Spicy Hometown Heart Author of spicy small town romances 🏳️‍🌈 Linktr.ee/authorjejoycehttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lk5gy3qyp22vAuthors who have longer running series, is it better to stick to it and write the series all the way before releasing anything else, or do you follow your muse and release other projects between? Sincerely, an author who can’t decide if book five or a standalone sounds more fun for the next WIP12 Mar 2025 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk5gy3qyp22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lj4groge3s2wReaders! I have a few ideas for some spin off series that I need to start planning and I am curious what you would be interested in seeing from my Spirit of Hops world / more stories in Rapids Bay! Option 1: Bookstore / Book Club Option 2: Mechanics Option 3: College26 Feb 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj4groge3s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lizkn4uzq22fGUESS WHAT? Thanks to the absolutely overwhelming response to the Spicy Book Fair idea Im partnering with a larger venue and host a second event! If youre interested in participating in the Adult Book Fair on November 8th please fill out the interest form All genres welcome https://forms.gle/unfsMFxYGHPUtBQG625 Feb 2025 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizkn4uzq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lijal4rzzc23When you’re so tired and burned out you can hardly see straight but gotta finish writing this damn chapter before you go to bed to stay on schedule 😭💀19 Feb 2025 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijal4rzzc23https://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3li6ki4kqps2nHome alone for the night so of course put on a comfort movie… Center Stage 😍 if you were a dance kid in the early 00s, you know lol And yes, it’s still a requirement to do the contemporary warmup along with the studio scene every time you watch it 😂😂😂15 Feb 2025 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6ki4kqps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3li6k235sc22215 Feb 2025 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6k235sc222https://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3li5s3t5i2k25💜Love At First Pint TEASER💜 Get a first look at some of the adorableness that is Donnie and Sarah! Love At First Pint - Book Four of the Spirit of Hops Series is coming your way on 4/9! Preorder here: books2read.com/u/4A0wqp14 Feb 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5s3t5i2k25https://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3li2zzp6jwc22I have the best readers EVER! Take a look at some of the annotations that have been sent to me and what people are saying about Not So Straight Up! Sign up for my newsletter for a sneak peek at the book (🔗 in b!o), or find it in KU! books2read.com/u/mB5KaO13 Feb 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2zzp6jwc22https://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhz6che2tk2pITS HAPPENING! I am putting together a SPICY ROMANCE BOOK FAIR in May in the Twin Cities!!!! FB Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/1LSvqY73w1/ Participating Vendor Interest Form: https://forms.gle/nNSPQgE5BH9qQke6A12 Feb 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhz6che2tk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhxkknkoos2hThat moment when you’re 85% asleep and a new book idea pops into your head that you MUST write down before it evaporates into the never never12 Feb 2025 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhxkknkoos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhtn5rqngc2pLocal Twin Cities friends! Want something fun to do with your kiddos Saturday? Come to @avantgardenanoka in Anoka for their storybook hour at 10 am! The teenager and I will be there reading our book "Different and Still Awesome" Want a copy? check the link below! books2read.com/u/4E07MA https://books2read.com/u/4E07MA10 Feb 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtn5rqngc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhpsvoolpk2fI’m at the halfway point of my draft 2 rewrite and am officially questioning all my life choices and wondering if I even like the book anymore. Totally normal right? **sobs onto my keyboard 😭😂💀09 Feb 2025 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhpsvoolpk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhm6uy2t5k2iSometimes your “grown up day job” is too much of a shit show so you have to peace out early on a Friday and go write at your favorite coffee shop. — coming to you from a very burnt out IT Project Manager currently crying into her coffee and starting at her laptop wondering how words work again 😂🙈😭🤦‍♀️07 Feb 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhm6uy2t5k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhjisp7rbc2dOkay I bit the bullet and did a thing.... Wanna be a beta reader for Love At First Pint? Sign up at the link in my bio! I'm also opening up an ARC team for this and future releases... sign up for that is in the link in my bio too! Bookthreads06 Feb 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjisp7rbc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhh3lx4eqc2rTitle and Blurb reveal! Who's ready for Spirit of Hops Book FOUR?! 😍 If you read Hops for the Holidays, I bet you can guess who our next couple is... and if you haven't, I highly recommend you do to get ready for book four! Love At First Pint - releasing 4/9! Preorder: books2read.com/u/4A0wqp05 Feb 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhh3lx4eqc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhfkrdxtws2aWatching Mother of the Bride on Netflix (still avoiding edits… don’t give me that look!) and I can confirm the ENTIRE plot is dueling ab and bicep flexing between Benjamin Bratt and Chad Michael Murray. Instant classic 😂🙌😂05 Feb 2025 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfkrdxtws2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhfgqsi2622uWhen you’re bad at graphics so it takes you like three hours to make a photo set (am I procrastinating on edits? Don’t ask) and you have to resist the urge to post immediately and scream EVERYONE LIKE AND INTERACT WITH THIS HORRIBLY MEDIOCRE SH*T CUZ IT TOOK ME FOREVER! 😂😂😂05 Feb 2025 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfgqsi2622uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhd6lw4m522eTo open up ARCs for my next release, or to not open up ARCs? That is the question… cuz I’m a scardicat and imposter syndrome is REAL this time around 🙈😂🙈04 Feb 2025 04:06 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhd6lw4m522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lhch56fbck2sAs a queer spicy author in the states right now it’s so so tempting and easy to want to throw in the towel. Itd be easier, it’d probably be safer but I’m gonna keep on writing queer joy and love as long as I have breath in my body and stories in my heart. That’s my resistance, that’s how I can fight03 Feb 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhch56fbck2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lh7tekz5d22eWho's ready for Spirit of Hops Book FOUR?! I'm so excited for you lovelies to get your hands on these two 😍 Title and preorder reveal coming 2/5 💜💜💜 Full cover reveal 2/12... YALL... this cover is *chefs kiss**02 Feb 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7tekz5d22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lh7n7ckp4s2qFor people who use SmarterQueue to schedule posts… I have a potentially very dumb newbie question… how/what are y’all using to add music to your reels so it stays when you upload and schedule them in the tool?? I feel dumb lol02 Feb 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7n7ckp4s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lh2yq6ogyc24My first book baby turns two today!Happy Book Birthday!!! Chasing Sunsets A sassy, swoony, super steamy MM Vacation romance. By: J.E. Joyce books2read.com/u/4A2v8N31 Jan 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2yq6ogyc24https://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lgysx2w5222yTrying something new with this book… for my second draft I’m completely rewriting it into a new doc. I have my first draft up on my phone while I type the entire thing back into my neo2. I’m curious to see if the second draft ends up being drastically different or relatively close to draft one.31 Jan 2025 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgysx2w5222yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lgtabwiz6222When you get your finalized cover back from your designer but the cover reveal isn’t for two more weeks…. OMG GUYS ITS SO PRETTY AND IM BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS 😂😂😂28 Jan 2025 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtabwiz6222https://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lgogtcved22bWhy does starting the second draft of a book feel even more daunting than the first??26 Jan 2025 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgogtcved22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lgm3olixmk2cHonest question for my fellow queer authors, especially romance… where the hell are we advertising anymore?! With the algo changes no way FB ads are worth it anymore, and I’m trying to build my newsletter but I basically have no subscribers right now so… what’s a baby queer author to do?25 Jan 2025 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgm3olixmk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lgjw2dkdo223Some days all you can do is turn off social media, drink a TCH orange soda, and turn on a comfort movie25 Jan 2025 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjw2dkdo223https://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lgghdedmt22oGoing on a social media blackout until I finish this book. See y’all on the other side 🫡23 Jan 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgghdedmt22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lgf3izocmk2vOkay… two chapters left… do I push through and probably get zero sleep? Or do I leave it for tomorrow and start fresh to wrap this bish up?23 Jan 2025 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgf3izocmk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jejoyce.bsky.social/post/3lgemrv6dns2jAnyone else get down to like 3-4 chapters left to write in a book and their horrible little ADHD gremlin brains just go "eeehhhhhhh I don't wanna" .... just mine? cool cool cool cool cool23 Jan 2025 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:o7twf5thrzetd7gkchl2aqxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgemrv6dns2j