Claire Loves Stories
@c4claire.bsky.social
(She/Her) Multi-passionate storyteller & parent.
Working on writing a novel, cracking the creative process, and trying to engage in a diverse creative community.
Working on writing a novel, cracking the creative process, and trying to engage in a diverse creative community.
Ilya Rozanov / Conner Storrie may single-handedly bring back the blonde romance hero.
a man without a shirt is talking into a sports microphone .
ALT: a man without a shirt is talking into a sports microphone .
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Ilya Rozanov / Conner Storrie may single-handedly bring back the blonde romance hero.
Listening to the latest @ifbookspod.bsky.social episode they list Musk’s major romantic relationships.
Never hearing of Grimes before, I briefly glitched and pictured Gritty.
And for a second I was thinking…I mean, maybe?
Never hearing of Grimes before, I briefly glitched and pictured Gritty.
And for a second I was thinking…I mean, maybe?
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Listening to the latest @ifbookspod.bsky.social episode they list Musk’s major romantic relationships.
Never hearing of Grimes before, I briefly glitched and pictured Gritty.
And for a second I was thinking…I mean, maybe?
Never hearing of Grimes before, I briefly glitched and pictured Gritty.
And for a second I was thinking…I mean, maybe?
I’ve had enough to drink tonight to admit to my small and disinterested band of followers that India Holton and Freya Marske write the way I would want to write if I was brave enough.
They ‘Take the Finger’ as Fated Mates would say.
They ‘Take the Finger’ as Fated Mates would say.
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I’ve had enough to drink tonight to admit to my small and disinterested band of followers that India Holton and Freya Marske write the way I would want to write if I was brave enough.
They ‘Take the Finger’ as Fated Mates would say.
They ‘Take the Finger’ as Fated Mates would say.
This is devastating. Her books are delightful and a big part of why I got back into reading as an adult.
Sophie Kinsella has passed away at 55.
Her Shopaholic books were among the most prominent of what was called "chick lit."
Their popularity changed genre fiction.
How terribly, terribly sad.
Her Shopaholic books were among the most prominent of what was called "chick lit."
Their popularity changed genre fiction.
How terribly, terribly sad.
Sophie Kinsella: Author of Shopaholic series of novels dies aged 55
The author of the Shopaholic series of novels had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is devastating. Her books are delightful and a big part of why I got back into reading as an adult.
I’ve been doing a LOT of furniture shopping lately. I’m least impressed by nightstands. The bar seems low, but there isn’t a lot of variety or innovation in the space.
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I’ve been doing a LOT of furniture shopping lately. I’m least impressed by nightstands. The bar seems low, but there isn’t a lot of variety or innovation in the space.
If you like the “smart people who are into each other” & “Academia is kinda messed up hu?” element of Ali Hazelwood’s books. Then I highly recommend “An Ornithologist Field Guide to Love” by India Holton. It is all that and made me guffaw.
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you like the “smart people who are into each other” & “Academia is kinda messed up hu?” element of Ali Hazelwood’s books. Then I highly recommend “An Ornithologist Field Guide to Love” by India Holton. It is all that and made me guffaw.
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ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
Society: we must find out what to do with retired stuffies. My daughter has a truly haunting number of stuffed animals and I am feeling stuck.
First thoughts: insulation for homes? Recycled into blankets or jackets for the un-housed?
First thoughts: insulation for homes? Recycled into blankets or jackets for the un-housed?
October 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Society: we must find out what to do with retired stuffies. My daughter has a truly haunting number of stuffed animals and I am feeling stuck.
First thoughts: insulation for homes? Recycled into blankets or jackets for the un-housed?
First thoughts: insulation for homes? Recycled into blankets or jackets for the un-housed?
Just finished the “Side Quest Row” series (so far) by RK Ashwick.
Currently desperate for more fantasy/ romance in the same style.
Any recs?
Currently desperate for more fantasy/ romance in the same style.
Any recs?
October 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just finished the “Side Quest Row” series (so far) by RK Ashwick.
Currently desperate for more fantasy/ romance in the same style.
Any recs?
Currently desperate for more fantasy/ romance in the same style.
Any recs?
These are all delightful. It is a rare contemporary romance that makes the cut for me, but all of these are terrific.
We've recommended Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters series multiple times on the show. You can get all three in audio for $8 at @libro.fm!
Libro.fm is DRM-free, doesn't require a membership, and supports your favorite indie booksellers.
Libro.fm is DRM-free, doesn't require a membership, and supports your favorite indie booksellers.
Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters Book Set Audiobook on Libro.fm
“A brilliant writer.” — New York Times Book ReviewThe bestselling and beloved Brown Sisters series, from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Talia Hibbert, now in a single volume!This bund...
www.awin1.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
These are all delightful. It is a rare contemporary romance that makes the cut for me, but all of these are terrific.
I never feel more embraced by my fellow “girls who talk a LOT during English class” than in listening to the Fated Mates Podcast.
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I never feel more embraced by my fellow “girls who talk a LOT during English class” than in listening to the Fated Mates Podcast.
Can we stop giving terrorist shooters a platform to explain their reasoning?
I’d like more gun control please.
I’d like more gun control please.
September 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Can we stop giving terrorist shooters a platform to explain their reasoning?
I’d like more gun control please.
I’d like more gun control please.
The new-to-me “Below Stairs” mystery series by Jennifer Ashley is great!
My only complaint is the audiobooks are so compelling that I am burning through them at a shocking pace and hitting my library and personal budget limits too fast.
My only complaint is the audiobooks are so compelling that I am burning through them at a shocking pace and hitting my library and personal budget limits too fast.
September 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The new-to-me “Below Stairs” mystery series by Jennifer Ashley is great!
My only complaint is the audiobooks are so compelling that I am burning through them at a shocking pace and hitting my library and personal budget limits too fast.
My only complaint is the audiobooks are so compelling that I am burning through them at a shocking pace and hitting my library and personal budget limits too fast.
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Reading this on loop today.
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reading this on loop today.
Highly recommend!
The epistolary start to this book is AMAZING.
Handles motherhood in a unique, empathetic, and relatable way.
The epistolary start to this book is AMAZING.
Handles motherhood in a unique, empathetic, and relatable way.
$1.99 ✦ The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
CW: Abusive marriage
A duchess must flee after killing her evil husband and needs the help of the very charismatic highwayman who is blackmailing her.
Bookshop bookshop.org/a/111397/978...
Kobo click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=...
CW: Abusive marriage
A duchess must flee after killing her evil husband and needs the help of the very charismatic highwayman who is blackmailing her.
Bookshop bookshop.org/a/111397/978...
Kobo click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=...
September 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Highly recommend!
The epistolary start to this book is AMAZING.
Handles motherhood in a unique, empathetic, and relatable way.
The epistolary start to this book is AMAZING.
Handles motherhood in a unique, empathetic, and relatable way.
Downside to having a child is they crack up laughing at all their dad’s cheesy jokes.
It undermines my eyerolls and makes him suspect I too might think he is funny.
(I do.)
It undermines my eyerolls and makes him suspect I too might think he is funny.
(I do.)
September 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Downside to having a child is they crack up laughing at all their dad’s cheesy jokes.
It undermines my eyerolls and makes him suspect I too might think he is funny.
(I do.)
It undermines my eyerolls and makes him suspect I too might think he is funny.
(I do.)
Now that the new Veronica Speedwell book has been announced- I’m allowing myself to read “A Grave Robbery”.
Delighted to watch Veronica and Stoker make everyone fall in love with one or the other, or (like myself) both.
Delighted to watch Veronica and Stoker make everyone fall in love with one or the other, or (like myself) both.
September 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Now that the new Veronica Speedwell book has been announced- I’m allowing myself to read “A Grave Robbery”.
Delighted to watch Veronica and Stoker make everyone fall in love with one or the other, or (like myself) both.
Delighted to watch Veronica and Stoker make everyone fall in love with one or the other, or (like myself) both.
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I love an em dash — it’s useful!
I found @brianphillips.bsky.social's defense of the em dash to be thoughtful, beautifully expressed, and human!!!
Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please
Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.
www.theringer.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I love an em dash — it’s useful!
Opening my WIP, praying that this baby writes itself.
August 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Opening my WIP, praying that this baby writes itself.
I think community stuff would go better if we didn’t divide the labor equally.
Example)
Sports team snacks? I hate it. I will obsess, forget, remember and nobody will end up liking what I bring.
Give that to the foodie parent who knows everyone’s dietary restrictions.
🧵
Example)
Sports team snacks? I hate it. I will obsess, forget, remember and nobody will end up liking what I bring.
Give that to the foodie parent who knows everyone’s dietary restrictions.
🧵
August 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I think community stuff would go better if we didn’t divide the labor equally.
Example)
Sports team snacks? I hate it. I will obsess, forget, remember and nobody will end up liking what I bring.
Give that to the foodie parent who knows everyone’s dietary restrictions.
🧵
Example)
Sports team snacks? I hate it. I will obsess, forget, remember and nobody will end up liking what I bring.
Give that to the foodie parent who knows everyone’s dietary restrictions.
🧵
@magic.wizards.com have you considered a team up with the @uspostal.bsky.social ?
So many card trades by mail. Many would love to theme the packages. 📦
Think about it…
So many card trades by mail. Many would love to theme the packages. 📦
Think about it…
August 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@magic.wizards.com have you considered a team up with the @uspostal.bsky.social ?
So many card trades by mail. Many would love to theme the packages. 📦
Think about it…
So many card trades by mail. Many would love to theme the packages. 📦
Think about it…
Currently (re)reading “He Shall Thunder in the Sky” by Elizabeth Peters.
The tone is bananas, sweeping from gruesome murder to hilarious slapstick. I LOVE it. Get you a book who can do both, right?
I feel like modern books are not allowed this breadth.
The tone is bananas, sweeping from gruesome murder to hilarious slapstick. I LOVE it. Get you a book who can do both, right?
I feel like modern books are not allowed this breadth.
August 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Currently (re)reading “He Shall Thunder in the Sky” by Elizabeth Peters.
The tone is bananas, sweeping from gruesome murder to hilarious slapstick. I LOVE it. Get you a book who can do both, right?
I feel like modern books are not allowed this breadth.
The tone is bananas, sweeping from gruesome murder to hilarious slapstick. I LOVE it. Get you a book who can do both, right?
I feel like modern books are not allowed this breadth.
I’m coming back into my ‘regular’ life after summer break.
Taking stock of what regular life is really like.
Taking stock of what regular life is really like.
August 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’m coming back into my ‘regular’ life after summer break.
Taking stock of what regular life is really like.
Taking stock of what regular life is really like.
I'm playing a new game with myself I've called "word count yatzee".
I'm trying to get a full set of word counts over seven writing days. I made myself a fun little check list.
WC 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, and 1K.
I'm on day two of seven. I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm trying to get a full set of word counts over seven writing days. I made myself a fun little check list.
WC 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, and 1K.
I'm on day two of seven. I'll let you know how it goes.
August 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm playing a new game with myself I've called "word count yatzee".
I'm trying to get a full set of word counts over seven writing days. I made myself a fun little check list.
WC 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, and 1K.
I'm on day two of seven. I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm trying to get a full set of word counts over seven writing days. I made myself a fun little check list.
WC 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, and 1K.
I'm on day two of seven. I'll let you know how it goes.
A big yikes stripes to the news today, so I am making it a point to create. Getting some words on the page for both my WIP novel and short story.
Slightly related, does anyone know how I can sign up to be a food vendor to the LA Music Festival?
Slightly related, does anyone know how I can sign up to be a food vendor to the LA Music Festival?
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A big yikes stripes to the news today, so I am making it a point to create. Getting some words on the page for both my WIP novel and short story.
Slightly related, does anyone know how I can sign up to be a food vendor to the LA Music Festival?
Slightly related, does anyone know how I can sign up to be a food vendor to the LA Music Festival?