Kira Leander Wise
@leeofnight.bsky.social
Writer of novels and screenplays. Author of The Book of Vengeance series. Can be bribed with tea. Neutral Evil. Cats. ADHD. #Fantasy and #Horror. 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦
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Remember how scary it was for the 36 hours where it felt like the Right could explode into violence as a repercussion of an assassination? That's what our trans brothers & sisters feel like every fucking day
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
September 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Remember how scary it was for the 36 hours where it felt like the Right could explode into violence as a repercussion of an assassination? That's what our trans brothers & sisters feel like every fucking day
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
Trauma, justice, true love. And queer happiness, wicked battles, and magic. There's always cats. Always tea.
Technically as an indie author you are a business and businesses often do well to have branding.
Chaos, gentleness, and genderfuckery is the one I aspire to.
Chaos, gentleness, and genderfuckery is the one I aspire to.
May 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Trauma, justice, true love. And queer happiness, wicked battles, and magic. There's always cats. Always tea.
Writer/director of a movie of Stephen King's From a Buick 8. Or Augustus Roth's Last Man Standing. Or showrunner/writer for a multi-season arc for Gregory Ashe's Hazard and Somerset novels. And/or his Borealis Investigations novels.
Your absolute dream project gets greenlit with no strings or concessions. What is it?
Mine would be serving as the showrunner and producer on a 6 season TV series focusing on Mal Evans, the road manager for The Beatles.
(If you’re unfamiliar, his is a story that *really* deserves to be told).
Mine would be serving as the showrunner and producer on a 6 season TV series focusing on Mal Evans, the road manager for The Beatles.
(If you’re unfamiliar, his is a story that *really* deserves to be told).
May 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Writer/director of a movie of Stephen King's From a Buick 8. Or Augustus Roth's Last Man Standing. Or showrunner/writer for a multi-season arc for Gregory Ashe's Hazard and Somerset novels. And/or his Borealis Investigations novels.
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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
May 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
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I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Well, here we go. The GOP has just introduced a bill to effectively outlaw all pornography.
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
EXCLUSIVE: New GOP Bill Seeks To Take Sledgehammer To Online Porn Industry
Congressional Republicans will introduce legislation Thursday that would severely crack down on internet pornography and upend the online porn industry.
dailycaller.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Nicely stated. I would have found this incredibly helpful when I was starting out years ago.
"Show, don’t tell" — a 🧵🪓
This craft maxim is often misunderstood and frustrating. You can't always show. Sometimes you need to tell. The real skill is in knowing when to do each. Let’s break it down.👇
#writingcommunity #amwriting
This craft maxim is often misunderstood and frustrating. You can't always show. Sometimes you need to tell. The real skill is in knowing when to do each. Let’s break it down.👇
#writingcommunity #amwriting
a close up of a feather with the words " lemme see " written below it
Alt: baby yoda popping up from behind a rock. " lemme see " written below it
media.tenor.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Nicely stated. I would have found this incredibly helpful when I was starting out years ago.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Did you know that WriteHive is 100% run by volunteers? Everything we do is only possible with a stellar staff, dedicating their free time to keep our programming running. For National Volunteer Week, we want to say THANK YOU to the volunteers who have contributed in any way to WriteHive's success.🐝
lol 😅
by the time you become a main character in a book, you should have one or all of:
- dead parents
- your hometown burned to the ground
- an ancient prophecy you never asked for
- your author's baggage and trauma
- dead parents
- your hometown burned to the ground
- an ancient prophecy you never asked for
- your author's baggage and trauma
April 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
lol 😅
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We still have many people to thank, but we want you all to have time to browse, so while our auction fundraiser doesn’t begin until April 22nd, we’d like to open the doors! (1/2)
Auction.iknowwhyshestayed.org
Auction.iknowwhyshestayed.org
April 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We still have many people to thank, but we want you all to have time to browse, so while our auction fundraiser doesn’t begin until April 22nd, we’d like to open the doors! (1/2)
Auction.iknowwhyshestayed.org
Auction.iknowwhyshestayed.org
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Enforcing a G rating on the entire internet is fascist and if you're clutching pearls directly at strangers instead of cultivating your own space you're part of the problem.
March 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Enforcing a G rating on the entire internet is fascist and if you're clutching pearls directly at strangers instead of cultivating your own space you're part of the problem.
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I don’t usually cry over my beer, but I had to make an exception for this ad. 🇨🇦
March 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I don’t usually cry over my beer, but I had to make an exception for this ad. 🇨🇦
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Seeing very crappy hateful men writers furious that women are so successful in the fantasy genre makes me proud to be a published fantasy author ahahaha
March 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Seeing very crappy hateful men writers furious that women are so successful in the fantasy genre makes me proud to be a published fantasy author ahahaha
Who are the five authors who made you?
Weis and Hickman
Wendy and Richard Pini
Tad Williams
Michael Moorcock
Robin Hobb
I look at that and see exactly what I write: old-school dark, heroic, epic fantasy with a touch of romance. Aka nobledark fantasy.
Weis and Hickman
Wendy and Richard Pini
Tad Williams
Michael Moorcock
Robin Hobb
I look at that and see exactly what I write: old-school dark, heroic, epic fantasy with a touch of romance. Aka nobledark fantasy.
Who are the five writers who made you?
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Ursula K LeGuin
Octavia E Butler
Daniel Quinn
Terry Pratchett
I cheated a little. But I only ever read Weis and Hickman together. So I'm counting them as one.
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Ursula K LeGuin
Octavia E Butler
Daniel Quinn
Terry Pratchett
I cheated a little. But I only ever read Weis and Hickman together. So I'm counting them as one.
Who are the five writers who made you?
Marguerite Duras
Michel Laub
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Jean Rhys
Kurt Vonnegut
Marguerite Duras
Michel Laub
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Jean Rhys
Kurt Vonnegut
March 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Who are the five authors who made you?
Weis and Hickman
Wendy and Richard Pini
Tad Williams
Michael Moorcock
Robin Hobb
I look at that and see exactly what I write: old-school dark, heroic, epic fantasy with a touch of romance. Aka nobledark fantasy.
Weis and Hickman
Wendy and Richard Pini
Tad Williams
Michael Moorcock
Robin Hobb
I look at that and see exactly what I write: old-school dark, heroic, epic fantasy with a touch of romance. Aka nobledark fantasy.
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IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION
Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member:
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Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com
Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member:
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800
Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION
Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member:
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800
Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com
Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member:
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800
Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com
I'm auditing a program in which we have to write a premise a day for a year. Ideas ARE NOT the problem. Learning writing craft solves the problem of 'no ideas' and not knowing how to implement them once you get them. Learn craft, and you have no need for AI.
That's actually how I started writing anything. I got ideas and they wouldn't go away, nor were they suitable for painting. I had to write them. So I had to learn how to write.
If you don't have ideas of your own, how do you decide to write in the first place?
If you don't have ideas of your own, how do you decide to write in the first place?
March 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I'm auditing a program in which we have to write a premise a day for a year. Ideas ARE NOT the problem. Learning writing craft solves the problem of 'no ideas' and not knowing how to implement them once you get them. Learn craft, and you have no need for AI.
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did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great
March 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great
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We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
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If you made a 51st state joke or told a Canadian they were irrational, sorry but you're now contractually obligated to buy a book by a Canadian author according to a rule I just made up.
CA friends, shoutout your books today. (Reply, quote, start your own thread--whatever, just talk about your art)
CA friends, shoutout your books today. (Reply, quote, start your own thread--whatever, just talk about your art)
March 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you made a 51st state joke or told a Canadian they were irrational, sorry but you're now contractually obligated to buy a book by a Canadian author according to a rule I just made up.
CA friends, shoutout your books today. (Reply, quote, start your own thread--whatever, just talk about your art)
CA friends, shoutout your books today. (Reply, quote, start your own thread--whatever, just talk about your art)
lol
the American consumer is interested in absorbing zero pain.
the Canadian consumer has already smeared themselves with the fat of a freshly killed bear and made an offering of blood for luck in the coming battle
the Canadian consumer has already smeared themselves with the fat of a freshly killed bear and made an offering of blood for luck in the coming battle
March 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
lol
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I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
March 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
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March 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We're looking for talented panelists to join our panels, workshops and presentations for the WriteHive Annual Conference (July 11-13). If you'd like to participate, the application is now open through March 31. Thank you for making our conference great! Apply: www.writehivecon.org/2025-confere...
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It sounds ridiculous but it's the only way any of it makes sense
They're bad people who want to do bad things, & they want to help other bad people do the same. We've never had a government invested in doing bad things for the sake of doing bad things & there's no sophisticated way to talk about it. They are bad people & they need to go, that's all there is to it
The moral depravity of offering refuge to South African farmers in the United States while simultaneously stripping Ukrainians of their TPS is almost beyond my ability to comprehend.
March 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It sounds ridiculous but it's the only way any of it makes sense