Sadie Jay

As slow as 2020 felt, this year seems to be whizzing by. I have all these things I want to accomplish, but I can't seem to make much progress. I don't know if it's my age or my state of mind. Whichever it is, I'm not very happy about it! I picked two buckets of gooseberries this week, and now I'm hoping to get enough blackberries to make a cobbler. I love berries! This snippet continues from last week's snippet , only it's later in the evening and Ben and Cherry have stepped out of the bar to get some fresh air. Told from Cherry's POV: I didn’t mean to say it aloud, but the words pushed their way out of my throat, nonetheless. “What are you doing with me? Why am I here?”             “What?” Ben’s bewilderment over the question was clear under the dim streetlight. “Why would you ask that?”            “You can have your pick. Any of the women in there. They fawn all over you. So, why me? What do I have to offer?” Okay, I’d never realized that liquor made

I've spent the week editing. This was the "read aloud" edit. I really thought it was pretty clean, but it's amazing what you notice when you hear it as opposed to just silently reading it. I know each pass makes it better, but I just want to be done!  I've been "feeling the blues", which usually results in me baking. And I had rhubarb that needed to be used, so Dad got a rhubarb pie for Father's Day.  This week's snippet is from Embers and Flame , the book I've been editing. This is Cherry's first visit to Ben's hometown, and Ben takes him to the bar he and his friends frequent. Ben is bisexual, but he'd never been public about it and only a few people know. He doesn't realize how uncomfortable it makes Cherry. Told from Cherry's POV:       The bar was crowded and I hesitated at the door as the noise hit me. The jukebox was loud and the people trying to talk over it were louder. Ben was grinning so widely I was afraid his

It's been a hot week! We finally got the leak in our pool patched (hopefully) and got it filled, so that's been my plus for the week. But the heat has also meant I've not been able to sleep, even with the A/C on. Or, I'm going to blame it on the heat. It's probably just my post-menopausal brain. On the upside, I discovered books narrated by celebrities on YouTube last night and listened to one by Tom Hiddleston. Who doesn't want Loki to read them a goodnight story? bright flowers on a foggy morning I've been working on a new project. Actually, I've been bouncing back and forth between two. My working title for this one is Three Times Better  (it's M/M/M), which will possibly change as I get farther into it. The story is third person and will include all three characters' POVs at different times. I've rewritten the opening paragraphs several times, trying to decide who's POV to start with. This is what I'm leaning towards at the moment

One of these days I'm going to write a blog post on why queer romance, or any LGBTQ story with a happy ending, is important. Not just in general, but to me personally. But I want to take a moment to honor and thank all of those that came before me, paving the way. So brave, and so necessary. 💗 Our flag.  From Embers and Flame . Ben and Cherry have been meeting up at a campground that is halfway between Cherry's home in St. Louis and Ben's home in Southern Indiana. It's been fun, but Ben is ready to take it to the next level (told from Ben's POV): He let go of me this time, but didn’t move away. Cherry’s normally grey eyes were reflecting the world around us, and they twinkled green in the daylight. A smile spread across his face. “Are you asking me to go steady?” he teased.            I slapped his arm with my open hand but grinned back at him. “Maybe? Do I need to pass you a note with a yes and no box for you to check?”          “If I remember correctly, that’s