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Laurell K. Hamilton

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2 years

Reading a book about queer people will not change your sexual identity. Nothing you read can change a heterosexual person into any other sexual identity. Banning books will not change that immutable fact.

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1 year

I just typed, The End, on the 30th Anita Blake novel. It is done.

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2 years

Meet our newest family member. We meant to wait longer but the pug rescue we’d contacted before we lost Mordor had this little guy and who could resist?

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It’s official! You will get two Anita Blake novels this year. Smolder comes out March 23 & in November you get Slay, so 2023 you get 2 books to celebrate 30 years of Anita Blake!

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2 years

So many haters would prefer that Anita Blake stayed chaste like the virgin in horror films, because only good girls survive. One of the reasons Anita has a sex life is that kind of sexist bullshit. I wanted to throw all the horror tropes on their asses & I did.

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3 years

Just had to cut two pages of current Anita Blake book because I realized it was Merry Gentry’s magic sneaking in, which means Merry is talking to me again. Huzzah!

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2 years

The new Anita Blake novel is off to my editor!

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2 years

Mordor was diagnosed yesterday with congestive heart failure. We’d taken him in for a year with a cough. Vets said allergies or he’s a pushed face dog, or - one chest X-ray would have let them see his heart was enlarged. They gave us meds, but too late, Mordor died last night.

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2 years

Excited to finally get to share the cover for the next Anita Blake novel, Smolder, with you all! Isn’t it gorgeous? Available March 21, 2023.

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3 years

Available August 17, 2021! So happy to finally share my new series with you!

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2 years

Wrote until 4:30AM, emailed book to my editor! Woke at 1:00PM. But Anita Blake 29 is off to New York!

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2 years

Our first night without our fuzzy little man. It’s hard to go to bed knowing he will never follow us up the stairs again. His crate stands empty.

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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2 years

My new sexual preference is peace. No one is lovely enough, no sex good enough, no kink satisfying enough to bring drama into my life. You can’t fix them. Bad boys are just assholes with good wardrobes. Perpetual victims never work their shit. Crazy is not the best sex, love is.

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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10 months

At fourteen I was finally brave enough to admit I wanted to be a writer. They said, no one that lived in middle of farm country could ever be a writer. Today I wrote on my 44th novel. The 30th book in the Anita Blake series comes out in November. Glad I didn’t believe the haters

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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2 years

You all encouraged me to be honest about what’s happening in my life so here goes. I still have long Covid. My sister is going through major medical stuff. My husband got bitten by a brown recluse. My husband’s aunt died last night, we found out this morning.

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6 years

200 rejections for the first book in the Anita Blake series. Guilty Pleasures written in late 1980s, finally published 1994. Serpentine the 26th novel in the series is #3 on the Times List and #4 on USAToday in its first week. #shareyourejections

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2 years

Someone told me that I should be ok with people pirating my books & not be blinded by capitalism. I say, go to a library. Or they meant years of my work and skill are worth nothing? That’s the same bullshit artists deal with when people want work for free, or for exposure.

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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3 years

Just wrote, The Queen of Air and Darkness, instead of the Mother of all Darkness on the Anita Blake book. Merry Gentry is starting to push at me more and more.

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3 years

This was my fortune cookie fortune today. 😁

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1 year

It’s ok if not everyone you meet likes you. It doesn’t diminish your value or make you a bad person. You won’t like everyone you meet either and that’s ok, too. Be polite, be kind when you can, do no harm, but take no shit.

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2 years

Today is the Drop Dead Date for the book I’m writing. I coined the term years ago with my long time editor Susan Allison. It means it’s the absolute last day I can get the book in and have a reasonable pub date. I’ll make it, & you’ll get your Anita Blake fix in 2022.

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2 years

I walked almost a mile today! It’s a huge improvement in my journey of healing from long covid.

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2 years

Stop doom scrolling, we have a deer in our yard!

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4 years

I tested negative! Happy Friday the 13th!

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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4 years

Final draft finished. Book emailed off to my editor. Huzzah! Now I get to go to bed. Double Huzzah! Goodnight all, or maybe good morning.

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2 years

I guess it’s not the squirrels emptying our bird feeders. 🦌

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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4 years

The newer books have strong plots, good mysteries and continue to world build. I stand by what I write, if others don’t agree then they are free to not read them. Hope you all find something that makes you happier and more comfortable to read.

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1 year

Happy 30th anniversary to Anita Blake and all of you who have been reading her!

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1 year

@goodreads It’s the 30th anniversary for @LKHamilton Anita Blake so I am rereading from the beginning. So many things I had forgotten.❤️❤️❤️

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2 years

5:22AM Finally have the ending this Anita Blake novel needed. Have the first chapter of the next book done in draft form. Haven’t had this much of next book already roughed out in years. I’ll ask my editor if I can share the title with you tomorrow. Goodnight or good morning?

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1 year

My husband’s #ValentinesDay gift to me. We’ve been married 21 years. He gets me. Mug is from TsSarcasmFactory on Etsy.

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10 months

I walked a mile for the first time since getting long Covid! It was a year in May that I caught Covid for the & became one of the 10% that gets LC. I’m down to lowest muscle mass of my adult life, but today I walked a mile! I’m so happy.

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1 year

I remember meals where men ate first, then children, then the women. They cooked the meal, cleaned up after it. At age 7 I knew this was unfair. It made me feel bad about being a girl. It made me think being a boy was better. This is grooming girls to be compliant to abusers.

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1 year

THIS is grooming.

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2 years

And I have Covid, after over two years of not catching it.

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6 years

Family member on phone: Do you think you’ll ever get a big head about the fame & success? Me, as I clean up cat vomit & chase the dogs away from eating it: Not as long as I have pets. Family member: What?

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1 year

Yes, I’m wearing gloves, a sweatshirt, a shawl, over t-shirt, and sweat pants in my office. #amwritnganitablake

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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11 months

People keep saying, 18-30 are your best years. I didn’t hit my stride professionally, personally, or physically until my 40s. I wouldn’t give up the peace & self knowledge of my 50s for anything. Don’t let the world rush you, they don’t know you or your dreams.

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4 years

I’m sorry you feel that way, but I stand by my girl. Anita is not a slut for enjoying her sexuality.

Nephentary

@Nephentary

4 years

@LKHamilton I absolutely loved the books up to/including "Obsidian Butterfly" because they weren't all about sex and mostly didn't even include it as Urban Fantasy often does. "Skin Trade" was the last one I read and I disliked everything about it. I miss the old Anita who wasn't a slut!

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4 years

Let me be clear. The next Anita book will not be the big wedding. I just want to say that before you guys start having too much fun with the idea. 😃

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3 years

Finished book this morning at 5:30 AM, So this mug seemed perfect. First book in new series sent off to my editor. I’ve slept, eaten, had Caffeine, now time for a nap.

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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2 years

I don’t usually ask on here but my mother in law is going in for surgery today. If you could keep her in your prayers, light a candle, send good positive outcome thinking her way that would be awesome.

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4 years

OMG! 😂😂😂

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4 years

Omg 😂 @LKHamilton

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4 years

Don’t who needs to hear this, but no matter how bleak the world feels right now, don’t let the bad news destroy your joy. You being miserable won’t save anyone, but your smile at the right moment may give hope where it’s most needed.

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2 years

I was in my mid 30s when I realized I was into BDSM, late 30s for polyamory, & my 40s when I discovered why I’d always had so many bisexual women hitting on me. I came late to the party, but happy bisexual at last. #BiAwarenessWeek

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5 years

At gym: It’s going to snow on Halloween. Trainer - I’m going to need more wood. Me - is your house all wood heat? Trainer - no, I’m going to make a fire outside for the kids. My husband - I don’t think burning children is allowed. Trainer - what? So many reasons we’re married.

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3 years

Edits on first book of new series moving along nicely. I’d forgotten how hard it was to reinvent a whole new world and I’ve created a main character that has stretched me further than ever before. Can’t wait to share cover and title with you.

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3 years

13 pages written today on the first book in the new series. Fingers crossed that the page count keeps up at this pace. It would mean I am in the end game at last and that my deadline will be met. Before anyone asks, this doesn’t mean I’ve stopped writing Anita or Merry.

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1 year

Sharing the Full moon with you.

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2 years

Sharing our water garden with you this morning, so we can all stop doom scrolling and breathe.

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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2 years

Today is a better day not so haunted by ghosts of the past. And my daughter wakes happy almost every morning, that is what I went to therapy for to make sure the family legacy of disfunction stopped with me.That’s worth everything.

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2 years

Meet Goku! That’s our new rescue pug’s official name, because as my husband says, the puppy’s ability to bedevil our other pets is over 9,000.

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2 years

My pregnancy was so bad I was offered an abortion, I didn’t take it & my daughter was worth it all. My mom’s doctor said she was going to die, abortion was only way, she refused & I’m thrilled to be here. I still vote pro choice. I don’t have the right to choose for other women.

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3 years

Just finished writing 15 pages add that to the 2 pages from earlier in the day and it’s 17 which is a new daily record for the book I’m writing set in a brand new world with new main character and everything. Maybe I’ve finally hit my stride with it!

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4 years

RAFAEL on sale 2/9/21! Original paperback. Rafael and the wererats are center stage for the first time for the Year of the Rat! All of you who guessed correctly what yesterday’s pile of research books was for,…

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1 year

I must leave you now Twitter land, I have edits to finish so you will get two Anita Blake books this year. Too tempting to keep talking about human evolution, sexual dimorphism, & Covid. The first two are much more fun & far less anxiety ridden. Off to edit.

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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2 years

Done! Done so I can rest for a few days without a book deadline hanging over my head. Good night from me and all my imaginary friends. Can’t wait for you all to finally read it.

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4 years

Just had covid test. It felt like they touched my eyeball via my nose. 😳 2-4 days for results.

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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3 years

Guys, please don’t give me plots for my books. Trust me either I’ve already thought of it & discarded it, or the idea is in my pipeline in a few books. Either way, please don’t. Thanks for understanding.

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3 years

No is a complete sentence. You don’t have to explain or justify, you can just say, no.

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5 years

The next #AnitaBlake novel is DONE and off to my editor! (Should have a release date to share soon!) #AnitaBlakeSeries #Done #amwriting #amediting #amtakingabreaknow #lkh #lkhamilton #laurellkhamilton …

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4 years

When you’re twenty-something daughter wants to watch Disney’s Cinderella with you, because you’re both having a sick day. #familytime

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4 years

I’ve got three books to finish first, but I’m making notes for the next Merry book.

Joni Hartman Princess Cupcake

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4 years

@LKHamilton I love your books still want another merry book but love anita also

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2 years

First day in office without Mordor. Keiko, our other Japanese chin is in the dog bed. Magnus, our ginger, in the cat tree. Grizzy, our black cat, stayed until she was bored, but Mordor isn’t here. I keep looking for him, then I remember & the loss cuts fresh.

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2 years

If you buy and read a book all the way through then it’s stealing to return it and ask for your money back. Whether it’s on Amazon or a brick and mortar store it’s stealing from the store and the author.

Carrie Lomax tortured poet

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2 years

You know what's fun? 😒 Logging into your KDP dashboard and seeing negative royalties because someone on TikTok advised people to use Amazon as a library. Nothing like seeing people go through an entire series - buy, return, buy, return - to make you never want to write again.

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I am a bisexual, pagan woman. Here’s my question to all of you on this 4th of July 2023 - do you feel as free and safe as you did last year?

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2 years

Your vote matters!

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2 years

Edits are back from my editor. She’s very happy, which since I did extensive unasked changes between this draft and the last is both relief and confirmation that at book 29 in one series I know my world, my characters, and my job. #anitablake

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2 years

My sister’s visit is postponed until current Anita Blake is off to my editor. Sis said, “Tell Richard to get his head out of his ass, so you can finish this book and see your sister.” She also said, “Richard & you have a lot in common.” So basically I’m fighting with myself.

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2 years

Dear @Apple could you please allow us to add illness to the health app? Like I have a cold, flu, Covid etc… so app doesn’t keep asking us why we’re not exercising while we’re sick. It would also be a great way to track flu season or even Covid.

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7 months

Allow me to share with you my pile of happiness; Smōg, Agatha, & Marshmallow.

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1 year

Doing copyedits for Slay, next Anita Blake novel and found this mistype for the Mother of all Darkness. I told you Merry Gentry was on my mind.

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2 years

My mother-in-law is out of surgery and doing well. Thank you all so much for all the well wishes, prayers, candles, and good energy. You are all awesome!

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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3 years

Surprised by all the hating on Nathaniel. When did asking for your needs to be met in your relationships translate to needy? I’ve never met a couple who didn’t need to negotiate their needs to be happy together.

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3 years

I just apologized to the coffeemaker for bumping it. I’m either too tired to still be up writing or I’ve acknowledged the truth that my coffeemaker is my coworker. #anitablake #amwriting

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In case someone needs to hear this: The darkness lies, it fucking lies, don’t believe the shit it talks in your head and heart. Reach out, talk to people, write it out of your head & onto paper, reading it can help unsnarl your thoughts. Be safe out there and inside yourself.

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2 years

Wrote, edited, played with pets, still struggling not to feel down. Not sure why, except I’m tired, and can’t seem to get my emotional feet under me. Is it just me?

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5 years

This is what 56 looks, because today’s my birthday. I’m so happy I got well enough to hit the gym again in time for today. Stupid flu. Thanks for all the get well wishes. “We don’t stop…

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3 years

I was accused of writing porn before I ever wrote actual intercourse in a novel. I write great sex scenes, but I also write great police procedurals, great mysteries, epic fight scenes, truly disturbing horror, and in depth relationship arcs and sometimes all in the same book.

Seanan McGuire

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@avidavsky1 @emillyorr @LKHamilton Nothing, unless you go into my books expecting either. I know what I'm about, and it's not writing hot sex.

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5 months

Merry Christmas! Happy Yule! May your day be as joyful as Smōg enjoying his first holiday season.

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3 years

If I see a man with his nose or more hanging out of his mask, all I can think of is this is the same thinking that says, oh honey I’ll pull out in time we don’t need a condom.

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Women who wear their masks under their nose, are the same women that say, of course I took my birth control, don’t worry about it. We’re fine.

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1 year

Help us Celebrate 30 Years of Anita Blake!

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3 years

I maybe offline for next couple of days. I’m deep in copyedits for the new book, A TERRIBLE FALL OF ANGELS & I need to let it eat the world. Be safe, remember it’s ok to feel what you’re feeling, just don’t take it out on anyone else, but don’t take shit off of anyone.

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1 year

Blessed Winter Solstice from Magnus and all our family!

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2 years

Neurodivergent doesn’t mean less than, or stupid. It means I process information differently than someone who is Neurotypical. That’s all it means, so why did person at doctor’s office treat me like I’d lost IQ points once I told her I was Neurodivergent? 😡

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3 years

Not writing Anita, and before anyone freaks out, it’s not Merry either. First book in a brand new series almost done.

Kloby

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3 years

@LKHamilton oh no please don't make us read about anita having to watch a puppy have troubles D: though a little vampire dog safe in the circus? now that's something

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A Terrible Fall of Angels is a minute away being out. It’s the first book in the Zaniel Havelock series. It’s my 41st novel and I still feel like a kid wanting to share all my stories with whoever would listen.

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4 years

Closer to Richard in my head.

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3 years

Writing a sex scene & realizing where the high heels end up framing the man depends on how long his torso is, if it’s longer so his height is gained there & not just leg length, then maybe this visual doesn’t work? Now I have to do math. No one told me there’d be math. 😱😳👠🥰

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Side effects from second vaccine are kicking my butt. Sicker today than yesterday. So got shot Thursday and still really sick. Anyone else have a reaction this bad to second shot?

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My fortune cookie tonight. 😁

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3 years

If people get smoke breaks and coffee/tea breaks how about a mental health break of same duration for nonsmokers and people strong enough not to need caffeine.

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3 years

To brighten your weekend here’s Rafael!

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2 years

My husband said that Covid years are like dog years, so we’re all 14 years older not just two years older. That would explain so much.

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3 years

Was trying to figure out what to post for Friday the 13th and then I realized. I get to fight vampires on paper today. I love my job.

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3 years

My husband and I met because he’d loaned out his copy of Guilty Pleasures to someone and didn’t get it back, so he went looking for a new copy at bookstore and learned I’d be at a local SF&Fantasy convention.

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We lost our cat Grizzy to cancer this year. It left a hole in our family and we have adopted three kittens to help fill that heart shaped space.

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Finishing the book has left me in my usual exalted, deep, blue funk. Thrilled at finishing the book, exhausted from the last push to meet the deadline. Time to catch up on all the neglected things. Cat wants pet, gotta go.

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3 years

Copies of Rafael ready for me to sign.

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3 years

Second Moderna shot yesterday. Yay, vaccinated! Boo side effects. Felt awful all day. Heading to early bed hoping to wake up feeling better.

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