Farron Liam K
@farronknechtel.bsky.social
(they/them) 💜🤍💚
Poet, essayist and writer from Seattle, WA. Indo, genderqueer, recently crashed headlong into middle age. UWB MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics 2024.
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Poet, essayist and writer from Seattle, WA. Indo, genderqueer, recently crashed headlong into middle age. UWB MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics 2024.
https://linktr.ee/farronknechtel
just wrote a new poem for the first time in a little while. its working title is "it was literally my childhood" and it's pretty sarcastic. my most accessible work seems to be when i'm being a bit funny about the things that piss me off
October 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
just wrote a new poem for the first time in a little while. its working title is "it was literally my childhood" and it's pretty sarcastic. my most accessible work seems to be when i'm being a bit funny about the things that piss me off
the labor vs outcome of poetry is so fucking stupid. wdym i finally finished this poem three years after i wrote the first draft
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
the labor vs outcome of poetry is so fucking stupid. wdym i finally finished this poem three years after i wrote the first draft
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Oh hey, I should probably remember to tell people that Hemlock & Silver comes out this Tuesday! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Hemlock & Silver
DELUXE EDITION—a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring bright green sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers illustrated by the autho...
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August 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Oh hey, I should probably remember to tell people that Hemlock & Silver comes out this Tuesday! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Apothecary Diaries has won me over. There's a lot to discuss, particularly about its choice of setting, but the one thing I can't help but notice is that we're in a golden age of female anime characters that are extremely driven and compelling in their own right, and men that must rise to meet them.
July 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Apothecary Diaries has won me over. There's a lot to discuss, particularly about its choice of setting, but the one thing I can't help but notice is that we're in a golden age of female anime characters that are extremely driven and compelling in their own right, and men that must rise to meet them.
I just finished 'Reclaimed' by Seth Haddon. Check out my review on Goodreads and Storygraph!
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Farron's review of Reclaimed
5/5: Reclaimed is the third book in Seth Haddon’s World of Reforged. Haddon has excited me greatly as an author, with each book building on the ideas and world-building of the last, always greatly exc...
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July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I just finished 'Reclaimed' by Seth Haddon. Check out my review on Goodreads and Storygraph!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I just finished 'Reborn' by Seth Haddon! Check out my review on Goodreads or Storygraph.
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Farron's review of Reborn
4/5: Reborn by Seth Haddon is second in the Reforged series, and thus far my favorite of the two I’ve read. I liked how it drops you into the middle of political intrigue. The two leads are charming a...
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June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I just finished 'Reborn' by Seth Haddon! Check out my review on Goodreads or Storygraph.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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'City of White Space' by Marcelle Newbold
Cover art: 'Into the Woods' by Denisa Popa
Cover art: 'Into the Woods' by Denisa Popa
June 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
'City of White Space' by Marcelle Newbold
Cover art: 'Into the Woods' by Denisa Popa
Cover art: 'Into the Woods' by Denisa Popa
Love it when I hear a new Caroline Polachek song and she's like "aaUUUUAAAOOOOOOOHHHAAAOOOO" and I'm like this slaps. It's going to annoy the hell out of my friends to put it on my summer jams playlist.
June 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Love it when I hear a new Caroline Polachek song and she's like "aaUUUUAAAOOOOOOOHHHAAAOOOO" and I'm like this slaps. It's going to annoy the hell out of my friends to put it on my summer jams playlist.
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One of the best/funniest things about going to a Pride celebration with my folks is they've started getting really into pins.
My dad got a can badge with He/Him on it and the trans flag because I said that might be funny/confusing for folks. 6ft tall cis Boomer with a gray beard.
My dad got a can badge with He/Him on it and the trans flag because I said that might be funny/confusing for folks. 6ft tall cis Boomer with a gray beard.
June 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One of the best/funniest things about going to a Pride celebration with my folks is they've started getting really into pins.
My dad got a can badge with He/Him on it and the trans flag because I said that might be funny/confusing for folks. 6ft tall cis Boomer with a gray beard.
My dad got a can badge with He/Him on it and the trans flag because I said that might be funny/confusing for folks. 6ft tall cis Boomer with a gray beard.
At a certain point, there's no sense in asking for forgiveness. You have to swallow the fact that you watched it happen and move forward from there.
June 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
At a certain point, there's no sense in asking for forgiveness. You have to swallow the fact that you watched it happen and move forward from there.
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Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.
June 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.
I just finished Kellen Graves's 'Herald of the Witch's Mark!' Check out my review on Goodreads!
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Farron's review of Herald of the Witch's Mark (Rowan Blood #3)
4/5: This series is Saffron’s story, and it does feel like Cylvan, at times, is more of a force of a plot who exists to be loved by Saffron than he is a fully realized character. It seems as though th...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I just finished Kellen Graves's 'Herald of the Witch's Mark!' Check out my review on Goodreads!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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If you are in Seattle, join us tomorrow for readings and Collaborative Writing Workshops at King Street Station. Register for free here: forms.gle/NXhgifTTrzuZ...
May 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you are in Seattle, join us tomorrow for readings and Collaborative Writing Workshops at King Street Station. Register for free here: forms.gle/NXhgifTTrzuZ...
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Anyway, I'm doing a reading/workshop next week with some friends from my MFA cohort!!!! You should come check it out!!!!!
May 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Anyway, I'm doing a reading/workshop next week with some friends from my MFA cohort!!!! You should come check it out!!!!!
I recently finished Venessa Vida Kelley's 'When the Tides Held the Moon,' check out my review on GoodReads!
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Farron's review of When the Tides Held the Moon
5/5: When the Tides Held the Moon is a fairy tale. I loved the choice of setting and time period, and the large cast of characters, but, much like any other fairy tale, you have a pretty good idea how...
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May 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I recently finished Venessa Vida Kelley's 'When the Tides Held the Moon,' check out my review on GoodReads!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Anyway, I'm doing a reading/workshop next week with some friends from my MFA cohort!!!! You should come check it out!!!!!
May 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Anyway, I'm doing a reading/workshop next week with some friends from my MFA cohort!!!! You should come check it out!!!!!
Got called "my Goth Queen" by a young vendor at the Burien Farmer's market and I'm gonna be riding that high for awhile.
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Got called "my Goth Queen" by a young vendor at the Burien Farmer's market and I'm gonna be riding that high for awhile.
the thing about trying to get this chapbook off the ground is like. i keep feeling like i should probably pick a struggle and focus on that narratively, only including work that concerns that. but also how do i pick just one struggle.
May 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
the thing about trying to get this chapbook off the ground is like. i keep feeling like i should probably pick a struggle and focus on that narratively, only including work that concerns that. but also how do i pick just one struggle.
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Fake literary agency alert: Pitch Ready Literary Agency prliterary.com It's slicker than usual but scam-sign is there: no sales/client list, web domain less than 2 weeks old, stock & AI images of "agents" & testimonials, "team directory" w/ names mostly stolen from Writers House
Pitch Ready Literary Agency – Stories That Sell. Talent That’s Pitch Ready.
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April 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fake literary agency alert: Pitch Ready Literary Agency prliterary.com It's slicker than usual but scam-sign is there: no sales/client list, web domain less than 2 weeks old, stock & AI images of "agents" & testimonials, "team directory" w/ names mostly stolen from Writers House
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A very transparent move to try to silence any other victims. And as is the case with Rowling, be very aware that if you financially support the new Sandman show, Good Omens, etc, this is the man who profits.
The author says she broke her NDA by sharing her story with the media, including with New York Magazine. Wallner accused Gaiman of sexual misconduct during the time she lived and worked on his property in Woodstock.
Neil Gaiman Seeks $500,000 From Accuser Caroline Wallner
The author says she broke her NDA by sharing her story with the media, including with New York Magazine. Wallner accused Gaiman of sexual misconduct during the time she lived and worked on his property in Woodstock.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A very transparent move to try to silence any other victims. And as is the case with Rowling, be very aware that if you financially support the new Sandman show, Good Omens, etc, this is the man who profits.
Cannon Beach, OR
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Cannon Beach, OR
So the tactic really is, "I could be doing so much worse! Yeah I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna destroy the entire economy immediately! Just kidding, aren't you relieved that I'm only a racist, transphobic fascist who's going to destroy the economy on a very slightly delayed timeline?"
April 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
So the tactic really is, "I could be doing so much worse! Yeah I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna destroy the entire economy immediately! Just kidding, aren't you relieved that I'm only a racist, transphobic fascist who's going to destroy the economy on a very slightly delayed timeline?"
Got rejected for a fellowship and a job I really wanted in the same week. Usually I can be philosophical but man, this sucks.
April 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Got rejected for a fellowship and a job I really wanted in the same week. Usually I can be philosophical but man, this sucks.
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'songs in the key of A' by Fatima Elbadri
Cover art: ‘Poison/Spoon’ by Prerna Bajaj
Cover art: ‘Poison/Spoon’ by Prerna Bajaj
April 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
'songs in the key of A' by Fatima Elbadri
Cover art: ‘Poison/Spoon’ by Prerna Bajaj
Cover art: ‘Poison/Spoon’ by Prerna Bajaj