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One-Liner Wednesday – I heart tomatoes

Photo: A heart-shaped cherry tomato.

If you would like to participate in this prompt, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a pingback, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post, and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments below. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it but me.

NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.

Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”

The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:

1. Make it one sentence.

2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.

3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.

4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!

5. Have fun!

Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com

Available now! Includes my sexy romcom story “Taken With the Competition.”


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One-Liner Wednesday – Like night and day

Pics from our seats in the Jays Care Foundation Clubhouse!

If you would like to participate in this prompt, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a pingback, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post, and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments below. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it but me.

NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.

Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”

The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:

1. Make it one sentence.

2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.

3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.

4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!

5. Have fun!

Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com

Available now! Includes my sexy romcom story “Taken With the Competition.”


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One-Liner Wednesday – Take me out

Alex and I are going to Toronto today to watch a Jays game courtesy of the Jays Care Foundation. Watch for us on TV!

If you would like to participate in this prompt, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a pingback, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post, and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments below. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it but me.

NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.

Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”

The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:

1. Make it one sentence.

2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.

3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.

4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!

5. Have fun!

Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com

Available now! Includes my sexy romcom story “Taken With the Competition.”


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One-Liner Wednesday – I don’t understand

I don’t understand cameras—both photos were taken when it was equally dark outside.

Photo: A snowy scene with a small front yard surrounded by bushes, trees and houses in the background, all covered in snow. The sky is almost as white as the snow. Photo faces northeast.

Photo: A view through a darkened window with gauzy drapes and outside, the roof of my neighbour’s house and a snow-covered leafless tree glowing white against a dark gray sky. Photo faces southeast.

If you would like to participate in this prompt, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a pingback, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post, and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments below. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it but me.

NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.

Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”

The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:

1. Make it one sentence.

2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.

3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.

4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!

5. Have fun!

Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com

Available now! Click the image.


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JusJoJan25 the 24th – Hobbies

This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, “hobbies,” comes to us from June. Check out her blog here!

As I contemplated what to write today, I realized that long before I made my hobby of writing a business, I earned money on two other hobbies.

The first was riding horses.

I got a job taking out hour-long trail rides. Made $20 a day, but it was one of the best jobs I ever had. I did it weekends, year-round for years.

And I had a job in a wool shop where I spent all my days knitting and selling what I knitted. I got really good at tucking a ball of wool under my arm and walking around, helping customers find what they needed with my needles still going a mile a minute.

I’m lucky in that none of the hobbies I’ve earned money from have made the hobby feel like work.

Have you ever turned a hobby into a job?

This nostalgic post is part of Just Jot it January! Want to join in? Just click here to get to the prompt and drop your link. It’s fun!

Thanks again to June for the prompt!


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One-Liner Wednesday – Happy Holidays!

Wishing everyone who celebrates a very Merry Christmas, and for those who don’t, a wonderful holiday season!

If you would like to participate in this prompt, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a pingback, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post, and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments below. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it but me.

NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.

Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”

The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:

1. Make it one sentence.

2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.

3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.

4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!

5. Have fun!

Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com

Available now! Click the image.


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One-Liner Wednesday – Such a great idea!

Alex and I went to the library last week and they had books wrapped in Christmas paper for kids to open, one a day for twelve days, the last one a Christmas book. We just have to take them back after Christmas.

Photo: Twelve kids’ books wrapped and stacked up, bound by elastic bands.

If you would like to participate in this prompt, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a pingback, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post, and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments below. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it but me.

NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.

Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”

The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:

1. Make it one sentence.

2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.

3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.

4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!

5. Have fun!

Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com

Available now! Click the image.


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One-Liner Wednesday – My cup

My cup runneth not over … until I attempteth to empty it.

Photo: A white mug that’s full of coffee above the rim, sitting on my kitchen counter.

If you would like to participate in this prompt, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a pingback, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post, and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments below. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it but me.

NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.

Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”

The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:

1. Make it one sentence.

2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.

3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.

4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!

5. Have fun!

Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com

Available now! Click the image!


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Time is running out!

I mentioned a while back that I have a subscription account with Ream, a platform where you can read and stay caught up with your favorite author’s worlds.

To celebrate my beginnings there, I set up a subscription tier where you can get the first two months for free, and with that, you will receive:

  • four books at no cost in those two months (The Magician’s Curse, The Magician’s Blood, Saddled, and Rocked)
  • copies of all my published books in the months to follow
  • early access to all the books I write in the future—I’m almost finished writing the second book of a new sexy vampire reverse harem romance, so new content is coming soon!
  • inclusion in an exclusive community where I’ll keep you updated on all the news in my writing life and we can chat about books and all the things we love about them
  • free short stories published in anthologies, not all of which are currently available
  • and more!

And all at a lower monthly cost than anyone else will pay for all these features in the future.

You can join my Grand Entrance tier using the coupon code GRANDENTRANCE to get access to two months free and two free books right now. You can cancel any time, but I do hope you’ll stick around!

This offer expires April 1st, so only a few days left.

If you enjoy my stories, this is a deal that won’t be matched. I hope to see you there!

Here’s the link to my Ream page!


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Still so stoked!

Still so stoked – try to say that five times fast.

Anyway, I wrote a post last week (it feels like a year ago) about being stoked about something, and it ended in a cliffhanger.

Well, my friends, I’m about to rescue you from the cliff!

The thing I’ve been putting lots of energy into …

The best new thing to come around since sliced bread …

The thing I can’t wait for you to see …

…

…

(this is a drumroll, by the way)

…

Is …

My Ream account!

*waits for applause*

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Wait, someone in the back is asking what a Ream account is.

Now someone in the front is too … only a couple of people know what Ream is?

No problem. I can explain.

Ream is a platform much like Patreon, only it was built specifically for authors and readers, and IT IS AMAZING!

On Ream, you can just go and read some of my stories, like Off the top of my head where I’m adding a story, poem, or scene weekly to create a compilation. So far, they’re all things that were previously published on my fiction blog, but I’ll add stories you’ve never read before to it. You don’t even need to sign up! Click the link and see!

If you do sign up for Ream (it’s easy, painless, and free!) you can follow me for free and get emails when I update something, plus you can read Pixy and All Good Stories and other stuff I publish there in the future. Did I mention it’s free?

Okay, so my Ream page isn’t very pretty right now, but I’m still working out the kinks and trying to figure out what I’m going to do with it. It’s early days.

But I’m in talks with a lovely lady named Anna who runs a business that helps authors with branding and banners and all things to make their social media accounts look pretty.  It’s going to cost money, though, so that’s where my next point comes in.

I also have paid tiers.

The first one is only $3.00, and I’ve titled it “Eternal Gratitude.” But that, while huge, is not all you get when you join. It’s perfect for the reader who doesn’t read romance. I plan to publish my short stories that were included in the Transmundane Press anthologies plus—get this—I’ll even dust off the first novel I ever wrote, which only a handful of people have read, and publish it to this tier! Plus any other non-romance stories I write in the future.

The second tier is $4.99 (but right now it’s free—there are coupons! Keep reading!). It’s my “Grand Entrance” tier and it’s exactly what it sounds like. The very first productive tier where you can join me and read my steamy romance stories, both past and future. You’ll see I’m limiting the number of people who can sign up for this because once it’s archived, it’s going to continue to be my inner community. No matter what anyone is offered in higher priced tiers in the future (excluding physical goods), if you sign up for this one, you’ll get it all and never pay more than $4.99.

But again, I’m still working this out.

So to reward those who take the 14 spots left (as of the writing of this post) for putting up with me while I sort things out, you can use the promo code GRANDENTRANCE to get the first 2 months free, or 4MONTHS50 to get the first 4 months at half price.

Go check out the tier here to see what the benefits (aside from putting up with me) are. Warning: steamy romance!

And that’s what has me so stoked.

It’s going to be so much fun! Ream is a place not only to read stories, but to connect with authors and other readers and start discussions on what you love (or hate!) about characters and settings and what resonates with you. It’s a place to feel included in the storytelling community.

Check out Ream now!

Thank you so much!