JA Keuken
@fictionjenre.bsky.social
Master guesser of plot twists. Survives solely on a diet of fictional suffering.
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Alt Text Specialist | Editor | Book Publishing Professional | Aspiring Author
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Men, notice how women don't groan and yell and carry on when they go about their business at the gym 🙄 #unrelated #ineededtovent #gymsky
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Men, notice how women don't groan and yell and carry on when they go about their business at the gym 🙄 #unrelated #ineededtovent #gymsky
“What the fuck?” she whispered. She reached forward and grabbed Lucian by the front of his shirt as if she had asked a profound question.
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#WIP #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy #WriteSky
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“What the fuck?” she whispered. She reached forward and grabbed Lucian by the front of his shirt as if she had asked a profound question.
#WIP #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy #WriteSky
#WIP #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy #WriteSky
“The space weirdos are safe on their space weirdo contraption,” she assured him. She paused, thoughtfully. “Should we fuck with them?”
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November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“The space weirdos are safe on their space weirdo contraption,” she assured him. She paused, thoughtfully. “Should we fuck with them?”
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#WIP #WIPSnips #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy #WriteSky #WriterCommunity
She shrugged. “Eh. I don’t know, I don’t want to have to face all the…” she trailed off and rubbed the area in front of her abdomen, “inside stuff. Besides, everyone makes it a guessing game of what’s wrong with them, and I’ve given up trying to do the heavy lifting for them.”
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November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
After all, what grows in the midnight soil is not a different flower, only a bolder bloom. - V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (2025) 💙📚
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
After all, what grows in the midnight soil is not a different flower, only a bolder bloom. - V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (2025) 💙📚
Hunger Games novel where it is a brother and sister who are both selected. Twins, maybe, so there's no "you're so young, kill me" as being the solution. 💙📚
October 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hunger Games novel where it is a brother and sister who are both selected. Twins, maybe, so there's no "you're so young, kill me" as being the solution. 💙📚
Suzanne Collins 💙📚 anytime there's civil unrest in America:
a man is typing on a computer keyboard while making a face .
Alt: Jim Carrey typing extremely quickly and fiercely with a motivated expression on his face.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Suzanne Collins 💙📚 anytime there's civil unrest in America:
*both editing down my word count while simultaneously coming up with new ideas and scenes*
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
*both editing down my word count while simultaneously coming up with new ideas and scenes*
Reposted by JA Keuken
writing tip: trim your word count by reducing entire chapters to a single mysterious glyph
October 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
writing tip: trim your word count by reducing entire chapters to a single mysterious glyph
the struggle of wanting to black-list certain political keywords from my writing/book account, but then realizing it would also take away from good writing/book related content
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#writesky #writingcommunity
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October 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
the struggle of wanting to black-list certain political keywords from my writing/book account, but then realizing it would also take away from good writing/book related content
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#writesky #writingcommunity
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#writesky #writingcommunity
Sometimes I think that word count limits can be a little stingy.
Then I read Hunchback of Notre-Dame and there are chapters upon chapters just describing the city and architecture in detail with no narration whatsoever.
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Then I read Hunchback of Notre-Dame and there are chapters upon chapters just describing the city and architecture in detail with no narration whatsoever.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sometimes I think that word count limits can be a little stingy.
Then I read Hunchback of Notre-Dame and there are chapters upon chapters just describing the city and architecture in detail with no narration whatsoever.
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Then I read Hunchback of Notre-Dame and there are chapters upon chapters just describing the city and architecture in detail with no narration whatsoever.
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“You need to be prompted to talk about yourself?” Hyejin asked.
“How else do I know if people care? I hear people say all sorts of things that I don’t care about.”
“Like what?”
“Ah, but where would I begin? When did I last see you?”
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“How else do I know if people care? I hear people say all sorts of things that I don’t care about.”
“Like what?”
“Ah, but where would I begin? When did I last see you?”
#WIPSnips #WIP #AmWritingFantasy #WriteSky #SciFantasy
October 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“You need to be prompted to talk about yourself?” Hyejin asked.
“How else do I know if people care? I hear people say all sorts of things that I don’t care about.”
“Like what?”
“Ah, but where would I begin? When did I last see you?”
#WIPSnips #WIP #AmWritingFantasy #WriteSky #SciFantasy
“How else do I know if people care? I hear people say all sorts of things that I don’t care about.”
“Like what?”
“Ah, but where would I begin? When did I last see you?”
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“I’m up for a challenge. Keeping you all alive would be the ultimate test of skill.”
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October 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“I’m up for a challenge. Keeping you all alive would be the ultimate test of skill.”
#WritingCommunity #WIPSnips #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy #WIP #SciFi #WriteSky
#WritingCommunity #WIPSnips #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy #WIP #SciFi #WriteSky
As he grew up, he had found around him nothing but hatred. What wonder that he should have caught it! He had contracted it—he had but picked up the weapon that had wounded him. - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME, by Victor Hugo (1831)
October 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
As he grew up, he had found around him nothing but hatred. What wonder that he should have caught it! He had contracted it—he had but picked up the weapon that had wounded him. - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME, by Victor Hugo (1831)
My favourite thing about being injured in a car accident is how difficult it is to find work while also getting treatment. "Get a remote job!"
It's all "return to work" hybrid.
I wrote alt text for a children's novel, but autumn book season has wrapped so 🤷
It's all "return to work" hybrid.
I wrote alt text for a children's novel, but autumn book season has wrapped so 🤷
October 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
My favourite thing about being injured in a car accident is how difficult it is to find work while also getting treatment. "Get a remote job!"
It's all "return to work" hybrid.
I wrote alt text for a children's novel, but autumn book season has wrapped so 🤷
It's all "return to work" hybrid.
I wrote alt text for a children's novel, but autumn book season has wrapped so 🤷
For a hot 15 minutes, a large piece of my freshly edited document went missing. Just like video games that I tend to abandon if the save is corrupted, I fear I would have neglected editing this for a long time if it was actually gone.
#WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Editors #SciFantasy #WIP
#WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Editors #SciFantasy #WIP
October 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For a hot 15 minutes, a large piece of my freshly edited document went missing. Just like video games that I tend to abandon if the save is corrupted, I fear I would have neglected editing this for a long time if it was actually gone.
#WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Editors #SciFantasy #WIP
#WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Editors #SciFantasy #WIP
Reposted by JA Keuken
"I would love fantasies with unique magic systems, strong characters, and stories inspired by myth or folklore, particularly outside the Western canon."
Marina Green #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
Marina Green #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
October 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"I would love fantasies with unique magic systems, strong characters, and stories inspired by myth or folklore, particularly outside the Western canon."
Marina Green #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
Marina Green #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
“Have you all gone mad?” Briony demanded. She had always been so composed, but as time went on, she began to fray at the edges. “We’re what, supposed to dance with the fucking thing and hope we can tango right on past?”
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#WIP #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy
October 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“Have you all gone mad?” Briony demanded. She had always been so composed, but as time went on, she began to fray at the edges. “We’re what, supposed to dance with the fucking thing and hope we can tango right on past?”
#WIP #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy
#WIP #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips #AmWritingFantasy #SciFantasy
Officially doubled the number of books for my 2025 reading challenge 💙📚 .
Thanks, car accident, for giving me so much time to read.
Thanks, car accident, for giving me so much time to read.
October 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Officially doubled the number of books for my 2025 reading challenge 💙📚 .
Thanks, car accident, for giving me so much time to read.
Thanks, car accident, for giving me so much time to read.
Death was such a small price to pay for life. - BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND, by Juhea Kim (2021)
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October 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Death was such a small price to pay for life. - BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND, by Juhea Kim (2021)
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Her long, thin snout dug into the body before Hale even let go of it. She briefly watched as the creature used her massive paws to hold the corpse in place as she tore everything in an adorably vicious manner.
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#AmWritingFantasy
#SciFantasy
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#SciFantasy
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Her long, thin snout dug into the body before Hale even let go of it. She briefly watched as the creature used her massive paws to hold the corpse in place as she tore everything in an adorably vicious manner.
#WIPSnips
#AmWritingFantasy
#SciFantasy
#WIPSnips
#AmWritingFantasy
#SciFantasy
"Their vision for what?"
"For a world where we're too much thr same, where we're too tightly invested in each other to waste our time fighting, to waste our resources guarding those same limited resources." - WOOL, by Hugh Howey (2012)
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"For a world where we're too much thr same, where we're too tightly invested in each other to waste our time fighting, to waste our resources guarding those same limited resources." - WOOL, by Hugh Howey (2012)
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September 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Their vision for what?"
"For a world where we're too much thr same, where we're too tightly invested in each other to waste our time fighting, to waste our resources guarding those same limited resources." - WOOL, by Hugh Howey (2012)
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"For a world where we're too much thr same, where we're too tightly invested in each other to waste our time fighting, to waste our resources guarding those same limited resources." - WOOL, by Hugh Howey (2012)
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"The Gestapo and the SS were everywhere, looking for saboteurs and resisters. It took nothing to be called a terrorist—just a whispered accusation." - The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah (2015)
September 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"The Gestapo and the SS were everywhere, looking for saboteurs and resisters. It took nothing to be called a terrorist—just a whispered accusation." - The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah (2015)
OK, I know I'm out of touch and that these books aren't new, but is it a coincidence that the names of the books "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" and "The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" are so similar?
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September 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
OK, I know I'm out of touch and that these books aren't new, but is it a coincidence that the names of the books "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" and "The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" are so similar?
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