Lorren Lemmons
@lorrenlemmons.bsky.social
Writer, editor, overthinker. A little bit extra.
🏠 Idaho
🏠 Idaho
I work very part time and my kids are in school during the day but I still feel like all my time is consumed by mom stuff
February 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I work very part time and my kids are in school during the day but I still feel like all my time is consumed by mom stuff
My dog lives a life of hope
February 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My dog lives a life of hope
Is crying in Costco the suburban mom equivalent to crying on the subway?
February 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Is crying in Costco the suburban mom equivalent to crying on the subway?
Running late because I just spent ten minutes thinking about where my main character’s tattoos should be…
#amwriting
#booksky
#amwriting
#booksky
February 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Running late because I just spent ten minutes thinking about where my main character’s tattoos should be…
#amwriting
#booksky
#amwriting
#booksky
My dog doesn’t come back inside until I invite him in and it’s so cute to me. Such good manners.
January 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My dog doesn’t come back inside until I invite him in and it’s so cute to me. Such good manners.
Can I call it “writing” if it’s dissociating to a playlist I made and occasionally putting a thought in my notes app?
January 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Can I call it “writing” if it’s dissociating to a playlist I made and occasionally putting a thought in my notes app?
Our local indie bookstore just had its inaugural poetry book club, and it was exactly what my heart needed. And THIS is why it’s important to support indie bookstores—they don’t just provide books, they provide bookish community!
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Our local indie bookstore just had its inaugural poetry book club, and it was exactly what my heart needed. And THIS is why it’s important to support indie bookstores—they don’t just provide books, they provide bookish community!
Me to 12yo: I have done the errand you keep requesting I do
12yo: could you also run x, y, and z randomly specific and time-consuming errands
12yo: could you also run x, y, and z randomly specific and time-consuming errands
January 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Me to 12yo: I have done the errand you keep requesting I do
12yo: could you also run x, y, and z randomly specific and time-consuming errands
12yo: could you also run x, y, and z randomly specific and time-consuming errands
I’m waiting for multiple emails that *might* have good news, and as a result my heart starts hammering every time I open Gmail.
January 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I’m waiting for multiple emails that *might* have good news, and as a result my heart starts hammering every time I open Gmail.
January 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I just applied for my dream job. It’s a long shot, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
January 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I just applied for my dream job. It’s a long shot, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
Somehow I’m on blue heron Bluesky and I don’t know how I got here but I’m enjoying it.
January 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Somehow I’m on blue heron Bluesky and I don’t know how I got here but I’m enjoying it.
Rereading The Scorpio Races a couple of chapters a day and I stand by the opinion there are few books as swoony.
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Rereading The Scorpio Races a couple of chapters a day and I stand by the opinion there are few books as swoony.
Apparently if I have 4-5 accountability measures in place i can get myself to go on a walk.
(Why is it so hard? It’s the cheapest healthy thing. But I struggle to do it so much!)
(Why is it so hard? It’s the cheapest healthy thing. But I struggle to do it so much!)
January 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Apparently if I have 4-5 accountability measures in place i can get myself to go on a walk.
(Why is it so hard? It’s the cheapest healthy thing. But I struggle to do it so much!)
(Why is it so hard? It’s the cheapest healthy thing. But I struggle to do it so much!)
Just took a bath and finished one of the books I’m reading as research for my second novel. Today was stressful for myriad reasons but it was a good ending, at least.
January 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Just took a bath and finished one of the books I’m reading as research for my second novel. Today was stressful for myriad reasons but it was a good ending, at least.
Read FOURTH WING and it wasn’t really my thing. I considered reading the 2nd book because I have FOMO with all the hype surrounding the 3rd book, but I have a stack of other things I genuinely want to read.
BUT.
I’m so happy to see people gearing up for release parties and celebrating this book!
BUT.
I’m so happy to see people gearing up for release parties and celebrating this book!
January 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Read FOURTH WING and it wasn’t really my thing. I considered reading the 2nd book because I have FOMO with all the hype surrounding the 3rd book, but I have a stack of other things I genuinely want to read.
BUT.
I’m so happy to see people gearing up for release parties and celebrating this book!
BUT.
I’m so happy to see people gearing up for release parties and celebrating this book!
I’m trying to remind myself that positive reviews from my friends reading my manuscript is even better than an acceptance from a publisher. I hope lots of people read my book, but my favorite people already have.
#writing
#writing
January 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m trying to remind myself that positive reviews from my friends reading my manuscript is even better than an acceptance from a publisher. I hope lots of people read my book, but my favorite people already have.
#writing
#writing
The Poetry Foundation sending out Maggie Smith’s “Good Bones” as their daily poem today 😭
January 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Poetry Foundation sending out Maggie Smith’s “Good Bones” as their daily poem today 😭
I was playing “Defying Gravity” on the piano and singing at the top of my lungs when someone rang the doorbell (my piano is right by my front door).
I was so relieved that it was the neighbor kids asking my son to come play instead of a grown-up who would judge me.
I was so relieved that it was the neighbor kids asking my son to come play instead of a grown-up who would judge me.
January 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I was playing “Defying Gravity” on the piano and singing at the top of my lungs when someone rang the doorbell (my piano is right by my front door).
I was so relieved that it was the neighbor kids asking my son to come play instead of a grown-up who would judge me.
I was so relieved that it was the neighbor kids asking my son to come play instead of a grown-up who would judge me.
I’m trying to eat healthier and have lost some of my dopamine crutches. Therefore I am currently actively reading about fifteen books 😅
January 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I’m trying to eat healthier and have lost some of my dopamine crutches. Therefore I am currently actively reading about fifteen books 😅
I watched wicked with my kids tonight.
9yo’s takeaway was that Elphaba was right and animal cruelty is not okay.
6yo’s takeaway: she really wants Glinda’s wardrobe. And makeup boxes. And possibly to just be Glinda.
9yo’s takeaway was that Elphaba was right and animal cruelty is not okay.
6yo’s takeaway: she really wants Glinda’s wardrobe. And makeup boxes. And possibly to just be Glinda.
January 19, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I watched wicked with my kids tonight.
9yo’s takeaway was that Elphaba was right and animal cruelty is not okay.
6yo’s takeaway: she really wants Glinda’s wardrobe. And makeup boxes. And possibly to just be Glinda.
9yo’s takeaway was that Elphaba was right and animal cruelty is not okay.
6yo’s takeaway: she really wants Glinda’s wardrobe. And makeup boxes. And possibly to just be Glinda.
The audacity of my child sobbing that she “has to do everything” when asked to clear trash out of the car
January 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The audacity of my child sobbing that she “has to do everything” when asked to clear trash out of the car
My hopes are so high that your email stating you’ve received my manuscript and will be in touch soon might k*ll me…
January 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My hopes are so high that your email stating you’ve received my manuscript and will be in touch soon might k*ll me…
Why do I only ever have two bobby pins in my possession at any given time
January 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Why do I only ever have two bobby pins in my possession at any given time
6yo, with a scrunched-up nose: Mama, you go to therapy, right?
January 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
6yo, with a scrunched-up nose: Mama, you go to therapy, right?