🌚Sam (SK Kelley)🌝
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🌚Sam (SK Kelley)🌝
@skkelleywrites.bsky.social
Sam (30, she/they), author of Sidetracked
currently drafting To Break A Curse (tBaC)
weird/queer/INTP/artist/mom/part-time furry
my characters haunt me incessantly
read my books 👉 linktr.ee/skkelleywrites
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remember that one time I wrote & published a 4-book contemporary fantasy drama series about cat shifters?

did you know you can buy them in paperback & ebook format from most retailers who sell books (or directly from me via itch or ko-fi)?

👉 linktr.ee/skkelleywrites 👈
Introduce yourself with 4 songs.

- “Tsumi to Batsu (Crime & Punishment)” by DECO*27 (feat. Hatsune Miku)

- “L.G. FUAD (Let’s Get Fucked Up and Die)” by Motion City Soundtrack

- “Watered Down” by The Used

- “The Kintsugi Kid (Ten Years)” by Fall Out Boy
Introduce yourself with 4 songs.

• Starman, David Bowie
• Show Must Go On, Queen
• Bubblegum Bitch, Marina and the Diamonds
• Boom Clap, Charli XCX
February 1, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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📣New SFF bundle alert!
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
SFF Readers, do you like stories which centre friendship, or where friendship groups tackle plot problems?

To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)

🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
wrote 726 words

the weird creepypasta author is about to meet the monster girl in the middle of the woods at 1am
February 1, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Jayde learning a bit of middle school Ice/James lore in Afterglow.

“Wisteria” is short for “Wisteria Private Academy” (Riverview’s K-12 school for immortals)
#WIPSnips
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
wrote 690 words tonight

nice
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 AM
RIP “at least one sale every month” streak, it was nice knowing you the past 2 years 😔
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Here's some reviews from readers, if you need more to convince you to pick up ImpCycle 💖
January 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I’m just watching what they’re doing and writing it down. Like a creepy observer.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

When you write a scene with your character, are you the director overseeing their actions, or are you playing the part of one or more characters? Something else?

Does that change depending on the circumstances?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 30, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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ICE OUT
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
If you’re living in frozen conditions right now, post the must summery picture in your photo library.

tbh, my area is experiencing unusually *warm* conditions for this time of year, but I wanted to share a tropical beach picture 😅
January 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Jayde, 19 years old, finally deciding she wants to learn how to drive just because her boyfriend has nerve damage.
#WIPSnips
January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
wrote 863 words

drafting my new WIP has been easier than I anticipated, and I’m having fun writing whatever chaotic nonsense pops into my head, but I imagine I’ll hit a wall eventually. lol
January 30, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I put stickers on my new (to me) laptop
January 30, 2026 at 4:01 AM
not to make light of an extremely dire situation, but having a character named Ice is kind of unfortunate right now 💀
January 30, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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one avoids stanning, and sorry to bring twitter over here, but we fucking stan
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 AM
apropos of nothing
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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If I don’t make a sale in the next few days, my 2 year “at least one sale every month” streak will end.

The Sidetracked characters helped me through some tough times in my life. It would be cool to one day hear that reading their story has done the same for someone else.

stay hopeful
remember that one time I wrote & published a 4-book contemporary fantasy drama series about cat shifters?

did you know you can buy them in paperback & ebook format from most retailers who sell books (or directly from me via itch or ko-fi)?

👉 linktr.ee/skkelleywrites 👈
January 28, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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"Did you ever stop feeling like a ghost in this world? Like you don’t belong, like something about you will never be right?"

[ #oc #ocart #ocsky ]
June 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Writer accomplishment checklist

✅️ Wrote book
✅️ Published anywhere
✅ Physical book for sale
✅️ Paid for your writing
✅ 1st Book signing
✅️ Positive comments/fan mail
✅️ Fan Art
☑️ Fan Club
☑️ Book Tour
☑️ TV/Radio/Podcast Appearance
✅ Book Reviewed
☑️ Best Seller
☑️ Award winner
Writer accomplishment checklist
✅️ Wrote book
✅️ Published anywhere
☑️ Physical book for sale
✅️ Paid for your writing
☑️ 1st Book signing
✅️ Positive comments/fan mail
✅️ Fan Art
☑️ Fan Club
☑️ Book Tour
☑️ TV/Radio/Podcast Appearance
☑️ Book Reviewed
☑️ Best Seller
☑️ Award winner
January 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM
(from Borderline)
#WIPSnips
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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The only response I ever get to this from lesser evil Stans is "I want that for everybody (except you is silent) and it's selfish for you to want that for you too."
If the things you require me to sacrifice "for the greater good" are my healthcare, my safety, my bodily autonomy and my right to exist as an equal human being in your society, then it's not the good at all, and your party can burn to the ground and the nation along with it.
January 29, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Share your home screen

this is kind of embarrassing lmao
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 AM
wrote 939 words

my main character is a monster girl now :)
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 AM
[Four] jobs I’ve had:

- Vector Marketing / Cutco sales rep (actual hell)
- Nintendo of America Consumer Support (phones gave me PTSD, but I loved email)
- US Army (6 weeks of basic, left due to a family emergency, did not go back 💀)
[[5-year blue period]]
- infant/toddler teacher

that’s all, folks
Five jobs I’ve had:

- English Language Arts Teacher
- History/Politics/Government Assistant Lecturer
- Art Gallery Tour Guide
- Transcriber
- Retail/Customer Service
Five jobs I've had

1. Donut shop clerk
2. Laser engraver
3. Industrial embroidery machine operator
4. Office temp/admin
5. Analytical software QA
January 29, 2026 at 12:04 AM
If I don’t make a sale in the next few days, my 2 year “at least one sale every month” streak will end.

The Sidetracked characters helped me through some tough times in my life. It would be cool to one day hear that reading their story has done the same for someone else.

stay hopeful
remember that one time I wrote & published a 4-book contemporary fantasy drama series about cat shifters?

did you know you can buy them in paperback & ebook format from most retailers who sell books (or directly from me via itch or ko-fi)?

👉 linktr.ee/skkelleywrites 👈
January 28, 2026 at 6:46 PM