commercials and shit. I'm going to have to shut my office door lol.

I’d love to be a fly on the wall at Kobo’s main office this month.

At this point, the phase in the middle of each book/story where I become convinced I should just quit is just an awful, annoying part of my whole writing process but boy do I hate it.

I don't think my husband knows I can hear him baby-talking to the dog, and it is the most adorable thing. Daily this man reminds me why I married him.

Do I tell my MIL that the comment she liked on FB complimenting my writing was from the guy I dated in high school who mostly read my early (and probably bad, let's be honest) smut 20 years ago?

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Something I don’t think we talk about enough is how much a worse a friend breakup in your 30s can be than a romantic breakup. Like what do you mean I haven’t spoken to my bestie of over a decade in over a year?

Zoë has gotten over the puppy’s existence and has returned to sleeping in our bed at night. Not that I love being squeezed out by a cat but I’m glad they’re adapting and getting back to normal. Now if only Mayhem would do the same.

Fighting the imposter syndrome tonight. Send hugs and coffee. But no puppies. I have enough of those.

Some friends were talking about Star Trek & how they hated the ending of ENT. I started yelling at them that they NEED to read The Good That Men Do. I always forget about it when people ask me what my fav book is, but UGH. If I could just convince everyone who liked Star Trek ENT to read that book.

Days like today, I curse my tendency to always be late to the party on things I end up really enjoying. I'm always at the height of my fixation when everybody else is moving on to other things.

Well, I finished the long-ass chapter I was working on despite Bowen's best efforts to prevent it. This pup really thinks right under my foot by the wheel of my chair is the BEST place to sleep.

I have 101 other things to be doing, but I have DnD on the brain, & I kinda just want to write about a DnD warlock whose patron is down on their luck & asking to move in as their roommate. Sitcom vibes, heist hijinks & just general nonsense then ensue. I have no idea where this desire came from.

Uh oh. I was given peace to eat my dinner but I hear my husband's footsteps in the hall and the baby gate going up. I suspect my turn with the puppy is imminent. RIP the chapter I wanted to finish writing tonight.

I really want to know what it up with a certain author’s love affair with the word mayhap but not enough to ask.

Just for fun, which BG3 companion do you think has the best sense of direction? (The druids don't count; that's cheating.)

Sometimes I wonder what conclusions someone who has no context for who I am would draw from a walkthrough of my home and its odd mash-up of 70s decor and ducks.

I knew a new puppy would cry at night but why does he sound like somebody is killing a cat in my bedroom? I’m going to cave and let the dog sleep in my bed, aren’t I?

Reminder to comment on that art post or fanfic, and drop a review of that book. Telling creatives what you think, even if it’s just a one line sentence, truly does make a difference! And I don’t just mean ‘engagement’. I mean it will make their day. Tell someone when you love their work 🤍

This would be really cool if I trusted Netflix and Hasbro anywhere near beloved IPs. deadline.com/2025/02/dung...

Have you ever used a word in a piece of fiction that just made you immensely pleased with yourself?