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The rebellion begins with a lie, a locked door, and a girl who won't stop asking questions. WORTHY ONES is a slow descent into dystopian hell packed with overbearing AI, a morally messy heroine, and secrets and lies at every turn. New chapters posting now on Wattpad: tinyurl.com/worthyones
Me and the dikdik on my mug are pretty fucking shocked at the nerve of this spider. I'm trying to cohabitate and you're trying to drink my tea?
May 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Me and the dikdik on my mug are pretty fucking shocked at the nerve of this spider. I'm trying to cohabitate and you're trying to drink my tea?
My power outage writing setup, for however long the battery lasts. If you know me, you know goal #1 is to write and goal #2 is to be a modern Ma Ingalls. I think I have achieved both today. Have I peaked?
May 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My power outage writing setup, for however long the battery lasts. If you know me, you know goal #1 is to write and goal #2 is to be a modern Ma Ingalls. I think I have achieved both today. Have I peaked?
I just finished reading Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman and woke up to severe thunderstorms, most of my town without power. My husband sent me to Costco for water and if you know the book, you know why I'm uncomfortable LOL
May 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I just finished reading Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman and woke up to severe thunderstorms, most of my town without power. My husband sent me to Costco for water and if you know the book, you know why I'm uncomfortable LOL
The rebellion begins with a lie, a locked door, and a girl who won't stop asking questions. WORTHY ONES is a slow descent into dystopian hell packed with overbearing AI, a morally messy heroine, and secrets and lies at every turn. New chapters posting now on Wattpad: tinyurl.com/worthyones
May 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The rebellion begins with a lie, a locked door, and a girl who won't stop asking questions. WORTHY ONES is a slow descent into dystopian hell packed with overbearing AI, a morally messy heroine, and secrets and lies at every turn. New chapters posting now on Wattpad: tinyurl.com/worthyones
I am so excited to announce that the first installment of the Glassborn Chronicles is available now on Wattpad! Read EXODUS for free now, and keep an eye out for the second installment very soon! www.wattpad.com/story/394251...
May 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I am so excited to announce that the first installment of the Glassborn Chronicles is available now on Wattpad! Read EXODUS for free now, and keep an eye out for the second installment very soon! www.wattpad.com/story/394251...
My god, the phonics that I was hooked on against my will in grade school have messed me up. I just wrote "fast paste seen" instead of "fast-paced scene." Send the grammar police, I deserve it.
May 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My god, the phonics that I was hooked on against my will in grade school have messed me up. I just wrote "fast paste seen" instead of "fast-paced scene." Send the grammar police, I deserve it.
The novella is DONEEEE!!! I suspected this day would never come but I am so incredibly chuffed with how it turned out. Turns out I can still write even after a wicked burnout, hallelujah. Going to be publishing chapters daily on Wattpad while I work on the novel, and then both will be available
Worthy Ones | A Glassborn Prequel Novella
Something's wrong in the colony-but no one wants to say it out loud. Ada Bello came to Mars under a stolen identity, ch...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The novella is DONEEEE!!! I suspected this day would never come but I am so incredibly chuffed with how it turned out. Turns out I can still write even after a wicked burnout, hallelujah. Going to be publishing chapters daily on Wattpad while I work on the novel, and then both will be available
Writing contemporary fiction: “She made chicken parm for dinner.” Done.
Writing sci-fi: “She made..." But does she even cook, or do they eat communally on Mars? What grows well hydroponically? What are the limits of what you can do with cricket protein...?
5 hours & 1 existential crisis later...
Writing sci-fi: “She made..." But does she even cook, or do they eat communally on Mars? What grows well hydroponically? What are the limits of what you can do with cricket protein...?
5 hours & 1 existential crisis later...
May 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Writing contemporary fiction: “She made chicken parm for dinner.” Done.
Writing sci-fi: “She made..." But does she even cook, or do they eat communally on Mars? What grows well hydroponically? What are the limits of what you can do with cricket protein...?
5 hours & 1 existential crisis later...
Writing sci-fi: “She made..." But does she even cook, or do they eat communally on Mars? What grows well hydroponically? What are the limits of what you can do with cricket protein...?
5 hours & 1 existential crisis later...
Sighhhhhhh Ohio representing the only way it knows how
May 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Sighhhhhhh Ohio representing the only way it knows how
I've been agonizing over the titles for my series for 4 months now and sometimes I just stop and think, Kim Stanley Robinson named his Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars, maybe I'm overthinking it 🫠
May 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've been agonizing over the titles for my series for 4 months now and sometimes I just stop and think, Kim Stanley Robinson named his Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars, maybe I'm overthinking it 🫠
The speed of Ellie & Dina's relationship
#TheLastofUs
#TheLastofUs
eeyore from winnie the pooh is holding an umbrella in the wind while walking in the grass .
ALT: eeyore from winnie the pooh is holding an umbrella in the wind while walking in the grass .
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May 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The speed of Ellie & Dina's relationship
#TheLastofUs
#TheLastofUs
It's really weird that I'm now old enough where whenever I watch a documentary there's a good chance they'll tell me something "shocking" and I'll just go, "I know! I was there, I noticed at the time!"
May 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's really weird that I'm now old enough where whenever I watch a documentary there's a good chance they'll tell me something "shocking" and I'll just go, "I know! I was there, I noticed at the time!"
Texts, emails, social notifications: nah, i think I'll wait about a week to look just in case somebody is trying to yell at me, even tho I've done nothing to expect that
My new video bird feeder: JUDGE ME, EASTERN BLUEBIRD
My new video bird feeder: JUDGE ME, EASTERN BLUEBIRD
April 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Texts, emails, social notifications: nah, i think I'll wait about a week to look just in case somebody is trying to yell at me, even tho I've done nothing to expect that
My new video bird feeder: JUDGE ME, EASTERN BLUEBIRD
My new video bird feeder: JUDGE ME, EASTERN BLUEBIRD
I'm reading Mickey 7 and LOVING it but I'm so curious about the conversation between the production co and the author about the name of the movie. 1/2
April 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm reading Mickey 7 and LOVING it but I'm so curious about the conversation between the production co and the author about the name of the movie. 1/2
I'm not Catholic so all this talk of conclaves is just making me want to reread Arc of the Scythe.
April 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm not Catholic so all this talk of conclaves is just making me want to reread Arc of the Scythe.
Thrift store score. I read the graphic novel adaptation of Kindred first and now I wanna see the nuance I'm sure Octavia Butler added to that little 💩 Rufus in the original. Have you read either/both?
April 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thrift store score. I read the graphic novel adaptation of Kindred first and now I wanna see the nuance I'm sure Octavia Butler added to that little 💩 Rufus in the original. Have you read either/both?
What makes a DNF dystopian book for you? For me, it's insufficient world building. If you don't explain why we're in the hellscape I can't get invested in escaping it
April 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What makes a DNF dystopian book for you? For me, it's insufficient world building. If you don't explain why we're in the hellscape I can't get invested in escaping it
"When we have enough loaves of white bread to crush them under our heels, when we have enough milk to choke us, we still won’t be happy in the least. But if we share things we don’t have enough of, we can be happy today." - Solzhenitsyn
April 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"When we have enough loaves of white bread to crush them under our heels, when we have enough milk to choke us, we still won’t be happy in the least. But if we share things we don’t have enough of, we can be happy today." - Solzhenitsyn
If you liked Brave New World, but want it a little more biotech, try The Grace Year.
Female control. Bodily autonomy. A system that gives you just enough to keep you quiet. #dystopianbooks
Female control. Bodily autonomy. A system that gives you just enough to keep you quiet. #dystopianbooks
April 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If you liked Brave New World, but want it a little more biotech, try The Grace Year.
Female control. Bodily autonomy. A system that gives you just enough to keep you quiet. #dystopianbooks
Female control. Bodily autonomy. A system that gives you just enough to keep you quiet. #dystopianbooks
Feel like leaning into the dystopian vibes? I made a free guide with 42 novels that’ll break your heart and your mind (but also leave you with hope and ideas for the resistance). Grab it here: kntristan.com/guide
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April 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Feel like leaning into the dystopian vibes? I made a free guide with 42 novels that’ll break your heart and your mind (but also leave you with hope and ideas for the resistance). Grab it here: kntristan.com/guide
“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.”
— Thomas Sowell, economist, historian, philosopher
— Thomas Sowell, economist, historian, philosopher
April 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.”
— Thomas Sowell, economist, historian, philosopher
— Thomas Sowell, economist, historian, philosopher
If you liked The Giver, you’ll love Parable of the Sower. Both follow quiet, observant protagonists growing up in a failing system and realizing survival means building something new. Bonus: they both have graphic novel adaptations! #dystopianbooks
April 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If you liked The Giver, you’ll love Parable of the Sower. Both follow quiet, observant protagonists growing up in a failing system and realizing survival means building something new. Bonus: they both have graphic novel adaptations! #dystopianbooks
The scariest part of The 5th Wave for me wasn’t the overt violence—it was the moment Cassie realized the boy nursing her back to health might be something else entirely - but she was too injured to run. Couldn’t confront him. She just had to bide her time. What's your favorite slow burn reveal?
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The scariest part of The 5th Wave for me wasn’t the overt violence—it was the moment Cassie realized the boy nursing her back to health might be something else entirely - but she was too injured to run. Couldn’t confront him. She just had to bide her time. What's your favorite slow burn reveal?
Spent weeks wrestling with plot holes, red herrings, and emotionally devastating twists… and I won. The Glassborn outline is DONE and tomorrow I get to start drafting and ruining lives (fictionally... mostly). #dystopianbooks
April 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Spent weeks wrestling with plot holes, red herrings, and emotionally devastating twists… and I won. The Glassborn outline is DONE and tomorrow I get to start drafting and ruining lives (fictionally... mostly). #dystopianbooks
"The world in which you can buy avocados all year & your iPhone keeps getting more powerful & you never have to live in fear of an occupying force is the world in which a group of people you'll never meet simply have to die." One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
April 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"The world in which you can buy avocados all year & your iPhone keeps getting more powerful & you never have to live in fear of an occupying force is the world in which a group of people you'll never meet simply have to die." One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This