Astrid Knight - Fantasy Author (They/He)
@astridknightauthor.bsky.social
Author of books about sad gay nerds 📖🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Polite Menace ☕️
RULES AS WRITTEN coming Fall 2025! 🗡️🔥
I think dogs should vote.
Polite Menace ☕️
RULES AS WRITTEN coming Fall 2025! 🗡️🔥
I think dogs should vote.
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Started listening to Perception Check by @astridkwrites.bsky.social and y'all, the narration is 👌
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Perceptio...
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Perception Check
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Her favorite tabletop roleplaying game is real, and her kidnapped childhood best friend is trapped in a far off land. Will she be able to save her? Let's ro...
www.audible.co.uk
Might be biased, but yeah. It’s a pretty good audiobook, y’all.
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And obviously you need to check out The Mages of Velmyra by @astridkwrites.bsky.social if you haven't already
www.astridknight.com/books
www.astridknight.com/books
Books & More | Astrid Knight | Author of Modern Queer Fantasy
Shop books and stories by Astrid Knight, a writer of modern queer fantasy, filled with real humanity.
www.astridknight.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And obviously you need to check out The Mages of Velmyra by @astridkwrites.bsky.social if you haven't already
www.astridknight.com/books
www.astridknight.com/books
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for every trans account suspended the ill I wish upon JK Rowling only increases
Dani Finn caught a suspension for wishing ill on the most sensitive british bigot alive lmao
August 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
for every trans account suspended the ill I wish upon JK Rowling only increases
I love when people call me ugly as an insult. My brother in Christ, I LOVE being ugly. Are you kidding?
Like, I spent many years as a “pretty girl,” and it’s miserable. Now that I’m a fucked up little genderless gremlin, everyone leaves me alone! It’s incredible.
Like, I spent many years as a “pretty girl,” and it’s miserable. Now that I’m a fucked up little genderless gremlin, everyone leaves me alone! It’s incredible.
August 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I love when people call me ugly as an insult. My brother in Christ, I LOVE being ugly. Are you kidding?
Like, I spent many years as a “pretty girl,” and it’s miserable. Now that I’m a fucked up little genderless gremlin, everyone leaves me alone! It’s incredible.
Like, I spent many years as a “pretty girl,” and it’s miserable. Now that I’m a fucked up little genderless gremlin, everyone leaves me alone! It’s incredible.
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This sale ends on the 22nd!
(And thank you so much to everyone who has sent me a pic of the tshirt you ordered! You don't know how happy that makes me 💜)
(And thank you so much to everyone who has sent me a pic of the tshirt you ordered! You don't know how happy that makes me 💜)
threadless is having a huge $12 tee sale through the 22nd!
Great time to check out my store there!
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Great time to check out my store there!
whistberry.threadless.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This sale ends on the 22nd!
(And thank you so much to everyone who has sent me a pic of the tshirt you ordered! You don't know how happy that makes me 💜)
(And thank you so much to everyone who has sent me a pic of the tshirt you ordered! You don't know how happy that makes me 💜)
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Major order of operations for book publishing:
Write the book
Edit it to the best of your ability
Beta readers for feedback
Editor (optional- developmental, line, and/or copy editing)
Edit your book again (as many times as needed til it's DONE)
Format your book
ARC readers
Publish to general public
Write the book
Edit it to the best of your ability
Beta readers for feedback
Editor (optional- developmental, line, and/or copy editing)
Edit your book again (as many times as needed til it's DONE)
Format your book
ARC readers
Publish to general public
It. Is. Not. An. ARC. Reviewer’s. Job. To. Edit. Your. Book. 🙃
July 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Major order of operations for book publishing:
Write the book
Edit it to the best of your ability
Beta readers for feedback
Editor (optional- developmental, line, and/or copy editing)
Edit your book again (as many times as needed til it's DONE)
Format your book
ARC readers
Publish to general public
Write the book
Edit it to the best of your ability
Beta readers for feedback
Editor (optional- developmental, line, and/or copy editing)
Edit your book again (as many times as needed til it's DONE)
Format your book
ARC readers
Publish to general public
Spoilers: the reason the right is pissing themselves over Superman is because the movie is an unabashed parallel to the Gaza genocide.
And Superman is pro-Palestine because OF COURSE HE IS.
And Superman is pro-Palestine because OF COURSE HE IS.
July 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Spoilers: the reason the right is pissing themselves over Superman is because the movie is an unabashed parallel to the Gaza genocide.
And Superman is pro-Palestine because OF COURSE HE IS.
And Superman is pro-Palestine because OF COURSE HE IS.
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There is no more delightful publishing arc than the one traveled by @chucktingle.bsky.social. Love is real, and so is kindness, and talent.
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
One of the Best Pop Horror Books of the Year Is by … This Guy?
Lucky Day is weird, compelling—and very surprising, coming from the author of My Billionaire Triceratops Craves Gay Ass.
slate.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There is no more delightful publishing arc than the one traveled by @chucktingle.bsky.social. Love is real, and so is kindness, and talent.
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
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I will never knowingly use or engage with GenAI so if you see me reposting it please do me a favour and tell me 🙏
July 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I will never knowingly use or engage with GenAI so if you see me reposting it please do me a favour and tell me 🙏
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binged all of the episodes of I’m A Virgo yesterday, and holy shit????? Why isn’t everyone talking about this show???
It also only has one season so far and no season two announced, and they BETTER make more of it or so help me…
It also only has one season so far and no season two announced, and they BETTER make more of it or so help me…
July 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
binged all of the episodes of I’m A Virgo yesterday, and holy shit????? Why isn’t everyone talking about this show???
It also only has one season so far and no season two announced, and they BETTER make more of it or so help me…
It also only has one season so far and no season two announced, and they BETTER make more of it or so help me…
Yeah, here’s me being very vulnerable right now: I’m finding it hard to be a creative right now.
Given just EVERYTHING (the rise of AI, the political climate, my own personal struggles, etc.) I’m asking myself nearly every day, “Is it worth it to keep trying to do this?”
Given just EVERYTHING (the rise of AI, the political climate, my own personal struggles, etc.) I’m asking myself nearly every day, “Is it worth it to keep trying to do this?”
June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yeah, here’s me being very vulnerable right now: I’m finding it hard to be a creative right now.
Given just EVERYTHING (the rise of AI, the political climate, my own personal struggles, etc.) I’m asking myself nearly every day, “Is it worth it to keep trying to do this?”
Given just EVERYTHING (the rise of AI, the political climate, my own personal struggles, etc.) I’m asking myself nearly every day, “Is it worth it to keep trying to do this?”
June 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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There have been mass arrests of authors writing boy love fiction in China.
Police arrest scores of Chinese women writing 'boy love' fiction for money
Police in China are arresting female authors of homosexual romance novels, in a widespread crackdown on the "boys love" fiction genre.
www.abc.net.au
June 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There have been mass arrests of authors writing boy love fiction in China.
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THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
June 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
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This is such a wildly bad idea. Please take action. "AI", as the situation currently stands, is mostly a scam, is hurting the planet during a time of global crisis, is stealing from struggling artists, is very often wrong and hallucinating _more_ in newer models, and will get worse if unregulated.
The Senate is considering a bill that would prevent states from making any regulations on AI for ten years with no federal alternative.
This gives Big Tech a blank check to deploy these technologies without oversight or consequences. Tell Congress: Oppose the ten-year ban on AI regulation.
This gives Big Tech a blank check to deploy these technologies without oversight or consequences. Tell Congress: Oppose the ten-year ban on AI regulation.
Congress: Oppose The 10-Year Ban on AI Regulation
A provision slipped into the reconciliation bill to ban all state-level AI regulations for 10 years. Urge Congress to oppose this ban immediately.
action.aclu.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is such a wildly bad idea. Please take action. "AI", as the situation currently stands, is mostly a scam, is hurting the planet during a time of global crisis, is stealing from struggling artists, is very often wrong and hallucinating _more_ in newer models, and will get worse if unregulated.
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"Doctors looked at my body, and couldn’t decide whether to mark M or F on my birth certificate. So instead of changing the form, they tried to change my body.
"What I experienced is the opposite of gender-affirming care; it's gender enforcement...
"I deserved to make those decisions for myself."
"What I experienced is the opposite of gender-affirming care; it's gender enforcement...
"I deserved to make those decisions for myself."
Six intersex people explain why they deserve unfettered access to gender-affirming care — and why trans teens do, too.
Read more here ⤵️
Read more here ⤵️
6 Intersex People on Why Gender-Affirming Care Bans Are Bad For Everyone
“My life and welfare depends on gender-affirming care.”
www.teenvogue.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Doctors looked at my body, and couldn’t decide whether to mark M or F on my birth certificate. So instead of changing the form, they tried to change my body.
"What I experienced is the opposite of gender-affirming care; it's gender enforcement...
"I deserved to make those decisions for myself."
"What I experienced is the opposite of gender-affirming care; it's gender enforcement...
"I deserved to make those decisions for myself."
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Guys. GUYS!
Thanks to the wonderful, amazing, brilliant @silver.phoenyx.net, who linked to a way I can back up my site, The Angry Noodle is back, weeeeeeeeee!!!!
It's still got some little issues I need to work out, but I'm just so happy to have it back! 😭
theangrynoodle.com
Thanks to the wonderful, amazing, brilliant @silver.phoenyx.net, who linked to a way I can back up my site, The Angry Noodle is back, weeeeeeeeee!!!!
It's still got some little issues I need to work out, but I'm just so happy to have it back! 😭
theangrynoodle.com
The Angry Noodle - Posts for the speculative, cooked to al dente. *noodle noises*
The home for writers, lovers of speculative fiction, and all-around angry noodles. Posts available when I'm cooked to al dente.
theangrynoodle.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Guys. GUYS!
Thanks to the wonderful, amazing, brilliant @silver.phoenyx.net, who linked to a way I can back up my site, The Angry Noodle is back, weeeeeeeeee!!!!
It's still got some little issues I need to work out, but I'm just so happy to have it back! 😭
theangrynoodle.com
Thanks to the wonderful, amazing, brilliant @silver.phoenyx.net, who linked to a way I can back up my site, The Angry Noodle is back, weeeeeeeeee!!!!
It's still got some little issues I need to work out, but I'm just so happy to have it back! 😭
theangrynoodle.com
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Write and draw and create that weird shit
June 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Write and draw and create that weird shit
The internet was a mistake.
June 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The internet was a mistake.
I see the “morally grey boy thirsters” have picked up the main vampire guy from Sinners, and I’m starting to wonder if maybe you all just like bland white guys.
June 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I see the “morally grey boy thirsters” have picked up the main vampire guy from Sinners, and I’m starting to wonder if maybe you all just like bland white guys.
Two and a half months on T update: I do a mad good Bobby Hill impression now.
June 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Two and a half months on T update: I do a mad good Bobby Hill impression now.
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Now you can bring the crew of Tempest home for Pride for only $0.99!
🍑 Cozy romantasy, heavy on the romance
🏴☠️ Treasure hunting and map magic
🍑 Established romance
🏴☠️ Polyamory done right
🍑 Trans joy
🏴☠️ Disabled MC saves the day
🍑 Crew = family
🍑 Cozy romantasy, heavy on the romance
🏴☠️ Treasure hunting and map magic
🍑 Established romance
🏴☠️ Polyamory done right
🍑 Trans joy
🏴☠️ Disabled MC saves the day
🍑 Crew = family
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Now you can bring the crew of Tempest home for Pride for only $0.99!
🍑 Cozy romantasy, heavy on the romance
🏴☠️ Treasure hunting and map magic
🍑 Established romance
🏴☠️ Polyamory done right
🍑 Trans joy
🏴☠️ Disabled MC saves the day
🍑 Crew = family
🍑 Cozy romantasy, heavy on the romance
🏴☠️ Treasure hunting and map magic
🍑 Established romance
🏴☠️ Polyamory done right
🍑 Trans joy
🏴☠️ Disabled MC saves the day
🍑 Crew = family
Hi Bluesky. What are the queer books you’re reading this month?
June 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hi Bluesky. What are the queer books you’re reading this month?
My YouTube account is the one hooked up to our tv at home, and sometimes, I do a search during a writing session that really makes me wonder if I’m going to have to explain something next time my partner and I are searching for something to watch.
Today was one of those times.
Today was one of those times.
June 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My YouTube account is the one hooked up to our tv at home, and sometimes, I do a search during a writing session that really makes me wonder if I’m going to have to explain something next time my partner and I are searching for something to watch.
Today was one of those times.
Today was one of those times.