Exactly my thoughts! I just baked a delicious peach cobbler the other day and was immediately inspired. I also made a Patreon post about 15 food/chef-based romances back in 2022, though I'd love to do an updated version at some point because I can think of more now! www.patreon.com/posts/15-202...
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Mine too! Made all the sweeter when read while enjoying a lovely slice of cake or a warm cookie! 🥰
I completely understand! Twitter's algorithm is a mess now, too. I don't see 95% of tweets from the people I follow under the "Following" tab, and it's an absolute mess under the "For You" tab. I miss having a centralized place to spend time and connect with the book community!
Right now it's where I spend the least amount of time because every time I try to make an effort to spend time there I see exhausting trash takes I've heard a million times over the last ten+ years on Twitter. It's a lonely feeling to not know where to dedicate time to connect with people anymore.
I feel like I'm trapped on Twitter out of necessity as it's where I spent the longest building an audience and community and it's where I'm able to connect with readers, but I completely agree. On the bright side, I spend far less time on social media now than I used to.
These are incredible!
I'm driven away within MINUTES every single time I try to spend any time there. It's exhausting.
(As with all of my cross-stitch projects, please pardon the cat hair 😂)
Your work is incredible and deserves to be featured and celebrated! 💖
As AI tries to work its greasy, unwelcome hands into all aspects of our life, including the publishing industry, I think posts like this and uplifting and celebrating the work of actual artists is more important than ever ❤️