@mckennadean
Award-winning #author of crockpot PNR romances & cozy mysteries. I like putting characters in hot water to see how strong they are. Like teabags, only deadlier. She/her https://linktr.ee/McKenna_Dean
Just in case you haven't heard about it yet: I loved the Oscar-nominated short film "Jane Austen's Period Drama," which literally made me LOL several times and brought me a great deal of joy!
Romancelandia, this is very much Our Shit™.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxpj...
This is still happening! (I honestly have no idea when it will end, so...)
An opal
Size six rings
More size six rings
You guessed it size six rings
You know when your kid is a rotten little asshole on picture day.
That's this opal.
6-6.5
Rose bush beginning to leaf out.
It be springing here.
The biggest problem* I have with the scammy AI emails is when Reese, or Drew, or Oprah's people contact me about featuring the Ginny Reese Mysteries on their book club, I'm gonna be, "Nah, thanks. I'm good."
*aside from plagiarism and climate-destroying data-hogging
You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.
"Human writing often includes some clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.'"
This is the stupidest g.d. thing I have read all day.
Being a sane American right now: It's like the United States is riding in the back-seat of a car and Dad is driving drunk. Mom is the Republican party, riding in the passenger seat: She knows Dad is completely sloshed but she goes along with it because she's afraid of getting beaten up again if she says anything. Some of your brothers and sisters are excited because they like carnival rides and think speed and chaos is entertaining. But you feel slightly insane because you're the only one in the car who understands the danger everyone is in and no one seems capable of stopping the maniac at the wheel.
I can so relate to this.
A book titled Something Prowling in Paradise Park has a rising moon behind the sharp stems of an agave, with a purple background, saguaro cacti, cliffs, and faint pawprints. Text says: Out March 2. Filled with twists, humor, and heart, Something Prowling in Paradise Park delivers the perfect blend of cozy mystery, female sleuth suspense, and found-family crime solving. Fans of J.A. Jance, Elly Griffiths, and Ann Cleeves will love this page-turner set against Arizona’s sunbaked secrets.
5-star review: “Well written cozy mystery with a bunch of characters that feel like friends, a little humor, and a few twists and turns along the way. Looking forward to the next adventure!”
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#mystery #NewRelease #books
#ReadzTule
Nice!
SEVEN ANGELS front and back covers
My print proof is on. the. way.
new policy: blocking anyone who starts a post with "everything is terrible but.." or some variation thereof. I don't need to be reminded there are shitty things going on, you don't need a permission slip to share fun/enjoyable content, JUST SHARE IT AND STFU
This is genius.
Ugh are you fucking kidding me
Guess it's time to remind folks that I have a newsletter since IDK where else I'll go if this place implodes authordiannagunn.com/fan-club
It recently came to my attention that a friend who escaped an abuser wasn’t familiar with DARVO, an acronym for understanding how abusers operate. So we’re all going to have a little education tonight:
We already knew these people had no shame. Nothing's changed.
a tan long-haired dachshund with incredibly floofy ears sits with his front paws on a window sill and his nose pressed up against the window. he's accompanied by his stuffed squirrel friend. their reflections stares back at them. Stevie the dachshund does not see the irony in watching for squirrels with his squirrel friend. he's too busy being locked in on the happenings outside his window.
This is Stevie. He's on squirrel watch. His stuffed friend is also a squirrel, but he's one of the good ones. 14/10 (IG: longdogstevie)
Telling people that they "have to learn how to use it" or will be considered unskilled, also please consider: 1. that the tech itself de-skills people who rely on it, and 2. anecdote aside, studies so far generally show it takes MORE time to do tasks with it than without it.
If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.
If you're scared of protesting or a general strike because you could lose your job, healthcare, and housing, or even go to jail, now you understand why the US has no universal healthcare or housing and no guaranteed parental leave, but DOES have the largest prison and police system on planet Earth.
oh good i was worried it was white supremacy and capitalism
A normal thing to happen, who could have predicted this would happen with *checks notes* unrest in the middle east?
Agreed!
Otis the black cat looks moody among a frame of flowers
Sarah, how's the writing going?
Wellll I started taking pictures of my cat as if she was getting married, so, yeah. I mean, great.
I'm so sorry. I did have to applaud your utterly perfect description of "pain wrapped in skin" though
Imagine walking down the street and seeing a smiling couple holding hands. You walk up to these strangers and say “your man isn’t my type.”
A collage of the lead ladies of Star Trek
Happy International Women's Day to all the female Trekkies. 🖖🙏❤🙂
Join SinC in celebrating International Women's Day!
My understanding is that tickets to Calgary are pretty cheap right now, but I get it. I overspent my convention/travel budget 2024-2025 and now I'm on a short leash until I pay it off.
I agree with this.