Diane Ackland
@author.dianeackland.com
Author, geek, creative. Writer of sexy books to geek out about. Neurospicy and disabled. Bisexual disaster and trash goblin. Pen name for Molly Schlemmer.
http://www.dianeackland.com
http://www.dianeackland.com
It's both! Thanks for the link!
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's both! Thanks for the link!
Ohio -- or, at least, Columbus -- tends to go for cars driving into the side of buildings than for drunk animals.
Seriously. It's an issue here.
Seriously. It's an issue here.
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ohio -- or, at least, Columbus -- tends to go for cars driving into the side of buildings than for drunk animals.
Seriously. It's an issue here.
Seriously. It's an issue here.
These sounds are so unique. The way I can wake up out of a dead sleep when I hear a cat chewing on a plastic bag...
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
These sounds are so unique. The way I can wake up out of a dead sleep when I hear a cat chewing on a plastic bag...
Thanks for writing them!
I hope things level out for you and you can get back to writing sometime soon, even if it's just for you.
I hope things level out for you and you can get back to writing sometime soon, even if it's just for you.
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thanks for writing them!
I hope things level out for you and you can get back to writing sometime soon, even if it's just for you.
I hope things level out for you and you can get back to writing sometime soon, even if it's just for you.
Oh. OH.
I think I need this too.
I think I need this too.
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Oh. OH.
I think I need this too.
I think I need this too.
Oh, I'm so sorry! I hope he was just briefly confused. *hugs* to you both!
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Oh, I'm so sorry! I hope he was just briefly confused. *hugs* to you both!
Austen is worth it for a close study of polite society and women’s roles within it, and Elliot is just delightful. Dickens is not worth it; neither is Thomas Hardy, though if you want to be bored reading about rural English life he is your man.
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Austen is worth it for a close study of polite society and women’s roles within it, and Elliot is just delightful. Dickens is not worth it; neither is Thomas Hardy, though if you want to be bored reading about rural English life he is your man.
It‘s ridiculous. I am so tired of the need to make genres buzzworthy with a catchy title (though my brain is trying to make “romansci” work despite my misgivings…).
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It‘s ridiculous. I am so tired of the need to make genres buzzworthy with a catchy title (though my brain is trying to make “romansci” work despite my misgivings…).
“My Sweet Lord” is a very different song in Opus’ mind.
December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“My Sweet Lord” is a very different song in Opus’ mind.
Please, god, let it happen. I am so tired of sexless media that I almost started a podcast called “Does It F*ck?” where I just talk about media with decent sex in it.
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Please, god, let it happen. I am so tired of sexless media that I almost started a podcast called “Does It F*ck?” where I just talk about media with decent sex in it.
*specfic, not “specific”. Goddamn Autocorrect…
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
*specfic, not “specific”. Goddamn Autocorrect…
WUT.
Even with sci-fantasy, the “sci” takes precedence. It is fantasy in a sci-fi setting, not the other way ‘round. It would be labeled as sci-fi.
Romantasy does not need to be an umbrella term for specific romance.
Even with sci-fantasy, the “sci” takes precedence. It is fantasy in a sci-fi setting, not the other way ‘round. It would be labeled as sci-fi.
Romantasy does not need to be an umbrella term for specific romance.
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
WUT.
Even with sci-fantasy, the “sci” takes precedence. It is fantasy in a sci-fi setting, not the other way ‘round. It would be labeled as sci-fi.
Romantasy does not need to be an umbrella term for specific romance.
Even with sci-fantasy, the “sci” takes precedence. It is fantasy in a sci-fi setting, not the other way ‘round. It would be labeled as sci-fi.
Romantasy does not need to be an umbrella term for specific romance.
I’m going to be leading a planning session in my writing group using Sara Cannon’s HB90 and the Memento Mori Planner Companion, both of which are quarterly. It’s much saner than trying to stick to one goal for a year!
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I’m going to be leading a planning session in my writing group using Sara Cannon’s HB90 and the Memento Mori Planner Companion, both of which are quarterly. It’s much saner than trying to stick to one goal for a year!
Chest hair is so good. Hollywood needs to bring it back. No more waxed chests!
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Chest hair is so good. Hollywood needs to bring it back. No more waxed chests!
Yep! I routinely couldn’t handle how hot he was, and then how caring he was with B’Elanna. I think that may have been the first time I saw a TV character love someone inclusive of all of their faults, not despite them.
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Yep! I routinely couldn’t handle how hot he was, and then how caring he was with B’Elanna. I think that may have been the first time I saw a TV character love someone inclusive of all of their faults, not despite them.
More games need to call out our in-game behavior. Imagine Link being called out for breaking everyone’s pots and taking their rupees, because that’s just degenerate thievery.
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
More games need to call out our in-game behavior. Imagine Link being called out for breaking everyone’s pots and taking their rupees, because that’s just degenerate thievery.
Tom Paris was my sexual awakening, lol. The little bit of chest hair peeking above his prison uniform in the pilot sent my little brain into a tizzy.
And that was three seasons before “Blood Fever” 😂
And that was three seasons before “Blood Fever” 😂
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tom Paris was my sexual awakening, lol. The little bit of chest hair peeking above his prison uniform in the pilot sent my little brain into a tizzy.
And that was three seasons before “Blood Fever” 😂
And that was three seasons before “Blood Fever” 😂
Following because I suspect I hav similar thoughts and I would also like to read more.
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Following because I suspect I hav similar thoughts and I would also like to read more.
Have you seen the newest “Does Romance really need an HEA?” post? Because that’s making the round over there this evening.
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Have you seen the newest “Does Romance really need an HEA?” post? Because that’s making the round over there this evening.
I’ve started saying “I THINK ABOUT SEX A LOT“ very loudly to embarrass them. It works pretty well.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I’ve started saying “I THINK ABOUT SEX A LOT“ very loudly to embarrass them. It works pretty well.
“fuck YES this looks like a HOUSE I am so smart.”
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“fuck YES this looks like a HOUSE I am so smart.”