Kate Hardie
@ilovecupkates.bsky.social
Bard of the juice box years. Occasionally funny, often tired.
Science 🔬 sewing 🪡 momming ☕ laughing at memes 😂 television 📺
#IndieWriter #Romance #BluePit #Querying #Q
Science 🔬 sewing 🪡 momming ☕ laughing at memes 😂 television 📺
#IndieWriter #Romance #BluePit #Querying #Q
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Kate Hardie
@ilovecupkates.bsky.social
· Aug 16
#PosterPit
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🍁 After the End
A novel about grief, French toast, slow-burn healing, and intimacy that sneaks up on you, latte in hand.
Written by Kate Hardie, who is me.
In the meantime, please enjoy this totally legit movie poster.
#AmWriting
#W #Q #R #C #A
🍁 After the End
A novel about grief, French toast, slow-burn healing, and intimacy that sneaks up on you, latte in hand.
Written by Kate Hardie, who is me.
In the meantime, please enjoy this totally legit movie poster.
#AmWriting
Submitted to both the #CBCShortStory contest and my first ever @writingbattle.bsky.social this weekend! Celebrating with a bowl of ice cream and an episode of Slow Horses. #AmWriting #ShortStory #WritersOfBluesky
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Submitted to both the #CBCShortStory contest and my first ever @writingbattle.bsky.social this weekend! Celebrating with a bowl of ice cream and an episode of Slow Horses. #AmWriting #ShortStory #WritersOfBluesky
Or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation
Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain?
Act 2, scene 1
Macbeth
#ShakespeareSunday #WritersOfBluesky
A dagger of the mind, a false creation
Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain?
Act 2, scene 1
Macbeth
#ShakespeareSunday #WritersOfBluesky
October 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation
Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain?
Act 2, scene 1
Macbeth
#ShakespeareSunday #WritersOfBluesky
A dagger of the mind, a false creation
Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain?
Act 2, scene 1
Macbeth
#ShakespeareSunday #WritersOfBluesky
I only want to brag a tiiiiny bit. My first submission to McSweeney's was rejected, but I got a personalized email response. So that's basically a win.
#Rejections #WritersOfBluesky #CelebrateFailing
#Rejections #WritersOfBluesky #CelebrateFailing
October 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I only want to brag a tiiiiny bit. My first submission to McSweeney's was rejected, but I got a personalized email response. So that's basically a win.
#Rejections #WritersOfBluesky #CelebrateFailing
#Rejections #WritersOfBluesky #CelebrateFailing
.....
Just leaving this here. No words.
Just leaving this here. No words.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
.....
Just leaving this here. No words.
Just leaving this here. No words.
What's worse, being cursed or the paperwork?
My three remaining brain cells have had about 8 hours of sleep over the last two nights. Somewhere in the blur of laundry, doctor's visits, and delusion, I wrote a short story.
open.substack.com/pub/katehard...
#ThingsTheMoonToldMe #ShortStory
My three remaining brain cells have had about 8 hours of sleep over the last two nights. Somewhere in the blur of laundry, doctor's visits, and delusion, I wrote a short story.
open.substack.com/pub/katehard...
#ThingsTheMoonToldMe #ShortStory
Paperwork
We’ve been in the midst of a Week at my house.
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What's worse, being cursed or the paperwork?
My three remaining brain cells have had about 8 hours of sleep over the last two nights. Somewhere in the blur of laundry, doctor's visits, and delusion, I wrote a short story.
open.substack.com/pub/katehard...
#ThingsTheMoonToldMe #ShortStory
My three remaining brain cells have had about 8 hours of sleep over the last two nights. Somewhere in the blur of laundry, doctor's visits, and delusion, I wrote a short story.
open.substack.com/pub/katehard...
#ThingsTheMoonToldMe #ShortStory
"Yet who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in him?"
-Act 5, scene 1, Macbeth
Said by Lady M, in a sleepwalking episode. As she and the king come to terms with what they've done, sleep evades her.
They both need a nap and a hug.
#ShakespeareSunday #Macbeth #SpoookySeason
to have had so much blood in him?"
-Act 5, scene 1, Macbeth
Said by Lady M, in a sleepwalking episode. As she and the king come to terms with what they've done, sleep evades her.
They both need a nap and a hug.
#ShakespeareSunday #Macbeth #SpoookySeason
October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Yet who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in him?"
-Act 5, scene 1, Macbeth
Said by Lady M, in a sleepwalking episode. As she and the king come to terms with what they've done, sleep evades her.
They both need a nap and a hug.
#ShakespeareSunday #Macbeth #SpoookySeason
to have had so much blood in him?"
-Act 5, scene 1, Macbeth
Said by Lady M, in a sleepwalking episode. As she and the king come to terms with what they've done, sleep evades her.
They both need a nap and a hug.
#ShakespeareSunday #Macbeth #SpoookySeason
Reposted by Kate Hardie
I wrote something. It’s weird. Hopefully at least a little funny.
“Iambic Pentameter” Was Not On The List of Essential Criteria in This Job Posting, a short story about a rather odd workplace.
#IambicPentameter #ThingsTheMoonToldMe
“Iambic Pentameter” Was Not On The List of Essential Criteria in This Job Posting, a short story about a rather odd workplace.
#IambicPentameter #ThingsTheMoonToldMe
“Iambic Pentameter” Was Not On The List of Essential Criteria in This Job Posting
“Follow me, I’ll show you the printer room,” she says, her smile friendly, her tone polite.
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I wrote something. It’s weird. Hopefully at least a little funny.
“Iambic Pentameter” Was Not On The List of Essential Criteria in This Job Posting, a short story about a rather odd workplace.
#IambicPentameter #ThingsTheMoonToldMe
“Iambic Pentameter” Was Not On The List of Essential Criteria in This Job Posting, a short story about a rather odd workplace.
#IambicPentameter #ThingsTheMoonToldMe
Ever been on a not-date that’s obviously a date? Gavin and Mel have, too. Come be a fly on the wall for their totally-not-a-date. #WIPSnips #AfterTheEnd 🍁☕️📖
September 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Ever been on a not-date that’s obviously a date? Gavin and Mel have, too. Come be a fly on the wall for their totally-not-a-date. #WIPSnips #AfterTheEnd 🍁☕️📖
Today’s #WIPSnips word is “outside”. This is a piece of a short story WIP, working title When the Moon is Heaviest.
#ShortStory #CanadaWrites #WriteSky #AmWriting #FromLuna
#ShortStory #CanadaWrites #WriteSky #AmWriting #FromLuna
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Today’s #WIPSnips word is “outside”. This is a piece of a short story WIP, working title When the Moon is Heaviest.
#ShortStory #CanadaWrites #WriteSky #AmWriting #FromLuna
#ShortStory #CanadaWrites #WriteSky #AmWriting #FromLuna
Feeling very much not okay in the world today. Anyone feel up to sharing something good?
I can share something good: I saw a monarch butterfly in the wild. It was pretty 🦋
#screamintothevoid #fuuuuuuuu-
I can share something good: I saw a monarch butterfly in the wild. It was pretty 🦋
#screamintothevoid #fuuuuuuuu-
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Feeling very much not okay in the world today. Anyone feel up to sharing something good?
I can share something good: I saw a monarch butterfly in the wild. It was pretty 🦋
#screamintothevoid #fuuuuuuuu-
I can share something good: I saw a monarch butterfly in the wild. It was pretty 🦋
#screamintothevoid #fuuuuuuuu-
This is well and truly worth the read. #WaitForIt
It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
September 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is well and truly worth the read. #WaitForIt
#ADHD in real-time: using an electric toothbrush that vibrates every 30 seconds to tell me when to change quadrants, forgetting where I started and which direction I'm going.
#neurodivergence
#neurodivergence
September 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ADHD in real-time: using an electric toothbrush that vibrates every 30 seconds to tell me when to change quadrants, forgetting where I started and which direction I'm going.
#neurodivergence
#neurodivergence
Sometimes you write beautiful, sweeping prose that brings a scene to life or gives voice to the unspoken.
And sometimes you write this.
#PoetSky #WriterSky #WordSky #HashtagSky #Comedy #Maybe 1/2
And sometimes you write this.
#PoetSky #WriterSky #WordSky #HashtagSky #Comedy #Maybe 1/2
August 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Sometimes you write beautiful, sweeping prose that brings a scene to life or gives voice to the unspoken.
And sometimes you write this.
#PoetSky #WriterSky #WordSky #HashtagSky #Comedy #Maybe 1/2
And sometimes you write this.
#PoetSky #WriterSky #WordSky #HashtagSky #Comedy #Maybe 1/2
#PosterPit
#W #Q #R #C #A
🍁 After the End
A novel about grief, French toast, slow-burn healing, and intimacy that sneaks up on you, latte in hand.
Written by Kate Hardie, who is me.
In the meantime, please enjoy this totally legit movie poster.
#AmWriting
#W #Q #R #C #A
🍁 After the End
A novel about grief, French toast, slow-burn healing, and intimacy that sneaks up on you, latte in hand.
Written by Kate Hardie, who is me.
In the meantime, please enjoy this totally legit movie poster.
#AmWriting
August 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#PosterPit
#W #Q #R #C #A
🍁 After the End
A novel about grief, French toast, slow-burn healing, and intimacy that sneaks up on you, latte in hand.
Written by Kate Hardie, who is me.
In the meantime, please enjoy this totally legit movie poster.
#AmWriting
#W #Q #R #C #A
🍁 After the End
A novel about grief, French toast, slow-burn healing, and intimacy that sneaks up on you, latte in hand.
Written by Kate Hardie, who is me.
In the meantime, please enjoy this totally legit movie poster.
#AmWriting
Stuff my kids said:
2yo: my book!
4yo: that was MY book when I was a kid and now it's his.
2yo: my book!
Me: when you were a kid? You're not a kid now?
4yo: no, I'm a big boy.
#KidLogic
2yo: my book!
4yo: that was MY book when I was a kid and now it's his.
2yo: my book!
Me: when you were a kid? You're not a kid now?
4yo: no, I'm a big boy.
#KidLogic
August 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Stuff my kids said:
2yo: my book!
4yo: that was MY book when I was a kid and now it's his.
2yo: my book!
Me: when you were a kid? You're not a kid now?
4yo: no, I'm a big boy.
#KidLogic
2yo: my book!
4yo: that was MY book when I was a kid and now it's his.
2yo: my book!
Me: when you were a kid? You're not a kid now?
4yo: no, I'm a big boy.
#KidLogic
Toddler quote for today:
Give the 2 year old a bowl of cheerios, which he usually loves.
Him: cheerios! No! Heart cheerios!
Me: heart cheerios?
Him: hot cheerios!
Me: hot cheerios?
Him: yes! Hot cheerios!
He was demanding the cheerios from the hot car. 31 C today.
#NoDude #ToddlerLogic
Give the 2 year old a bowl of cheerios, which he usually loves.
Him: cheerios! No! Heart cheerios!
Me: heart cheerios?
Him: hot cheerios!
Me: hot cheerios?
Him: yes! Hot cheerios!
He was demanding the cheerios from the hot car. 31 C today.
#NoDude #ToddlerLogic
August 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Toddler quote for today:
Give the 2 year old a bowl of cheerios, which he usually loves.
Him: cheerios! No! Heart cheerios!
Me: heart cheerios?
Him: hot cheerios!
Me: hot cheerios?
Him: yes! Hot cheerios!
He was demanding the cheerios from the hot car. 31 C today.
#NoDude #ToddlerLogic
Give the 2 year old a bowl of cheerios, which he usually loves.
Him: cheerios! No! Heart cheerios!
Me: heart cheerios?
Him: hot cheerios!
Me: hot cheerios?
Him: yes! Hot cheerios!
He was demanding the cheerios from the hot car. 31 C today.
#NoDude #ToddlerLogic
Somehow my slow-burn romance novel doesn’t contain the word “cheat” even one time. I suppose that bodes well for my lead couple, though.
#WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #Q #AfterTheEnd #R #SlowBurn #Romance #Fiction
#WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #Q #AfterTheEnd #R #SlowBurn #Romance #Fiction
August 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Somehow my slow-burn romance novel doesn’t contain the word “cheat” even one time. I suppose that bodes well for my lead couple, though.
#WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #Q #AfterTheEnd #R #SlowBurn #Romance #Fiction
#WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #Q #AfterTheEnd #R #SlowBurn #Romance #Fiction
Purposely write something really bad and schlocky to get it out of my system!
It gets something moving and usually makes me laugh, so it's a double win 😂
It gets something moving and usually makes me laugh, so it's a double win 😂
July 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Purposely write something really bad and schlocky to get it out of my system!
It gets something moving and usually makes me laugh, so it's a double win 😂
It gets something moving and usually makes me laugh, so it's a double win 😂
Our former-model-now-widower Gavin needs some help going on dates. It doesn’t quite go how he’d hoped. #WIPSnips #WIP #WritersOfBluesky #AfterTheEnd #Q #WF #WritingCommunity #MultiPOV #WhatComesAfterTheEnd?
July 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Our former-model-now-widower Gavin needs some help going on dates. It doesn’t quite go how he’d hoped. #WIPSnips #WIP #WritersOfBluesky #AfterTheEnd #Q #WF #WritingCommunity #MultiPOV #WhatComesAfterTheEnd?
Reposted by Kate Hardie
When I find myself in times of trouble,
Ozzy Osbourne comes to me,
Speaking words of wisdom,
Ozzy Osbourne comes to me,
Speaking words of wisdom,
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When I find myself in times of trouble,
Ozzy Osbourne comes to me,
Speaking words of wisdom,
Ozzy Osbourne comes to me,
Speaking words of wisdom,
Reposted by Kate Hardie
Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
July 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
Reposted by Kate Hardie
