Wow. That's a hell of a speech; hats off to whoever wrote it. I hope the govt lives up to it.

Surely I am not the only romantasy author who, as they're working through character's romantic arcs, goes "oh, that's that character's kink. got it." Right? 😳 😳 😳

I will die on the hill that if you want to study story structure, Mulan should be one of the sacred texts. That movie is nearly perfect from a structure perspective.

The problem with finally getting back in the groove of writing again is that I have work I'm supposed to be doing that's not writing and I DON'T WANT TO.

Hahahaaaa what a great story ❤️ I love scientists

A Canadian Heritage moment.

🎶 Spent last year like you're under a curse, Better get better 'cause it can't get worse, Unless you're riding in the back of a hearse, And you're cruising in first, ain't got no reverse. Everything's gonna be better next year, Everything's gonna be better next year. 🎶

It IS a banger of a line, exemplifying why TLJ is a banger of a Star War, and I love this articulation of why

Going back through my old music stuff and was reminded of how proud I am of this cover of "Winter Song":

I lived in Japan long enough to not wear shoes inside, so when I moved to Canada I was delighted to find that that’s standard here too, even for guests. But the more I learn about other countries I’m beginning to suspect that it’s really just the USians who wear shoes indoors and we’re the weirdos.

He'll always be Prince Lir to me.

Determined on book coaching call last month that the book I've been working on for two years has been giving me so much trouble because it's actually *two* books. Just sent her a 6.5k word outline for book 1 and it already feels better.

Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

Screeeeeeeeeming and kicking my feet bc LOOK at the glorious author portrait @heymonsterboy.bsky.social made for my Enchanting Alter Ego what writes romantasy!! 💃💃💃 Going to have all kinds of fun setting this persona up with some social medias in the new year 😎

Help my friend Frank become the best version of themselves by sharing and donating to their top surgery fund! gofund.me/bdde34b40

Some days it’s hard to believe this dog ever spent the first three years of her life in Texas.

I had time to write for what feels like the first time in forever, so of course I cannot focus worth a damn. Ugh.

Realized today as I was trying to put a Christmas list together that the thing I want most is more time.

I gasped out loud.

Ivy dog has just had the best day of her entire life.

lol friend posts pic of my dog & it goes viral. Ivy is a very good dog though.

"As mentioned above, Scrivener cannot exclude these tools from the app. But you can turn off Apple Intelligence on a Mac running macOS 15 Sequoia or macOS 26 Tahoe, or on an iPhone or iPad running versions 18 or 26 of iOS or iPadOS."

Why is it that no one seems to know how basic project management works when working on projects with other people?

Cold but pretty.

"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny

a lot of people regretting the 'this shoulda been an email' advice rn lol

Landed in Austin. Immediately ordered tacos because #priorities.

Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.

No panic attack quite like the one where you can’t find your passport the night before an international flight.

Mumford & Sons and Hozier wrote a song produced by Aaron Dessner with these lyrics and it's somehow *not* written especially for me? It's like they heard I was having writing motivation problems and said "We can fix that".

It’s been a shitty fucking week but I managed to hit my word goal today. Please clap.

New to the world of my A.G. Slatter Sourdough novels? Y'all can taste test with No Good Deed - get the ebook for free or order the physical chapbook over at @brainjarpress 🙂 brainjarpress.com

My main contract gig is being cut, and my family responsibilities are less demanding than a few years ago. So please get in touch if you know of writing/editing/research/workshop positions, any hours, ideally remote or Ottawa. Extra points for good causes. I know it's rough out there for everyone.

Trigger warning for pet death. . . . . Something went wrong during our new kitten Astrid’s spay procedure this morning and she didn’t make it. We are devastated. We didn’t have her for long but she was such a good cat. My poor sweet baby. I love you and miss you so much.

2025 can honestly, well and truly go fuck itself.

Exhausted today, but pushed through to 1,156 words. Woo.

Today was a really weird day. Got some not-great personal news. Got some good professional-ish news. And I wrote 4k+ words on my zero draft for new project. I am vast. I contain multitudes.

Doing #thirtyin30 as my writing project this month and today's word count is 1,456. Not too shabby.

I cooked nine meals today, all for the freezer. I’m gonna go collapse now.

I am CACKLING

Ahh, the unique, panicked feeling when you have ADHD when it's 10am and you're hungry.

Walk photos from yesterday.

Did I just spend all evening researching whether or not a coastal lagoon could've been anywhere near enough a volcano eruption that it would've gotten enough ash to make helenite for ~reasons~? Apparently yes. #writerproblems

This is such a good joke. 😂

HEY it's Halloween on Friday and obvs you need some spooky reading to go with your candy And HERE THERE ARE MONSTERS even begins on the night before Halloween... so! 🦇🎃🦇🎃🦇🎃🦇

Currently working through the snowflake method to plot New Project, and it really, really works. After 3 tries, I have a (very messy) 1-page summary that actually hangs together. But I am so glad I'm doing this now and not after I've written 50k words of prose and realized the plot didn't work.

If you like ace romance with wry humour, messy queers fighting for justice and epic worldbuilding, The Dragon Next Door is for you! 🐲 Sword lesbian (bi) 🐲 Secret baby (dragon) 🐲 Friends to lovers (ace) 🐲 Found family 🐲 Opposites attract books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6 vriccithode.itch.io/the-dragon-n...

I am not a sportsball person and I don’t live in Toronto but GO JAYS KICK THEIR ASSES

New project! Current working title: A Palace of Smoke & Mirrors. A retired commedia dell'arte troupe gets blackmailed into doing a heist by the mob, with magical theatre tech. [The Italian Job x Noises Off x The Mask of Mirrors]