Isobel
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Books are my bag & writing is my dream. Let’s get literary!
🎶It’s the most wonderful time…🎶 (I.e., my youngest is at swimming class so I can re-watch “Scream Queens”)
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🎶It’s the most wonderful time…🎶 (I.e., my youngest is at swimming class so I can re-watch “Scream Queens”)
McSweeney’s is on fire lately!
“Their fingers touched, a zap of electricity passing between them. Only neither of them could feel it because they’d forgotten their gloves. Their fingers were waxy, a sign of frostbite. But also, maybe a sign of love.”
“Their fingers touched, a zap of electricity passing between them. Only neither of them could feel it because they’d forgotten their gloves. Their fingers were waxy, a sign of frostbite. But also, maybe a sign of love.”
"Fate brought them together, the way his car happened to slide into hers when he lost traction in the Schnucks parking lot." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-r...
A Romance Novelist Desperately Tries to Romanticize Midwestern Winter
Fate brought them together, the way his car happened to slide into hers when he lost traction in the Schnucks parking lot. - - -He looked at her an...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
McSweeney’s is on fire lately!
“Their fingers touched, a zap of electricity passing between them. Only neither of them could feel it because they’d forgotten their gloves. Their fingers were waxy, a sign of frostbite. But also, maybe a sign of love.”
“Their fingers touched, a zap of electricity passing between them. Only neither of them could feel it because they’d forgotten their gloves. Their fingers were waxy, a sign of frostbite. But also, maybe a sign of love.”
Watched “The Roses” last night, and is it just me, or is the blame almost entirely on the husband?
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Watched “The Roses” last night, and is it just me, or is the blame almost entirely on the husband?
My blog is 7 years old! It is no longer a toddler. It is the weird, indoor kid who is rarely seen, and insists on talking about niche (primarily literary) interests. It is not popular. I think I’ll keep at it, though. It gives me a second to pause, & keeps me writing more. #old
December 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My blog is 7 years old! It is no longer a toddler. It is the weird, indoor kid who is rarely seen, and insists on talking about niche (primarily literary) interests. It is not popular. I think I’ll keep at it, though. It gives me a second to pause, & keeps me writing more. #old
The bachelorette party was raucous; the evening couldn’t have ended any other way. #writesky #writingprompt
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The bachelorette party was raucous; the evening couldn’t have ended any other way. #writesky #writingprompt
When she flicked on the light switch, she saw him by the side of her bed. #writesky #writingprompt
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
When she flicked on the light switch, she saw him by the side of her bed. #writesky #writingprompt
It was Thirsty Thursday, but she didn’t drink alcohol - she was thirsty for blood. #writesky #writingprompt
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
It was Thirsty Thursday, but she didn’t drink alcohol - she was thirsty for blood. #writesky #writingprompt
People who refuse to acknowledge you as meaningful to a conversation unless you agree with everything they say are so hard to be around.
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
People who refuse to acknowledge you as meaningful to a conversation unless you agree with everything they say are so hard to be around.
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
Writing prompt: It’s beginning to look a lot like death wish. #writesky #writingprompt
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Writing prompt: It’s beginning to look a lot like death wish. #writesky #writingprompt
Writing prompt: The stars in the sky were overwhelmed… #writesky #writingprompt
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Writing prompt: The stars in the sky were overwhelmed… #writesky #writingprompt
Writing prompt: When he shaved on December 1, everything changed. #writesky #writingprompt
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Writing prompt: When he shaved on December 1, everything changed. #writesky #writingprompt
My short poem based on this prompt: letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My short poem based on this prompt: letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/a...
Writing prompt: The store had everything she needed for her pumpkin pie except the special ingredient. #writesky #writingprompt
a cartoon of charlie brown and peggy sitting at a table
Alt: a cartoon of charlie brown and peggy sitting at a table. Peggy is distraught, asking where is the pumpkin pie
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November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Writing prompt: The store had everything she needed for her pumpkin pie except the special ingredient. #writesky #writingprompt
Will recycling my things help reset my feelings? letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/o...
Out with the Old…
I recycled my sailor dress and my wedding dress this morning. I know we’re not supposed to be materialistic, but I kind of am. I like to keep things around that symbolise more, that remind me of fo…
letzbeereal.wordpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Will recycling my things help reset my feelings? letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/o...
I’d prefer to (be able to afford to) live in Mendicino, which is where most of the location shots of “Maine” occur. #california #goals #jessicafletcher
I've been watching a marathon of Murder, She Wrote the last couple days, and now I'm ready to move to Maine.
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I’d prefer to (be able to afford to) live in Mendicino, which is where most of the location shots of “Maine” occur. #california #goals #jessicafletcher
I believe in being grateful. But I also think that viewing Thanksgiving purely as a day to give thanks is such a white person way of looking at things.
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I believe in being grateful. But I also think that viewing Thanksgiving purely as a day to give thanks is such a white person way of looking at things.
Thoughts that haunt me after reading an ARC recently: letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/y... #booksky
You are part of the problem
I recently read Allie Tagle-Dokus’ novel Lucky Girl, an ARC received through NetGalley. I didn’t really care for it much, because it’s not really up my alley. It’s fairly well-written, the heroine …
letzbeereal.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Thoughts that haunt me after reading an ARC recently: letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/y... #booksky
We all agree that James is the best character in Pokémon, right? #gottacatchemall
a cartoon character with purple hair and a white shirt with a red letter d on it
Alt: James, Pokémon villain, attempts to assuage his endless hunger with skewer of meat
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November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We all agree that James is the best character in Pokémon, right? #gottacatchemall
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
So. Cold. Is winter almost over yet?
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
So. Cold. Is winter almost over yet?
Writing tips from Joe Lonsdale: www.thehorrorzine.com/Special/Lans... #writersky
Joe R Lansdale The Horror Zine
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November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Writing tips from Joe Lonsdale: www.thehorrorzine.com/Special/Lans... #writersky