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Adrianne Boudreau
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Adrianne Boudreau is the lead reporter for the Los Angeles Sentinel, known for her sharp investigative skills and insightful coverage of Los Angeles politics, entertainment, and local affairs. With a decade of experience in journalism, she has built a reputation for fearless reporting and a commitment to uncovering the stories that matter most to the city.
Shake Things Up!
I'm on vacation and you would think that I would be on a sandy beach somewhere and not writing blog posts in my office. However, for me, my sanctuary in these tumultuous times is writing The Temporary Spouse. I find myself sometimes when things are pretty tough in my...
Trauma Does Not Give a Shit That You Are a BAMF!
Trigger Warnings: Murder, Child Abuse, Stalking, Stabbings. At the age of one year old, Kendis Black's parents were murdered trying to protect her. Her mother was murdered in front of her and for a while Kendis heard her mother's screams every time she came near a...
The Long Haul
Last night, I finally hit 100,000 words for the entire series. This series is three times bigger than Playing Hero, which is my most popular fanfic story to date (and hilariously enough is a trans Harry Potter/Batman crossover), but it is also the longest piece of...
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[Author Commentary] The Temporary Spouse: Chapter 7- The Chemistry Between Us
Another day, another author commentary. in hindsight, this chapter is so pivotal to the plot, and since you love the author's commentary for chapter four. I decided to give you another author's commentary. As always, I would love to hear your thoughts. so leave them...
Everything Is Political
The big discourse happening in the book community right now is: "Why does everything have to be so damn political." And here I am a Black trans author writing queer and trans romance and looking at these people like they are fucking crazy. There is a brand of people...
From Some Other Beginning’s End
48785 / 30000 (162.62%) I'm done! I'm done with the rough draft of The Temporary Spouse. I am so proud of myself. I began writing this story in mid September and it quickly just took over my life. But I don't regret it in the slightest. This fic has been such a joy in...
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[Author Commentary] The Temporary Spouse: Chapter 4 – A Knot Well Tied
First off, if you haven't read Chapter 4: A Knot Well Tied then you should absolutely do that. Here be Spoilers, matey! 🏴☠️ Okay, now that I have that out of the way. Let's talk about this chapter. I love this chapter so much and I tweaked a lot. I wanted to make...
The Hardest of Roads
I'm not really writing anything this week. It's hard for me to write because I broke up with my partner of six years on Tuesday and it's really hard to be happy or to do anything at all without sobbing. I feel much now but I decided to take a week off from Kendis and...
Happy Milestones!
This series started as a hyperfixation. For a while there I could only think about Tony and Kendis. It had gotten so bad at one time that I would dream about two morons. And with the 'With This Ring' series, particularly 'The Temporary Spouse', took over my entire...
Busy In The Month of October
I don't even know what word count I'm on right now! I know it's passed the 30,000 mark but I'm still here because this goddamn story REFUSES TO STOP GROWING! When I had this strange little idea in my head I never thought that two months later I would be here. And I...