gochenourabout
@sjgochenour.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator/cheese enthusiast.
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website: https://www.sharonjgochenour.com/
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stories: https://highflyingpoultry.wordpress.com/
website: https://www.sharonjgochenour.com/
newsletter: https://buttondown.com/SharonJGochenour
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@sjgochenour.bsky.social
· Oct 29
hey! Lovestruck Books currently has ONE copy of A Bloomy Head left on the shelves!
A BLOOMY HEAD is my first historical romance, set in 1820 Shropshire. Dr. Thomas Holyoke has been unceremoniously ejected by a horrible injury from the British military, and finds himself being taken home to the chaotic family of his surgical assistant, Henry Gravenor.
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people think moby dick is a stern adventure novel heavy on the plot. i can't emphasize how much it's not. it's supergay chaos with 3 plot points. there's an entire chapter that's just a chowder recipe. sometimes it turns into a play. the main character is covered in whale dinension tattoos.
finally reading moby dick. why didn't anyone tell me that it's good
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
people think moby dick is a stern adventure novel heavy on the plot. i can't emphasize how much it's not. it's supergay chaos with 3 plot points. there's an entire chapter that's just a chowder recipe. sometimes it turns into a play. the main character is covered in whale dinension tattoos.
the cheese will return when you least expect it
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
the cheese will return when you least expect it
Torin’s Passage!!!!!
What’s your favorite video game that’s at least 27 years old (so 1999 or earlier)? Let’s get a list of classics going.
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Torin’s Passage!!!!!
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If you read a ton of books and you want to move away from Amazon in 2026, Kobo Plus is a monthly book subscription like Kindle Unlimited - except it's better for authors, and it's Canadian. Click through for a thread of books in it! 🌈📚 🌈💜 📚💙
I have 6 queer SFF books in Kobo Plus!
OBSIDIAN ISLAND: gay action/adventure fantasy www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
THE BAYOU: southern gothic horror
FLESH & BONE: cowboy horror-romance
IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH: cyoa horror
THE CARNELIAN KING: short stories
SUMMER SOUNDTRACK: gay contemp romance
OBSIDIAN ISLAND: gay action/adventure fantasy www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
THE BAYOU: southern gothic horror
FLESH & BONE: cowboy horror-romance
IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH: cyoa horror
THE CARNELIAN KING: short stories
SUMMER SOUNDTRACK: gay contemp romance
January 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
If you read a ton of books and you want to move away from Amazon in 2026, Kobo Plus is a monthly book subscription like Kindle Unlimited - except it's better for authors, and it's Canadian. Click through for a thread of books in it! 🌈📚 🌈💜 📚💙
i have a mysterious bruise and i would like to file a complaint
January 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
i have a mysterious bruise and i would like to file a complaint
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OH HEY IT'S A BIG BUNDLE OF BOOKS
YOU SHOULD BUY THEM
AND READ THEM
BECAUSE BOOKS ARE AWESOME
YOU SHOULD BUY THEM
AND READ THEM
BECAUSE BOOKS ARE AWESOME
2025 may be over, but it had some really amazing books! Check out this bundle of the best 2025 had to offer!
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The Best of 2025 by Niranjan and 27 others
The Best of 2025: 27 items for $15.00
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January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
OH HEY IT'S A BIG BUNDLE OF BOOKS
YOU SHOULD BUY THEM
AND READ THEM
BECAUSE BOOKS ARE AWESOME
YOU SHOULD BUY THEM
AND READ THEM
BECAUSE BOOKS ARE AWESOME
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2 more days to find $200 so the first credit card payment of 2026 can reduce my outstanding debt from my school collapsing in 2023 by $2k!!
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
2 more days to find $200 so the first credit card payment of 2026 can reduce my outstanding debt from my school collapsing in 2023 by $2k!!
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
shoutout to the very nice member who, when I told her I speak “un poco” of Spanish, actually spoke to me in said language SLOWLY
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
shoutout to the very nice member who, when I told her I speak “un poco” of Spanish, actually spoke to me in said language SLOWLY
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I hate to do this, but I have to reapply for SNAP and QMB status, which means I am $350 short in support this month. I can’t cover that. I hate to ask for help, but I have no choice until my coverage restarts in Arkansas. If you can help, I have PayPal and Venmo.
PayPal.me/Quiara
Venmo: QuiaraH
PayPal.me/Quiara
Venmo: QuiaraH
Pay Quiara Hazlewood using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/Quiara and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
PayPal.me
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I hate to do this, but I have to reapply for SNAP and QMB status, which means I am $350 short in support this month. I can’t cover that. I hate to ask for help, but I have no choice until my coverage restarts in Arkansas. If you can help, I have PayPal and Venmo.
PayPal.me/Quiara
Venmo: QuiaraH
PayPal.me/Quiara
Venmo: QuiaraH
I need to reread this whole series, but this is the one I liked best.
Sebastian has been scandalizing polite society with his scientific theories of sexual inheritance. But there’s one small problem. They’re not his theories. They’re Violet’s.
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Count...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Count...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I need to reread this whole series, but this is the one I liked best.
hmmm so Spirited Away blew me into another universe BUT Howl’s Moving Castle fills me with unending delight. so. who can say.
In honor of Hayao Miyazaki's birthday, what's your favorite Studio Ghibli film? Doesn't have to be the one you think is "the best," just the one that nestled in your heart. Mine is Howl's Moving Castle.
a painting of howl 's moving castle shows a cloudy night sky
Alt: a pixelated gif of Howl's Castle sitting on a hillside under an evening sky.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
hmmm so Spirited Away blew me into another universe BUT Howl’s Moving Castle fills me with unending delight. so. who can say.
holy shit, this sounds awesome.
Self-pub but my sapphic knight romance Galeas the Keen will be out this year, if you're interested in a blind butch knight seeking out the woman who seems to be the source of a cursed flood (as well as some meta commentary à la The Isle in the Silver Sea):
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
holy shit, this sounds awesome.
agreeable bit of the last review I reposted: “I really liked this one. Partly because of how fucking queer it is, and partly because I think almost every romance is improved by a murder.”
January 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
agreeable bit of the last review I reposted: “I really liked this one. Partly because of how fucking queer it is, and partly because I think almost every romance is improved by a murder.”
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129. Some romance novels at the end of the year
It's the tail end of 2025 and I'm hella burned out. In this post: a handful of romance novels, all but the last named of which I picked up on account of reading Felicia Davin's newsletter. Judith Ivory's Black Silk J. Winifred Butterworth's A Bloomy…
It's the tail end of 2025 and I'm hella burned out. In this post: a handful of romance novels, all but the last named of which I picked up on account of reading Felicia Davin's newsletter. Judith Ivory's Black Silk J. Winifred Butterworth's A Bloomy…
129. Some romance novels at the end of the year
It's the tail end of 2025 and I'm hella burned out. In this post: a handful of romance novels, all but the last named of which I picked up on account of reading Felicia Davin's newsletter. Judith Ivory's Black Silk J. Winifred Butterworth's A Bloomy Head Juniper Butterworth's The Changeling, Priest-Queen, and The Dragon Under The Hill…
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December 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
129. Some romance novels at the end of the year
It's the tail end of 2025 and I'm hella burned out. In this post: a handful of romance novels, all but the last named of which I picked up on account of reading Felicia Davin's newsletter. Judith Ivory's Black Silk J. Winifred Butterworth's A Bloomy…
It's the tail end of 2025 and I'm hella burned out. In this post: a handful of romance novels, all but the last named of which I picked up on account of reading Felicia Davin's newsletter. Judith Ivory's Black Silk J. Winifred Butterworth's A Bloomy…
we are rereading Chalice (Robin McKinley) in hopes of the brain coming back online
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
we are rereading Chalice (Robin McKinley) in hopes of the brain coming back online
a stellar recommendation for A Bloomy Head!!!
This is really a book about how different siblings have entirely different relationships with their parents.
And also murder.
And also murder.
January 4, 2026 at 3:19 AM
a stellar recommendation for A Bloomy Head!!!
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Sir are you all right
F1021.4
Man kicked so hard
that
he flies through the air
and is never seen again.
Man kicked so hard
that
he flies through the air
and is never seen again.
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sir are you all right
i have failed at finding the exact post/thread but thanks to @feliciadavin.com for inspiring this idea
a thing I proposed on discord which I’m super excited about:
one-chapter-of-nonfiction-you-own book club. so: once a week (or more, I’m not your boss), pick up a nonfiction book you have on hand and read 1 chapter. doesn’t have to be sequential, doesn’t have to be the same book week to week.
one-chapter-of-nonfiction-you-own book club. so: once a week (or more, I’m not your boss), pick up a nonfiction book you have on hand and read 1 chapter. doesn’t have to be sequential, doesn’t have to be the same book week to week.
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
i have failed at finding the exact post/thread but thanks to @feliciadavin.com for inspiring this idea
first on the docket for me: chapter 7 of The Making of Paris by Russell Kelley.
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
first on the docket for me: chapter 7 of The Making of Paris by Russell Kelley.
a thing I proposed on discord which I’m super excited about:
one-chapter-of-nonfiction-you-own book club. so: once a week (or more, I’m not your boss), pick up a nonfiction book you have on hand and read 1 chapter. doesn’t have to be sequential, doesn’t have to be the same book week to week.
one-chapter-of-nonfiction-you-own book club. so: once a week (or more, I’m not your boss), pick up a nonfiction book you have on hand and read 1 chapter. doesn’t have to be sequential, doesn’t have to be the same book week to week.
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
a thing I proposed on discord which I’m super excited about:
one-chapter-of-nonfiction-you-own book club. so: once a week (or more, I’m not your boss), pick up a nonfiction book you have on hand and read 1 chapter. doesn’t have to be sequential, doesn’t have to be the same book week to week.
one-chapter-of-nonfiction-you-own book club. so: once a week (or more, I’m not your boss), pick up a nonfiction book you have on hand and read 1 chapter. doesn’t have to be sequential, doesn’t have to be the same book week to week.
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I wish I didn’t have to do this, but I have no choice. I need some financial help to pay my rent and bills ASAP. You can also support me by buying books directly from my ebook shop as well: ko-fi.com/A356F63/goal...
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December 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I wish I didn’t have to do this, but I have no choice. I need some financial help to pay my rent and bills ASAP. You can also support me by buying books directly from my ebook shop as well: ko-fi.com/A356F63/goal...
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Good news, y'all! I start a new job in early January! Yay! Beyond relieved at the prospect of a regular paycheck again.
The bad news, I won't get a full paycheck until the end of January when February's bills are already due.
Help? 💜 Thank you, friends.
gofund.me/0aa47e25f
The bad news, I won't get a full paycheck until the end of January when February's bills are already due.
Help? 💜 Thank you, friends.
gofund.me/0aa47e25f
Donate to Surviving 2025's Losses, organized by Gin Z
Hey, friends! 2025 has been quite a year. I was laid off this summer, started a new job about a month la… Gin Z needs your support for Surviving 2025's Losses
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December 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Good news, y'all! I start a new job in early January! Yay! Beyond relieved at the prospect of a regular paycheck again.
The bad news, I won't get a full paycheck until the end of January when February's bills are already due.
Help? 💜 Thank you, friends.
gofund.me/0aa47e25f
The bad news, I won't get a full paycheck until the end of January when February's bills are already due.
Help? 💜 Thank you, friends.
gofund.me/0aa47e25f
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this sale lasts until January 1!
All my ebooks—various flavors of queer romance in sci fi or fantasy settings—are half price for the Smashwords end-of-year sale: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
December 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
this sale lasts until January 1!
have been meaning to read this one . . .
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz is only $2.99! This is one of my top reads this year! Go grab it!
bookshop.org/a/1382/97812...
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bookshop.org/a/1382/97812...
amzn.to/4jhiclX
Automatic Noodle
Check out Automatic Noodle - <p><b>A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.</b><br><br><b>An instant ...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
have been meaning to read this one . . .