Reposted by Just a storytellerHillbilly Highlander @hillhighlander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026 632406348
Reposted by Just a storytellerAmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 10/10/2025sherman, for the love of god! 15077852305
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Oh, man, I didn't know Annie Dillard died. "Teaching a Stone to Talk" was transformative to me when I first read it. "There is a way a small island rises from the ocean affronting all reason. It is a chunk of chaos pounded into visibility ex nihilo." RIP, Annie. 011
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This might be the reason I finally cave and subscribe to Apple TV. This looks like absolutely bonkers fun. youtu.be/fIKFnzIcfcA?...youtu.beBrothers — Official Trailer | Apple TVYouTube video by Apple TV 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Finally home after a week away, but now I'm in urgent mode trying to get stuff done since my surgery is in two weeks. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I usually do a butterbeer but this time I opted for a felonious float from the Minion Cafe. Raspberry slushy, banana frozen yogurt, and whipped cream with banana candy. Totally worth the sugar coma. #universalhollywood #sugarcoma 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is where I’m at today. #universalhollywood 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Here's the link to Trumpets and Turquoise, too. This is one of my favorites that I've done. It came at a time when its healing message was exactly what I needed. www.jms-books.com/trumpets-and...jms-books.comTrumpets and Turquoise : JMS Books LLC, a queer small pressGENRE: Gay Spicy RomanceLENGTH: 75,095 wordsRATING: Musician Sam Poe is having the worst week of his life. On the night he discovers his boyfriend destroyed Sam’s trumpet in the name of art, Sam learn... 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My publisher, @jms-books.com, is having a huge sale this weekend - 40% of all e-books! www.jms-books.com That means, you can get all of my books at 40%, too, including my latest release, "Trumpets & Turquoise." Check it out! www.jms-books.com/vivien-dean-... #booksky #labordaysale #mmromancejms-books.comJMS Books LLC | LGBTQ+ Romance, MM, FF, Spicy, and YAExplore diverse LGBTQ+ fiction at JMS Books. We publish compelling LGBTQ+ romance, spicy romance, and young adult stories. Shop our latest releases or submit your original story today! 071
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It looks like my hip replacement surgery at the end of the month is a go. I passed my medical clearance appointment with results from my bloodwork that were even better than last year's physical. I know from experience that recovery will be a bitch, but it will be oh so worth it. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Nothing against those who read it (b/c I've certainly read a few), but why is vast majority of historical romance English or Scottish? Scottish, I get. Gabaldon is 100% to blame. But they all read the same to me. Does anyone have faves that AREN'T British? #booksky #historicalromance 061
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I tweaked my back today, doing something I really enjoy. Crocheting. I am officially an old woman. #GettingOld #CrochetRelatedInjury 000
Reposted by Just a storytellerWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Holy smokes an unreal rendition of "I Will Always Love You" by Cynthia Erivo in Vancouver last night to honor Dolly Parton….incredible 34474371948
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I know people will complain that it's not even September yet, but I don't care. I get excited when Costco starts putting out their Christmas decorations. I let myself get one new thing a year. I'm pretty sure this will be this year's: 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Got a flood of pics from a family member of the first night of a party weekend. Not my kids. Not my sister whose social life resembles a Desperate Housewives episode. My 78 y/o mother & her high school reunion weekend. If I wake up to body shots off a beer belly, she's getting blocked for a month. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 26/08/2026As awful as yesterday was, today's mantra is not every problem is today's problem. Hopefully that gets me through. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It's been a crap day for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which was Dolly passing. So I need to focus on some of the goodness she brought into this world and remember that she said, "If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one." #ThankYouDolly 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Just when I think this company can't sink any lower---but then I remember that some people are celebrating the racist policies of Trump and realize, Oh, wait, of course it can. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTarget apologizes for ‘offensive’ Halloween costume after backlashRetailer removes kid’s clown costume after people said it resembled a racist caricature used in minstrel shows 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I'm not a poetry person, but I just found an entire page of quotes I wrote down from a performance in 2023. His name is Yosimar Reyes, and one of the poems that hit the hardest was "The Legalities of Being," which you can find here: youtu.be/8eSpVOw3nBo?... #spokenword #poetryyoutu.beThe Legalities of BeingYouTube video by Dreamers Adrift 020
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Some days you just wake up sad. There was a time I'd disappear in baking to make it better, but I can't afford those calories anymore. Instead, I disappeared in games where I can defeat bad guys and save people who deserve to be saved. It helped. Somewhat. But I'm still going to bed a little sad. 010
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A productive Saturday: Realizing a zillion dollars had been spent on the game Earth's various Kickstarters to get all the upgrades and expansions and yet it hadn't been played once. Today, we fixed that. And had sushi. With a chocolate muffin. I'm calling today a win. #tabletopgames 020
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Stuck at work while hubby takes my Chico to the vet for a mass on his leg. I hate that I’m not there, so fingers crossed everything is okay. #lovemydog #petsarefamily 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Randomly clicked on a Buffy clip today and was rewarded with Spike's interrogation by Lydia in Season 5's "Checkpoint." Two wins: 1) S5 Spike (because he's the best Spike of the entire series), and 2) ... no, just Spike again, b/c he's been strutting rent-free in my head ever since. 011
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Even after seeing Six live twice already, I was more than ready to be blown away seeing it in a movie theater. Which I was. Totally worth it if you get the chance. #Six 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The problem with being an introvert who peoples well is that the people who need to understand that your social battery does not work the same way theirs does absolutely cannot see past the social butterfly who wants to hide from the world as soon as she gets home from work. #exhausted 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 16/08/2026First thought upon seeing Lenny Kravitz on the cover of Men's Health: [No thought, just drool] Second thought: Wait, isn't he, like, 60 years old? (Goes on Google to learn he's actually 62) Third thought: Bitch. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I got all excited about the new season of Reacher, but it's one of the few shows hubby will watch with me and he's buried in deadlines so is working every night. Or he's punishing me for preferring Alan Ritchson to Tom Cruise. Because hubby thinks Cruise is a better Reacher. Hubby is wrong. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026After earlier reading disappointments this week, I decided to switch genres and try something I don't usually read. Holy crap, why haven't I read The Lies of Locke Lamora before now?!? #booksky 170
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 13/08/20263 DNFs in the past week. The books weren't necessarily bad, but reading them wasn't enjoyable enough to merit the time investment. Especially when my TBR shelves have spilled into piles on the floor and in the closet and in the guest bedroom... #booksky 080
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Damn it. Early access to B&N's 50% off hardcover book haul started today. There is no such thing as willpower when your inner cheapskate joins forces with your insatiable book hoarder. #booksky #AtLeastItsNotAmazon 030
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I got confirmation last week I need a new hip - a downside to my hypermobility. I just have to wait for the scheduler. Who hasn't called yet. I can't get that line from When Harry Met Sally out of my head, about wanting the future to start now. Who knew it could apply to orthopedic surgery, too? 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Costco runs usually happen during the week when I'm at work. For reasons. Hubby pushed the run to this morning, when I can tag along. Let the good times roll. #YouLetMeCome 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Went to the library this morning to pick up a book I'd ordered through Link+. Walked out with three additional books from my holds wishlist that decided to join the party at the same time. And my husband wonders why I can't be trusted around libraries. #LibraryLove 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026A sad day today. Our senior cat, who's been fighting various things for the past year, finally lost. We said goodbye to her with lots of love, tears, and hopes that her foot fetish - she demanded you pet her with your feet, not your hands - is forever satisfied. #ForeverLoved 010
Reposted by Just a storytellerElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem. 362114082241
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Some days require ending with the Muppets. youtu.be/TbZ_hTEOKZc?...youtu.beMuppet Songs: Mahna Mahna (Muppet Show - 1976)YouTube video by Muppet Songs 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A half-male, half-female bird found in Chicago. I'd worry about conservatives calling it woke, but science + PBS news = none of them ever hearing about it in the first place. #natureiscool news.wttw.com/2026/08/05/w...news.wttw.comThis ‘Wicked Cool’ Half-Female, Half-Male Bird Landed in Suburban Chicago — Offering a Rare Glimpse Into One of Nature’s Strangest Phenomena“I had a better chance of photographing a unicorn,” Luke Dahlberg said of discovering the rare bird. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'm torn on DNFing a book. On one hand, it's a super easy read. On the other, half the characters are the kind of helicopter parents I loathe. It's probably not a good sign I want to slap every one of them. Or maybe it's just transference b/c I can't do that to so many politicians. #booksky 030
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Saw this in a paper goods shop and couldn't resist. I'm taking them to work tomorrow because everyone always benefits from random compliments. Plus, I work with some pretty amazing people. #WorkplaceKindness 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Also why I won't let my British husband fly anywhere until this awfulness stops. 010
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 02/08/2026After 10 days, 4 road trips, 2 wine tastings, and 1 rewatch of "Project Hail Mary," my guests are finally gone. For this introvert, it means I can FINALLY breathe. Also? Laundry. #socialbattery 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Just finished listening to "Stealing" by Margaret Verble. Definite To Kill a Mockingbird vibes, with a young Native American girl as the protagonist in the 1950s South. Great voice, and while the writing is clean and easy to read, the material is intense. Must recommend. #booksky #bookrecs 030
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I work with a lot of hotels for my day job. Yesterday, one San Diego hotel staff member tried to tell me that the total with taxes for 3 nights in a $198/night room would be $1600+. She must work for Trump. 010
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The sign that I've been truly accepted by my work peers: getting drawn into their prank club with full permission to embellish and orders not to share with my softer coworkers. My mother would be proud. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 30/07/2026When you've had a long, exhausting, crappy day...god bless pedicures. 000
Just a storyteller @luvwriting.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A drawback to my day job is Fox News on too many TVs. Today's lunch came w/a side of Trump at Lindsey Graham's funeral. I was fine until the claim Lindsey was a man who stuck to his principles. My boss didn't appreciate my laughter. That's OK. I didn't appreciate his lecture on funeral decorum. 000
