And Boything reminds me how much uncommon knowledge rattles around inside my brain...

Tomorrow night (4/3) at 7pm, embrace your inner witch at our Witches & Quills author panel, featuring Esme Addison, @staciemwrites.bsky.social, and @mindyklasky.bsky.social. We can't wait to hear how these three incredible authors incorporate witches/occultism into their work.

Are you a witch? Join us for a very special Witches & Quills author panel on Thursday April 3rd at 7pm. Authors Esme Addison, @staciemwrites.bsky.social, and @mindyklasky.bsky.social will be discussing witches, writing, and more.

OMP is proud to host our next panel featuring some witchy authors. Join us on Thursday April 3rd at 7pm to hear Esme Addison, @staciemwrites.bsky.social, and our moderator, @mindyklasky.bsky.social, as they discuss witches, magic, writing, and everything in between.

In one of my novels, the character "Graeme" (and Englishman) was called Graham on the almost-last page. No editor, copyeditor, proofreader or, um, author noticed it. But my brother did, the first time he read the book.

Twice a year, I am *extraordinarily* grateful that I am robust enough to handle a one-hour time shift without catastrophic results.

And it was back up a minute ago, then down again.

Maybe it's just laboring under the force of people trying to collect data...

A minor thing, in light of all the data being lost forever...

But the Social Security Name Index, the list of most common boys and girls names by year, is gone.

So much for giving characters age-appropriate names...

Fingers crossed, it's a glitch. But it's gendered so I don't have much hope.

Mail Order Magic March comes to you with Sunday Morning Transport stories by Stephanie Burgis, Eric Smith, Sarena Ulibarri, and Leah Cypess.

Need a sweet story with a happy ending? (And don't we all, just about now?)

Check out this story by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social -- "Mail Order Magic" --

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Just for the record, I'd like to place that same mail order...

A line image of a piñata and the text: "I don't know why I don't buy more piñatas. Like right now I would love to beat the crap out of something and then eat a bunch of candy."

Offered without comment.

An invitation to a Witchy Author Panel, including Esme Addison, Stacie Murphy, and Mindy Klasky at One More Page Books in Arlington Virginia, on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m.

@onemorepagebooks.bsky.social, in Arlington, VA.

Join Esme Addison, @staciemwrites.bsky.social, and me as I moderate a panel about balancing the supernatural and the "real world", creating witchy characters who are familiar yet unique, weaving personal experience into books, and much, much more!

For the WIP: Do you understand this passage? If you have people younger than thirty in your life, do they get it?

"The hallway stretches in front of me like something out of a horror movie. I look around for a pair of creepy twins, or maybe a kid on a tricycle."

A hand-drawn caterpillar in the style of Eric Carle and the words "The very not sure if she is hungry or if it's just been an emotional day caterpillar."

Somehow, this says it all...

Jigsaw puzzles recently completed, because every piece placed correctly generates a tiny ping of endorphins...

FYI - Most of my books are now back at Hoopla (without any explanation of why they were removed...)

FYI - Most of my books are now back at Hoopla (without any explanation of why they were removed...)

So, when you and your Valentine get each other the same card, that's a good sign, right?

They left one of mine (in English and in Spanish) - but it's an unauthorized version from a traditional publisher. I'm reading elsewhere that this is a purge of indie books, regardless of genre. I'm waiting for an explanation from Hoopla or D2D (my distributor).

Yep, mine are missing. I've reached out to my distributor (D2D) and to Hoopla, but no response from either yet...

That may be... After I made this post, I found that all but one of mine are missing. The survivor is an unauthorized edition of a tradpub book, so I'm now looking into the removals as anti-indie, not anti-romance...

And so it begins...

Hoopla, a service that provides ebooks to libraries, has removed large numbers of romance ebooks from its database.

Glitch? Editorial decision? Chilling effect of proposed Oklahoma law that defines "unlawful pornography" as depictions of "sexual intercourse which is normal"...

Tell me about something you did that made you proud.

Wow. Just watched a Smithsonian class: "After Caesar: The Last Years of the Roman Republic." And the reverberations with current politics have my mind reeling!

You can watch Smithsonian classes too (even if you're not a member) -- smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...

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While in New York last week, I was *shocked* by the amount of weed being smoked in public.

The law there is that weed can be smoked wherever cigarettes are. That means *not* inside most public spaces, but the sidewalks are fair game.

As was the subway (not legal there, but...)

It's hard to shift back to "normal" after a get-away long weekend in New York. Harry Connick Jr at the Met, the Temple of Dendur and the American Wing at the other Met, and the Queens Museum to see the scale model of NYC and a room of Tiffany glass. Stayed at a friend's on the LES. Perfect!

I am the least phys-ed-type person you've ever met. And yet, I LOVE my online Balance (functional strength training class) with BGB Movement.

Barbara-the-amazing-instructor is offering free half-hour sessions every Wednesday in February.

Come join us!

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Rough ocean and blown snow on North Carolina's outer banks.

Back from one of my favorite vacations of the year -- the Outer Banks (North Carolina) during the dead of winter. Almost-deserted beaches, catching up on reading, bingeing TV shows, sleeping in, and eating way too much!

Plus, this year, snow!

Back home and back to routine now...

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Attended a fascinating Smithsonian class yesterday about Paleolithic Cave Art, where the instructor found several dozen ways of saying, "We just don't know how/why/what they did this..."

So many mysteries that could be turned into novels...