C. Jane Reid

I got a job, finally!!! I'm so excited!

I have discovered the joy of Earl Grey with half&half and a touch of sugar. A refreshing coffee substitute.

#tealover
#earlgreyhot

I wrote a poem tonight. I won't share it because it is too raw and rough. I only wanted to say that I wrote a poem tonight after years without poetry and months of not writing and the words came.

#poemsky

Just another quick reminder to anyone kind enough to want to join in again tomorrow: the hashtag is now #PhantomsFriday with an 's'. Hopefully that tag will survive forever... maybe into the afterlife.

Anything ghostly - art, #folklore, poems, bits of fiction and non-fiction - all will be welcome!

Five bay horses with a prehistoric design

Black and white horse set amid myriad colored swirls

I'm adulting with coloring pages.

Great idea!

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

My husband.

Llama Land with my llamas on four levels. I still lost.

For our 28th anniversary today we went out to breakfast then played Llama Land (my choice). I'm looking for Manny more years with this guy.

#ttg
#boardgames
#weddinganniversary

Ten books and a I Should Be Writing authors coloring book, and a tote bag with a picture of a skeleton holding a book and might of tea that says "One More Chapter."

My book haul from the "Hot and Steamy in PNW" event yesterday. Ten signed novels and one writer's coloring book, and a bag to carry them all in. I have my summer reading list now!

Book one of my reading list: "More Than Pretty: Matchmaking Ghosts book 1" by Bonnie Phelps.

#hotandsteamybooks

Mood

A tortie cat and black cat curled up in their separate beds.

They look so much alike when they curl up like this. As they should since they are siblings. But it's fun to notice the similarities when they happen.

#Catsky

Pax Pamir cloth board and pieces.

Grand Austria Hotel board game cover

A Goofy Movie placard

Busy weekend of Pax Pamir, Grand Austria Hotel, and A Goofy Movie.

#ttg #boardgames #moviesky

Have to replace the roof and cut the tree (insurance says so) and now a major clog in the bathroom. That's our three, right? Right?!

The My Little Pony game set up with a Pinkie Pie figure.

For Mother's Day the family played My Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria deck building game. I proved again how awful I am at deck builders but we had fun with much giggling.

#ttg
#boardgames

It's lovely

Overheard from a 1st grader: I'm more a expert in American fish.

Thank you! Happy to know another fellow indie writer.

Hi #WeeknightWriters
I'm C. Jane and I'm working through the final edits of the ninth book in my first series while trying to write the sixth book in my second series. It's a lot of character juggling and I love it.

Job hunting is not fun. In case you were wondering.

Coloring page of a chubby rainbow sheep in color pencil.

Coloring page of a hedgehog in a flower basket in marker

#coloringsky
#adultcoloring

Overheard at work:
Teacher: What goes at the end of a sentence?
Student: Chicken!

#chickensky

a green sesame street character is surrounded by green flames . Alt: A green elmo looking up towards the sky with both arms raised as green flames rise up in the background.

🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨

We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.

Please spread the word!

#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor

Tortie calico cat asleep on my lap with her paws crossed.

I've been applying for jobs. Wish me luck, please. Here's my cat for tax.

Crocheted dreamcatcher in beige thread.

I crocheted this dreamcatcher.

Sleeping black kitty

Sleepy Wesker

#blackcatsky

Molly House

Suburbia

Two games today: Molly House and Suburbia. Both great fun. First play of Suburbia and I enjoyed the challenge. Third play of Molly House and the theme is gelling nicely.

#ttg
#boardgames
#mollyhouse

Crocheted Dreamcatcher

A crocheted dreamcatcher I made tonight. The pattern is Tooter's Dreamcatcher from my book "The Lady of Castanola."

#crochetsky
#booksky
#westernromance

Exciting News! I hope you find it as exciting as I do!

Did you know I'm on Substack? And I have two books for pre-order?

open.substack.com/pub/cjanerei...

#wwi
#hooverville
#booksky