I set a challenge to climb to the top of these stairs by the end of the year. Stairs are super hard for me due to my spine injury and hip dysplasia. I haven’t been able to manage more than about five stairs at a time until this year, and it’s taken a ton of work. Today, I climbed all of these!

Sarah is one of our own and her famíly have experienced a devastating loss. Please do share and support #sff #booksky

Friend of the site and awesome author/editor @sarahchorn.bsky.social just suffered a family tragedy. Her niece's 7-year-old, autistic, non-verbal son eloped (ran out of the house) and drowned. Prayers, monetary support, and shares are welcome. - JI 🐉💔 www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh... #booksky 💙📚🪐

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I feel like I’m going to be working on this until hell freezes over. Regardless… MORE PROGRESS. From Romantic Country by Eriy. I’m using Polychromos pencils.

Dark chocolate raspberry New York cheesecake. I made the crust with graham crackers and mixed pecans and almonds that I toasted with a little maple syrup and cinnamon and a butterscotch syrup to bind it all together.

I’m at the “I can’t decide if I love this or hate it” part of this particular project. In other news, I hope to have the outside finished by tomorrow. From Romantic Country by Eriy. I’m using Polychromos pencils.

It's thundering outside. Perfect time to get some writing done.

Hello lovelies. I'm going to be going over edit queries from Friday through Monday, so if you have an edit query with me you can expect to hear back by Monday. If you'd *like* to send an edit query to me, now's a great time to do it, because you'll hear back by Monday. www.sarahchornedits.com

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Ah, editing. Sometimes it hits me that my job is unique. Especially when I google things like, "How soon does a body start stinking after death?"

I'm trying to balance my writing and editing time a bit better (so I can make a bit more progress a bit quicker on some of my writing WIPs), and reader, I will tell you: it has been the best decision.

19. You would read in a park. I think Of Honey and Wildfires by @sarahchorn.bsky.social would be a beautiful book to read in the park.

Even more progress. From Romantic Country by Eriy. I’m using Polychromos pencils.

Last editorial project of the week is turned in. I look forward to not working at all again until Monday. *throws confetti*

All tucked in for the night. #bloomscrolling

This morning, I stood on the scale. I'm officially down 64 pounds from my heaviest weight, and 44 pounds since January. Which is... *surreal*.

Friendly reminder to leave some water out in a shallow dish for your pollinator friends. Especially on these hot summer days. They work hard and get thirsty. 🐝

Last one for tonight: a portrait, I suppose, of a bee on a Van Gogh Veronica flower.

Tonight’s picture from my garden. A bee on a coneflower. #bloomscrolling

Happy Friday! Here's a picture from my garden. A honeybee on my Van Gogh Veronica. #bloomscrolling

Holy mother of Crom, I never thought I’d finish these damn exterior walls. From Romantic Country by Eriy, and I’m using Polychromos pencils.

Tonight’s book in the garden: Slow Gods by Claire North

I *think* the SeCrEt thing I’m writing might have just found its title.

A fuzzy little bee on a blanket flower. #bloomscrolling

Processing some photos from my pollinator garden tonight. This is a high key photo for @princejvstin.com. Every night around sunset, I go outside and find bees sleeping on so many of my flowers. Here's one resting on my Alan's Pride coneflower that is still blooming. #bloomscrolling

I really get a kick out of it when authors throw Easter eggs into their manuscripts and I get to stumble upon them as I edit. Brought to you by the Easter egg I just found in the manuscript I'm editing.

I’ve been going slow because editing and writing has been taking up a lot of my time (and I love it!), but I’m making progress on this one. From Romantic Country by Eriy, using Polychromos pencils.

You can always tell when I’m locked in on a big day of editing when the gigantic bowl of carrots appears (I like a good crunch to accompany my edits.).

All of the books I had on hold at the library came in at the same time… So, I present unto you, my immediate TBR. 😅 Currently reading: The God Is Not Willing by Steven Erickson (about 70% in) and These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs (I’m seven chapters into this one).

Well, I just told my editor that I might have something for him to work on in a month or so… 😳