I love this.

Happy Monday! No, this is not an oxymoron.

*rolls up sleeves and gets to work*

Nina Cosford made this. I love it for all kinds of reasons, not least of which is that I loved word searches when I was a kid.

More about Nina and her journey of self-discovery here.

Oh my gosh, do I love this image. Tales not yet told; characters not yet conjured into existence; love not yet found, fought for, and won . . .

via Farah Ghuznavi on Twitter

A few days ago, in BookPage, Kristan Higgins published a beautiful essay, “Why Do We Crave a Happily Ever After?” I liked it so much I made a little infographic with a quote from it — like a badge you’d pin onto your blouse. :)

Read Kristan’s full post here.

Quite a good description of my usual day.

More about the artist, Grant Snider, here.

I always love to hear what Eloisa James has to say about her books, writing, and creative process. Julie Tetel Andresen recently interviewed Eloisa — or, really, Professor Mary Bly — and I especially enjoyed this pearl from Mary/Eloisa:

“. . . romance has a rhythm and a promise to it that appeals to me. Romance reminds me that if there’s a pattern to the universe, it’s shaped around and by love. We can all use that reminder now and again.”

Read the full interview here.

Yes, yes, I know the figures aren’t grounded in the same plane, but whatever. I love this collage! I’m writing Regency-era historicals and dwelling, as it were, in the Land of Neckcloths. So it’s kind of like a vision board.

via the Jane Austen Centre on Twitter

More about the Jane Austen Centre here.

This is a kind of manifesto, isn’t it — for writers and readers of romance?

Words to live by — from one of my heroes, Abraham Lincoln.