Rose Prendeville

Writing historical fiction means spending 2.5+ hours debating whether your character would use bathing costume, bathing suit, or swimming costume (and then possibly leaving the word out altogether) 😆

I was just vacuuming, and it turns out we don’t actually have carpet. Only dog hair.

When you wake up dreaming new words for the book that you are editing, you walk the dog, and then you write them down.

The new Scrivener update fixed the issue that forced a capital on a dialogue tag after a question mark! Hallelujah!

The problem with finishing a good book in the afternoon is then you have to figure out how to fill your evening despite a raging book hangover.

A year and a half ago I started reading North & South and had to put it down at about 40%. A few days ago I picked it up again and haven’t been able to put it down. Mood reader, indeed.

Ford CEO warns AU threatens half of US white-collar jobs: • Ford CEI Jim Farley said artificial intelligence will replace “literally half of all white-collar workers in the US” during a public interview. He added that AI will leave many white-collar employees behind. • Farley delivered the forecast at Aspen Ideas Festival in a conversation with author Walter Isaacson. The comment illustrates how CEOs have shifted from evading the job-loss question to providing explicit estimates of potential cuts. • The article reports that corporate leaders are now openly discussing large-scale workforce reductions rather than avoiding the topic. Their direct estimates frame AI as a force for sweeping changes to office employment, not incremental efficiency tweaks.

This was a fun email to receive at work. WHO’S GOING TO BUY YOUR FORDS, JIM?

Obviously it’s June 29, not May 🤦‍♀️

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Thanks!

Ok thanks so much! I haven’t done much that required blocking before, but it’s wool, so I’m super relieved to hear that should take care of it!

Thanks! That’s so frustrating that the pattern doesn’t mention anything about the roll potential. ☹️ I mean I do know that about stockinette but figured the pattern accounted. So nothing I do to change the i-cord is going to matter I guess?

Are there knitters on Bluesky? Cape is stockinette + 6 rows garter edging then i-cord BO. Whole edge is curving & flipping over. Tried +1 needle size on right—seemed worse—tried -1 needle size, nope. Seems due to garter = looser than stockinette & i-cord = looser than garter. Ideas? Help!

At the Nashville SC game, a giant flag for La Brigada de Oro, the Latino supporters section, which is not here tonight due to ICE activity. NSC officials tried to remove it, but were met with vehement objections by supporters clubs, who threatened a giant walkout if they did.

It kind of seems like the answer is no :(

Do librarians not use NetGalley as much as they did a few years ago?

Grace on the Rocks NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

Hey #Romancelandia Librarians! Now on NetGalley: 1st in my new contemporary series: Tennessee Hebrides -- Grace on the Rocks is a renovation, only one B&B, Scottish get-away romance. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #romance #newbooks

Death At Morning House - Maureen Johnson The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough to warrant literal firefighters. Akilah, the girl Marlowe has been in love with for years, will never go out with her ag...

It feels weird to talk about your own books now, so I've barely done it, but I wrote a classic whodunnit that also features our long American fascination with Eugenics and race in law (the Nazis LOVED OUR LAWS and BORROWED THEM) and is ANTI FASCIST.

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Author Con, March 8-9, 10am-5pm. Smyrna Event Center, 100 Sam Ridley Pkwy. Kids under 3 free! Kids $10, adults $15, plus taxes and fees. Book signings, costume contest, author panels, local vendors. Tickets at thespinebookshop.com.

In case this reaches anyone in Tennessee, this weekend is Smyrna’s first ever Author Con!

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

My proof copy has arrived! 😍

Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...

As more people exercise 1st Amendment rights to free speech and protesting, it’s important Protestors Know Your Rights. Where you protest, outside in public vs inside a government meeting, and how (peacefully) can affect whether you are safe or at risk #Voices4Victory

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Cover reveal: a couple in silhouette looking out at a castle in the bay. Grace on the Rocks by Rose Prendeville. Tennessee Hebrides series book 1.

Not-quite-enemies to lovers. Grumpy/grumpy. Only one B&B. Rival deadlines. Dyslexic hero with a speech disorder. Latina heroine.

Let's be so real. It's been an awful week/month/year. But I have a book coming out so I guess I need to promote it. Pre-orders are live now. This one is contemporary romance, first in my new Tennessee Hebrides series. GRACE ON THE ROCKS publishes May 20. I hope you'll consider reading it.

It #1. They’re pronouncing it on the news the same way as his crypto of the same name.

Seems like a good time to let people know you can lock down your social security file:
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I’m so so so excited to share the absolutely gorgeous, hot-off-the-presses cover for GRACE ON THE ROCKS, and if you’re kinda excited too, you should maybe sign up for my newsletter to get a sneak peek.
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Thank you! Follow-up question—does it matter if it’s 1st person or 3rd person?

I asked this in another forum and got an interesting response that made me wonder—are all the Duets you’ve read 1st person?