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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati
@kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com
32+ | She/Her | Disabled autistic ace married cat mom | 🚫 genAI
L2D Moms: @haerge23.bsky.social (A) & @/SolumVT (R)

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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:

Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.

If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.

Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Am coming down with something, so had some chills here and there; decided to cuddle up to the electric blanket despite it being 70f in the room.

The real winner here is Krishna, who has rejoiced in stealing the blanket as much as possible while laying on top of me, getting multi-warmth n naps
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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An urban thriller/high fantasy with a wisecrack queer POV. Buy it anywhere! Links on my author website: www.cianverati.com/books

Disabled monster hunter fights off xenomorphic fungal demons from a city creaking under civil rights, economic, & political distress.
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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didn't actually get the chair finished but its fine from this distance (play Intangible Treasure when looking at this!) #xenogears
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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In the unlikely event any of you wish to support me on a regular basis (I say unlikely because I know it's hard right now and everyone who can likely already is), I have a Ko-Fi.

ko-fi.com/anotherindie...
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I have finally added a book to Itch.Io, and it's my short story collection for now, but I hope to add more in the coming months i.e. when my KU runs out!

trudieskies.itch.io/tales-from-a...
Tales From Across the Domains by Trudie Skies
A Cruel Gods Short Story Collection
trudieskies.itch.io
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Dear lizards,

Please do not come into my house. There are three mouths and twelve paws that literally have nothing better to do and I can only save so many of you because there’s three of them and one of me
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
FFX war flashbacks to three specific bosses I probably don't even need to name for most to guess which three those are (and one from KH1 too)
the game doesn't let him save right before the boss and now he has to fight the same 30 dudes again for the fourth time
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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the game doesn't let him save right before the boss and now he has to fight the same 30 dudes again for the fourth time
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Shyama's having one woman zoomies upstairs and I'm not sure what she's zooming after but both boys are with me napping so uh... good for her (I think)
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Global" is legit not in any of the published Riyati manuscripts so uh... I went with "from here" as a variation. Also back to Ripple and Maya! (Poor Kylie still not getting any snippets...)

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I might be coming down with something 🥲 was up half the night with my throat hurting and now my nose is starting to run too, oh no
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you see this, QTP with your top 4 Final Fantasy games

9
10
12
14
If you see this, QTP with your top 4 Final Fantasy games

7
9
Tactics
XIII-2
If you see this, QTP with your top 4 Final Fantasy games

4
5
8
Mystic Quest
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
My husband and I are working on a project together today so I'm vibing in his office with a laptop and the cats are both hilarious and adorable-- it's like they're in fluffy heaven bc OMG THE HOOMANS ARE TOGETHER. The cat tower in this office is now *fully occupied* with collective group napping
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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In my recently published #novella, I have a segment about how the true lesson of #Thanksgiving is that all great writers doubt themselves at some point. It was probably the most divisive chapter when I was getting critique on "The Lurker."

books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ

#TheLurker #Writesky #Books
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The question of if there's actually something that snuck in and Shyama's hunting it or if she's just doing Random Cat Things tm.

I'm not asking because I've decided I don't want to know until at least I finish my coffee
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Hey #booksky #cozyfantasy and positive representation fans: If anyone would like to do me a solid?

indieinkawards.com

Now through Nov. 30, they're taking nominations in several categories. My books are eligible in their database:

indiestorygeek.com/search?q=Lyn...
Home - Indie Ink Awards
Nominations Now Open Now is your time to vote! Now is your time to nominate your favorite indie and self-published books for the 2025 Indie Book Awards. Nominate your favorite book on IndieStoryGeek. ...
indieinkawards.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision

I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Never forget you can get all of my books through a Kobo Plus subscription! And there's a -lot- of them, too, if you're the type of reader who loves to dig into a series all in a row.

www.kobo.com/ca/en/plus

🌈📚
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So I used this word last night in Riyati5 but that's very Not Sharable due to spoilers, and the only other instance of "crystal" is from Origins (prequel novella) so... enjoy something completely (kinda) different, Takite's pov ft Kisate!

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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this.

also, if you care about disability justice, hope you’re also pro-fat liberation.

do you know how many people have gone to the doctor for troubling symptoms, been automatically dismissed and told to lose weight, and then developed late-stage/severe chronic and acute illnesses?
It also fucking sucks that so many people on the Left(s) refuse to understand anti-fatness as a system of oppression, and fat liberation as a legitimate anti-oppression movement.

It sucks, because it's all connected, and if you don't see this part, you don't have a clear understanding of the whole.
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
When you wanna write but you're a grad student two weeks before the semester's over so your homework load goes hahaha no. 🥲
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I can tell cat fur is in the keyboard again smh I just cleaned it like two weeks ago, how do they do this???
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM