Heather Vee

Screenshot from a Tumblr post by ralfmaximus: Mozilla, in its finite wisdom, embedded LLM bots into recent versions of Firefox for the vitally-important purpose of… naming tab groups. Now, some users are noticing CPU and power usage spikes caused by a background process called Inference. Ugh. Reminder again for Firefox users to visit your about:config page, search for the browser.ml.chat.enabled key, and set that to false: If yours says true then double-click it until it reads false. Doing that turns off the AI chatbot features in Firefox, but also the stupid new LLM tab-naming feature that's rolling out

Hey Firefox users.

It really is so much fun.

I don't know how The Raven Scholar keeps up its pace for 650 pages without flagging, but it should be studied. I devoured it like it was 1/3 of the length it actually is.

I think I would have made an excellent Gilded Age divorcée. Relegated to Newport and no longer invited to boring society events? Sign me up.

I started laughing when I first read this, thinking it must be a joke. But no. And here we are.

I miss the In Wild Air newsletter. Perfectly Imperfect is fun, but it's not quite the same.

Same!

Thrilled to reveal the glorious cover for my new book, MAGIC MAKER: THE ENCHANTED PATH TO CREATIVITY. My intention for this tome is to help you supercharge your own creativity using magical techniques, as so many visionaries have done throughout history (and as I do myself). Out Oct 14!

meme with a drawing of a yelling woman on the left and a man looking away on the right. The woman is saying BABE PLEASE HAVE SEX WITH ME IM SO HORNY the man is saying IT IS MY FAULT THAT MY CHUMS DIED 'PON THE CONTINENT

later:

romance heroines love to see their love interest for the first time and be like "never before had I seen such a cruel, uncaring countenance" girl you are going to be gasping for it in 250 pages. as soon as he processes his trauma from the Crimean War its over for you

I have openings in my editing calendar. I do primarily developmental edits of novels and novellas, and I have over a decade of experience. More info and contact link here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing Please feel free to reach out with any questions!

THIS. It DEVASTATES me.

What makes sex scenes work? What do they tell us about the characters and their relationship? How do they advance the story?

if you need a break from the news and the heat this terrible Monday morning, I have done an unreasonably deep dive into a scene from Cecilia Grant's A Gentleman Undone.

A fabulous deep dive, thank you so much. This was the series that made me fall in love with historical romance, and I would read ALL THE ESSAYS on every aspect of it.

The Lilywhite Boys is also *chef’s kiss*

Honestly though: crewnecks. WHY?????

I hope The Will Darling Adventures made it in there! A
(If not yet, you’re in for a treat!)

@mollytempleton.com @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social Thanks, friends! 🥰

Telling the Bees Editor’s note: There's a heart-sadness to Kat Howard's short story about relationships, bee-keeping, and magic. And her prose—dark and rich and sweet—draws you in but you still feel it when the sting ...

World Bee Day, you say? In honor of that, here, from a few years ago, is one of my short stories, "Telling the Bees": www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/telling-th...

Oh hey, it’s me. ☺️

I have MASTERED this.

IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE

Gingermoss by Pineward Perfumes: Like you peed your pants in Crabtree & Evelyn Hospital.

knowing that there are people who, on any given day, could, if not actually end all suffering on earth, do something close enough that their name would reverberate down history as the notion of a living miracle has changed my understanding of humanity in a way I don’t really know how to live with

Quote from The Sugared Game, book two of The Will Darling Adventures by KJ Charles: “I do wish rich men could content themselves with buying yachts or rolling around in heaps of gold, rather than this endless insatiable greed. Avarice, envy, pride: three fatal sparks have set the hearts of all on fire.”

Read The Will Darling Adventures. Okay, bye.

I love it when my pet sighs.
Like what ails you my little
unemployed freeloader.

I should go get some just to make some friendship bracelets. 😭

I somehow always forget you and I got married within a month of each other! I continue to love this portrait to pieces. Happy anniversary, friend! 🖤🌻

A life-changing author for me.