Read a good romance today that then ended with an epilogue announcing the heroine’s death via cancer after 35+ years of marriage leaving the hero sad and alone. What the actual fuck. Save that shit for women’s fic and leave my romance novels HEA, please and thank you.
Pardon me while I toot my own horn for a minute. Today I am super proud of myself for working hard on my health. Since being diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy in October I have: lost more than 22 pounds, started working out every day, and dropped my a1c from 10.7 to 7.0. Go me!
Late to the game, but I'm perusing
#unhingedpit
right now and am *cackling*. If I like your pitch, please sub to the QT address in my bio and mention it's from
#unhingedpit
!
Sorry I wasn't able to participate in
#questpit
yesterday, I was away from my desk all day. That said, I am open to submissions, and if your project matches my
#MSWL
, feel free to send it to my QT (link in bio).
My dad died this morning. He’d been on comfort care since Wednesday & I knew this was coming but my stupid damned gallbladder made it so I couldn’t travel to see him. I’m so upset I couldn’t be there for my mom even though all my other sisters were & he knew why I couldn’t come.
Hi all! Long time, no post. But I come to you today with news. I am thrilled to let you know that I have accepted a position as a literary agent at Spencerhill Associates. .
I will be checking in periodically today. If I like your pitch, please submit to the QT link in my bio and mention
#QueerPit
in the referral. Thanks and good luck out there, everyone!
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At the risk of causing a stampede in my subs, here are some of my
#MSWL
niche requests and somewhat guilty pleasures. (Although honestly, I am a guilt-free reader and refuse to be shamed for any of my reading choices, no matter how wild.) 1/?
Rereading a lot of early-00s romantic suspenses at the moment and so many heroes self-identify as conservative opposite the liberal heroines and it is all I can do to keep reading and not tell the heroine to run, bitch, run.
@HonestToddler
Just last night my sister reported that my 4-year-old niece was whine-chant-crying “when I was in your tummy I didn’t like the blood” over and over to her, and I’ve never been so happy to be childless.
@jk_rowling
As an editor by trade, this tweet hurt me as much as the time my friend informed me that the hero caressed the heroine’s beasts on page 91 of a book I’d edited.
Made it to California for my dad’s memorial tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who sent me encouraging words and especially to my surgeon and his team who moved heaven and earth to make it happen. I am so happy it worked out.
Going through Query Manager today and am finally answering some long delayed submissions and queries. Please know that if it seems rapid fire from your end, I am actually reading/reviewing in advance and then doing the responses. I do really review all of them!
Got my official graduate approval form in the mail today. It’s really happening. In three months I’ll have a masters degree.
#surreal
#ididit
#twomoreclassestogo
Confession: Several times a week I randomly start thinking of terrible historical romance novel titles. Earl You Know It's True, Please Don't Go, Earl, An Earl Beyond Price, A Marquis Before Dying, You Gotta Kiss the Earl, Fool of a Duke. I...I need help, guys.
Nearly wept tears of joy tonight when I was able to eat an entire bowl of chicken and wild rice soup for dinner. I think I am finally on the right regimen of anti-nausea and pain pills that will allow me to eat. And after losing 9 pounds in 9 days, I really needed this!
Saw my doctor again and found out that I 1) lost 10 pounds in a month that included thanksgiving, 2) my blood pressure has gone down so much I need to reduce my meds and 3) she is so happy with my progress she is checking my a1c after just 2 months to see where I’m at.
#goodday
So who’s going to write the YA novel about the child of famous parents who discovers they bribed her way into an Ivy League college when reporters show up at her dorm to ask her about it? Because I would read the shit out of that book.
I wonder if you could modify
@chrissyteigen
’s world famous banana bread recipe (so damn good!) using canned pumpkin instead of smashed bananas? I might just have to try.
#PumpkinSeason
Today at the park there were three groups of moms and kids attempting a social distance meetup. Like, I get it, you’re going stir crazy locked up, but also, standing six feet away and gabbing with your mom friends while your kids mingle with abandon is so fucking dumb.
Just got my final grade in my last ever class for my Masters and it was a B+. Feeling slightly bad that it wasn't an A, but I AM DONE. DONE. DONE. (And one B+ in four semesters isn't so bad, I guess!)
As a young child in the 80s, when New Coke debuted they put free samples (mini bottles) in every mailbox. I corralled all the kids my mom babysat and we robbed the whole neighborhood. Mom found us hiding in the bushes, empty bottles scattered around us.
What's a childhood anecdote that says a lot about you?
Mine is that when I was 8 my friends and I went door to door selling homemade keychains so we could buy Bibles for our bullies.
@courtneymilan
@mostlybree
Best part of my job, to be honest. My favorite two were: she tripped on the threshold and fell into his anus and he rested his head on his trembling anus,
Hallmark movie recommendation for all my romance writing & reading peeps: The Mistletoe Inn. Heroine is an aspiring romance author. Hero is a pubbed romance author. Takes place at a romance writers con!
Finally started watching The Mandalorian last night and I know two things. I would die for my tiny green son and I would totally fuck Mando while he was in full helmet and armor.
#thisistheway
@AlishaRai
So many men would or have just eaten multiple cake pops in front of their dates with the remorselessness of a serial killer. That’s what I’ve taken away from this long national nightmare.
I’ve been having a hard time the last couple of days, mostly stressing about things I cannot control, so I found this very helpful. May it help anyone else who needs it.
Ahh! One more. 8: New Adult! I want college set or college age contemporary new adult. And if they combine any of my above requests (kpop, rockstar, artist, chef, AANHPI, etc.) EVEN BETTER!
@owillis
Ugh, there is nothing worse than a doggie in pain. George tweaked his neck a few years back and I fully cried at the emergency vet as they told me it was totally fixable with steroids and painkillers. Plus side? Pics of your baby HIGH. AS. BALLS.
The real hero of
#InternationalWomansDay
is the older lady who, 1 second into the showing of Captain Marvel, said “you’re supposed to turn your phones off, right?” to the two young dudes sitting between us. They were perfectly silent for the rest of the movie.
Pretty sure if I ever won the lottery the bulk of my money would go to paying my favorite authors to complete unfinished series’s that were canceled too soon.
Me today: God, I’m really sad for no reason.
My common sense: Hey dummy, the one year anniversary of both your dad’s death as well as some major medical issues just passed. Maybe cut yourself some slack?
Back in the hospital with a mysterious pouch of fluid in my upper abdomen that could be a bile leak (please no) or an easily drainable post-surgical issue. Pray for option 2 please. (Glad my sister is here for part of the day at least!)