Soph
@soph-pl.bsky.social
Endlessly curious globetrotter. Lover of smart stories. Spicy romance enthusiast. Combined, shook, rearranged, and caressed them into shape. And now #AmQuerying. Bonus threads on #NixedBookResearch
Day 3, time to check the orange peels and thicken the syrup!
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Day 3, time to check the orange peels and thicken the syrup!
#XmasDIYChocolates
⚪ Chocolate fondant creams 🍫
Starting on the fondant today since it needs a few weeks to mature.
Fondant is basically… sugar! The things you can do with plain sugar are endless: syrup, glaze, caramel, angel hair… and, of course, delicious fondant!
⚪ Chocolate fondant creams 🍫
Starting on the fondant today since it needs a few weeks to mature.
Fondant is basically… sugar! The things you can do with plain sugar are endless: syrup, glaze, caramel, angel hair… and, of course, delicious fondant!
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#XmasDIYChocolates
⚪ Chocolate fondant creams 🍫
Starting on the fondant today since it needs a few weeks to mature.
Fondant is basically… sugar! The things you can do with plain sugar are endless: syrup, glaze, caramel, angel hair… and, of course, delicious fondant!
⚪ Chocolate fondant creams 🍫
Starting on the fondant today since it needs a few weeks to mature.
Fondant is basically… sugar! The things you can do with plain sugar are endless: syrup, glaze, caramel, angel hair… and, of course, delicious fondant!
The science behind candying…
As I understand it, candying is basically replacing the water in fruit with sugar.
As I understand it, candying is basically replacing the water in fruit with sugar.
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The science behind candying…
As I understand it, candying is basically replacing the water in fruit with sugar.
As I understand it, candying is basically replacing the water in fruit with sugar.
#XmasDIYChocolates
🍊Chocolate-covered candied orange peels🍫
Today, I prepped the orange peels, as they need about 11 days to candy!
Honestly, this part is 90% of the work… after that, it's just 5 mins every other day.
🍊Chocolate-covered candied orange peels🍫
Today, I prepped the orange peels, as they need about 11 days to candy!
Honestly, this part is 90% of the work… after that, it's just 5 mins every other day.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#XmasDIYChocolates
🍊Chocolate-covered candied orange peels🍫
Today, I prepped the orange peels, as they need about 11 days to candy!
Honestly, this part is 90% of the work… after that, it's just 5 mins every other day.
🍊Chocolate-covered candied orange peels🍫
Today, I prepped the orange peels, as they need about 11 days to candy!
Honestly, this part is 90% of the work… after that, it's just 5 mins every other day.
For progress updates! If you're not writing, pretty sure you already know & don't need the reminder (aka guilt trip) 😁
👇 isn't my style
👇 isn't my style
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
For progress updates! If you're not writing, pretty sure you already know & don't need the reminder (aka guilt trip) 😁
👇 isn't my style
👇 isn't my style
In edgy yet mellow post-Cold War Berlin, an ambitious summer student begins a passionate, no-strings fling with her German host, a single dad grappling with his future.
When love intrudes, they face an impossible choice: give up career & duty… or each other.
#QuestPit #Q #A #R
When love intrudes, they face an impossible choice: give up career & duty… or each other.
#QuestPit #Q #A #R
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Not research I discarded, but one interesting fact that cropped up:
Take a women’s mag and a men’s mag, both running a “top sex positions” feature.
❗They are not all the same❗
(see alt text)
Which begs the question… how are M/F couples supposed to be on the same... page ❓
Take a women’s mag and a men’s mag, both running a “top sex positions” feature.
❗They are not all the same❗
(see alt text)
Which begs the question… how are M/F couples supposed to be on the same... page ❓
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Not research I discarded, but one interesting fact that cropped up:
Take a women’s mag and a men’s mag, both running a “top sex positions” feature.
❗They are not all the same❗
(see alt text)
Which begs the question… how are M/F couples supposed to be on the same... page ❓
Take a women’s mag and a men’s mag, both running a “top sex positions” feature.
❗They are not all the same❗
(see alt text)
Which begs the question… how are M/F couples supposed to be on the same... page ❓
I also made enquiries about how… some things… feel for the opposite sex.
And to pre-empt questions: no, I won’t claim, like E.L. James, that I tried out everything. Or deny it.
It really is none of your business, you know? 🤫
Besides, are thriller writers ever asked if they killed someone? 🤷
And to pre-empt questions: no, I won’t claim, like E.L. James, that I tried out everything. Or deny it.
It really is none of your business, you know? 🤫
Besides, are thriller writers ever asked if they killed someone? 🤷
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I also made enquiries about how… some things… feel for the opposite sex.
And to pre-empt questions: no, I won’t claim, like E.L. James, that I tried out everything. Or deny it.
It really is none of your business, you know? 🤫
Besides, are thriller writers ever asked if they killed someone? 🤷
And to pre-empt questions: no, I won’t claim, like E.L. James, that I tried out everything. Or deny it.
It really is none of your business, you know? 🤫
Besides, are thriller writers ever asked if they killed someone? 🤷
OK, OK, “fool me twice” doesn’t apply here. This one’s on me.
I *really* didn’t include 👇 because…
a/ Looks uncomfortable unless you’re a contortionist
b/ No clue how to put it on a page (🤔 though intriguing… maybe next time?)
Not kidding this time. If you click, this is 🔞
I *really* didn’t include 👇 because…
a/ Looks uncomfortable unless you’re a contortionist
b/ No clue how to put it on a page (🤔 though intriguing… maybe next time?)
Not kidding this time. If you click, this is 🔞
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
OK, OK, “fool me twice” doesn’t apply here. This one’s on me.
I *really* didn’t include 👇 because…
a/ Looks uncomfortable unless you’re a contortionist
b/ No clue how to put it on a page (🤔 though intriguing… maybe next time?)
Not kidding this time. If you click, this is 🔞
I *really* didn’t include 👇 because…
a/ Looks uncomfortable unless you’re a contortionist
b/ No clue how to put it on a page (🤔 though intriguing… maybe next time?)
Not kidding this time. If you click, this is 🔞
⚠️ NSFW ⚠️
That said, I didn’t include this:
That said, I didn’t include this:
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
⚠️ NSFW ⚠️
That said, I didn’t include this:
That said, I didn’t include this:
OK, that was cheeky. But I mean it: when I drafted this #R, nothing was off the table*.
I wasn’t going for crass, and it is a heartfelt romance, but sex has meaning too.
If it raises the 🌡️ for the forewarned and consenting reader… where’s the harm?
Once or twice or… more 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
* Um… literally 👀
I wasn’t going for crass, and it is a heartfelt romance, but sex has meaning too.
If it raises the 🌡️ for the forewarned and consenting reader… where’s the harm?
Once or twice or… more 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
* Um… literally 👀
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
OK, that was cheeky. But I mean it: when I drafted this #R, nothing was off the table*.
I wasn’t going for crass, and it is a heartfelt romance, but sex has meaning too.
If it raises the 🌡️ for the forewarned and consenting reader… where’s the harm?
Once or twice or… more 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
* Um… literally 👀
I wasn’t going for crass, and it is a heartfelt romance, but sex has meaning too.
If it raises the 🌡️ for the forewarned and consenting reader… where’s the harm?
Once or twice or… more 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
* Um… literally 👀
#writingcommunity 🌶️📚
I’ve been yapping about my #A Berlin #R being spicy for a while...
💫 but I’ve never done anything to back it up 💫
How does this tie into my #NixedBookResearch?
Well, it’s not autofiction, you know. I *did* research the spice too.
Here’s what I left out… illustrated 🧵
I’ve been yapping about my #A Berlin #R being spicy for a while...
💫 but I’ve never done anything to back it up 💫
How does this tie into my #NixedBookResearch?
Well, it’s not autofiction, you know. I *did* research the spice too.
Here’s what I left out… illustrated 🧵
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#writingcommunity 🌶️📚
I’ve been yapping about my #A Berlin #R being spicy for a while...
💫 but I’ve never done anything to back it up 💫
How does this tie into my #NixedBookResearch?
Well, it’s not autofiction, you know. I *did* research the spice too.
Here’s what I left out… illustrated 🧵
I’ve been yapping about my #A Berlin #R being spicy for a while...
💫 but I’ve never done anything to back it up 💫
How does this tie into my #NixedBookResearch?
Well, it’s not autofiction, you know. I *did* research the spice too.
Here’s what I left out… illustrated 🧵
When an ambitious student heads to Berlin to learn German, a mix-up lands her w/ a single dad reeling from a wrecked career.
In the mellow summer of ’97, initial tensions melt into friendship—and blazing chemistry.
It can only be a fling: her future’s in Paris; secrets tie him to Berlin
#DVPit #A #R
In the mellow summer of ’97, initial tensions melt into friendship—and blazing chemistry.
It can only be a fling: her future’s in Paris; secrets tie him to Berlin
#DVPit #A #R
October 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
𝗛𝗶𝗺💫My life’s a mess, my only focus is my son.
I’ve no time for this guest the language institute sent me by mistake.
Except we talk. She’s earnest & funny, unsure yet determined.
We click. Then comes longing.
But she’s off-limits—and only in Berlin for the summer
#DVPit #A #R
𝗕𝟰 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘅 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀
I’ve no time for this guest the language institute sent me by mistake.
Except we talk. She’s earnest & funny, unsure yet determined.
We click. Then comes longing.
But she’s off-limits—and only in Berlin for the summer
#DVPit #A #R
𝗕𝟰 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘅 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
𝗛𝗲𝗿💫If saving my career plans means giving up one summer to study German, so be it.
And reunified Berlin—edgy, leafy, laid-back—isn’t what I expected. Nor is my larger-than-life, bruised host, whose words stir me. Whose touch makes me want to stay.
But come fall, I must return to Paris.
#DVPit #A #R
And reunified Berlin—edgy, leafy, laid-back—isn’t what I expected. Nor is my larger-than-life, bruised host, whose words stir me. Whose touch makes me want to stay.
But come fall, I must return to Paris.
#DVPit #A #R
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A pitch anyone can like! 😉
𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣
A disciplined French student falls for post-Cold War Berlin—and for her reluctant host, a single dad grappling with his future.
The devastating catch? She can’t stay.
𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣
A disciplined French student falls for post-Cold War Berlin—and for her reluctant host, a single dad grappling with his future.
The devastating catch? She can’t stay.
October 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A pitch anyone can like! 😉
𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣
A disciplined French student falls for post-Cold War Berlin—and for her reluctant host, a single dad grappling with his future.
The devastating catch? She can’t stay.
𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣
A disciplined French student falls for post-Cold War Berlin—and for her reluctant host, a single dad grappling with his future.
The devastating catch? She can’t stay.
Oof, that was only the latest 😅 I don't even need to look for them, they go after me! 🤷
October 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Oof, that was only the latest 😅 I don't even need to look for them, they go after me! 🤷
Oops, I got caught up in... something, and forgot to thank you all for a memorable #UnhingedPit
Extra thanks to the *4* lovely people who nominated my *2* pitches across 🦋 & 🐦 ! I never get nominated for anything (pleasant) 😅
Joke aside:
Extra thanks to the *4* lovely people who nominated my *2* pitches across 🦋 & 🐦 ! I never get nominated for anything (pleasant) 😅
Joke aside:
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Oops, I got caught up in... something, and forgot to thank you all for a memorable #UnhingedPit
Extra thanks to the *4* lovely people who nominated my *2* pitches across 🦋 & 🐦 ! I never get nominated for anything (pleasant) 😅
Joke aside:
Extra thanks to the *4* lovely people who nominated my *2* pitches across 🦋 & 🐦 ! I never get nominated for anything (pleasant) 😅
Joke aside: