It is very cold here after San Diego and I have yet to readapt. At the time of writing this I am-unashamedly-wearing a bear onesie and fuzzy socks. I answered the door to the postman in it too. He’s fine, it wasn’t the first time this has happened.
So, if any of you guys follow me on Facebook I promised you some news. Well, very veiled news as it still Super Sekrit! It still counts.
I am working on a VERY COOL anthology with some great writers. I’m very excited about it and it will probably be out for GRL next year, so you can keep a beady eye on that. Genuinely can’t wait! Based on what I’ve heard from the other writers about their stories, I think you’re going to really enjoy it.
I’m having a great time with it so far and have tentatively titled my story ‘Stitch in Time’. That could change!
In other news, it’s nose to the grindstone for me this week. I need to get my current WIP finished for the end of the month so I need to knuckle down. That way I can take a break to Christmas the place UP with no guilt.
You will get pictures once I’m all done, don’t worry!
Oh and in honour of the coming season, check out my Christmas novella from Dreamspinner, Ghostwriter of Christmas Past. It’s very cute! There’s even a fluffy reindeer!
I travel in the most comfortable clothes I can find. It is only social pressure that prevents me rolling up in my jammies. Still, I admire this woman!
Book Rec of the Week
I love Bru Baker’s paranormal romance series Camp H.O.W.L, but don’t forget she writes some great contemporary romances too. If you’re looking for a great, sweet read in the lead up to Christmas without drowning in Yuletide trappings then check out Downward Facing Dreamboat by Bru Baker.
Love is trying to catch up to two lonely men. Can they stop long enough to let it?
Running defines Kincaid’s life. It’s not until he loses it that he realizes how isolated he’s become. But even if an injury hadn’t forced him to slow down, the hottie in the yoga studio would have given him pause. In fact, admiring the man each morning is the only thing keeping the spring in his step when it feels like he’s lost everything.
Owen’s busy life as a yoga instructor doesn’t leave him much time to meet guys, let alone date. He’s convinced his passion for helping people is worth the sacrifice, but he’s willing to spare a few moments for the cutie who walks past the studio every morning.
When their lives intersect and romance is set in motion, they stumble off the starting block. But no matter the obstacles in their path, this race won’t be over until they reach the finish… together.
I love this sweet chonker! I’m so glad he got a good home.
Deal of the Day
Get an ebook of You Can’t Tell by Looking by Russell J. Sanders for $1.50. Sale ends November 25, 2019 at 11:59 PM ET.
Gabe Dillon’s life changes when he gazes across his new school’s commons and spies handsome Kerem Uzun, and he wants to know more. Kerem is senior class president. He is mostly very well-liked. He comes from a family of doctors, is of Turkish heritage, and he is Muslim.
At first, Gabe doesn’t understand the ritual he sees Kerem performing. But as the boys bond, Gabe is eager to learn about Islam. He’s falling in with a boy who may or may not be gay, a boy whose religion may condemn Gabe’s open homosexuality.
Complicating the budding relationship is Timur, Kerem’s cousin, who has grown up alongside Kerem as his brother. A family tragedy left Timur homeless, and Kerem’s parents took him in. But as Kerem grows into his own way of looking at life and how it fits into his devout practice of his faith, Timur is becoming more fundamental in his practice of Islam. And he isn’t the only one opposed to the friendship between Kerem and Gabe. Can they forge a lasting relationship amid so many challenges?
Yay! Whoot to the Poe!
Must Read of the Week
To be honest the intensity of the reaction around ‘Ok Boomer’ caught me off guard. Maybe it comes of being Gen-X, who most people just forget about (I did hear we’ve been tagged as the Karen generation, which is just predictably a second thought and not particularly catchy). This is an interesting look at the meme and what it represents.
“OK boomer” isn’t just about the past. It’s about our apocalyptic future.
For a long time now, the cross-generational dialogue between baby boomers and millennials has been built atop several recurring themes. Boomers — the generation born roughly between 1946 and 1965 — scoff that millennials expect “participation trophies” for doing the bare minimum. Millennials say boomers are “out of touch.” Millennials (born roughly between 1980 and 1996) are “killing” once-stable industries like cereal by saving money, spending less, and “eating avocados.” Boomers have “mortgaged the future” in exchange for hoarding wealth while also voting to end necessary social programs. Millennials would rather complain about student debt than buckle down, work hard, and “get a job.”
If anything, teens have been subjected to even harsher rhetorical maligning. Members of Generation Z, born roughly between 1996 and 2015, are portrayed as addicted to their phones, “intolerant” of their elders, and stuck in a “different world” thanks to the internet.
With all this repetitive back-and-forth — seriously, there are bingo cards — it’s no wonder the most polarizing meme of the year is a two-word dismissal of the whole debate. “OK boomer,” which floated into the internet mainstream and rapidly gained traction this fall, is an attempt by millennials and Gen Z to both encapsulate this circular argument and reject it entirely.
This poster actually did its job and intrigued me about a movie I’d no interest in before.
This is FASCINATING. Look at them go!