Kate Cochrane (she/her)
@katebcochrane.bsky.social
Writer. Law Librarian. Wife. Mom.
Puck Struck Series: WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY, YOURS FOR THE SEASON
I’m mean because I grew up in New England
rep: Paige Terlip
Puck Struck Series: WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY, YOURS FOR THE SEASON
I’m mean because I grew up in New England
rep: Paige Terlip
I hit 70k last night but wow is my day job really getting in my way.
60k of hard fought words while our whole house is sick and Puck has zero interest in letting me type in peace.
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I hit 70k last night but wow is my day job really getting in my way.
If you are just learning this and want a book... WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY is about two former college teammates turned bitter USA/Canada rivals falling back in love.
January 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
If you are just learning this and want a book... WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY is about two former college teammates turned bitter USA/Canada rivals falling back in love.
Seth Moulton's campaign texting me like "can he count on your vote?"
No, his transphobic ass should drop out.
No, his transphobic ass should drop out.
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Seth Moulton's campaign texting me like "can he count on your vote?"
No, his transphobic ass should drop out.
No, his transphobic ass should drop out.
Feels like 10 degrees for my first run in the 5 o’clock hour since vacation started.
Hate it hate it
Hate it hate it
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Feels like 10 degrees for my first run in the 5 o’clock hour since vacation started.
Hate it hate it
Hate it hate it
Past me screwed up some plotting in the manuscript and now present me has to fix it.
Past me sucks
Past me sucks
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Past me screwed up some plotting in the manuscript and now present me has to fix it.
Past me sucks
Past me sucks
If you have not read Mac's book (what are you doing with your life) you should get on that immediately!
I am so excited about this month’s book club: we are reading A SHARP ENDLESS NEED by @mcrane12.bsky.social & Mac will be joining the discussion! If you loved Heated Rivalry, this sapphic basketball novel (with v 🌶️ sex scenes) should be your next read. www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/ooyl-book-...
OOYL Book Club: January Selection
'A Sharp Endless Need' by Mac Crane
www.thefrankiedlc.news
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
If you have not read Mac's book (what are you doing with your life) you should get on that immediately!
Team USA has announced the women's hockey roster for the Olympics. If that's your thing, you might like WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY which starts with the announcement of the roster (without Nat's name on it) and then spans the Games with Nat & Darcy covering them for a morning show.
January 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Team USA has announced the women's hockey roster for the Olympics. If that's your thing, you might like WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY which starts with the announcement of the roster (without Nat's name on it) and then spans the Games with Nat & Darcy covering them for a morning show.
60k of hard fought words while our whole house is sick and Puck has zero interest in letting me type in peace.
December 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
60k of hard fought words while our whole house is sick and Puck has zero interest in letting me type in peace.
This cold is rude for coming during my vacation and it's also putting a real crimp in my writing plans.
0/10
0/10
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This cold is rude for coming during my vacation and it's also putting a real crimp in my writing plans.
0/10
0/10
If you get through Kelly's books, please check out WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY and YOURS FOR THE SEASON
I've had a few people say to me (on the heels of watching Heated Rivalry) that they wished there were sapphic hockey romances, and folks... let me tell you the good news about
@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com/books
@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com/books
Books | Kelly Farmer
Books by Kelly Farmer, author of Queer Contemporary Romances
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you get through Kelly's books, please check out WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY and YOURS FOR THE SEASON
Reposted by Kate Cochrane (she/her)
It’s true! My hockey ladies are just hanging out waiting for you. 💖🌈🏒🥅
I've had a few people say to me (on the heels of watching Heated Rivalry) that they wished there were sapphic hockey romances, and folks... let me tell you the good news about
@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com/books
@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com/books
Books | Kelly Farmer
Books by Kelly Farmer, author of Queer Contemporary Romances
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s true! My hockey ladies are just hanging out waiting for you. 💖🌈🏒🥅
Reposted by Kate Cochrane (she/her)
In which I also come out as a hater of men’s sports teams using gay anthems as their celebratory songs
Haven't done one of these in a while! I've got a post-holiday haterade rant about the NHL's support for Heated Rivalry, which I hate. www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/sorry-but-...
sorry but I don't give a fuck that the NHL has embraced 'heated rivalry'
a post-holiday haterade rant
www.thefrankiedlc.news
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In which I also come out as a hater of men’s sports teams using gay anthems as their celebratory songs
50k
(oh my god I have so many words to write over vacation)
(oh my god I have so many words to write over vacation)
40k
Make that 30k
December 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
50k
(oh my god I have so many words to write over vacation)
(oh my god I have so many words to write over vacation)
Got to go for my run at the track with my little bunny (who had a workout to do and it’s going to be freezing tomorrow).
I feel so grateful to be able to hang with her like this (not to do her workout she’s too fucking fast)
I feel so grateful to be able to hang with her like this (not to do her workout she’s too fucking fast)
December 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Got to go for my run at the track with my little bunny (who had a workout to do and it’s going to be freezing tomorrow).
I feel so grateful to be able to hang with her like this (not to do her workout she’s too fucking fast)
I feel so grateful to be able to hang with her like this (not to do her workout she’s too fucking fast)
“Mommy! Mama! Did you know there’s a boy named Jesus with my same birthday?” My kid in 3rd grade
Happy birthday to my big kid who is 17 and today
Happy birthday to my big kid who is 17 and today
December 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Mommy! Mama! Did you know there’s a boy named Jesus with my same birthday?” My kid in 3rd grade
Happy birthday to my big kid who is 17 and today
Happy birthday to my big kid who is 17 and today
For Xmas eve we divide ourselves into two teams and play games.
It’s all fun until you 16 out ear old decides to talk trash and I have to annihilate her in the next round.
Retired athletes are the worst.
It’s all fun until you 16 out ear old decides to talk trash and I have to annihilate her in the next round.
Retired athletes are the worst.
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For Xmas eve we divide ourselves into two teams and play games.
It’s all fun until you 16 out ear old decides to talk trash and I have to annihilate her in the next round.
Retired athletes are the worst.
It’s all fun until you 16 out ear old decides to talk trash and I have to annihilate her in the next round.
Retired athletes are the worst.
Reposted by Kate Cochrane (she/her)
Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.
My plans for getting so much writing done during break did not account for things like four hour long track meets, spending entire days cooking etc.
Going to have to log some days with big word counts soon.
Going to have to log some days with big word counts soon.
December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My plans for getting so much writing done during break did not account for things like four hour long track meets, spending entire days cooking etc.
Going to have to log some days with big word counts soon.
Going to have to log some days with big word counts soon.
Thank you, @thefrankiedlc.news for giving me a chance to chat about women’s hockey and romance novels!
NEW: I interviewed author @katebcochrane.bsky.social about sapphic hockey romance. “People keep talking about how women’s sports are having a moment. That moment hasn’t migrated to women’s sports romance as much as I would want."
in the field: an interview with sapphic woho romance author kate cochrane
"People keep talking about how women’s sports are having a moment. That moment hasn’t migrated to women’s sports romance as much as I would want."
www.thefrankiedlc.news
December 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thank you, @thefrankiedlc.news for giving me a chance to chat about women’s hockey and romance novels!
As a law librarian, I can confirm this.
People, you cannot trust a single thing that comes out of this garbage product.
Even the legal AI products hallucinate (even the ones that swear they don't)
People, you cannot trust a single thing that comes out of this garbage product.
Even the legal AI products hallucinate (even the ones that swear they don't)
"Fake citations have turned into a nightmare for research librarians, who by some estimates are wasting up to 15 percent of their work hours responding to requests for nonexistent records that ChatGPT or Google Gemini alluded to."
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
As a law librarian, I can confirm this.
People, you cannot trust a single thing that comes out of this garbage product.
Even the legal AI products hallucinate (even the ones that swear they don't)
People, you cannot trust a single thing that comes out of this garbage product.
Even the legal AI products hallucinate (even the ones that swear they don't)
Please try women’s hockey.
The players are actually married to each other and way fewer of the dirtbaggiest people on the planet
The players are actually married to each other and way fewer of the dirtbaggiest people on the planet
Person who only knows about hockey from Heated Rivalry and is absolutely horrified by their first interaction with a real hockey player
December 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Please try women’s hockey.
The players are actually married to each other and way fewer of the dirtbaggiest people on the planet
The players are actually married to each other and way fewer of the dirtbaggiest people on the planet
Heated Rivalry is bringing so much attention to sports romances which is great. Except when I see certain books where the authors got the sports so wrong that I crash out.
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Heated Rivalry is bringing so much attention to sports romances which is great. Except when I see certain books where the authors got the sports so wrong that I crash out.
The weather this week has been a trip.
Monday it was feels like 0 when I ran and today it was 50 (and I wore shorts).
Monday it was feels like 0 when I ran and today it was 50 (and I wore shorts).
December 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The weather this week has been a trip.
Monday it was feels like 0 when I ran and today it was 50 (and I wore shorts).
Monday it was feels like 0 when I ran and today it was 50 (and I wore shorts).
The WNBA is a fucking clown show.
You have the best basketball on the planet and you want to argue over how much of your absurd haul of money to give the people who make it the best league.
Good for the players for voting for a strike. I hope it doesn't come to that.
You have the best basketball on the planet and you want to argue over how much of your absurd haul of money to give the people who make it the best league.
Good for the players for voting for a strike. I hope it doesn't come to that.
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The WNBA is a fucking clown show.
You have the best basketball on the planet and you want to argue over how much of your absurd haul of money to give the people who make it the best league.
Good for the players for voting for a strike. I hope it doesn't come to that.
You have the best basketball on the planet and you want to argue over how much of your absurd haul of money to give the people who make it the best league.
Good for the players for voting for a strike. I hope it doesn't come to that.
This is absolutely monstrous.
The irony of it being announced by an administration filled with people on gender affirming care is just infuriating. Plastic surgery, hormone therapy, etc etc etc.
Fine for them but fuck them kids, right?
The irony of it being announced by an administration filled with people on gender affirming care is just infuriating. Plastic surgery, hormone therapy, etc etc etc.
Fine for them but fuck them kids, right?
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is absolutely monstrous.
The irony of it being announced by an administration filled with people on gender affirming care is just infuriating. Plastic surgery, hormone therapy, etc etc etc.
Fine for them but fuck them kids, right?
The irony of it being announced by an administration filled with people on gender affirming care is just infuriating. Plastic surgery, hormone therapy, etc etc etc.
Fine for them but fuck them kids, right?