Despina Karras
@despinakarras.com
🌪️Certified weather geek | Award-winning contemporary romance writer | Disability rights advocate | @pitchdis.com founder | 🐶 & 🐱 mom | Coffee addict | ♊️
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Despina Karras
@despinakarras.com
· Oct 21
Guess it's intro post time again!
I'm Despina, and I'm a certified weather geek and contemporary romance/romcom writer. I'm the founder of #PitchDis, a Kiss Pitch mentor, and a sensitivity reader for SMA. I also write articles on Medium about corruption within the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
I'm Despina, and I'm a certified weather geek and contemporary romance/romcom writer. I'm the founder of #PitchDis, a Kiss Pitch mentor, and a sensitivity reader for SMA. I also write articles on Medium about corruption within the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Shifting from book mode to article mode is not easy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Shifting from book mode to article mode is not easy.
Do you have a small business/Etsy shop? I'm adding #SmallBusiness owners to my #SmallBusinessSaturday starter pack. Just reply with the link to your site or shop and I'll add you to the list. Make sure the link to your store is somewhere on your profile so others can find it!
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#SmallBusinessSaturday Business Owners
Join the conversation
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November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Do you have a small business/Etsy shop? I'm adding #SmallBusiness owners to my #SmallBusinessSaturday starter pack. Just reply with the link to your site or shop and I'll add you to the list. Make sure the link to your store is somewhere on your profile so others can find it!
go.bsky.app/M6xAjcg
go.bsky.app/M6xAjcg
Friendly reminder now that #SNAP benefits have been stopped again - I've joined the #WritersAgainstHunger write-a-thon to help raise funds for Feeding America. Please consider donating if you can.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Friendly reminder now that #SNAP benefits have been stopped again - I've joined the #WritersAgainstHunger write-a-thon to help raise funds for Feeding America. Please consider donating if you can.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
This is absolutely despicable.
USDA orders states to stop paying full SNAP benefits and "immediately undo" steps taken to issue them for November. Follow live updates.
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is absolutely despicable.
Going from a single, first-person POV to a dual, third-person POV just might break my brain 😭
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Going from a single, first-person POV to a dual, third-person POV just might break my brain 😭
Looking forward to joining @annmrose.bsky.social and @marialevato.com for this @authorsguild.org panel on pitch events! Click on the post below for more information.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Hey everyone! I'm happy to announce that @authorsguild.org D.C. chapter will be hosting a panel on pitch events! The panelists are @annmrose.bsky.social (Tobias Lit) and @despinakarras.com (Host of @pitchdis.com ). RSVP link ⬇️. #writingcommunity #writesky #amquerying #queryingsoon
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Looking forward to joining @annmrose.bsky.social and @marialevato.com for this @authorsguild.org panel on pitch events! Click on the post below for more information.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Going to say something that might be controversial but I don't care:
#Nonprofit organizations, especially ones that raise money to help people with health conditions, should NOT ask those same people to fundraise for them and then make them feel guilty if they don't.
#Nonprofit organizations, especially ones that raise money to help people with health conditions, should NOT ask those same people to fundraise for them and then make them feel guilty if they don't.
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Going to say something that might be controversial but I don't care:
#Nonprofit organizations, especially ones that raise money to help people with health conditions, should NOT ask those same people to fundraise for them and then make them feel guilty if they don't.
#Nonprofit organizations, especially ones that raise money to help people with health conditions, should NOT ask those same people to fundraise for them and then make them feel guilty if they don't.
They're taking away SNAP and then telling #disabled people not accept cash or gift cards to buy food or they'll take away their healthcare coverage too.
You can't tell me this country cares about disabled people when these asinine rules exist.
You can't tell me this country cares about disabled people when these asinine rules exist.
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
They're taking away SNAP and then telling #disabled people not accept cash or gift cards to buy food or they'll take away their healthcare coverage too.
You can't tell me this country cares about disabled people when these asinine rules exist.
You can't tell me this country cares about disabled people when these asinine rules exist.
For the weekend crowd: I have joined #WritersAgainstHunger write-a-thon to help raise funds for Feeding America. My goal is to revise 25,000 words between now and November 24. Please consider donating if you can.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
November 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For the weekend crowd: I have joined #WritersAgainstHunger write-a-thon to help raise funds for Feeding America. My goal is to revise 25,000 words between now and November 24. Please consider donating if you can.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
It's that time again... #DaylightSaving
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's that time again... #DaylightSaving
I started playing #ACNH around two years after it came out and by then most of my friends who had played it the first year it was out were bored with it and I didn't have many friends visit my island. I hope we all start playing again in January and visit each other 😊
JUST ANNOUNCED: A new free Version 3.0 Update is coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, alongside a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, early next year on January 15th, 2026! 🎉 🏝️
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I started playing #ACNH around two years after it came out and by then most of my friends who had played it the first year it was out were bored with it and I didn't have many friends visit my island. I hope we all start playing again in January and visit each other 😊
As SNAP benefits are set to be cut for millions of people this weekend, please consider donating to the Writers Against Hunger campaign for Feeding America.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
As SNAP benefits are set to be cut for millions of people this weekend, please consider donating to the Writers Against Hunger campaign for Feeding America.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
Reposted by Despina Karras
3PM EDT #Melissa Update: Jamaica remain sheltered in your safe place. For the latest updates visit http://hurricanes.gov https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4XpNF1XoAA6rWE.png
October 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
3PM EDT #Melissa Update: Jamaica remain sheltered in your safe place. For the latest updates visit http://hurricanes.gov https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4XpNF1XoAA6rWE.png
I managed to stay away from all the Chad Powers posts until after watching the season(?) finale this morning. Now I just need to avoid all the Only Murders in the Building spoilers until I can watch it tonight.
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I managed to stay away from all the Chad Powers posts until after watching the season(?) finale this morning. Now I just need to avoid all the Only Murders in the Building spoilers until I can watch it tonight.
Reposted by Despina Karras
NHC Atlantic Outlook update for Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:01:18 UTC
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NHC Atlantic Outlook update for Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:01:18 UTC
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
Hello #editors! Did you watch the #Hallmark movie Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! this weekend? Are you searching for a similar story, but with more action and WAY more kissing? Then take a look at this handy Venn diagram to see if my ms, LOVE YOU LIKE A HURRICANE, is right for you.
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I usually envy writers who are plotters. But as a pantser, there are few things better than finding out something about your characters that you wouldn't have known if you had plotted.
October 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I usually envy writers who are plotters. But as a pantser, there are few things better than finding out something about your characters that you wouldn't have known if you had plotted.
Reposted by Despina Karras
Atlantic Hurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 17a
...MELISSA BECOMES A HURRICANE AND IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND... ...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES EXPECTED IN PORTIO...
Additional Details Here.
...MELISSA BECOMES A HURRICANE AND IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND... ...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES EXPECTED IN PORTIO...
Additional Details Here.
October 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Atlantic Hurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 17a
...MELISSA BECOMES A HURRICANE AND IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND... ...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES EXPECTED IN PORTIO...
Additional Details Here.
...MELISSA BECOMES A HURRICANE AND IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND... ...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES EXPECTED IN PORTIO...
Additional Details Here.
My cat woke me up around 4am, jumping from my bed to the floor and batting something.
A tiny frog had somehow gotten into the house.
Very long story short, frog is fine, cat is proud he protected his mama, and his mama hasn't slept since and is in dire need of more caffeine.
A tiny frog had somehow gotten into the house.
Very long story short, frog is fine, cat is proud he protected his mama, and his mama hasn't slept since and is in dire need of more caffeine.
October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My cat woke me up around 4am, jumping from my bed to the floor and batting something.
A tiny frog had somehow gotten into the house.
Very long story short, frog is fine, cat is proud he protected his mama, and his mama hasn't slept since and is in dire need of more caffeine.
A tiny frog had somehow gotten into the house.
Very long story short, frog is fine, cat is proud he protected his mama, and his mama hasn't slept since and is in dire need of more caffeine.
Reposted by Despina Karras
Tropical Storm #Melissa Advisory 13: Aircraft Data Suggest That Melissa Could Be Reforming to The East. Life-Threatening and Catastrophic Flash Flooding and Landslides Expected in Portions of Southern Hispaniola and Jamaica Through The Weekend. http://hurricanes.gov
hurricanes.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Tropical Storm #Melissa Advisory 13: Aircraft Data Suggest That Melissa Could Be Reforming to The East. Life-Threatening and Catastrophic Flash Flooding and Landslides Expected in Portions of Southern Hispaniola and Jamaica Through The Weekend. http://hurricanes.gov
Despina's Winter Hibernation Checklist (Updated)
✅Novavax vaccine
✅Flu shot
✅Gas logs serviced
✅Furnace checked
✅All routine doctor appointments/diagnostic tests completed
I'm not happy winter is coming, but at least I'm prepared.
✅Novavax vaccine
✅Flu shot
✅Gas logs serviced
✅Furnace checked
✅All routine doctor appointments/diagnostic tests completed
I'm not happy winter is coming, but at least I'm prepared.
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Despina's Winter Hibernation Checklist (Updated)
✅Novavax vaccine
✅Flu shot
✅Gas logs serviced
✅Furnace checked
✅All routine doctor appointments/diagnostic tests completed
I'm not happy winter is coming, but at least I'm prepared.
✅Novavax vaccine
✅Flu shot
✅Gas logs serviced
✅Furnace checked
✅All routine doctor appointments/diagnostic tests completed
I'm not happy winter is coming, but at least I'm prepared.