Was cutting my fingernails and the 6yo came up and gathered a few of the clippings. I asked what he was doing and he said “I just like this kind of stuff.” And proceeded to stash them in a little box for safekeeping.

What in the actual fae?

The last time he was elected I couldn’t bring myself to write for several years. It felt too hopeless, like not enough. I think I’m more equipped to deal with those feelings this time around, but for anyone who needs to hear it

✨art is political✨
✨creating 🤝 resistance✨
✨your art is needed✨

Given recent events, I finally left the bird place. Still figuring this one out but I’m giving it a try! So I guess time for a quick intro:

Hi I’m Christine, an author of cozy romantic fantasies repped by Jim McCarthy of DG&B.

Would love to connect with more writers here!

I’m honestly not sure anyone’s ever been more comfortable

Made a new friend this morning, isn’t he cute?!

in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing

Okay so this app having a bluesky version of the old tweet deck may have made it the winner for me. (Esp given the latest "X" speculations about paywalls.)

(deck.blue for anyone interested!)

When you tell your friends you’re going to spend the whole weekend offline working on your book

Learned a new way of outing so I've spent the last two days creating a matrix of all my plot threads. Figured out a few lingering details (yay), and if nothing else, what a fun way to procrastinate actual writing!

Friend messages the writers' group chat: I need help figuring out this one thing.

Group chat: here's 50+ messages on how to avoid figuring out that one thing, and would you like a side of whole new subplot with that?

Friend: Thanks, but I just really need to figure out—

GC: But is Ohio even REAL?

✨Introduce yourself with 1 book, 1 film, 1 tv show✨

Book: Pride & Prejudice
Film: The Princess Bride
TV Show: Galavant (RIP gone too soon)

When you see a post you thought you already hearted and realize you probably hearted it on one of the other apps, and then heart it again just to be safe.

We’re all doing this, right?

When your mom forces you to cuddle.

Approximately 2 minutes after this was taken she sneezed directly into my face. Worth it.

Hello! Grammarly just announced that they've been using your work to train their AI. If you still use their garbage service, stop now.

Trying to be better about celebrating the small stuff, and you know what I earned these brownies

Ah, the pressure of a first post on new social media *grumbles something about joining too many of these*

Anyway, hi, I'm Christine, a writer of YA romantic fantasies. Enjoy a moodboard for my latest about a girl who cheats her way into a marriage competition trying to break her family curse.