Cheryl Etchison

@cheryletchison.bsky.social

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Former news reporter/media/PR whatsit turned RITA Award-winning romance writer. Rolling stone. Lover of books and sports and curse words. She/her.

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After finding a fledgling Great Horned Owl in the yard, my life now consists of researching owl behavior, playing nature photographer, and chasing off the crows that keep harassing my baby. lol

My mother has decided to turn our family get-together into a Super Bowl/Mardi Gras/Valentine's Day party. So my 80 year old father climbed into the attic to retrieve his TnA beads from 2002. He's ready to go. 😂

One of the most fascinating things I've followed on TikTok lately is a pr professional who talks mainly about celebrity crisis management now having to deal with fallout from collaborating with blind item gossips. Now, it looks like she's having to use some crisis tactics for herself. lol

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Writer friends, are you planning to do some NaNo-inspired writing/editing/whatever in November, but not a full 50k? @jrhartauthor.bsky.social and I are co-hosting a chill Discord from now through the end of November for NaNo rebels! Will lean rainbow but everyone is welcome. discord.gg/FdHBFxtc

Join the NaNo-Ish Author Retreat Discord Server!discord.gg Check out the NaNo-Ish Author Retreat community on Discord - hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Just told Middle that not sorting laundry by color is like unprotected sex. It only takes once to fuck everything up. lol

Doing the golf cart passenger princess thing today with the hubby. 👸 Brought along some reading material.

Welcome to @enedina.bsky.social -- badass librarian and romance writer!

Here's a thing. Look over there > click more feeds. Search Romancelandia. when you find it, pin it and it will be in your feed list.

The amount of TSwift content all over sports media amuses the shit out of me. So many men in this country, particularly those who think women don't know anything about sports, would be horrified to learn the pr offices of professional sports teams are filled with women. This week is proof.

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After a weird combo of cancellations, my schedule is more open than usual. So if you'd wanted to book me for this fall but figured I wasn't available, do ask. I might be available! #amediting #romancelandia #ilovemyjob

Called a Boston florist to send flowers to my friend at Brigham & Womens. The florist was kind enough to double-check which for she was on, and apparently, patients aren't allowed flowers on her floor. Balloons and chocolates, but not flowers. Boo.

Am looking for a recommendation for a florist near Brigham & Women's hospital in Boston. I can google, but if someone actually has a place, that'd be great.

That tangled mess that always emerges smackdab in the middle of my WIP has been *finally* unraveled!!! It's all downhill from here!!! Whoot!!

After three weeks of feeding crows, I've come to realize they really don't give a shit about the mix of corn, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. These fools want the shelled peanuts, all day, everyday.

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🌟COVER REVEAL🌟 Emma is a love-averse, culinary instructor out to find the perfect-on-paper husband. Prince-in-disguise, Michel, is on a mission to find his soulmate. This truly delicious & wickedly steamy romcom will be out summer 2024. Pre-order: read.macmillan.com/lp/that-prince-is-mine/

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I am pro-writer. Writing is labor. That does not mean writers get to infringe upon other's rights while securing the fruits of their labor. So no, writers should not use ai art or ai voices. Because that's fucked up. Labor solidarity shouldn't be this hard to comprehend, surely.

My grocery haul was the epitome of clean and healthy eating. No processed foods. No sugary things. No alcohol. I'm gonna truly hate past me within the next 24 hours. lol

There's a little overgrown patch in my yard with morning glories. With the temps a bit cooler at night, they're really starting to show off.

Had a visitor this morning -- a beautiful German Shepherd pup who decided on an adventure this morning. We took a little walk to the neighborhood vet and although we left with no info, we were spotted by her daddy as he was driving down the road looking for her.

Has anyone had a bluesky invite code that doesn't seem to work? Copied a code for a writer friend and they keep getting an invalid code message. Meanwhile, it continues to say the invite code is available on my end.

I'm not a coffee drinker, but I've grown to tolerate cold brew over the years. I hate protein shakes, but they're a necessary evil at this point in my life. I just mixed my powdered protein shake with Starbucks cold brew concentrate and it made both things taste better?!?! I'm very pleased.

Yesterday, I became a rewards member at Tractor Supply. LOL Never saw that coming. But they have 10 pound bags of unshelled peanuts for $30 and since befriending crows is my newest hobby, it only makes sense.

Finally caught one of the crows enjoying my daily offering.

If I'm on my phone or watching TV instead of working on my computer, Dolly dog keeps dropping her ball in my lap for me to throw. What a micro manager.

Realized, belatedly, of course, that the hubby and I had our first kiss 30 years ago last Thursday. I'm really good at this romance stuff, aren't I? lol

Y'all. The fact they're called skeets... Does anyone else have Pete Davidson and Timothee Chalamet going "Yeet. Yeet. Skirt. Yeet. Skirt." every time you see it? I can't get past it. lol

Let's test it out...

Okay, so how do you see who QTs a skeet? QSs? YKWIM. If it's to yours, does it show up in mentions?

I desperately need a Tweetdeck-like app, but instead of having columns with different timelines, I need columns for this place, the old place and that stringy place all on one screen.

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Sensitivity Reader Exchanget.co Want a sensitivity reader? But you can't afford it? Then sign up to my Sensitivity Reader Exchange! This is exchange is where authors swap manuscripts with other authors in order to give sensitivity r...

Took my parents out to dinner (along with Oldest) and my mom got hammered on a margarita the size of her head. Then the two of them giggled like teenagers in the back seat as I drove them home. They're both 79. lol

I'm in the middle of final edits and almost bought a whiteboard to list what changes are in progress, which are pending. Notice I said almost. I decided the responsible thing would be to use the million other supplies I already own to complete this task. My inner office supplies whore is so sad.