Bookish Kitty

Wow. I can’t even imagine GK & Gregory Peck or Burt Lancaster on screen together. That level of combined beauty would be unbelievable.

If not impossible.

Writers: If you get an error opening your WIP, STOP.

Do NOT attempt to open it or let your writing program run an auto repair.

Close the program, and MAKE A COPY OF YOUR DOCUMENT.

Open/repair the COPY ONLY.

Make a new copy for each attempt.

This keeps a “fix” from becoming permanent damage.

It’s so funny and lighter than air. I envy everyone who’s seeing it for the first time.

🐾🐾🤍.

Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses.

Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.

I loved Pitch!

He’s a racism test

And he knows it and he knows white people won’t actively adress it and he’s right

And he’s spun it out in ever widening circles

Because no one will stop to care about those he targets

by the way these are literally the exact same dumbass motherfuckers, not like them, the literal exact same fucking guys, saying government is inefficient and you should cancel it to give them all the governments money so they can provide you services instead

I’ll be one-clicking this later & I can’t wait to read it. Thanks so much for giving us the rec!

Oooh! *makes grabbyhands* 😍

Well this is fascinating!

Black Romance Podcast: Vivian Stephens-Part one In part one of my interview with Vivian Stephens, she discusses her experiences as an editor at Dell Publishing, and she talks about her role in the founding of The Romance Writers of America.

Vivian Stephens is the woman who revolutionized the American category romance. You should listen to her two-part interview on the Black Romance Podcast.

Have some kinky valentine's stories while you still can. Free on my website, before they're banned. #NSFW

In which Bella gives Marcus exactly what he needs after a tough day at work...
jodiegriffin.com/2013/02/forb...

In which Gabe gives Olivia a threesome...
jodiegriffin.com/2016/02/free...

Lauren Bacall, 1946.

Just saw it & same!

Saw something this weekend about accepting that authors will write with AI. No. Don’t accept it, don’t forgive them.

Welcome to Bluesky, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social!

Writing in Black and White While I like to use Black History Month as an opportunity to share stories of Black love, there’s another aspect of the romance industry that I think is worth highlighting to give context to …

There were Black authors who wrote romance for Harlequin and Silhouette in the 80s and 90s, but they often had to write white stories in order to get published. Here are four examples: romancehistory.com/2024/02/10/w...

“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.”

— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.

ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and it’s an invaluable accessibility service

Classic Romance Novels: A Starter Pack (Gift Article) These vintage books introduce the archetypes, settings and lavishly bonkers sensibility that are the hallmarks of great romance.

ICYMI: I built a starter pack of classic romances that goes all the way back to the 1950s. Selected to show the genre’s breadth, not simply to hit familiar highlights. It’s a lot of hidden gems, and I’ve probably left off at least one of your faves (gift link). #RomanceColumn #Romancelandia

I hate that everyone has either forgotten or has been purposefully pretending that the far right are not anti-sex or anti-sexual content. They’re very very pro-sex, as long as the sex helps achieve their misogynistic white supremacists goals.

The more you know…

a man wearing a music band shirt is carrying a skateboard and asking how do you do fellow kids ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is carrying a skateboard and asking how do you do fellow kids

I’ve seen it a lot online. Here’s footage of me hangin’ with the young peeps online.
But seriously - I saw it, had no idea what it meant. Was kind of too afraid to ask. 😂

So the Big 5 publishers are suing Idaho. Good.

Vivian Stephens: The Legendary Romance Novel Editor A look into Vivian Stephens the romance novel editor who diversified the genre, helped found the RWA, and changed romance novels forever.

Happy First Day of #BlackHistoryMonth !Today is a great day to learn about Vivian Stephens, the #Blackwoman publishing editor who turned the Romance genre into a juggernaut.

This @bookriot.bsky.social piece gives a great overview of her career.

#BHM #romancelandia #blackbooksky #booksky #blacksky

Right? It’s priceless. 😂

Thank you. I’ve been looking for an alternative to Word and this sounds great.

Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to NOT post the first line of your book where it can be scraped like everything else online. That the A I goons are going to feed it all into their rusty blenders doesn't mean you have to make it easy for them.

This goes double for a WIP.