I’m not even going to be modest: these are the best photos I’ve ever taken of myself and I look amazing.
Gonna bring this energy into 2024 who’s with me???
I have met most of YALL through Twitter so idk how many of you know I’m pregnant with our 5th and last (surprise) baby. I have 1 boy and 3 girls, and we’ve been HOPING for one more boy. Well, yesterday we found out, and his name is Peregrin Lee.
We finally got our Pippin 💕
If you are a parent of kids under 5, and you are WRITING??? Even if it’s at the end of the day or early hours or during naps in snippets and single sentences and exhausted half-thought-through ideas? I see you.
You’re doing AMAZING. I’m proud of you.
#WritingCommunity
I have given up alcohol for the sake of healing my rosacea. It’s 2 days full sober so far.
ADHD has a strong link with substance addiction, & while I don’t get drunk and never have, I do struggle to give up the end-of-day drink.
Wish me luck? (don’t need skincare advice)
You never think about how few words there are for things like "lips" until you're a romance writer and searching for creative ways to describe kissing.
IDK saying "she gasped into his cakehole" doesn't quite have the same uhhh
vibe
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Ok how many of y’all are staying or leaving? I just got here and just found community and it feels devastating to lose that so here’s a thread of where to find me if things go south
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Oh, a rejection! I’ve forgotten at this point how many queries I still have out & truly appreciate agents who are still responding, even negatively, 3-6 months post query.
I see you, making sure nobody is ghosted on what’s important to them. ❤️ Genuinely, thank you.
#amquerying
Hello! If you’re new here and found me bc of that parent tweet: I’m Kristina. Writer. Pregnant af mom of almost 5, maybe going slightly insane.
Every single one of you with kids writing? Idgaf how old they are, or how many you have. That’s HARD and I see you.
#WritingCommunity
Dear Agent of my 1st query letter, written after half a bottle of wine and the "F it, I'm just sending this thing" attitude: I am so sorry. 😂
Also, thanks? All my future queries (with a new letter) were way less scary to send knowing that first was a disaster.
#WritingCommunity
This may be the only time I share my baby’s photos here because Twitter is… wild. But I wanted to share just once, because 😭😭😭
Please no retweets. Don’t be weird.
Photographer: me.
Hello, original due date. I’m still hoping you’re the one bc I don’t wanna wait another month 🤣😒
(PSA I don’t need anyone telling me I’m huge any day now thx. And I say this because PEOPLE DO 🙃🙃🙃)
Ok
#amquerying
#writingcommunity
, I think it might be helpful to see your stats, for all of us in the trenches. I'll start.
Time querying: 6 months
Total q's sent: 53
Query Rejections: 24
Fulls requested/submitted: 5
Fulls rejected: 3
Waiting on: 2 fulls, 16 query responses
How do writers of fairytales and fantasy keep track of all the world building stuff because my ADHD brain is like "yes I made that up. No, I don't remember what it is. Y U ASKING ME THE WORD FOR IT IDK I HAD THAT THOUGHT 2HR AGO"
(I do write a list but. LOL.)
#WritingCommunity
How many of you are doing 3 pitches tomorrow for
#moodpitch
? Different books? The same book? Will you do new moodboards if it’s the same book? I’m debating making a couple different pitches… last minute I know.
Hi, hello. I took a break from posting to clear out my closet and figure out what my current style is and this is it. This is me forever ok bye.
(Dress from Little Women Atelier)
I know, I know. I’ve posted photos of this already
But like
Look. At. It. I made this. With my own hands. Because I gave myself a writing deadline and decided NAH MAKE AN APRON INSTEAD
#WritingCommunity
#adhdprojects
Hi. People are really amazing, and I can't wait to share the thing that's legitimately made my day (and year) about 1000000% better.
But for now it's gotta be a vague tweet.
Tell me something good about your day/week/month?
#writingCommunity
I miss being super active here, hi friends.
I’m struggling with writing this season and had to remind myself I’ve got a 9 month old and 4 other kids and life is hectic and it’s all ok.
Also will be wearing this dress forever BYEEEE
Could use some gentle hugs today. This week we had to make the hard choice to simply make one of our kitties comfortable till he passes, as there's nothing else anyone can do.
Giving him every last bit of snuggles I can till he crosses that rainbow bridge, and I'm not ok.
Forget your heroic characters. I wanna see aesthetics for your villains.
The Fae of Shadows doesn't seem so bad right? Till you realize he's the reason the shadows have teeth; darkness seeps into your blood; the forest has gone mad.
(don't forget alt text!)
#WritingCommunity
I may be sick, and I may be 8 months pregnant, but listen. This 1940s dressing gown makes everything better.
It has cocks on it. 🐓
#notthatkindyouguttermindedtwit
I made my daughter a funfetti cake with strawberry buttercream frosting all from scratch and I need someone to tell me it’s cute. The frosting is ONLY colored with strawberries. It’s from the 1961 Betty Crocker’s New Picture Cookbook.
Just realized I haven't changed my profile photo since like 2012 so here's the new one, because it's one of my favorite ever self-portraits. And like. It fits the VIBES. Romance, historical setting, twirly dresses, yes.
#WritingCommunity
This is why I’m VERY open about pregnancy/postpartum. Did you know that anger is part of PPD? I didn’t. Felt like a shit mom till I found out my uncontrollable feelings of rage were part of postpartum depression and I wasn’t just suddenly terrible. I am always here for ANY Q’s.
i don't regret choosing motherhood but boy oh boy do women not get warned about a lot of stuff that happens to us around pregnancy/birth/caring for an infant
Thank you
@moodpitchers
for today, and everyone who supported and RT'd my pitches! This was SUCH a fun event and I learned so much, and (my favorite) made new friends along the way! I hope every single one of you gets a book deal, you all are insanely talented.
#WritingCommunity
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST x DREAMER'S POOL
Ríona knows the forest's secrets. Shadows have teeth. Trees speak in whispers. Animals are not what they seem.
But neither, she discovers, is she. And somewhere, the Beast hungers. For blood. For the Rose. For Beauty.
For Her.
#wipfeast
Dear
#historicromance
authors, PLEASE. Women wore: chemises & drawers UNDER their corsets, and corset covers OVER their corsets, & had stockings, and petticoats, and CORSETS WEREN'T UNCOMFORTABLE STOP IT
Anyway here's some edwardian undergarments.
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
Interesting how there are books in every genre that won’t change your life/are just enjoyment reads/are quick reads, etc, but ppl seem to judge romance hardest for “not being life changing/not a real book/genre”
I have theories on why but like
Y’all.
#WritingCommunity
Anyone else feel like the Good Things can never happen to them
So when it possibly is going to happen they just
Don’t believe it?
This is your reminder: you deserve the Good Things. Your hard work deserves good returns. You will have good things. 💖💖💖
sat to write "for ten minutes"
An hour later my husband asked how my ten minutes was going.
Two hours later I've written 2,220 words. I guess I should go to bed, because I've begun to insert phrases like HE DID STUFF for my later-self to revise.
#amwriting
#WritingCommunity
I'm absolutely delighted by the fact that of all things, the Highland Cows are getting the MOST attention in my MoodPitch boards.
I mean. They're VERY cute, so.
#amquerying
#amwriting
My husband and I celebrated 11 years together with an impromptu photoshoot where we had our first date (shot by me)
This year has been especially hard, life wise. I’m very glad I have my person to weather the storms with. 💖
I wore clothes today to attend a school event for my oldest and when the teachers found out I was due yesterday they went “and you’re just.. OUT??? AND ABOUT???”
Listen. 😂😂😂 yes. Because walking makes babies come, right???
#pregnancy
Are you "I want to write but I formatted this wrong when I started and now there are spaces between each paragraph of my 232 page doc that shouldn't be there and my brain won't let me start until I spend 2 hours fixing that" neurodivergent, or are you normal?
#WritingCommunity
Today I took another step toward screening my 7yo for ADHD/ASD. Told my mom. She said, "I'm sorry."
Y'all. I'm not. We're learning more about how she works so we can help her thrive. SHE is not changing, and I'll never be sorry for learning more about how to help my kid thrive.
Are you normal or are you ND and didn't realize you were wearing headphones with no music playing for an entire hour and when you take them off the silence is too loud so you put them back on. With no music playing.
Asking for a friend.
Apparently my knee jerk reaction when waking up from a deep sleep to seeing a kid in my doorway at midnight is to *hiss at them*
😂😂😂 my poor terrified son
#parenting
Blood for a Rose:
🥀Beauty and the Beast retelling
✨daughter of starlight and shadows
🔪enemies-to-lovers
🌙morally grey Fae
🖤heroine with inner darkness
🕷shadows with teeth
🌑villain you shouldn't like but he's hot
(Listen I don’t make the rules)
#amwritingfantasy
#amwriting
Have gotten to that part in pregnancy where old women invariably argue I’m not going to make it to my due date 🤪
Cuz me knowing my own body, labors, & why my pregnancies look how they look def doesn’t trump their prejudice about pregnant bodies that aren’t petite till 40 weeks.
Just gonna casually drop these in case you need some new romance novel inspo featuring a plus size gal
Just sayin 🤷🏻♀️ Anyway. Working on romanticizing myself again in photoshoots.
What better time than our 10 year anniversary?
#WritingCommunity
Me: Ok, time to write
Canva: yes, but what if you... spent 5 hours making an inspiration board for the story instead???
So anyway. Here's this.
#thewidowsproposal
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Started querying, finally. Which terrified me. Got used to the process. Haven’t stopped writing all year which is HUGE considering I had a 7 year writer’s block/depression block just a couple years ago.
Bringing a bowl of leftover teriyaki is totally normal for school pickup, right?
Listen. I’m one month away (or less) from popping a baby out don’t judge me 😂
#pregnancy
Do I keep a photo of Mr Rochester by my bedside that I drew approximately 14 years ago?
Uhhhh yes.
Why?
Because it’s Mr. Rochester. Duh.
(2006 BBC miniseries with Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson is the best version I will take no questions.)
If you’re a mom you can only have 2:
1. A full night of sleep
2. An evening to relax
3. More than 2 rooms clean at a time
4. Kids playing quietly
5. Nobody touching you
Listen: if you are a man and you come to my page and speak on my experience or body in ANY way bc I’m pregnant, gtfo.
Instant block. Bye. Idgaf how well meaning you are, I didn’t ask. Don’t tell me to stay calm, be patient, or comment on my size. Just. Shut up.
For ppl confused why baby’s birth was ✨unexpected✨
- my 4 others? All 7-10 days late
- midwife always started labor & broke my water
- wasn’t dilated/effaced on my due date
Baby: water broke w/no warning 3 days past due & labor was 2-1/2 hours long. It was just. ✨Unexpected✨
I think my favorite thing about being a person on the internet is that every time I post a video or photo of myself someone tells me I look like Melanie Lynskey -- or one of her characters.
Melanie has been my husband's celeb crush his whole life. YES THANK YOU I LOVE THIS.
39ish weeks tomorrow
Still hoping he comes “early” (if you don’t know, we didn’t track conception/my cycle and my OG due date was thought to be Feb 10 till ultrasound, where he measured more on track with March 9.)
Marry someone who:
Sees an outtake and says “lol you look like you should have a horse’s butt coming out the back of your dress” and then takes it upon himself to photoshop you as a centaur.
This is my audition for Narnia I guess.
#marriage
Reading back as I add in some integral things in my MC, found this gem of a sentence: "But today they fought darkness, in the only way they knew house."
IN THE ONLY WAY. THEY KNEW. HOUSE.
😆😆😆
#amwriting
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Hello, 600 people who follow me! That’s a milestone even though Twitter Doomsday seems to be the theme lately. I’m glad you’re here 😘😘😘 drop a random fact about you below.
I have an uncle who was once married to a mafia princess.
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(Old selfie, hi)
I've just come across a conundrum: for fantasy/fairytale, armchairs are pretty much a given.
But... couches? Sofas? YES OR NO???
And if you've got a better word for it, hit me, because couch/sofa both seem too modern-real-world for this.
#WritingCommunity
My favorite romance details: shoulder kisses. intense face grabbing. thumb brushing over the lips before a kiss. unexpected skin contact. rolled sleeves and bared forearms. tendrils of hair against the neck. almost-kissing. men doing domestic things. GIVE ME.
#WritingCommunity
Now taking themed ideas for maternity photoshoot because I got this red version of my Belle maternity shoot dress and I don’t have an actual idea for what to do.
Other than look… pregnant. 😂😂😂
#maternityfashion