J. L. Kies
@jlkies.bsky.social
🥀 she/they, disabled, dark writer
🌷 submissions reader & editor
🌱 writing spec and memoir
🌷 submissions reader & editor
🌱 writing spec and memoir
Aw, I'm a finalist for Globe Soup's 48 Hour Flash Fiction challenge in the Dystopia and Romance category. That's cool!
February 13, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Aw, I'm a finalist for Globe Soup's 48 Hour Flash Fiction challenge in the Dystopia and Romance category. That's cool!
I read 287 pages today. Who the fuck am I?
February 6, 2024 at 6:15 AM
I read 287 pages today. Who the fuck am I?
Y'all, I need to start a YA novel for school soon. Should I go with post/apocalyptic or kidnapped horror?
January 31, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Y'all, I need to start a YA novel for school soon. Should I go with post/apocalyptic or kidnapped horror?
Having mixed feelings about this term. I'm fine with my classes, but tomorrow is February and I haven't done anything, essentially, in any of them? I shouldn't complain, but it feels weird.
January 31, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Having mixed feelings about this term. I'm fine with my classes, but tomorrow is February and I haven't done anything, essentially, in any of them? I shouldn't complain, but it feels weird.
Finished some suggested edits from my prof and peers on this memoir piece, and added over 1200 words. Feeling quite ✨literary✨ about it.
November 27, 2023 at 2:45 AM
Finished some suggested edits from my prof and peers on this memoir piece, and added over 1200 words. Feeling quite ✨literary✨ about it.
*vaguely angry voice* You know what? I’m glad I’m getting into creative non-fiction because I have a LOT to say.
November 24, 2023 at 4:16 AM
*vaguely angry voice* You know what? I’m glad I’m getting into creative non-fiction because I have a LOT to say.
Not me writing a ✨spicy✨ scene while I’m on campus, no sir.
November 23, 2023 at 12:38 AM
Not me writing a ✨spicy✨ scene while I’m on campus, no sir.
I interviewed for another editorial assistant position with my university, this time with a more academic focus. It's between me and one other candidate. 👀
November 16, 2023 at 7:29 PM
I interviewed for another editorial assistant position with my university, this time with a more academic focus. It's between me and one other candidate. 👀
Just wrote a flash story for a contest, but now I really wanna turn it into a novel because it's exactly the kind of shit I fuck with.
November 13, 2023 at 5:45 AM
Just wrote a flash story for a contest, but now I really wanna turn it into a novel because it's exactly the kind of shit I fuck with.
Uh so my class loved my short memoir and my prof even said it's close to publication quality??
I never would have anticipated the Twilight vampires to disability memoirist pipeline, but here we are.
I never would have anticipated the Twilight vampires to disability memoirist pipeline, but here we are.
November 11, 2023 at 12:59 AM
Uh so my class loved my short memoir and my prof even said it's close to publication quality??
I never would have anticipated the Twilight vampires to disability memoirist pipeline, but here we are.
I never would have anticipated the Twilight vampires to disability memoirist pipeline, but here we are.
My first non-fiction publication dropped today. ☺️ Not everyone's cup of tea, being a research essay, but I'm really proud of how it turned out. I talk about VR 🌽!
www.uwinnipeg.ca
November 10, 2023 at 7:09 PM
My first non-fiction publication dropped today. ☺️ Not everyone's cup of tea, being a research essay, but I'm really proud of how it turned out. I talk about VR 🌽!
Someone tell me why I’ve been mostly bedridden the past week because of chronic pain, vertigo, etc. and because I walked more than a dozen steps today I now have a shin splint.
November 10, 2023 at 8:39 AM
Someone tell me why I’ve been mostly bedridden the past week because of chronic pain, vertigo, etc. and because I walked more than a dozen steps today I now have a shin splint.
I need someone to tell me it’s going to be okay. That there’s still a future for HUMAN WRITERS. Because now I’m finding job postings for “AI Content Writers” and I’m questioning why I’m paying for an education for something that’s about to be replaced by an algorithm.
November 4, 2023 at 7:03 PM
I need someone to tell me it’s going to be okay. That there’s still a future for HUMAN WRITERS. Because now I’m finding job postings for “AI Content Writers” and I’m questioning why I’m paying for an education for something that’s about to be replaced by an algorithm.
Stayed up to kick off NaNoWriMo with (only) 890 words. Let’s gooo!
November 1, 2023 at 7:49 AM
Stayed up to kick off NaNoWriMo with (only) 890 words. Let’s gooo!
I know I'm lowkey a nobody, but this is my official statement that I'm available to write for FNAF at any point. So, uh, hit me up, Scott. 🐻
October 30, 2023 at 2:56 AM
I know I'm lowkey a nobody, but this is my official statement that I'm available to write for FNAF at any point. So, uh, hit me up, Scott. 🐻
I just read a proof of one of my stories for the first time. :3
October 26, 2023 at 9:22 PM
I just read a proof of one of my stories for the first time. :3
More dark fantasy novel planning today with the bestie. 🤩 This story is starting to really take shape.
October 25, 2023 at 1:35 AM
More dark fantasy novel planning today with the bestie. 🤩 This story is starting to really take shape.
I got another acceptance today. ☺️ It never, ever gets old!
October 23, 2023 at 7:51 PM
I got another acceptance today. ☺️ It never, ever gets old!
Skipping class to continue playing Spider-Man 2. 🕷️
October 20, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Skipping class to continue playing Spider-Man 2. 🕷️
Bruh, why is making a banner for this site super convoluted? I just spent like an hour slightly adjusting sizes and testing them. And it's still not great.
October 17, 2023 at 4:10 AM
Bruh, why is making a banner for this site super convoluted? I just spent like an hour slightly adjusting sizes and testing them. And it's still not great.
I realized that I'm only waiting to hear back from one lit mag right now. I should probably change that.
October 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM
I realized that I'm only waiting to hear back from one lit mag right now. I should probably change that.
My next publication goal was to have my work included in a lit mag's issue, not just as a feature (even though those rock, too). My fave lil mag @litmoralitmag.bsky.social is about to fulfill this for me! Can't wait! 😍🦅🔪
October 15, 2023 at 11:43 PM
My next publication goal was to have my work included in a lit mag's issue, not just as a feature (even though those rock, too). My fave lil mag @litmoralitmag.bsky.social is about to fulfill this for me! Can't wait! 😍🦅🔪
QIAPIT: Reflections of Mars ✨ sci-fi / horror
Writing to start next month during NaNoWriMo!
👽 MM slow burn/“unrequited” love
👽 gotta use our body heat trope
👽 sassy, gender nonconforming kid
👽 domed city on a different planet
👽 government conspiracy
👽 aliens & body horror
Writing to start next month during NaNoWriMo!
👽 MM slow burn/“unrequited” love
👽 gotta use our body heat trope
👽 sassy, gender nonconforming kid
👽 domed city on a different planet
👽 government conspiracy
👽 aliens & body horror
October 13, 2023 at 6:05 PM
QIAPIT: Reflections of Mars ✨ sci-fi / horror
Writing to start next month during NaNoWriMo!
👽 MM slow burn/“unrequited” love
👽 gotta use our body heat trope
👽 sassy, gender nonconforming kid
👽 domed city on a different planet
👽 government conspiracy
👽 aliens & body horror
Writing to start next month during NaNoWriMo!
👽 MM slow burn/“unrequited” love
👽 gotta use our body heat trope
👽 sassy, gender nonconforming kid
👽 domed city on a different planet
👽 government conspiracy
👽 aliens & body horror
I didn't do any novel planning today, but I did grade 8 essays and read & recommended a short story for publication, if that counts.
October 10, 2023 at 5:34 AM
I didn't do any novel planning today, but I did grade 8 essays and read & recommended a short story for publication, if that counts.
When you're planning your novel and a non-character becomes the potential antagonist. 🫢
October 8, 2023 at 10:47 PM
When you're planning your novel and a non-character becomes the potential antagonist. 🫢