Happy shorts-and-hoodie season to all who celebrate! #PureMichigan #MidwesternAF
I'm a writer of romance novels, believer in humans, and lover of key lime pie. When I'm not reading and writing, I spend my time drinking coffee and looking for the good in the world. My pronouns are she/her JordanBloomBooks.com
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Happy shorts-and-hoodie season to all who celebrate! #PureMichigan #MidwesternAF
Google developer #1: "That's it. Our search engine is simple, efficient, and reliable. It's perfect. We're done." Google developer #2, presumably: "But wouldn't it be *more* perfect if the first search result was always a robot who mansplained your search results to you incorrectly?"
This song never gets old.
The world is terrible so I'm trying to focus on one small good thing. Right now, it's 73 degrees and all my windows are open. I'm brewing a cup of tea in a mug I got from the bookstore. Heck, that's like four good things right there. #amwriting #PureMichigan
True, true. Re-reading my comment makes me see that saying “well, just self-publish then” is a distraction from the main topic. Thank you for engaging with me on this.
Tell me again why trad publishing is so much better than self pub? Because my copyrights are registered by me.
I loved Funny Story too! Such a great book.
You took a (long) break from wearing a mask, right? You got away with it. But, guess what? There's a *lot* more Covid around again. And, access to vax is up in the air. Just put a (good) mask on again when you're out and about and you'll be much more protected as well as protecting others. ✨✨✨
It shouldn't be up to American children to save each other from getting shot. It's the job of American adults to stop shootings from happening in the first place. Ban assault weapons again now.
OMG! Men are too much.
My entire house smells like the best bakery you've ever been to. #BakingDay #SugarCookies p.s. If you're baking gluten-free, Kim Thomas' recipe is the best I've ever found. www.letthemeatgfcake.com/gluten-free-...
Same!
Don’t care what the calendar says, it’s still summer in my heart.
I live where you live.
Let me assist you with your knee jerk reaction to pumpkin spice lattes… The world is on fire. Everything is horrible. Let people enjoy their seasonal drink in peace.
Finished this whimsical little project today!! I love cats so much. 😻
Honestly, same. How can I think about pumpkin spice when it's still lemonade weather?
another thing nobody tells you about traditional publishing is if you win a big award or get on a bestseller list or something they will send you a big fancy basket of snacks or something else nice. or maybe that is just my macmillan buckaroos. either way, IM DOIN IT FOR THE SNACKS
Zingerman's is in Ann Arbor.
Hung my coats outside to dry and brought them in five minutes before a rainstorm. I am clearly winning at this adulting thing.
It's Zingerman's. (I also live near this bakery.)
Nothing says organized adult like sweating through August while washing winter coats I won’t need for three months. Am I prepared? Yes. Am I ridiculous? Also yes. #PureMichigan #Adulting
Just a periodic reminder that it's a good idea to bookmark your favorite artists' sites, sign up for their newsletters, and follow them everywhere you can. (My links are in my profile & pinned post!). Because of the current climate of censorship you never know where we'll get kicked off of next.
Cleaning up the spilled chips at the end was :::chef's kiss:::
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
Happy Friday! Want a free book? #romancelandia #📚💙 books2read.com/ScentHappiness
Time was a lot of indies wouldn’t carry romance. But there are now over TWO HUNDRED romance-specific bookstores in the US! One may have opened in your area — you can make special orders for things they don’t already have on the shelf, and request events with your favorite authors!
So cute!
Same! I'm glad I held onto my DVD player (and my CD player too.)
This sparks joy.
Can confirm. #librarians #booksky
part of being a romance author is, I think, looking at different kinds of real life people and trying to understand why they're endearing and lovable, which means constantly looking at people through a lens of love and, you know, I think that's neat
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We just received kiddo's last Imagination Library book this month, and it made me realize just how lovely it has been receiving them these last few years - such a thoughtful curation of old and new, diverse offerings. I was impressed with the selections. To Dolly!
Sigh. Realized yesterday that I'd written my meet cute chapter from the wrong POV. Going to have to rewrite it today. I'm trying not to be grumpy about this, because every problem is a learning opportunity. #amwriting
Impossible to overstate how into the idea of "throwing sandwiches at secret police agents" I am. That's something that was extensively tested and fine tuned in focus groups to be something I like.
Note to restaurants: I will rearrange my day to eat at an establishment that displays a "FUCK ICE" sign. I will cancel plans. I will leave the chicken in the freezer. I will stand with you.
A story designed to break my heart specifically: "The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota. They sold it and moved after a new law would have required their daughter to use a boy’s bathroom."
Oh no.
Meanwhile, here in Maine, AI crawlers have rendered the server that manages our statewide interlibrary loan unreachable by legitimate attempts to pass through requests/information Again, but louder: the server can’t be reached by libraries and the folks trying to use them BECAUSE OF AI CRAWLERS.
Happy #BookstoreRomanceDay! I hope you're having a good breakfast to give you the energy to hang out at a virtual event or two and visit—in person or online—at least a couple of bookstores. Save your spot for events here: bit.ly/45sEafo
I love everything about this.
Say what? This is the last day you can get The Sound of Harmony for half price. Tomorrow it goes up to $4.99, so get your copy now! #amreading #amreadingromance books2read.com/SoundHarmony
I started a new project and oh my GAWD I'm having such a good time! I just love that new book smell. #amwriting #amwritingromance #📚💙
The person who complained about Halloween candy being put out too early? She just bought these. #ItsMe #ImTheProblem
I made a literally perfect loaf of banana bread. Like, if Paul Hollywood tasted it, he would give me a handshake. It’s that good. #NomNomNom
Thrift stores! They have lamps and plates and all kinds of stuff! (If she’s squeamish about 2nd hand plates, remind her she eats in restaurants, so…)
I saw “Hidden Figures “ twice. Both times, the whole audience applauded at the end. Nobody applauds at the movies, but they did for that one.
You must be very fun at parties.
This weekend only, The Sound of Harmony is just $1.99. And that’s on top of the first book in the series being free! Come try this irresistible onramp to a delightful series, before the deal is over. Try before you buy by going here: books2read.com/ScentHappiness #amreadingromance #📚🌶️
No-one has ever looked at the millennia-old tradition of storytelling and thought "if only I had a machine to do this for me so I could spend more time doing data entry."
Currently petsitting a nice cat and his owners have a screened-in porch so I’m basically getting paid to sit outside on a perfect Michigan afternoon. #PrettySweetGig #PureMichigan
Clearly that's the only right answer.
This weekend only, The Sound of Harmony is just $1.99. And that’s on top of book #1 in the series being free! Come try this easy onramp to an irresistible series, before the deal is over. books2read.com/SoundHarmony #romancelandia #amreadingromance
I’ve read novellas less than a hundred pages that had HEAs or HFNs I believed in. What it takes is the characters realizing what they did before no longer works, because their love needs something else. The grand in grand gesture is in the meaning of the change for the people making it.
That this disease went from an incurable 100% death sentence to something preventable in the space of my lifetime is stunning to me. Compare to early modern Europe, where smallpox and plague were endemic for generations. Below, a discussion of the test results. I truly never thought I'd see this.
My Dad is too pure for this world.
Today I made homemade cinnamon rolls for my dad. He said, "I bet when you get to heaven, they hand you one of these." Oh, my HEART.
Do you like your series long? Do you like it finished? Do you like to try before you buy? How do you feel about great chemistry, witty banter, and emotional maturity? Try my first-in-series free and if you like it, hop into book 2 for half price! #💙📚 Start here: books2read.com/ScentHappiness
I agree. I read it in one sitting and then was like, "How can a short novella feel so...epic?"
Yesterday I bought the book of an author who specifically mentioned writing soft, supportive love interests in the hope of modeling and seeing more of them in the world. It feels like the same very old “gritty is more real/better” argument—that kind of romance is what’s radical and imo what’s needed
Happy Friday! Want a free book? #romancelandia #📚💙 books2read.com/ScentHappiness
I'm not ready.
Summerween. Summer. Ween. How is this even a thing? This can't be a real thing.
Woot! Good on you!
It's July. It's 95 degrees. Kroger is putting out their Halloween candy. #rude
This is also why I ask people to be understanding about indie authors who keep their books--especially their erotic or queer or both books--on Amazon. NOT because I trust Amazon. I watched Amazon flip that switch two different times. But b/c payment processors can't bully them.
This!
Libraries are so much more than books!
The push to censor what kind of art can be purchased online and the supposed promise of Generative AI to revolutionize our relationship to art, to turn art into a funko-pop assembly line that is controlled by corporations and not artists: I think both of these are connected imo.
Sure, sex is great and all, but did you ever solve three different plot problems by writing one new scene? (I did. Today. It was magic.) #amwriting #amwritingromance
Oh FFS.
LOL, I pressed on a word in a paper book, fully expecting the dictionary to pop up and define it for me. I, too, need to read more paper books.
When he notices she’s cold and gives her his jacket (and it smells like him!).
Dear Non-Natives: I want to share some spiritual knowledge with you. Do not buy sage. Do not buy cedar. Do not buy spirituality or ceremony. Do not pay thousands to go to "spiritual" retreats from self-professed healers, shamans, medicine men/women.
Hollywood give us Indiana Jones, granddaughter of Henry 'Indiana' Jones, who is dead long dead he's dead who repatriots stolen artifacts to their rightful peoples. I'd watch the shit out of that movie
Same. It's me. I'm the problem. It's me.
Now in the top 10 in three categories! Still free.
I know that feeling! It's half "neener, neener, I got to read it first," and half "OMG I must tell someone or I'll explode!"
Beautiful! #Bloomscrolling
But they don't count if they were on my wishlist. They don't count if my favorite author comes out with a new book. They don't count if they were on sale. They don't count if....
I'm having an absolute blast giving away book #1 in my series for free! It's soared into the top 100 on Amazon, and is in the top 10 in three categories, and it's doing really well at Kobo, Apple, and BN too. If you want your copy, you can go here books2read.com/ScentHappiness
Same.
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
Psst. Want a cozy comfort read about a man who smells good all. the. time? It's free by the way...
Canadian romance books for summer reading. www.cbc.ca/books/15-can... #summer #reading
pssst, #romancelandia, want a free romance? This one is all yours today for zero pennies, at all retailers. books2read.com/ScentHappiness 💙📚
Dealing with the anxiety of the world by making things. Today it’s soap, handmade from scratch. My entire house currently smells like a spa.
As she should. She's adorable!
Happy bear cub playing in sprinkler is what every #bluesky timeline needs... 🐻🤗
This whole thread, but especially this, buckaroos.
Over 50 Bestselling Authors Sign Open Letter, Demanding Publishers Rally Against AI: "Stand With Us" screenrant.com/bestselling-... #AI #PublishingIndustry
I swear romance books are my therapy. No therapist, just a good love story and rain falling on the roof. #RomanceReaders #BookTherapy #CaribbeanReaders #booksky #blackbooksky #blackskybooks #CaribbeanVibes #Romancelandia #CaribbeanSky
Ugh. It’s the end of June and we admitted 3 COVID patients today in addition to the COVID patients we already had. Keep up that good hand hygiene and mask as appropriate. I’m too tired for this winter census in summer.
Y'all just missed a great sing-along in my car. Me and the B-52's sounded amazing!
my entire feed is this post, and thank you all
blows my mind that conservatives have somehow been able to paint PROTEST as anti-free speech. if students protest a speaker at a university the are EXERCISING THEIR FREE SPEECH. if a book store dosnt carry a certain book they are EXERCISING THEIR FREE SPEECH. shocking that folks bought this flip
Books aren't meant to be universally adored. If you don't like something you read, it's not personal. It's just not for you. And, as authors, our job isn't to make ourselves palatable for everyone. It's to make our stories essential for the reader who needs it more than anyone else.
This man is the lead of the next Marvel movie, appearing in the next Avengers flick, one of the leads of a major HBO series, and is The Mandalorian and when every Hollywood PR hack would go "HEY PEDRO BABY SHHH ABOUT THE TRANS STUFF" he won't shut up and I will love him for it forever
