C.J. Auer

Writing romance at 40 is just switching between Taylor Swift eras with the speed and drama of a hot flash. Character development, honey.

Beautiful.

As we enter into another Amazon boycott week please 🙏 remember the indie authors on KU. Every page read is a page they pay in royalties.

How many times did we say that about Trump? And here we are.

I am growing more convinced every day that when we finally break that glass ceiling it will be with a MAGA doll and then we all be painted as hating other women.

Oh, for sure. But they have done a good job villifaying us and laying us off in mass.

It's all good folks laying of thousands of disabled veterans myself included from federal jobs and defense contracts will cover it....according to their "math"

Absolutely....if you can get hired in this economy

Watching her, I can't help but think she will be the first women president, and on that day, I will vomit.

Since losing my job "due to sudden changes in the government"...their words not mine, I have gone on a lot of walks, eaten three bags worth of string cheese and I think it's finally sinking in that there is no returning to the world and career I loved because that world is gone.

I cried while killing off one of my own characters.

So here I stand—unmasked, unshamed,
A writer with a dream unnamed.
Just one small ask, one quiet vow:
Please read my book. Please read it now.

Got 961 KU read pages in April.
Which is basically 1,000 if you round up. Aggressively. While squinting. And lying. # 📚 #authors #almost

Someone just compared my book to the lovechild of Matt Haig and Taylor Jenkins Reid. Not to be dramatic, but that’s going in my obituary. #authors #writers

Homeschooling teenagers is humbling. Some days, I think I am killing it, and other days, my 16 year old turns in a paper comparing Stalin to Venom and President Eisenhower to Spiderman. #parenting

I hear A LOT that I am not a real writer because I write short stories. The time to sit down and read a novel is a luxury not everyone has. I want to craft and deliver short stories that fit into people's busy days and leave them satisfied and happy. 📚

My daughter before and after knowing Zachary Levi's political beliefs. #dumped #oheugene #smartgirl #tangled

We are halfway through Indie April. How are you supporting indie artists and authors this month? #books #indieapril #readmore #neurodivergentvoices

My first attempt at writing horror.
"She looked at her 401k." #writing #tiredofwinning #garbagefire #horrornovels

Never mind the electoral college

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

Two ducks swim in a water feature outside the entrance to Adventure Land in Disneyland.

I want to be reincarnated as a Disneyland Duck. 🦆 #goals #didhetariffducks #disneyland

April Indie Book Challenge A book set in your state A short story A name in the title A color in the title Written by and/or featuring a neurodivergent main character Multiple points of view Debut novel Non-fiction Less than 5 reviews

#IndieApril #IndieBookChallenge #reading

I like to think some of work is a balance of wholesome and smut. I am an indie author and would be humbled if you swiped right on one of my books. #indieauthormonth

Would love to connect with others indie authors

Musings of unemployment day 4. Why does my smart watch, phone step counter, and treadmill never get within 500 steps of each other during my workout?

Make sure you diversify with some nice cigars and some whiskey.

Hell, it's the same here in my red county in SoCal. I am scared anytime my kids ask for a playdate with a new family.

Once upon a time, I worked in national security, provided for my family, and wrote on the side for a creative outlet. Then I was #firedbymusk #newbeginningsareexpensive

Being a writer is just staring at a blank document, writing one sentence, deleting it, getting a snack, questioning your life choices, and then somehow ending up with a book. 🤷‍♂️✍️ #Writerlife, #snacks