Hana LaRock 🤓

Looking forward to having a chat with a friend tomorrow on our writing projects! Nice to have an accountability partner, even nicer when it's someone you love talking to.

Who else has an accountability partner?

19.02.2025 00:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

All the tools I've used to help me write:

- A notebook (or, 10, so I have a different one for each story I start).
- An AlphaSmart for just typing away.
- A Kindle Scribe. LOVE. Also for brainstorming/free-writing.
- A Chromebook. Try to avoid. Too distracting. Necessary.

What's your fav?

14.02.2025 14:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I Don't Like Tea. What Tea Should I Drink?│Tea Para Ti For non-tea drinkers who are open to trying teas again, here are the best teas for people who don't like tea.

Long day of #QuestPit. It was fun and I learned a lot. Now, time to wind down with a cup of tea and other writing projects =).

#Booksky #Tea

13.02.2025 00:19 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A woman sitting in a Portuguese cafe reading a book, pretending the handsome waiter doesn't notice her.

Clara arrives in Porto, hoping for a slower pace of life. But, she soon finds the same relentless hustle she tried to escape. Then, in a quiet café in Antas, she catches a glimpse of the Porto she imagined—and meets a captivating waiter who effortlessly embodies its charm. #QuestPit #Q #W #A #R

12.02.2025 23:46 — 👍 20    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Potential book cover ideas for "A Cafe in Antas"

Or, should we go with a pastel de nata?...

(AI generated)

By the way, the book is a twist from my own experience living in Porto for two years...had I been 10 years younger...

The streets I'm describing? All real.

The waiter? Yes, he's real, too.

12.02.2025 22:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is a collage-style image that includes a variety of elements suggesting artistic and romantic themes. The collage features a misty aerial view of a quaint town with autumn colors, an image of a detailed quilt, a cozy, cluttered artist's workspace with a sewing machine, a close-up of hands quilting fabric, and a couple embracing, obscured in shadow to evoke intimacy. There are several text elements: one overlaid on the quilt saying "Art should comfort the disturbed & disturb the comfortable," and another in a minimalist style stating "She denies it. But truth is, she’s falling in love with him." Also, the phrase "Aching to touch her" is placed near the image of the couple. Lastly, there's a map highlighting regions with a heart symbol, enhancing the romantic narrative suggested by the text.

She needs the prize money. He’s the quilting prodigy standing in her way.
She was already going to hate him—then he had the nerve to be charming.
Appalachia small-town grumpy x sunshine, enemies-to-lovers, but make it quilting.

#questpit #R #A

12.02.2025 21:01 — 👍 26    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 0

When a WWII secret agent finds her former boyfriend in a downed recon plane, she's torn between keeping him safe & continuing the search for her parents. He'll do anything for a second chance, even if her rescue mission in German-occupied France puts their hearts & lives at risk. #Q #R #HR #questpit

12.02.2025 21:34 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign.
#QuestPit #A #H #MY #W

12.02.2025 05:38 — 👍 293    🔁 165    💬 52    📌 2

Colorful buildings in Porto, Portugal.

Clara moves to Porto with dreams of a slower life and an EU passport. But, she's quickly disillusioned, the city gentrifying before her eyes. But, in a small café in Antas, she meets Tomás, a waiter who embodies the version of the charming city she had hoped to discover. #Questpit #Q #W #A #R

12.02.2025 21:45 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Looking forward to querying you!

12.02.2025 18:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A view of Confeitaria Eça, a Cafe in Antas, Porto, from the cobblestone street. Credit: Google Maps

Tomás has worked at the same café in Antas, Porto, for decades, always serving and serenading the same patrons with his soprano voice. But today, there’s an unfamiliar girl by the window. Her accent as she orders a "café com leite" catches him off guard. An expat? Here? #QuestPit #Q #W #A #R

12.02.2025 18:08 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

A blue-tiled facade of a building in Porto, Portugal that's at risk of re-development.

Porto is changing—expats flood in, locals push back. Clara moves for a fresh start but finds only tourists and a city losing its charm. Then she stumbles into a quiet café in Antas, where nostalgia lingers and an intriguing waiter, Tomás, lure her in. But, does she belong? #QuestPit #Q #W #A #R

12.02.2025 14:36 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Can't wait!

12.02.2025 13:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

14 Valentine's Day Tea Gift Ideas [& Deals] for the Tea-Lover in Your Life│Tea Para Ti Not sure what to get the tea-lover in your life for Valentine's Day? These gift ideas should help! Look out for discounts, too.

From last year, but still relevant. If you have a tea-lover in your life, I hope one of these gift ideas will warm their heart! 💘

#ValentinesDay #Tea #Tealovers #Teablog

10.02.2025 19:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Writers, bloggers, and SEO strategists: What's your favorite research tool, and why?

✋ I'll go first: keysearch.co (Not a sponsored post).

I've tried other tools and some have worked just fine, but I'm perfectly happy with this tool. (It's not the price of the tool, it's what you do with it!)

10.02.2025 18:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What Are the Benefits of a Green Tea Bath?│Tea Para Ti Known for its therapeutic properties, green tea baths offer a nice way to pamper yourself and boost your overall well-being.

Currently one of the most popular articles on my tea blog, www.teaparati.com 🍵

Interesting to see what people are looking to do to calm themselves when the world is ending! 🙃

Where my green tea drinkers at? 👀 And, would you, could you in a bath? 🛀

#Tea #Blogger #Writer

06.02.2025 00:52 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

a woman in a blue dress is standing in a doorway holding a glass of wine . ALT: a woman in a blue dress is standing in a doorway holding a glass of wine .

I'm finally on here.

It's like going to a new school—I can be anyone I want to be!

Stay tuned while I figure out my new writer's persona...

06.02.2025 00:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0