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All dressed up today! 🥰

no one: ...

absolutely no one: ...

my anxiety: heyyyyyyyy!

I spent the morning reading poetry by Emma Conally-Barklem and Marisca Pichette. An absolutely exquisite experience. 🖤

So I love Extraordinary and now I'm watching Dead Hot and can we talk about what an absolute treasure Bilal Hasna is please?

murder podcast walk

Thank you Angela Sylvaine for this gorgeous copy of THE DEAD SPOT & your lovely words. I might’ve teared up a little too🖤 It was a huge honor to write the forward for this rich, devilish collection. Make sure you grab a copy because Angela is a hell of a writer!

Model: Cillian

The Faithful Guardian, by Estonian painter Johann Köler (1878). Art Museum of Estonia.

I took a walk to clear my head. I'm not sure if it helped, but at least I did it. 🖤

Wrote a few paragraphs this morning.

I'm writing a chapter for the novel set in 1926 and had to pause for 15 minutes to confirm what maids called their employers during this time in the northeastern United States.

I went to a street fair this morning. Got some jewelry and some honey. Had lunch with my mom. Time to snuggle up with Phoebe for the remainder of the afternoon. 🥰

Portrait of actress Lily Langtry by English painter Edward John Poynter (1878). Jersey Museum and Art Gallery.

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My editor at CLASH and I are doing happy dances today because Barnes & Noble placed another big order for Everything the Darkness Eats!!! So honored that novel continues to sell decently and continues to provoke strong reactions from readers.

Yesterday's hike was ridiculously lovely.

Somepuppy is very smiley this morning! 🥰

I did a lot of socializing today so now my dog and I need to listen to true crime podcasts and a Virginia Woolf biography.

There's my Beacon Street! 🥰

Midnight on Beacon Street at the airport! Ahhhh!