Merrie Haskell
@merriehaskell.bsky.social
In a library alone; writing; parenting kids 25 years apart in age; polymer clay. Author of Handbook for Dragon Slayers, The Princess Curse, & that short story you half-remember like a dream. See my Patreon for TPC 2.
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Unfortunately, "Strangers Meet and Draw Blood" isn't pithy in the "meet-cute" way. Or nouny. Oh. OH. Meet-brute?
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#darkromance #gothicromance #writingromance #anyonesolvedit
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#darkromance #gothicromance #writingromance #anyonesolvedit
October 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Unfortunately, "Strangers Meet and Draw Blood" isn't pithy in the "meet-cute" way. Or nouny. Oh. OH. Meet-brute?
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#darkromance #gothicromance #writingromance #anyonesolvedit
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#darkromance #gothicromance #writingromance #anyonesolvedit
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The sky over the writer's desk was the color of a Word document without any text.
July 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The sky over the writer's desk was the color of a Word document without any text.
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All good skeets are alike; each bad skeet is bad in its own way.
July 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
All good skeets are alike; each bad skeet is bad in its own way.
Sorry for lack of clarity! I wasn't trying to re-interpret you, I was just adding my thought!
July 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Sorry for lack of clarity! I wasn't trying to re-interpret you, I was just adding my thought!
That said, being happy as a writer without publishing success leads to no hunger to publish which leads to not publishing... case in point.
publishing.case
July 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
That said, being happy as a writer without publishing success leads to no hunger to publish which leads to not publishing... case in point.
I can hear this sentiment in your voice perfectly and it makes me miss you!
July 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I can hear this sentiment in your voice perfectly and it makes me miss you!
Truly. I hope someone from ALA monitoring the #alaac2025 tag asks some questions
June 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Truly. I hope someone from ALA monitoring the #alaac2025 tag asks some questions
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Relating a response (from her mom?) as she talked about a situation as a manager "You talked about it three times. are you going to find a solution?" #ALAAC25
June 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Relating a response (from her mom?) as she talked about a situation as a manager "You talked about it three times. are you going to find a solution?" #ALAAC25
Uh, sometimes you can't walk to another restroom, if you have to go bad enough! Wow
June 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Uh, sometimes you can't walk to another restroom, if you have to go bad enough! Wow