Writing is hard
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Sci-Fi/Fantasy bibliophile author with a day job. We don’t use Ai here.
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Neptia's Galaxy Railway
Check out Neptia's Galaxy Railway - <p>After waking up with no memories of his past life, a stowaway finds himself running from the authorities on a Goldstar Train, the most luxurious galactic train a...
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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
Despite the horrors in the world, I breathe, I walk, and I exist. And I will continue to do so, long after the horrors cease to exist.
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Despite the horrors in the world, I breathe, I walk, and I exist. And I will continue to do so, long after the horrors cease to exist.
Dracula Daily has ended for the season. What am I gonna look forward to in my email now? Old Navy coupons?? 😭
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dracula Daily has ended for the season. What am I gonna look forward to in my email now? Old Navy coupons?? 😭
Reading Angels In America with everything that’s going on right now is painful yet comforting at the same time.
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reading Angels In America with everything that’s going on right now is painful yet comforting at the same time.
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One of the name gags on last night’s Treehouse of Horrors.
There is no higher honor.
There is no higher honor.
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
One of the name gags on last night’s Treehouse of Horrors.
There is no higher honor.
There is no higher honor.
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I'm back from maternity leave and in desperate need of some work. If you're looking for some fun colourful cover designs I'm your guy! Here are some book covers I loved illustrating
Contact me at charlotk@hotmail.com
See portfolio link below
Shares & some reassuring words would be much appreciated
Contact me at charlotk@hotmail.com
See portfolio link below
Shares & some reassuring words would be much appreciated
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm back from maternity leave and in desperate need of some work. If you're looking for some fun colourful cover designs I'm your guy! Here are some book covers I loved illustrating
Contact me at charlotk@hotmail.com
See portfolio link below
Shares & some reassuring words would be much appreciated
Contact me at charlotk@hotmail.com
See portfolio link below
Shares & some reassuring words would be much appreciated
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It's that time of year again... is there anything spookier than impediments to free and open access to information? We think not!!
Make sure you follow along with us this Banned Books Week—we'll be sharing all the resources, updates and cool events they don't want you to know about.
Make sure you follow along with us this Banned Books Week—we'll be sharing all the resources, updates and cool events they don't want you to know about.
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's that time of year again... is there anything spookier than impediments to free and open access to information? We think not!!
Make sure you follow along with us this Banned Books Week—we'll be sharing all the resources, updates and cool events they don't want you to know about.
Make sure you follow along with us this Banned Books Week—we'll be sharing all the resources, updates and cool events they don't want you to know about.
Why is it that when I get my book out to the world, Ai is trying to take over and any site I use to promote myself and my books is going to shit?!
Maybe this is some kind of omen from the universe.
Maybe this is some kind of omen from the universe.
October 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Why is it that when I get my book out to the world, Ai is trying to take over and any site I use to promote myself and my books is going to shit?!
Maybe this is some kind of omen from the universe.
Maybe this is some kind of omen from the universe.
So this line no longer exists, a simpler method of travel was found and used.
I’d never thought that the line “Get the blimp and the android!” Would be an actual spoken line of dialogue in any of my major projects and it’s making me laugh.
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So this line no longer exists, a simpler method of travel was found and used.
I’d never thought that the line “Get the blimp and the android!” Would be an actual spoken line of dialogue in any of my major projects and it’s making me laugh.
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’d never thought that the line “Get the blimp and the android!” Would be an actual spoken line of dialogue in any of my major projects and it’s making me laugh.
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I wish people would understand this is not a Bluesky exclusive thing. Jumping ship to another site will not do anything and you will be in the same position again and again.
Make your voice heard, don't just keep trying to run away from the problem.
Make your voice heard, don't just keep trying to run away from the problem.
September 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I wish people would understand this is not a Bluesky exclusive thing. Jumping ship to another site will not do anything and you will be in the same position again and again.
Make your voice heard, don't just keep trying to run away from the problem.
Make your voice heard, don't just keep trying to run away from the problem.
Hey uh, in case your wondering why I haven’t posted anything, I have nothing to share and I’m trying to cut back on my social media usage.
So, yeah.
Maybe something soon but for now, no.
So, yeah.
Maybe something soon but for now, no.
September 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hey uh, in case your wondering why I haven’t posted anything, I have nothing to share and I’m trying to cut back on my social media usage.
So, yeah.
Maybe something soon but for now, no.
So, yeah.
Maybe something soon but for now, no.
I need to be more active here…ugh.
September 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I need to be more active here…ugh.
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Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
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***squeeeeeeeee***
One of my readers' favorite novels has just been reissued with this AMAZING cover designed by Rachel Ake.
If you loved THE REFORMATORY, this is the novel I used to say is my scariest. You be the judge!
One of my readers' favorite novels has just been reissued with this AMAZING cover designed by Rachel Ake.
If you loved THE REFORMATORY, this is the novel I used to say is my scariest. You be the judge!
From the award-winning author of THE REFORMATORY, a stunning new reissue of THE GOOD HOUSE by @tananarivedue.bsky.social!
Now available!
New cover designed by Rachel Ake (@rake.makes on IG)
Now available!
New cover designed by Rachel Ake (@rake.makes on IG)
August 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
***squeeeeeeeee***
One of my readers' favorite novels has just been reissued with this AMAZING cover designed by Rachel Ake.
If you loved THE REFORMATORY, this is the novel I used to say is my scariest. You be the judge!
One of my readers' favorite novels has just been reissued with this AMAZING cover designed by Rachel Ake.
If you loved THE REFORMATORY, this is the novel I used to say is my scariest. You be the judge!
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People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.
August 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.
Whenever I feel like my books are trash or just don’t make a lot of sense, I look at the books that are being traditionally published and getting adaptations and I start to feel a bit better :) #booksky
August 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Whenever I feel like my books are trash or just don’t make a lot of sense, I look at the books that are being traditionally published and getting adaptations and I start to feel a bit better :) #booksky
Hi NASA! I’m doing a project on the Voyager 1 spacecraft, specifically the golden record. Do you have a complete list of the photos and what order they appear on the record on your website?
NASA: Nope!
🙃
NASA: Nope!
🙃
August 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hi NASA! I’m doing a project on the Voyager 1 spacecraft, specifically the golden record. Do you have a complete list of the photos and what order they appear on the record on your website?
NASA: Nope!
🙃
NASA: Nope!
🙃
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Physical books never stopped being in fashion, even with younger readers. I strongly suspect this is in no small part due to books being a common gift, and now Romantasy is getting buyers used to pretty editions with endpapers and sprayed edges.
Physical Media Is Cool Again. Streaming Services Have Themselves to Blame
Collectors new and old tell Rolling Stone there's nothing quite like the feel of holding your favorite art in your hands.
Collectors new and old tell Rolling Stone there's nothing quite like the feel of holding your favorite art in your hands.
Physical Media Is Cool Again. Streaming Services Have Themselves to Blame
Collectors tell Rolling Stone an exhaustion with streamers is making owning physical media the next big thing — again.
rollingstone.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Physical books never stopped being in fashion, even with younger readers. I strongly suspect this is in no small part due to books being a common gift, and now Romantasy is getting buyers used to pretty editions with endpapers and sprayed edges.
As much as I miss getting a ton of interactions via Twitter (I’m not calling that hellsite X) I feel like I get more genuine reactions here. I dunno, maybe I’m weird :/
August 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
As much as I miss getting a ton of interactions via Twitter (I’m not calling that hellsite X) I feel like I get more genuine reactions here. I dunno, maybe I’m weird :/
You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?
(It was either gonna be Monty Python and The Holy Grail or Eternal Sunshine for in place of Grand Budapest)
(It was either gonna be Monty Python and The Holy Grail or Eternal Sunshine for in place of Grand Budapest)
July 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?
(It was either gonna be Monty Python and The Holy Grail or Eternal Sunshine for in place of Grand Budapest)
(It was either gonna be Monty Python and The Holy Grail or Eternal Sunshine for in place of Grand Budapest)
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If you use AI to do the parts of writing that aren’t your favorite you will 100% be a worse writer. Bad at pacing and using AI to fix that? Great, now you have never actually learned pacing. Bad at descriptions? Sweet, you have no idea how descriptions reveal character. You actually just suck.
This is an "author" using the idea that you shouldn't suffer for your art AS A REASON TO USE GENERATIVE AI TO WRITE INSTEAD.
That is not what that phrase means. It doesn't mean you shouldn't emotionally connect with your art--it means you shouldn't fucking starve or have chronic depression.
That is not what that phrase means. It doesn't mean you shouldn't emotionally connect with your art--it means you shouldn't fucking starve or have chronic depression.
July 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
If you use AI to do the parts of writing that aren’t your favorite you will 100% be a worse writer. Bad at pacing and using AI to fix that? Great, now you have never actually learned pacing. Bad at descriptions? Sweet, you have no idea how descriptions reveal character. You actually just suck.
Just a reminder to my author peeps, check and see if you can make your book available to rent at your county library system. Because I did!
…I’ll let you know how it goes in a few months.
#booksky #authorsky
…I’ll let you know how it goes in a few months.
#booksky #authorsky
July 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just a reminder to my author peeps, check and see if you can make your book available to rent at your county library system. Because I did!
…I’ll let you know how it goes in a few months.
#booksky #authorsky
…I’ll let you know how it goes in a few months.
#booksky #authorsky
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There's nothing more punk rock than being kind to people
July 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
There's nothing more punk rock than being kind to people
I just found out I reached 100 followers!!! Thank you guys! And yes I’m still working on projects, I have a job and I can’t write full time (not yet at least) but I’m still working!
July 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I just found out I reached 100 followers!!! Thank you guys! And yes I’m still working on projects, I have a job and I can’t write full time (not yet at least) but I’m still working!