This series was exactly as promised, and I too was utterly delighted with it yesterday. Less delighted that I ended up not leaving the house, unpacking my suitcase, or starting post-trip laundry, but I did accomplish reading the first five books. You can too! #romancenovels #romancesky #mmromance

The #WIPSnips for Oct 9 is "battery," which felt prophetic b/c I had the check oil light come on yesterday on my way home, so I have car stuff to do today when I should be writing! #writesky #writingcommunity #romancewriters

OG sandals and socks! (Chelsea Embankment, London). Who will rid me of this troublesome fashion faux pas? #arthistory #london #sandals

The Old World is dying, and the New World struggles to be born; Now is the Time of Monsters. (Do you have a monster for me on this lovely Friday?)

What a first inning! They've broken my heart before, but tonight I'm feeling big 1995 energy. I was in the very top row of the Kingdome for one of those playoff games, and I am READY. PS when does Humpy Salmon get to win a race? #letsgomariners #mariners #octoberbaseball #whereiroot

I love to paint, but have never drawn digital art and I'm terrible at anatomy, but this figure is really impressing me. Look at the front foot, and the wrinkles in the pants where they twist over the skate. I want to try, but I have So Many Hobbies already... but this inspires me.

A romance reader group I'm in is wondering which baseball romance has the player who chews his shirt neckline bc of nerves? Is this one of yours, @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social ?

Romance writers have lots of thoughts about social issues, perhaps b/c our genre reflects society around us in very real, very intimate, very personal ways. Whether it's birth control, like this blog and comments, or power and conflicts b/w sports team owners and players, domestic violence...

Update: spouse is listening to Friday night Ms vs Angels game on radio, while also reading #Murderbot by @marthawells.com. This is a WILD timeline. And by that, I mean he's not in menopause so he can successfully multi-task and I'm wildly jealous.

I've read two of these - Nobleman's Guide and You Should be So Lucky - and they're both great. (Well TBH I listened to them and they were wonderful). Recommend highly! #romancebooks #romancebooksonsale #MMromance #booksonsale #romancenovels

I love KD Casey's baseball romances! My team is looking good for October but I'm not going to think about that b/c they live to disappoint me at the very end of September. I'm just going to read this tonight and not check standings.

Almost fifty years later, and I finally found Gilligan's Island (for the rest of you, it's in Trout Lake in Burnaby BC). My childhood training is paying off!

My first kid turns 22 soon, so I decorated the packages and painted a card for him. #watercolors #watercolorpainting #lineandwashpainting #art #watercolorart

I was painting again today. My first born has a birthday soon, so I made a little thing.

Excited to share a lovely review of my novella His Road Home, a Recommended Read at The Smut Report! (ALT: Image is the book cover, which shows a brown-haired man embracing an Asian-American woman from behind while kissing her shoulder) smutreport.com/2025/08/06/r...

I have a #fanfic for #fanficwriters appreciation day! It's in Kindle Unlimited, and it's a cute friends-to-lovers story that started b/c I ship the green ogre and the chatty sidekick. www.amazon.com/Couch-Where-... #romancenovels #ku #kindleromance #romancenovella

PLEASE HELP CHOOSE! I have two versions of the cover art for my new M/M romance, and I love them both. Do I choose the one with Jonathan (a librarian) reaching for the coffee, or the one where he is surprised that Connor (a teacher on summer break) has brought him something? Vote in the thread.

This morning I was chatting about doing art for its own sake, not to be good, and realized I should share some recent paintings. I've been taking an abstract watercolor class this summer. Six weeks, and the painting on the left is the only "good" painting I made. Most looked like the ones on right!

Slightly diminish a band: The Marmosets

I built this heart out of shells from Sunday's hike. In real life, it's very purple. There's a tiny bit of beach glass tucked in there too. I think I'm going to have to use this idea in a future novel.

Color of the day was purple. Gorgeous low tide beach walk from South of Fauntleroy dock in Seattle to Arroyo, then back through the houses. Total 6.8 miles, only 607 ft gain but it was one cliff.

I tell people that they want me on their team during a zombie outbreak, because I'm a decent shooter but really slow. I'm the one you leave behind with the rifle. This was my first time trying biathlon several years ago. I suck at XC skiing, but I shot 30/30. If any zombies emerge, I got them.

Very pretty sweet potatoes, about to take over the bodies of everyone who lives in this house, spread to the block, and then link us in a giant brainless tuber existence. But we'll be pink. Anyone else have crazy plants coming for us?

In my MM Romance WIP, Connor often makes fancy meals. He'd bring a pan of ribs slow-cooked in the oven that only need to be finished on the grill, and he's super fond of miso broccoli. Jonathan, unfortunately, would bring a rather predictable pasta salad. He's good at halving cherry tomatoes.

Sometimes people have to hear/read things many different ways for a new idea to take hold. No one knows what way, what explanation, what story, will flip someone else's "I get it" switch. This could be the way to help someone get to a new understanding, it's an elegant presentation.

I took a break from A LOT of editing to do a little watercolors with a friend. I swatched a newish pan set I hadn't used before, and then made a quick sketch of a smiski surprise box toy for my Kid#2. Didn't like this brand as much as my usual Daniel Smith paints.

Editing update: so far I've improved the transitions/first paragraphs of 32 chapters with this little guide next to me. I was surprised how many times I failed to say my hero was at the library (where he works).

A lot of work ahead of me! My editor returned the first round of comments. I won't color code the whole manuscript, but the first chapter needed enough work that I wanted to visualize it. I need to cut/condense some of those yellow meanderings. #booksky #amediting #romanceauthor

The #WIPSnips word for July 18 is "together" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

From Ch 3 of His Road Home, a slow burn, friends-to-lovers, fake engagement romance. Grace has no idea who this guy is, or why he would have an engagement announcement with their photos, but the media believes it and so does her boss, her family, and her town. #WIPSnips #writesky #booksky #kindle

I got the first edit comments back on my new M/M full-length romance! @angelajames.bsky.social said my heroes were "charming" ... but I have a lot of work to do on the transitions between chapters and the ending. No surprise! I wrote 110K in four months so I was out of gas the end.

I have been slow about posting on my own page (I'm a talker IRL and chat on other people's pages A LOT). But here are photos of my PNW city garden and its bounty. (Banana for scale, can't grow those here). The wall of green behind the hammock is my berry patch. Show me your plant photos!

The luxury of General Foods International Coffees.

Reading too many romance novels from the library. I smuggled them into my house stuck under my big 80s sweatshirts, or hid them in the garage until no one was home. I openly carried in the "good" hardback books like ... Clan of the Cave Bear. Spoiler: I am now an award-winning romance author.

Someone appreciated my gardening efforts today. And despite not working very hard,they felt entitled to nap on the warm pacing stone. Harrumph.

I have always loved this song, for the reasons stated here, but I lacked the knowledge and talent to describe why I love Ode to Bilie Joe. Today's cruelty is hitting hard; it doesn't really help to remember we were always thus, but this is a superb read. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that we are so cruel.

The best fish to catch! (and Happy Pride, everyone)

I'm deciding on outfits for my characters in my current romance novel ... let me see if I can find some inspiration out there... looking, looking.

I suspect many people need a relaxing video. Here's a summer cake my kid made some years ago, and I like to watch it spin.

A vitally important story, memorialized in Norman Rockwell's "Murder in Mississippi."

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

College-aged offspring joking with each other and using the word "gulag," so I asked them if they knew what it meant. "Sure, it's the Russian Guantanamo." Oof. That hit me hard. America used to be a beacon against gulags, now our own kids use our institutions to define gulag.

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Painted this little #smiski guy today with @willowheath.bsky.social and friends. My daughter loves these Japanese surprise box toys, and last night she was remembering her 2024 graduation trip to London, so I wanted to surprise her. #watercolor

It was a fine day to do something completely altruistic like donating blood. The survivors of the Minnesota assassinations probably needed a lot of blood, as do cancer patients, accident victims, and others. I urge those of you who are able, to schedule an appointment with your local blood bank.

I love super fans.

I cannot count the ways I love this, it is like a summer day with a great rosé, it is like a beach bar with an ice cold side car, it is like watching that twelve second punch video ten times in front of a pitcher of sangria.

I just started reading Beautiful On The Outside by Adam Rippon as research for my current romance novel (one MMC is a former figure skater, other is a former D1 baseball player). This is entirely the black cat ex-skater's vibe.

Science fiction answers a lot of questions, no matter what era. The best is a lens on who we are.

How to awaken the house while writing a novel: Rise early, alone, in quiet cool house. Make coffee. Go to basement to find 3-ring binder for organizing research. Settle at desk. Peaceful, 6 am, still alone. Open 3-ring binder. Spider. A shout, not alone. Then alone again. Sorry, spider, sorry.