KJ Charles
@kjcharleswriter.com
She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. I ignore unsolicited advice. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Cold and frosty morning!
January 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Cold and frosty morning!
In fairness I did tell Mr KJC to make me a celebration drink...
It's a Corpse Reviver Number Blue, apparently, ie a No 2 with curacao.
It's a Corpse Reviver Number Blue, apparently, ie a No 2 with curacao.
January 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
In fairness I did tell Mr KJC to make me a celebration drink...
It's a Corpse Reviver Number Blue, apparently, ie a No 2 with curacao.
It's a Corpse Reviver Number Blue, apparently, ie a No 2 with curacao.
wow, I see BookPage is calling me out...
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
wow, I see BookPage is calling me out...
Yeah, in the metadata, shows up like this (title blurred bc it's not the unfortunate author's fault that publisher marketing depts have gone feral)
January 9, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Yeah, in the metadata, shows up like this (title blurred bc it's not the unfortunate author's fault that publisher marketing depts have gone feral)
"Trialled".
Like "yeah we trialled Joyce but eventually went with Oswald Mosley, he just had better posh traitor vibes."
anyway if you need me, I'm just going to be over here howling into the void.
Like "yeah we trialled Joyce but eventually went with Oswald Mosley, he just had better posh traitor vibes."
anyway if you need me, I'm just going to be over here howling into the void.
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Trialled".
Like "yeah we trialled Joyce but eventually went with Oswald Mosley, he just had better posh traitor vibes."
anyway if you need me, I'm just going to be over here howling into the void.
Like "yeah we trialled Joyce but eventually went with Oswald Mosley, he just had better posh traitor vibes."
anyway if you need me, I'm just going to be over here howling into the void.
And prepped for tomorrow because obv they know and we know they know, but that is not the point.
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And prepped for tomorrow because obv they know and we know they know, but that is not the point.
My kids are 17 and 18 but here we are.
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My kids are 17 and 18 but here we are.
Stop me if I'm wrong but isn't this PW saying they recommend publishers feed MSS into the Chat GPT sausage machine, in order to get it to spit out blurb slop?
Because my contract says 'no you fucking don't'.
Because my contract says 'no you fucking don't'.
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Stop me if I'm wrong but isn't this PW saying they recommend publishers feed MSS into the Chat GPT sausage machine, in order to get it to spit out blurb slop?
Because my contract says 'no you fucking don't'.
Because my contract says 'no you fucking don't'.
Which brings us to this year and Mr KJC's move into full urban planning with an entire street scene.
Tune in next Christmas: he wants to do a sailing ship.
Tune in next Christmas: he wants to do a sailing ship.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Which brings us to this year and Mr KJC's move into full urban planning with an entire street scene.
Tune in next Christmas: he wants to do a sailing ship.
Tune in next Christmas: he wants to do a sailing ship.
Last year Mr KJC felt he needed more of a challenge. He said he was going to build a gingerbread treehouse. I said he was nuts. Clearly we were both right. I cannot overstate that this is wholly held up by edible gingerbread.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Last year Mr KJC felt he needed more of a challenge. He said he was going to build a gingerbread treehouse. I said he was nuts. Clearly we were both right. I cannot overstate that this is wholly held up by edible gingerbread.
We then move to a more functional building, in a wider diorama setting: Marshmallow Animal Farm. As ever, everything is edible down to the chimney smoke.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We then move to a more functional building, in a wider diorama setting: Marshmallow Animal Farm. As ever, everything is edible down to the chimney smoke.
Mr KJC moved from the Norman to the Tudor vernacular at this point, creating a two-storeyed building with cantilevered second storey and overhanging roof. A lot of Matchmakers died for this.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Mr KJC moved from the Norman to the Tudor vernacular at this point, creating a two-storeyed building with cantilevered second storey and overhanging roof. A lot of Matchmakers died for this.
Mr KJC's ambitions took a leap into non-domestic buildings. The church's stained glass windows are achieved by getting your long-suffering wife to pulverise boiled sweets and adding the powder to the window spaces for the last few minutes of baking so it melts. Put a tealight inside and voila.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Mr KJC's ambitions took a leap into non-domestic buildings. The church's stained glass windows are achieved by getting your long-suffering wife to pulverise boiled sweets and adding the powder to the window spaces for the last few minutes of baking so it melts. Put a tealight inside and voila.
Spurred by ambition, the next year an Englishman's gingerbread home proved to be his gingerbread castle. The construction of round towers and conical turrets were a technical challenge successfully surmounted. Props and insistence on unseasonal flying dragon from KJC Jr.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Spurred by ambition, the next year an Englishman's gingerbread home proved to be his gingerbread castle. The construction of round towers and conical turrets were a technical challenge successfully surmounted. Props and insistence on unseasonal flying dragon from KJC Jr.
Mr KJC felt he could do better. The next year, the gingerbread house was a proper bit of real estate. (This is all from his own templates, btw, and everything is edible, that's the rule.)
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Mr KJC felt he could do better. The next year, the gingerbread house was a proper bit of real estate. (This is all from his own templates, btw, and everything is edible, that's the rule.)
So he and the kids decided to make their own!
It was...a mixed success. Tasted great, but looks quite house of horror, tbh. The sadface pareidolia isn't great.
It was...a mixed success. Tasted great, but looks quite house of horror, tbh. The sadface pareidolia isn't great.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So he and the kids decided to make their own!
It was...a mixed success. Tasted great, but looks quite house of horror, tbh. The sadface pareidolia isn't great.
It was...a mixed success. Tasted great, but looks quite house of horror, tbh. The sadface pareidolia isn't great.
In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
Please do not miss the flipping bow window, that was not easy to do in this building material.
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Please do not miss the flipping bow window, that was not easy to do in this building material.
They* said it couldn't be done! But Mr Rational Amounts of Confectionery Architecture has long left the building, so I present...the Gingerbread Street.
*me
*me
December 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
They* said it couldn't be done! But Mr Rational Amounts of Confectionery Architecture has long left the building, so I present...the Gingerbread Street.
*me
*me
Gingerbread tree house from last year
December 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Gingerbread tree house from last year
If they aren’t a registered charity and they aren’t registered with the Fundraising Regulator (example logo below), it’s probably one of these scammy orgs where the ‘profit’ is a tiny fraction of the money you handed over and some bastard gets rich on your good intentions. Give to a real charity.
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If they aren’t a registered charity and they aren’t registered with the Fundraising Regulator (example logo below), it’s probably one of these scammy orgs where the ‘profit’ is a tiny fraction of the money you handed over and some bastard gets rich on your good intentions. Give to a real charity.
Just hanging in a Christopher Wren church as you do
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Just hanging in a Christopher Wren church as you do
You will never persuade me that @tricksterprince.bsky.social wasn't cackling when he wrote this sentence. I NEED THIS STORY FFFF
(From Songs of Seven Dials)
(From Songs of Seven Dials)
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You will never persuade me that @tricksterprince.bsky.social wasn't cackling when he wrote this sentence. I NEED THIS STORY FFFF
(From Songs of Seven Dials)
(From Songs of Seven Dials)
Guys I've hit the big time. You'll never believe who wants to promote the French edition of my book!
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Guys I've hit the big time. You'll never believe who wants to promote the French edition of my book!