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Recipes
I thought I would share some recipes I've been enjoying lately. I recently made this mushroom black bean chili, since it matched a bunch of ingredients I had...
Third Quarter Reading Roundup - 2022
Hi folks, I discovered a glitch in the way I was publishing newsletters, so if this is the first arriving to you, oops, and hi. Here's some of my top reads...
Not an Ending - Bonus Epilogue
Hello, folks, A bit a admin before we get to the good stuff. First, while this epilogue is told from Sienna's point of view (last seen in Clear as Ice), it...
Two Terrific Books
Hey folks, I'm adding in a monthly piece on two books I wanted to highlight. Likely these books will also appear in my quarterly reading roundup, but the...
How May I Help You - 10 and 11
Rita had a healthy concern for DMs. Even in the workplace, the people who wanted to DM you often wanted to do or talk about things they wouldn't do on main...
Sssh - Early Release Maybe
So, the official release post is going to go up Tuesday on the blog. But, I made a minor goof uploading to all the various sites. As a result, depending on...
How May I Help You #9
Eden had demanded they do a virtual happy hour via video chat. Rita had teased asking if the drinks had to be virtual. “What you think Ben’s deal is?” Rita...
Ripped Bodice Bingo Report
Hey, so here's my personal reading for the Ripped Bodice Bingo. Some of these I bumped to the top of the TBR, some I found through the library, some I sought...
How May I Help You - 8
“I need to add a child to my coverage," the voice said with a sense of urgency. "Congratulations," Rita said. "We'll just need a copy of the birth...
How May I Help You - 7
Rita saw the email pop up, just as she was sending her notes about the errors on a client's medical file. It was from her manager Carla. "Please give me a...
How May I Help You - 6
"My spouse lost her very terrible job," the caller sang, "and this is really a blessing in disguise!" Rita felt like she was missing a meme or something. She...
Reading Roundup - Second Quarter 2022
Things I've read and enjoyed over the past quarter. I tried to keep this to a top ten, but, well, didn't entirely succeed. Bookshop links included. Winter's...
How May I Help You 5
Eden: I got a secret baby! Rita, can you forward me what the process was. Ben: How can a baby be secret? Rita: It's a trope name. Eden: Apparently they only...
How May I Help You - 4
"Hello," the caller said, "I have sort of an unusual situation." "Okay," Rita said. "So, I had removed my spouse from coverage last year during open...
How May I Help You 3
Quick Note. The prior installment is here. "I would like to make sure my intern is covered on my health insurance," the voice announced after giving her...
How May I Help You - 1&2
How May I Help You Rita Ulani Lai checked her headset and answered then phone. "Global US HR consulting, how may I help you?" She had tried to convince her...
How May I Help You - Seven Things
So, I teased this story a while back. And here we are. A lot of my story ideas start with a thing that isn't really a story idea. In this case I started with...
LTAFS Addendum: LGBTQ Teens and Sex Ed
Lol, I wrote a whole series thinking, cool, I'll never have to soapbox again. And here we are. So I was reading a middle grade where the mom is telling her...
First Quarter Reading Roundup
I read a lot of things this quarter, which means the amount of things I read was a little higher than normal. I also quit more things than normal for this...