Anna Richland
@annarichland.bsky.social
Author of HIS ROAD HOME and other stories about geeky people falling in love. New book THE COUCH WHERE IT HAPPENS out now. Expect posts about books, coffee, art, birds and burning rage. Veteran. Ex-lawyer. (she/her)
www.annarichland.com
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This is exactly what I've heard.
I wonder whether bsky really wants us to tag things? Is that why posts are so quiet?
Honestly the quiet has let me do less social media and more actual writing work, but I also keep thinking "is it me?"
You're not alone, @thebookqueen.bsky.social
I wonder whether bsky really wants us to tag things? Is that why posts are so quiet?
Honestly the quiet has let me do less social media and more actual writing work, but I also keep thinking "is it me?"
You're not alone, @thebookqueen.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is exactly what I've heard.
I wonder whether bsky really wants us to tag things? Is that why posts are so quiet?
Honestly the quiet has let me do less social media and more actual writing work, but I also keep thinking "is it me?"
You're not alone, @thebookqueen.bsky.social
I wonder whether bsky really wants us to tag things? Is that why posts are so quiet?
Honestly the quiet has let me do less social media and more actual writing work, but I also keep thinking "is it me?"
You're not alone, @thebookqueen.bsky.social
Thanks! Now I just get myself "Monday Bruce" surprise box toys for the windowsill behind my desk.
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thanks! Now I just get myself "Monday Bruce" surprise box toys for the windowsill behind my desk.
Sorry I have no idea how to adjust the image to make "The End" show better, but it's a pretty script font.
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sorry I have no idea how to adjust the image to make "The End" show better, but it's a pretty script font.
A couple years ago when I finished polishing and editing a new romance after 7 years of flailing and abandoning five projects, I got myself this to celebrate: (and it's on sale now for $68). (alt text: gold brass necklace that says "The End" is fancy script) www.verameat.com/collections/...
THE END GIFT
The end necklace, rom com, romantic comedy, gift for film lovers, adjustable chain, typography, dainty, movie credits, sterling silver, gold brass
www.verameat.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A couple years ago when I finished polishing and editing a new romance after 7 years of flailing and abandoning five projects, I got myself this to celebrate: (and it's on sale now for $68). (alt text: gold brass necklace that says "The End" is fancy script) www.verameat.com/collections/...
He is studying civil engineering, particularly airport runways and concrete, so none of this is a surprise.
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
He is studying civil engineering, particularly airport runways and concrete, so none of this is a surprise.
Yes, very much so. During the pandemic my teenage son biked every "safe street" car-free zone in Seattle, mapped them, compared the resulting shapes, and analyzed them with census income data to determine wealthier neighborhoods got straighter, easier to navigate "safe street" zones.
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Yes, very much so. During the pandemic my teenage son biked every "safe street" car-free zone in Seattle, mapped them, compared the resulting shapes, and analyzed them with census income data to determine wealthier neighborhoods got straighter, easier to navigate "safe street" zones.
You're just trolling us to see if you can score 100% on having already done all our recs! I see what you're doing!
December 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You're just trolling us to see if you can score 100% on having already done all our recs! I see what you're doing!
Cat Sebastian's We Could Be So Good/You Should Be So Lucky series is excellent in audio, and I listened through Libby. The second one is baseball player and sports reporter. The first one is a reporter and the newspaper's publisher, not actually sports though.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Cat Sebastian's We Could Be So Good/You Should Be So Lucky series is excellent in audio, and I listened through Libby. The second one is baseball player and sports reporter. The first one is a reporter and the newspaper's publisher, not actually sports though.
So do you just mentally substitute "avocado" for tuna when you read that scene? I keep having mental images of a future where AI replaces the author's choice of tuna (a deeply unsexy food) with something it gleaned from our search history and we get...
A flight to Paris on toast!
A flight to Paris on toast!
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So do you just mentally substitute "avocado" for tuna when you read that scene? I keep having mental images of a future where AI replaces the author's choice of tuna (a deeply unsexy food) with something it gleaned from our search history and we get...
A flight to Paris on toast!
A flight to Paris on toast!
Tuna on toast broke me.
It's like it was a challenge - make the LEAST sexy food ever into a deep, visceral symbol of connection.
It's like it was a challenge - make the LEAST sexy food ever into a deep, visceral symbol of connection.
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tuna on toast broke me.
It's like it was a challenge - make the LEAST sexy food ever into a deep, visceral symbol of connection.
It's like it was a challenge - make the LEAST sexy food ever into a deep, visceral symbol of connection.
When is the travel and tourism industry going to fight back? This is insane.
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When is the travel and tourism industry going to fight back? This is insane.
We're meeting my in-laws in Mexico now, instead of Palm Springs. They're spending 6 weeks there. That's a lot of money not going in the US economy. In the immortal words of Julia Roberts, "Big Mistake. Big. Huge."
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We're meeting my in-laws in Mexico now, instead of Palm Springs. They're spending 6 weeks there. That's a lot of money not going in the US economy. In the immortal words of Julia Roberts, "Big Mistake. Big. Huge."
Maybe 900? But took place in maybe 500 and not in England?
*I wrote two 120K-word paranormal romances about Beowulf's warriors, destroyed my Heaney books from use, and learned to hack translations b/c real ones are copyrighted so I had to do my own. And 900 is my best guess.
Yes, the Qs suck.
*I wrote two 120K-word paranormal romances about Beowulf's warriors, destroyed my Heaney books from use, and learned to hack translations b/c real ones are copyrighted so I had to do my own. And 900 is my best guess.
Yes, the Qs suck.
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Maybe 900? But took place in maybe 500 and not in England?
*I wrote two 120K-word paranormal romances about Beowulf's warriors, destroyed my Heaney books from use, and learned to hack translations b/c real ones are copyrighted so I had to do my own. And 900 is my best guess.
Yes, the Qs suck.
*I wrote two 120K-word paranormal romances about Beowulf's warriors, destroyed my Heaney books from use, and learned to hack translations b/c real ones are copyrighted so I had to do my own. And 900 is my best guess.
Yes, the Qs suck.
I too loved the white circle covers.
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I too loved the white circle covers.
Of course it could just be a vicious property inventory clerk too, quite possible.
But still - they would have known she was a citizen and didn't belong in ICE/CBP detention and would be gone soon, so trashing her jewelry for inventory or b/c her hands swelled - it's just petty and also expensive!
But still - they would have known she was a citizen and didn't belong in ICE/CBP detention and would be gone soon, so trashing her jewelry for inventory or b/c her hands swelled - it's just petty and also expensive!
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Of course it could just be a vicious property inventory clerk too, quite possible.
But still - they would have known she was a citizen and didn't belong in ICE/CBP detention and would be gone soon, so trashing her jewelry for inventory or b/c her hands swelled - it's just petty and also expensive!
But still - they would have known she was a citizen and didn't belong in ICE/CBP detention and would be gone soon, so trashing her jewelry for inventory or b/c her hands swelled - it's just petty and also expensive!
Same with cuffs, even if they didn't use zip ties.
I had to have my wedding band cut off in April b/c I was having gall bladder surgery, and the dr said if my hands swelled during surgery, they'd have to cut the rings off, so I should get it off ahead of time.
I had to have my wedding band cut off in April b/c I was having gall bladder surgery, and the dr said if my hands swelled during surgery, they'd have to cut the rings off, so I should get it off ahead of time.
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Same with cuffs, even if they didn't use zip ties.
I had to have my wedding band cut off in April b/c I was having gall bladder surgery, and the dr said if my hands swelled during surgery, they'd have to cut the rings off, so I should get it off ahead of time.
I had to have my wedding band cut off in April b/c I was having gall bladder surgery, and the dr said if my hands swelled during surgery, they'd have to cut the rings off, so I should get it off ahead of time.
If you have restrained someone improperly, too tightly, too long, etc, their hands swell. Thus the ring being cut off (rather than just UNDO THE ZIP TIES for the 55 yr old lady).
Neck marks, WTF. I can't even.
I am 55. I just ...
Neck marks, WTF. I can't even.
I am 55. I just ...
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
If you have restrained someone improperly, too tightly, too long, etc, their hands swell. Thus the ring being cut off (rather than just UNDO THE ZIP TIES for the 55 yr old lady).
Neck marks, WTF. I can't even.
I am 55. I just ...
Neck marks, WTF. I can't even.
I am 55. I just ...
To make sure I wasn't misremembering, I went to Rotten Tomatoes and yep, RWRB is an R:
R (Some Sexual Content|Partial Nudity|Language)
Hard to believe.
*yes, I did that. I love puns. My own books have puns; if you can't make fun of a fish scientist character with bad puns, are you even trying?
R (Some Sexual Content|Partial Nudity|Language)
Hard to believe.
*yes, I did that. I love puns. My own books have puns; if you can't make fun of a fish scientist character with bad puns, are you even trying?
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
To make sure I wasn't misremembering, I went to Rotten Tomatoes and yep, RWRB is an R:
R (Some Sexual Content|Partial Nudity|Language)
Hard to believe.
*yes, I did that. I love puns. My own books have puns; if you can't make fun of a fish scientist character with bad puns, are you even trying?
R (Some Sexual Content|Partial Nudity|Language)
Hard to believe.
*yes, I did that. I love puns. My own books have puns; if you can't make fun of a fish scientist character with bad puns, are you even trying?
Although TBH since I've been watching HR maybe my idea of what is an R vs PG13 is a bit skewed! I guess if Hallmark sets the standard, then RWRB is an R, but I feel like if it's compared to cinema-releases ... I mean, Sinners was an R. And RWRB was def not Sinners-level heat.
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Although TBH since I've been watching HR maybe my idea of what is an R vs PG13 is a bit skewed! I guess if Hallmark sets the standard, then RWRB is an R, but I feel like if it's compared to cinema-releases ... I mean, Sinners was an R. And RWRB was def not Sinners-level heat.
I just watched RWRB this week for the first time, and was floored that it got an R rating b/c honestly, there wasn't that much sex and it wasn't very explicit. I do not believe I saw a buttock or even below the navel. And yet an R, which I think was just awarded b/c of WHO was having the sex.
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I just watched RWRB this week for the first time, and was floored that it got an R rating b/c honestly, there wasn't that much sex and it wasn't very explicit. I do not believe I saw a buttock or even below the navel. And yet an R, which I think was just awarded b/c of WHO was having the sex.
Also, I love the new covers for Caudwell's books, but the old Gorey-esque ones were also great.
And have you read Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross? I was reading her MM Regencies at the same time I discovered Caudwell, so the two authors are linked in my brain.
And have you read Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross? I was reading her MM Regencies at the same time I discovered Caudwell, so the two authors are linked in my brain.
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Also, I love the new covers for Caudwell's books, but the old Gorey-esque ones were also great.
And have you read Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross? I was reading her MM Regencies at the same time I discovered Caudwell, so the two authors are linked in my brain.
And have you read Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross? I was reading her MM Regencies at the same time I discovered Caudwell, so the two authors are linked in my brain.
I love Sarah Caudwell! I'm so happy to find someone else who does too. My son took a stopover in Jersey (to avoid LHR departure fees, he's that type) and I seized the moment to opine about Jersey as a tax haven ... *channeling* my inner Hilary Tamar, perhaps.
I'll see myself to the door, thx.
I'll see myself to the door, thx.
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I love Sarah Caudwell! I'm so happy to find someone else who does too. My son took a stopover in Jersey (to avoid LHR departure fees, he's that type) and I seized the moment to opine about Jersey as a tax haven ... *channeling* my inner Hilary Tamar, perhaps.
I'll see myself to the door, thx.
I'll see myself to the door, thx.
"US Intelligence" is doing a lot of work there. Did a HumInt guy reach out and say here's the list of who's going to be on the boat? Was he on the boat too? Or did they use AI and SigInt? Seriously, all 11 were identified and were on a target list? The world is just NOT that neat and tidy.
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"US Intelligence" is doing a lot of work there. Did a HumInt guy reach out and say here's the list of who's going to be on the boat? Was he on the boat too? Or did they use AI and SigInt? Seriously, all 11 were identified and were on a target list? The world is just NOT that neat and tidy.
I find it impossible to believe they actually correctly identified 11 guys on a boat. There is nothing about the competence of this administration, or the prior record of every admin and of AI at correctly identifying people, esp. non-white people, etc that makes me believe this. Nothing.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I find it impossible to believe they actually correctly identified 11 guys on a boat. There is nothing about the competence of this administration, or the prior record of every admin and of AI at correctly identifying people, esp. non-white people, etc that makes me believe this. Nothing.
My spouse retired and now starts his day with decaf. Golfs fueled only by decaf.
He has apparently been doing this for about three months and I only discovered it a couple weeks ago, I'm not a coffee pod monitor.
There are apparently no headaches? I am still trying to comprehend. The secrecy!
He has apparently been doing this for about three months and I only discovered it a couple weeks ago, I'm not a coffee pod monitor.
There are apparently no headaches? I am still trying to comprehend. The secrecy!
December 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My spouse retired and now starts his day with decaf. Golfs fueled only by decaf.
He has apparently been doing this for about three months and I only discovered it a couple weeks ago, I'm not a coffee pod monitor.
There are apparently no headaches? I am still trying to comprehend. The secrecy!
He has apparently been doing this for about three months and I only discovered it a couple weeks ago, I'm not a coffee pod monitor.
There are apparently no headaches? I am still trying to comprehend. The secrecy!