Briana Una McGuckin
@brianaunamcguckin.bsky.social
#GothicRomance #RomanticSuspense, rep:
Chris Bucci at Aevitas; ON GOOD AUTHORITY out NOW: https://amzn.to/41jpMCz ; cerebral palsy haver, former librarian. She/her.
Chris Bucci at Aevitas; ON GOOD AUTHORITY out NOW: https://amzn.to/41jpMCz ; cerebral palsy haver, former librarian. She/her.
If you wondered what this kinky-Victorian-Gothic author likes to do in her spare time, it’s this: go to Rocky Horror in my new country as a complete unknown, and nail the call-backs so hard that I get pulled up at the end to take a bow. (Also I got a gift basket!) Thanks, Sugar Club Dublin!
February 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If you wondered what this kinky-Victorian-Gothic author likes to do in her spare time, it’s this: go to Rocky Horror in my new country as a complete unknown, and nail the call-backs so hard that I get pulled up at the end to take a bow. (Also I got a gift basket!) Thanks, Sugar Club Dublin!
Valentine Hobbs is discounted for your pleasure for February!
$1.99, ON GOOD AUTHORITY:
a coming-of-age kinky 19th c. Gothic; a lady's maid must teach a bad master the difference btwn servitude & surrender, & confront her dark desire for the footman.
tinyurl.com/2er75kfb
$1.99, ON GOOD AUTHORITY:
a coming-of-age kinky 19th c. Gothic; a lady's maid must teach a bad master the difference btwn servitude & surrender, & confront her dark desire for the footman.
tinyurl.com/2er75kfb
February 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Valentine Hobbs is discounted for your pleasure for February!
$1.99, ON GOOD AUTHORITY:
a coming-of-age kinky 19th c. Gothic; a lady's maid must teach a bad master the difference btwn servitude & surrender, & confront her dark desire for the footman.
tinyurl.com/2er75kfb
$1.99, ON GOOD AUTHORITY:
a coming-of-age kinky 19th c. Gothic; a lady's maid must teach a bad master the difference btwn servitude & surrender, & confront her dark desire for the footman.
tinyurl.com/2er75kfb
Obligatory new glasses post
October 20, 2023 at 6:45 PM
Obligatory new glasses post
A year. A YEAR. One year ago, ON GOOD AUTHORITY came into the world…
Happy birthday, Marian and Valentine.
I am so proud of my coming-of-age-kinky Victorian Gothic. I hope people keep finding it.
Happy birthday, Marian and Valentine.
I am so proud of my coming-of-age-kinky Victorian Gothic. I hope people keep finding it.
October 13, 2023 at 8:14 PM
A year. A YEAR. One year ago, ON GOOD AUTHORITY came into the world…
Happy birthday, Marian and Valentine.
I am so proud of my coming-of-age-kinky Victorian Gothic. I hope people keep finding it.
Happy birthday, Marian and Valentine.
I am so proud of my coming-of-age-kinky Victorian Gothic. I hope people keep finding it.
It is the anniversary of That Time @bpal.bsky.social called my debut “masterfully horny.”
A highlight of my writer-life, in all sincerity.
A highlight of my writer-life, in all sincerity.
September 29, 2023 at 9:40 AM
It is the anniversary of That Time @bpal.bsky.social called my debut “masterfully horny.”
A highlight of my writer-life, in all sincerity.
A highlight of my writer-life, in all sincerity.
I need someone intimidating, respectable, and pretty to light a fire under my butt about writing today, because he says so, *or else*.
What I’m settling for, instead, is telling myself that when I draft the next chapter I need, I can have these:
What I’m settling for, instead, is telling myself that when I draft the next chapter I need, I can have these:
September 12, 2023 at 6:11 PM
I need someone intimidating, respectable, and pretty to light a fire under my butt about writing today, because he says so, *or else*.
What I’m settling for, instead, is telling myself that when I draft the next chapter I need, I can have these:
What I’m settling for, instead, is telling myself that when I draft the next chapter I need, I can have these:
As Rocky Horror/The Crow season comes on, I reflect that the heroes of both are 2 of my earliest crushes. 1 of the others is a spandex-suited cat-man. And the last one... well, he's something else.
Hashtag one of these things is not like the others
Hashtag this is why I am the way I am
Hashtag one of these things is not like the others
Hashtag this is why I am the way I am
September 11, 2023 at 2:42 PM
As Rocky Horror/The Crow season comes on, I reflect that the heroes of both are 2 of my earliest crushes. 1 of the others is a spandex-suited cat-man. And the last one... well, he's something else.
Hashtag one of these things is not like the others
Hashtag this is why I am the way I am
Hashtag one of these things is not like the others
Hashtag this is why I am the way I am
Oh.
That feeling I have. It’s Rocky Horror season.
Time to be the godly being I wish to see in the world.
That feeling I have. It’s Rocky Horror season.
Time to be the godly being I wish to see in the world.
September 10, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Oh.
That feeling I have. It’s Rocky Horror season.
Time to be the godly being I wish to see in the world.
That feeling I have. It’s Rocky Horror season.
Time to be the godly being I wish to see in the world.
Excuse me, I do not have enough* pho or cuddly bedfellows for this thunderstorm.
*any
*any
September 10, 2023 at 5:18 PM
Excuse me, I do not have enough* pho or cuddly bedfellows for this thunderstorm.
*any
*any
How about now? Are there enough (helpful, sweetheart) ghosts in this originally unsettling landscape?
September 10, 2023 at 12:20 AM
How about now? Are there enough (helpful, sweetheart) ghosts in this originally unsettling landscape?
Did I do it? Did I make ghosts?
September 9, 2023 at 10:58 PM
Did I do it? Did I make ghosts?
Time to go paint lil ghosts on thrifted landscapes, as one does.
September 9, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Time to go paint lil ghosts on thrifted landscapes, as one does.
What happens when you meet the literal man of your dreams?
GIVEAWAY! I have a copy of ARTIFICE & CRAFT, full of fantastical stories about the art we make turning around to undo us all… including my “His Cup of Tea:” a sensual dream… until it isn’t.
Like, repost, comment! I’ll pick a winner 9/15!
GIVEAWAY! I have a copy of ARTIFICE & CRAFT, full of fantastical stories about the art we make turning around to undo us all… including my “His Cup of Tea:” a sensual dream… until it isn’t.
Like, repost, comment! I’ll pick a winner 9/15!
September 9, 2023 at 7:13 PM
What happens when you meet the literal man of your dreams?
GIVEAWAY! I have a copy of ARTIFICE & CRAFT, full of fantastical stories about the art we make turning around to undo us all… including my “His Cup of Tea:” a sensual dream… until it isn’t.
Like, repost, comment! I’ll pick a winner 9/15!
GIVEAWAY! I have a copy of ARTIFICE & CRAFT, full of fantastical stories about the art we make turning around to undo us all… including my “His Cup of Tea:” a sensual dream… until it isn’t.
Like, repost, comment! I’ll pick a winner 9/15!
And now, your Moment of Romance (from Middlemarch)
AKA, Why Not Me?
AKA, Why Not Me?
September 9, 2023 at 4:45 PM
And now, your Moment of Romance (from Middlemarch)
AKA, Why Not Me?
AKA, Why Not Me?
This is good enough.
That is, me.
I am.
That is, me.
I am.
September 9, 2023 at 2:40 PM
This is good enough.
That is, me.
I am.
That is, me.
I am.
When I’m lonely and cannot sleep, I go to Middlemarch to share a rose black tea—
with Will, I think, most readily… or Lydgate, if he could be compelled to see relationships as mentally engaging… though I like Fred, too, for his wit, weak as his resolve is…
—Woof, I worry about me.
with Will, I think, most readily… or Lydgate, if he could be compelled to see relationships as mentally engaging… though I like Fred, too, for his wit, weak as his resolve is…
—Woof, I worry about me.
September 8, 2023 at 5:00 AM
When I’m lonely and cannot sleep, I go to Middlemarch to share a rose black tea—
with Will, I think, most readily… or Lydgate, if he could be compelled to see relationships as mentally engaging… though I like Fred, too, for his wit, weak as his resolve is…
—Woof, I worry about me.
with Will, I think, most readily… or Lydgate, if he could be compelled to see relationships as mentally engaging… though I like Fred, too, for his wit, weak as his resolve is…
—Woof, I worry about me.
Someone deliberately ferreted up the invisalign retainers I deliberately hid from him.
He has no idea how lucky he is to be adorable.
He has no idea how lucky he is to be adorable.
September 7, 2023 at 9:33 PM
Someone deliberately ferreted up the invisalign retainers I deliberately hid from him.
He has no idea how lucky he is to be adorable.
He has no idea how lucky he is to be adorable.
ON GOOD AUTHORITY for Kindle is on sale for 1.99 this month!
It is ALSO:
a below-stairs Victorian Gothic
an exploration of the emotional, cathartic side of BDSM
a reflection on power, relevant to our time
Tess of the D'Urbervilles meets the film SECRETARY. Here: rb.gy/l0zz9
It is ALSO:
a below-stairs Victorian Gothic
an exploration of the emotional, cathartic side of BDSM
a reflection on power, relevant to our time
Tess of the D'Urbervilles meets the film SECRETARY. Here: rb.gy/l0zz9
September 7, 2023 at 3:35 PM
ON GOOD AUTHORITY for Kindle is on sale for 1.99 this month!
It is ALSO:
a below-stairs Victorian Gothic
an exploration of the emotional, cathartic side of BDSM
a reflection on power, relevant to our time
Tess of the D'Urbervilles meets the film SECRETARY. Here: rb.gy/l0zz9
It is ALSO:
a below-stairs Victorian Gothic
an exploration of the emotional, cathartic side of BDSM
a reflection on power, relevant to our time
Tess of the D'Urbervilles meets the film SECRETARY. Here: rb.gy/l0zz9
You ever just--oops, I wrote a poem?
August 14, 2023 at 5:26 PM
You ever just--oops, I wrote a poem?