ARomanticBaker

I am a writer! I mean, I also bake, and I am Ace, but I am mainly a romance writer! https://www.aromanticbaker.com/ Find me! https://linktr.ee/adrianabaker Buy My Book!  https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000469090320

[aromanticbaker]

I HAVE A PUBLISHED BOOK!

Please check it out! I will update as it becomes more available!

Thoroughly Enchanting at the FriesenPress Bookstore

In this breathlessly romantic, whimsically magical Cinderella remix, two young men discover true love amid a tangled web of societal and fam

Thank you everyone for your support!

Edit; more links!

Google - https://books.google.ca/books/about/Thoroughly_Enchanting.html?id=VMwsEQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

B&N - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thoroughly-enchanting-a-baker/1146481030;jsessionid=346490C809408986EDEE4AB5ABC69A34.prodny_store01-atgap05?ean=2940184748979

Amazon - https://www.amazon.ca/Thoroughly-Enchanting-Witches-Prosperity-Book-ebook/dp/B0DLHZSJ8D?crid=2T0M7H6OZQAVU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._HrFr-00To22KHNAozT_tQ.AmcEldYZuQCvS4lZPTw0lGW3vRnHKZaysldtFs6gcq8&dib_tag=se&keywords=book+thoroughly+enchanting&qid=1730920875&sprefix=%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1

Booktopia - https://www.booktopia.com.au/thoroughly-enchanting-a-baker/book/9781038323576.html

Apple - https://books.apple.com/fr/book/thoroughly-enchanting/id6737490374

[prideling]

I keep thinking about the fact that Eridians seem so much stronger and sturdier than humans, so what humans-are-space-orcs thing could Grace even do that would freak Rocky out... and then I remembered humans are persistence predators.

So picture some years in the future when the xenonite suits are so safe that Grace's class can now take field trips into his biodome. Rocky's there because this is a big moment for everyone involved and also he just loves listening to Grace in his element. One of the more mischievous kids tries to sneak off from the group and there are plenty of chaperones but Grace is the first to notice.

His posture changes, goes focused but loose in a way Rocky's never seen before as he peels of from the crowd. Rocky just stands there, stunned, as he watches his sweet, gangly, goofy, clumsy blob of a friend turn into a hunter. Grace circles around the pebble, slightly crouched, head turned and honed in, arms loose to the sides, and maybe the little one notices and does that nervously excited giggle-squeal thing kids do when they're being chased and tries to get away, but Grace expertly corrals them. He doesn't even have to run for it, he just pens the kid in, lunges-

And takes the little pebble by the claw to lead them safely back to their peers. And just like that he's Grace again, smiling and joking and tripping over his improvised shoelaces. Rocky hasn't been scared of Grace since first contact. Have you seen the guy? ... but for a second there his instincts were telling him to run.

[dumpsterfire620]

[foone]

2008, and I'm getting ready for my government job fresh out of college. There's a suddenly bright light as a tear in space appears, and a bright haired female version of myself steps through it.

"Foone! I have an important message, from your future self!"

"oh wow, is it that I'm a girl and need to transition immediately?"

"no, you'll figure that out yourself. This is more important"

She steps closer and takes my face into her hands.

"never read homestuck for a boy you have a crush on. Farewell!"

There's another flash and a momentary smell of ozone, and I'm alone in my apartment again, more confused than ever.

[kitchen1]

I wish I took a better pic of this writing in a bar bathroom in toronto bc I think of it so often. Be So Completely Yourself That No One Is Attracted To You Or Wants To Employ You

[leofwines-deactivated20250831]

Do Not Fuck With Me.

[bite-my-grimy-fleshy-ass]

I remember as a kid the nearby small town had a "computer expert" who had a full storefront and office. If someone bricked their computer or it loaded with viruses he'd factory reset it for them and try to get it working again. He'd also buy, refurbish, rest, and resell old computers. But the main thing he advertised was if people brought him a computer and a list of programs they wanted installed on it he'd get them all set up. Flat rate of like 20 bucks.

Didn't realize until I was older and like, looking back on some of the tech stuff my mom needed help with and knew more about how software is priced that he was pirating it. Guy had a whole business set up where people who didn't know how computers worked would pay him 20 bucks to install Microsoft Office on their laptop because it was cheaper than buying it in the store and they didn't want to be bothered with figuring out how to install programs even if they could afford them normally. Like that guy was practically printing money well into the early 2000s. Very good hustle. Only small business owner I respect.

[wildminti]

Rocky was going to say "fans of PHM" but Grace panicked! 🏳️‍🌈

[eixd-deactivated20150710]

YES I GOOGLED HOW TO TAKE A SCREEN SHOT FIGHT ME 

[jame7t]

tumblr is like an abandoned space station & you all are the thing in the vents

[jame7t]

not me though. im girl with tanktop

[draconym]

Getting dumped really puts children's cartoon villains into perspective. Like dude you're SO right, love and caring ARE disgusting and we SHOULD cast a spell to drain all human emotion into your amulet.

[draconym]

Friend breakups are how you get lines like "Your friends? You think your friends are coming to save you? Don't make me laugh."

[autisticlittleguy]

So Rocky has a bunch of permanent carvings along his carapace like family crest, rulers and protractors, marriage symbol, etc. I assume thats normal for Eridians, but the possibility that it's socially equivalent to getting full body tattoos for humans is funny. Imagine seeing this super inked out dude, but you look closer and its just a bunch of tattoos like.

"I LOVE MY HUSBAND," "FAMILY MAN," "ENGINEERING4LYFE."

[marcusbrutus]

the worst part about ocd and ocd-like tendencies is that you think hyper-analyzing your thoughts and constantly psychoanalyzing yourself will fix you but that's actually part of the disorder. it's the disorder. disordering.

[quietwingsinthesky]

you should come within biting range. no reason

[agnesmontague]

ive invented (note: dubious claim) something i call the bear diet which is mostly fruits and vegetables with fish as the main protein source and something like once a month you eat a few hyperprocessed foods of your liking because that is when you, the bear, raid a dumpster in the suburbs

[enabuns]

This show y'all, it's as if someone read my dream journal for how to make the perfect horror/mystery show. Comedy is 10/10, spookies 10/10, Matthew Rhys' facial expressions, 10289230/10 🏝

[loving-jack-kelly]

grace and rocky get to erid and both of them are hitting every eridian squarely in the uncanny valley because they've both absorbed so much of each other that they feel both too eridian and not eridian enogh. rocky faces in the direction he's paying attention to and it feels like he's trying to hide something, the way he and only he of the eridians seems to always be showing the same face of his carapace when he speaks to somebody. he speaks in metaphors that only make sense to somebody who understands light-based vision. his intonations are funny, rising on questions when they otherwise wouldn't, falling flat, his sarcasm goes to space dry and restrained and comes back with such force it almost feels like he's lying instead of joking sometimes.

and grace who is so alien, but reflects eridian mannerisms that they've never considered strange before but coming from a creature so soft and strange, it just doesn't feel right. grace who stomps his foot twice when he asks a question, and it rings out flat and dull instead of the strong, sharp sound of an eridian hand on the ground. grace whose voice is so alien, so one-note, so full of articulations that are sharp and round and everywhere in between, but who echoes the melodies of eridian poetry and music, sometimes on accident but sometimes perfectly in time with what rocky translates him as saying, and later, perfectly in time with his keyboard.

rocky and grace who mirror each other more similarly than they mirror their own cultures. who speak to each other in a strange pidgin eridian that nobody else quite understands fluently. who share jokes from movie and tv shows from earth filtered through eridian folktales, plays, and musicals until they only make sense to the two people who know both cultures. they're not strange to each other, but it puts other eridians on edge. even adrian, at first. they've changed each other, you see.