Layna McKenzie
@laynamckenzie.bsky.social
Professional nomad. Geek. Oregon Girl (#GoDucks). Connoisseur of Snark. Terrible at social media. Oxford Comma Activist. Contemporary Romance Author of PASSION AND PROTOCOL. Rep'd by @TajMcoy #amwriting #writingcommunity #romancelandia
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Check in with any federal government workers you know. We are not okay.
January 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Check in with any federal government workers you know. We are not okay.
The fact that yesterday’s NYT Strings puzzle included every generation of the last 100 years but left out Generation X is just about the most GenX thing ever. #GenX
January 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The fact that yesterday’s NYT Strings puzzle included every generation of the last 100 years but left out Generation X is just about the most GenX thing ever. #GenX
I have an agent! In @tajmccoy.bsky.social, I am lucky to have found the right champion for PASSION AND PROTOCOL, my #CR about a scandal-plagued diplomat and a reclusive ex-con who find lust, loathing, love (and the odd phallic clam) on the Oregon Coast.
#writingcommunity #romancelandia #booksky
#writingcommunity #romancelandia #booksky
January 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I have an agent! In @tajmccoy.bsky.social, I am lucky to have found the right champion for PASSION AND PROTOCOL, my #CR about a scandal-plagued diplomat and a reclusive ex-con who find lust, loathing, love (and the odd phallic clam) on the Oregon Coast.
#writingcommunity #romancelandia #booksky
#writingcommunity #romancelandia #booksky
I’ve made a decision that I am SO excited about. Both nervous and hopeful and manifesting all the good things for 2025.
kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain and says so excited .
ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain and says so excited .
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January 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’ve made a decision that I am SO excited about. Both nervous and hopeful and manifesting all the good things for 2025.
I’m a die-hard pantser, and am used to my characters just telling me what to do. But now, 40,000 words into my current WIP, it’s like my characters have stopped speaking to me. I’ve hit a wall. Am I going to have to actually PLOT the rest of his novel? Help! #writingcommunity #booksky #romancelandia
December 31, 2024 at 12:34 PM
I’m a die-hard pantser, and am used to my characters just telling me what to do. But now, 40,000 words into my current WIP, it’s like my characters have stopped speaking to me. I’ve hit a wall. Am I going to have to actually PLOT the rest of his novel? Help! #writingcommunity #booksky #romancelandia
Fair Winds and Following Seas to a true public servant, an incredible humanitarian, and a humble and decent man. You made us proud, Sir.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care.
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December 29, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Fair Winds and Following Seas to a true public servant, an incredible humanitarian, and a humble and decent man. You made us proud, Sir.
This is why they will need to pry the Oxford comma from my cold, dead, and lifeless hands.
Punctuation matters. Way more than you think. Bad punctuation can be devastating.
Don't believe me?
Alright, then gather around, children, because I'm going to tell you a short true story about how not understanding ONE punctuation mark once cost a company millions of dollars in a lawsuit.
Don't believe me?
Alright, then gather around, children, because I'm going to tell you a short true story about how not understanding ONE punctuation mark once cost a company millions of dollars in a lawsuit.
December 25, 2024 at 12:08 AM
This is why they will need to pry the Oxford comma from my cold, dead, and lifeless hands.
Cozy with my Sweetie on Christmas Eve, watching the 70’s-era stop-motion “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” The Burgermeister Meister Burger remains one of my favorite Christmas villains.
December 24, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Cozy with my Sweetie on Christmas Eve, watching the 70’s-era stop-motion “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” The Burgermeister Meister Burger remains one of my favorite Christmas villains.
True story: When I first moved to Germany for work, I was really lonely. Finally, I put up a sign at a pub for an “English Stammtisch.” A young man saw the sign, and brought a few friends and our Stammtisch was born. 25 years later that young man who joined my stammtisch is now my husband.
December 22, 2024 at 7:55 PM
True story: When I first moved to Germany for work, I was really lonely. Finally, I put up a sign at a pub for an “English Stammtisch.” A young man saw the sign, and brought a few friends and our Stammtisch was born. 25 years later that young man who joined my stammtisch is now my husband.
Happy Winter Solstice!! Made my homesick German sweetie bratwurst and bratkartoffeln in honor of Yule. I wish we had a fireplace, but we’re warm and cozy and drinking hot Gluehwein. It smells like Christmas!
December 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Happy Winter Solstice!! Made my homesick German sweetie bratwurst and bratkartoffeln in honor of Yule. I wish we had a fireplace, but we’re warm and cozy and drinking hot Gluehwein. It smells like Christmas!
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Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social as always.
This, this, this:
"Until men engage earnestly & honestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that celebrate and normalise it, not enough will change."
Assault. Abuse. Harassment. Objectification.
All of it.
This, this, this:
"Until men engage earnestly & honestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that celebrate and normalise it, not enough will change."
Assault. Abuse. Harassment. Objectification.
All of it.
Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit
This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit
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December 20, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social as always.
This, this, this:
"Until men engage earnestly & honestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that celebrate and normalise it, not enough will change."
Assault. Abuse. Harassment. Objectification.
All of it.
This, this, this:
"Until men engage earnestly & honestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that celebrate and normalise it, not enough will change."
Assault. Abuse. Harassment. Objectification.
All of it.
This is a nonstop struggle for me. I LOVE my little romance novel, but pitching it in a sentence or two? So. Hard. #writingcommunity
Writing Tip:
Your submission might be great, but if the person you're submitting it to isn't wowed by your pitch they might not even read it. Mastering your elevator pitch (pitching the plot of your story in a sentence or two) is an important tool for success.
#writing #writingtips #writingcommunity
Your submission might be great, but if the person you're submitting it to isn't wowed by your pitch they might not even read it. Mastering your elevator pitch (pitching the plot of your story in a sentence or two) is an important tool for success.
#writing #writingtips #writingcommunity
December 20, 2024 at 8:45 AM
This is a nonstop struggle for me. I LOVE my little romance novel, but pitching it in a sentence or two? So. Hard. #writingcommunity
I already do this (minus the audio book, as I’ve never gotten into them).
I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
December 20, 2024 at 7:48 AM
I already do this (minus the audio book, as I’ve never gotten into them).
Same. I adore “Silent Night”…although (rather pretentiously I admit) I prefer it in the original German.
I'm not religious but damn do I love a christian carol. "O Holy Night"? It is if someone's singing that song. "Fall on your knees" ??!! Already down here, buddy. You've knocked me out
December 20, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Same. I adore “Silent Night”…although (rather pretentiously I admit) I prefer it in the original German.
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Friday Romance Deals (12/20): Kindergarten teacher hero, forced proximity because of inheritance shenanigans, a florist & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2024/12/frid...
And it’s Double Kindle Points! 🤓
#romancereader #bookdeals
And it’s Double Kindle Points! 🤓
#romancereader #bookdeals
Friday Romance Deals (12/20): Kindergarten teacher hero, forced proximity because of inheritance shenanigans, a florist & more!
Romance review blog. Host of Lusting for Covers every Sunday. Author interviews and giveaways. Every month we share our Royal Picks.
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December 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Friday Romance Deals (12/20): Kindergarten teacher hero, forced proximity because of inheritance shenanigans, a florist & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2024/12/frid...
And it’s Double Kindle Points! 🤓
#romancereader #bookdeals
And it’s Double Kindle Points! 🤓
#romancereader #bookdeals
So excited! After working 80-hour weeks for seven months straight (including almost every weekend), I am treating myself to a full week writing staycation over New Years. I’m positively giddy to finally make some progress on my long-neglected WIP. #romancelandia #writingcommunity
anna from the movie frozen is standing in front of a body of water with her hands on her face .
ALT: anna from the movie frozen is standing in front of a body of water with her hands on her face .
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December 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
So excited! After working 80-hour weeks for seven months straight (including almost every weekend), I am treating myself to a full week writing staycation over New Years. I’m positively giddy to finally make some progress on my long-neglected WIP. #romancelandia #writingcommunity
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This is a friendly reminder that even if you can't support an artist you love through monetary means, your retweets have a MASSIVE amount of power here on Bluesky. Since there's no algorithm, every RT you give makes a post more visible to others!
December 17, 2024 at 7:10 AM
This is a friendly reminder that even if you can't support an artist you love through monetary means, your retweets have a MASSIVE amount of power here on Bluesky. Since there's no algorithm, every RT you give makes a post more visible to others!
OMG. Yes. All of this.
Being a writer with serious anxiety is so hard. Every good email could be followed by a bad one. Every day could be a day that my life changes forever. Every bit of progress I make could pale to the horrible, unseeing machinations of an uncaring universe.
But still I persist!!!
But still I persist!!!
December 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
OMG. Yes. All of this.
This.
I refuse to let the incoming President be the main character in my day-to-day life. 2016-2020 was exhausting for many reasons, but chiefly b/c of him. I oppose everything he’ll try to do. I’ll do all I can to advocate for the vulnerable communities he’ll target. But I won’t give his ego oxygen.
December 17, 2024 at 7:05 PM
This.
Ok. I giggled.
Omg I just dropped a copy of the book Oliver Twist on my foot.
Hurts like the Dickens
Hurts like the Dickens
December 17, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Ok. I giggled.
As a GenX kid from the Pacific Northwest, the Nirvana Unplugged concert was a seminal moment of my musical awakening. I have listened to that album so many times, I can recite verbatim Kurt Cobain’s mumbled commentary between each track.
Today in 1993: Nirvana’s iconic “Unplugged” concert airs on MTV.
“.. In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said later. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became."
#RIP
“.. In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said later. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became."
#RIP
December 17, 2024 at 5:15 PM
As a GenX kid from the Pacific Northwest, the Nirvana Unplugged concert was a seminal moment of my musical awakening. I have listened to that album so many times, I can recite verbatim Kurt Cobain’s mumbled commentary between each track.
I don’t have time for another crisis today. My schedule is already full.
a black and white photo of two women standing at a counter with the words `` crazy busy '' written on it .
ALT: a black and white photo of two women standing at a counter with the words `` crazy busy '' written on it .
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December 16, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I don’t have time for another crisis today. My schedule is already full.
My introverting soul feels seen.
Wife: So you went to the party all by yourself?
Me: Yes
Wife: And you stayed three whole hours?
Me: Yes
Wife: Even though I wasn’t there to make you stay?
Me: Yes
Wife: And now you don’t want to talk to other people until?
Me: March-ish
Me: Yes
Wife: And you stayed three whole hours?
Me: Yes
Wife: Even though I wasn’t there to make you stay?
Me: Yes
Wife: And now you don’t want to talk to other people until?
Me: March-ish
December 15, 2024 at 2:52 PM
My introverting soul feels seen.
Feeling kinda ✨vague✨ right now. #writingcommunity #romancelandia
December 14, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Feeling kinda ✨vague✨ right now. #writingcommunity #romancelandia