Natalie Zutter
@zutsuit.bsky.social
sff writer/playwright · pop culture critic at Reactor, Lit Hub, Den of Geek, NPR Books, Paste Books · Viable Paradise '25 · she/her
...wait I read it as Loki too and did not realize until this post
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
...wait I read it as Loki too and did not realize until this post
Not to mention just having a space to write about contemporary romance and mystery/thriller! Gonna miss the space Lacy and the other writers created for all of us.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Not to mention just having a space to write about contemporary romance and mystery/thriller! Gonna miss the space Lacy and the other writers created for all of us.
Or commenting on micro-trends like romance writers getting our pulse pumping in new and different ways...
When Romance Writers Spark to a New Kind of Thrill(er)
What's behind the trend of contemporary romance author experimenting with writing thrillers and mysteries? The genres arent that different.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Or commenting on micro-trends like romance writers getting our pulse pumping in new and different ways...
Like this examination of how to avoid "baby ever after" happy endings in infertility romance while still fulfilling reader expectations and genre tropes...
What Does Happily Ever After Look Like in Infertility Romance?
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November 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Like this examination of how to avoid "baby ever after" happy endings in infertility romance while still fulfilling reader expectations and genre tropes...
UGH I'm so sorry -- thank you for keeping the flame burning for as long as you did.
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
UGH I'm so sorry -- thank you for keeping the flame burning for as long as you did.
But yeah, seems like the AI is meant to learn and extrapolate from its own three-minute input...? Too many plot holes in this ad!
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
But yeah, seems like the AI is meant to learn and extrapolate from its own three-minute input...? Too many plot holes in this ad!
The story definitely sounded like the AI-generated children's book slop I've only just discovered now exists—and oh my god the HUMMING, I did not let myself linger on that because it seemed like the only part with pathos that would make me cry and damned if I would let this cursed ad do that.
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The story definitely sounded like the AI-generated children's book slop I've only just discovered now exists—and oh my god the HUMMING, I did not let myself linger on that because it seemed like the only part with pathos that would make me cry and damned if I would let this cursed ad do that.
The Disney Channel angle makes it even worse!?
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Disney Channel angle makes it even worse!?
Oh shit, you're right! And then does Charlie juggle two devices, or are they crowding each other out for space on his phone... I was fixated on the part where she interrupts him mid-conversation; that's when I half expected grAIndma to start spouting something racist/sexist/transphobic shit
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Oh shit, you're right! And then does Charlie juggle two devices, or are they crowding each other out for space on his phone... I was fixated on the part where she interrupts him mid-conversation; that's when I half expected grAIndma to start spouting something racist/sexist/transphobic shit