Fun Fact: my favorite music venue was voted best bathroom in America and you know what? They were right.

I’ve been quiet, but it’s for a good reason 💛 Elena came 3 weeks early, spent a day in the NICU where I wasn’t allowed because I had norovirus, BUT our family has been reunited again and soaking in all the baby snuggles! (Now prepare to rarely if ever see my children’s faces on here again lol)

On bed rest until the baby is here and leaving work yesterday made me so sad. What do you mean I won’t get to be in this beautiful place again for months?

AND IT'S HERE The gorgeous cover for LORD OF RUIN with art direction by Ella Garrett and artwork by @superstarfighter.bsky.social Isn't he just stunning? Isaac will be coming to you this August from Orbit! Pre-orders are available now!

Judge and I were chatting between hearings and she turns to me and goes “or as my kids would say, yapping” 😂

DOECHII THE DON DOECHII THE DEAN DOECHII SUPREME THE SWAMP RULER 🐊 👑

It’s been over a decade and I’m still gagged by “if it weren’t for the baby”

Dante’s 🔥 x Nordic Mythology To save the soul of her dead lover, a disgraced Valkyrie travels to Helheim—a place no soul ever leaves. The further she descends, the harder it is to face the truth: that she might be her own greatest enemy. #questpit #AG #A #F

Hades&Persephone x THE CITY IN GLASS 🌆 an underground city on the brink of collapse 💊 a drug that stops a cannibalistic epidemic 💉 vaccine scarcity 🔥 a woman who may be the cure ⛪️ is she a Saint or a witch? 🍎 & the man determined to use her #questpit #AG #A #F #H

The VVitch x Midsommer x Nordic Folklore When a shipwreck happens off the coast of an isolated village, the community decides to leave them for the sea. But when much needed supplies wash ashore, something monstrous follows in its wake. #questpit #A #H #agented

Didn’t realize question was happening over here too and now feel like I’ll be annoying cross posting 😅

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Hungry, hungry guillotine www.inprnt.com/gallery/thou...

If you’ve experienced burnout and a loss of creative drive, what have you done to bring yourself out of it? Asking for myself 😅

holy shit it looks so cool, schwab summer treated me well. 📸 jemtessa on twitter

remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it

Don’t post here as often as I should but life update! In less than 12 weeks we are evicting a human from my body and I am really feeling the effects of being an incubator lately 🥴 It’ll be so nice to complete our family, to get my autonomy back and start to feel like a person again 🤞🏻

Posted a full recap over on Instagram for those who are interested 🥂

I watch Judge Judy, but in real life while taking notes.

My annual year end list of favorite songs released that no one asks for but I still keep doing for fun is here. Have a varied music taste and want new music? There might be some gems on here! open.spotify.com/playlist/6Pq...

A federal judge has declared the most onerous sections of Arkansas's book banning law (including potentially sending librarians & booksellers to jail for lending/selling "inappropriate" books and media to minors) unconstitutional & permanently enjoined their enforcement www.ala.org/news/2024/12...

New year, new WIP? 👀 I’m struggling to write and just need to pick something self indulgent to get myself back into it. Soooo a twist on hades and Persephone in an underground city on the brink of collapse thanks to a growing cult? It’s fantasy, it’s horror, it’s romance. It’s so me lol

25 for 25 📚 This is a lofty goal and I’ll be lucky to read half of them, but this list slaps.

Realized Robert Eggers was the same age I am now when he released The VVitch…

Man oh man, I wish I could publicly share the bonkers things I hear in court in this account, but alas, I am bound to private channels. Let’s just say, my fear of crawl spaces has greatly increased.

I GET TO WRITE MORE BOOKS! 🌿✨ Beyond honored to announce my second YA novel found its forever-home with my incredible publisher Peachtree Teen. THOUGH THIS BE MADNESS has so much of Me in it. I’m incredibly thankful to be offered a space to be so vulnerable.

Keeping my 2025 goals pretty light: - read at least one book a month - finish a first draft, maybe a round of edits and off to agent

I’ve had enough of woke ugly men in our games, so I’ve improved Geralt

Happy Holidays! I'm thrilled to report that MISTRESS OF LIES has been chosen as a Kindle Holiday Read, and is discounted to $2.99 starting today! The promotion runs through 12/22, and is US only. If you're looking for a bloody good read for the Holiday season, consider checking it out!

This might ruffle feathers, but I think it’s time we as a community took a step back from pitch events. The initial purpose was to have agent participation and to create a space to uplift marginalized voices, and that has been lost.

I want snow, and i want a Bloodborne remake. So i share my snowy Bloodborne art to handle my frustration

Did some phone notes writing for a new WIP last night on a whim and have to admit, the first line kind of slaps.

With 2024 coming to a close, and me being unlikely to finish reading another book before it does, I read a grand total of 8 books this year 😅 it was below my goal BUT every single book I read was an absolute banger. Probably my best reading year to date.

Cover Reveal---ICYM! Thrilled to share the US & UK covers for A DANCE OF LIES! A huge thank you to Jason Chuang for such gorgeous illustrations!

Read this in just over 24 hours. I had heard it was polarizing, and did not know what to expect. And no spoilers, but I actually loved it. So unsettling and anxiety inducing, and the ending… OOF.

💫 #MeetMyMCs is BACK, friends! please load up your posts for 𝟭𝟮 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, when we'll be discussing and celebrating all things main characters. tl;dr: open to all writers and WIPs of any stage. this is meant to be a *supportive* joyful event, not a professional/pitching one, with a focus on MCs.

Also, can we normalize NOT talking about pregnant people’s bodies?? Don’t tell me how “good” I look and that I don’t even look pregnant when my shirt is so short that I’m Winnie the Poohing.

Week 21 of pregnancy, which is over the official halfway mark. And even MORE over thanks to the plan to get this baby out even sooner. And how am I feeling about it? I’ll let the photo speak for itself.

I think the issue I’m having with writing right now is that the book I WANT to write has no active romance subplot. It’s a book of grief and healing, but my brain needs an escape right now and that means a silly romance subplot to keep me going.

✨I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR✨ I am so very excited to announce my adult fantasy romcom, SECOND TIME'S A CHARM, will be published with @grand central in summer 2026 🤍

The rollercoaster of rooting for the UnitedHealthcare assassin and thinking he’s fine to learning he was most likely a Rogan/Musk indoctrinee has me reeling

Nearly every single Republican voted against releasing the Matt Gaetz ethics report. Remember this the next time they pretend to care about protecting minors.

Hmm, can’t decide if I should try to write tonight or continue obsessing over A Plague Tale 🤔

My son is 2. I’m halfway through my pregnancy with my daughter. And yet somehow, just today, it hit me that I’m someone’s MOTHER.

The Steam sale got me, but I’m going to force myself to write tonight and reward myself with playing tomorrow. Because at this point, that’s what it takes.

When I first got pregnant this time, post POTS diagnosis, I was told symptoms either get better or worse (reassuring). Since I am halfway through, can confirm POTS symptoms are much much worse when you’re growing a human. 🥴

Since this is a safe space, I’m going to say something I was never brave enough to on Twitter. The “everything shower” girl who was roasted and went viral? I understand her completely and agree.

Offering a Black Friday deal for editors! I will be entertaining any and all offers 🙏🏼 Snag yours before it’s gone!!

Finally figured out what this story was missing (the answer was more horror) and I am so excited to dive in again!!

If you think the limitations on books in our public schools are bad o have terrible news for you about what incarcerated people are allowed to read