Cris & Clare Meyers @cris_and_clare
Co-authors of Criminal Elements, an adult urban #fantasy series. Also working on a gaslamp fantasy. #indieauthors #amwriting Cris: he/him Clare: she/her goodreads.com/crisandclare Joined June 2015-
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Absolutely this kind of day.
TINY NOODLE THIEF
Happy End of Political Ads and Text Messages Day! But in all seriousness, if you're in the U.S., you haven't already voted, and you're able to vote, go do it!
Long day... Why is it only Tuesday? It should be later in the week, shouldn't it?
Curious... Where does your house fall in the Trick-or-Treater range?
“We’ll be off then. Thank you for telling us what you saw.” Letting out a snort, the man shrugged. “You two didn’t really leave me much choice, did you?” #1linewed
Currently playing the annual game of "how long can we last without turning the heat on." Anyone else play this game?
Nothing like watching the town your grandpa lived in as long as you knew him be underwater... Can only imagine how hard it is for the people who live there.
Hey @chipmunkofpower ... are the ants still invading over by you?
There is something so very wrong about walking into a store in September and seeing Christmas everywhere already... Hey stores, please stop skipping three months' worth of holidays!
Itara inhaled sharply. Shards of memories swirled through her head—all of them revolving around a lanky hellion with honey blonde hair. It was time to find out if she was right. Or crazy. “Toaira, is that you?” #bookishtues
“I should ask what you’re running from.” “Don’t ask questions you don’t want to hear the answer to,” he cautioned. “All you need to know is—” But the commander cut him off. “I said I ‘should’ ask, not that I was going to. I’m already sure I don’t want to know.” #BookishTues
So how many times should you have to tell someone that the way they *think* you should organize your workspace and the way that works for you may well be different... and THAT'S OK?
In what world does "pick 2 flavors" for 3 individual portions of shrimp (buy two get one free) mean "we're going to mix the two you pick together?"
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Does anyone else have a rule that once you turn the heat off, it doesn’t go back on until fall? Signed, 64* in the house
I don’t feel like working. I want to do some #amwriting and then go back to sleep. Then write more.
I've gone 3 months without leaving my BEDROOM, let alone my apartment.
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@KakiOCreative @cris_and_clare @Winged_Leo Yep The whole thing would be hilarious if it wasn't terrifying 🙃
RIP my comfort watching tweets apparently I don't want to stop them but they're not even being shown to anyone by the algorithm anymore 🙃
The two floofs are very engrossed in the match. Might have to tell them they'll get square eyes sitting that close.
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Look at me, actually eating dinner at a normal time for once in my life 🤣🤣🤣
Good morning to everyone who hates their novel today While I can't say *everyone* goes through it, this is a pretty normal part of the process for most & you WILL make it to the other side
I don't really have a point here except to say: writing is fucking hard, trying to follow your passions in a capitalist hellscape is nigh-on impossible, and if you've landed in a Pit of Despair lately because of it, well, you're not alone 11/11