Karen Osborne
@karenosborne.bsky.social
Velocity girl. Honey badger. A/V hooligan. Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon finalist. Violin & theremin. Author: THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN from Erewhon ('27), ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY & ENGINES OF OBLIVION from Tor. Ad astra via caffeine. Rep: Dorian Maffei, KC&A
4am cat definitely wants to help
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
4am cat definitely wants to help
4am cat is being very cute tbh
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
4am cat is being very cute tbh
4am cat cares not for your novel edits
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
4am cat cares not for your novel edits
This is how you get what you want when you’re a writer with a dayjob and a family. No residencies, no grants, no sabbaticals. Just four ayem, your half-hour lunch, and a little too much caffeine.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is how you get what you want when you’re a writer with a dayjob and a family. No residencies, no grants, no sabbaticals. Just four ayem, your half-hour lunch, and a little too much caffeine.
stole my sign from @scottedelman.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
stole my sign from @scottedelman.bsky.social
I wrote my first two novels in long co-working sessions at super cool coffeehouses with amazing friends. HOLLOW CROWN got done at 3:45 in the morning. This one is getting done in the car at lunch and kiddo lessons because Covid this summer destroyed my endurance.
Just keep swimming.
Just keep swimming.
October 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I wrote my first two novels in long co-working sessions at super cool coffeehouses with amazing friends. HOLLOW CROWN got done at 3:45 in the morning. This one is getting done in the car at lunch and kiddo lessons because Covid this summer destroyed my endurance.
Just keep swimming.
Just keep swimming.
Some pretty mushrooms from a walk yesterday
September 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Some pretty mushrooms from a walk yesterday
Spotify has been on the Internet this week
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Spotify has been on the Internet this week
August 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Apparently I am now the kind of mom that can whip up passable play dresses in less than an hour
July 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Apparently I am now the kind of mom that can whip up passable play dresses in less than an hour
Guess who's going to be on Story Hour tomorrow? ME! And @brandoncrilly.bsky.social! Please join us. I'm going to read the story that inspired THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN.
July 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Guess who's going to be on Story Hour tomorrow? ME! And @brandoncrilly.bsky.social! Please join us. I'm going to read the story that inspired THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN.
Have not said “yes” to a book as fast as this one in some time
July 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Have not said “yes” to a book as fast as this one in some time
Everyone’s out of the house so I can come outside and stare up at my beautiful crabapple tree canopy. Day 4?? 5?? I’ve lost count
June 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Everyone’s out of the house so I can come outside and stare up at my beautiful crabapple tree canopy. Day 4?? 5?? I’ve lost count
So the answer to “am I going to those other conventions this year is no” because I am waiting for paxlovid in this liminal overnight CVS & one guy asked me about my mask and then told me it was just a cold
This does not feel like a f***ing cold, Chad
This does not feel like a f***ing cold, Chad
June 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
So the answer to “am I going to those other conventions this year is no” because I am waiting for paxlovid in this liminal overnight CVS & one guy asked me about my mask and then told me it was just a cold
This does not feel like a f***ing cold, Chad
This does not feel like a f***ing cold, Chad
Hello, Nebula friends, it seems I writered too close to the sun and brought Covid back from the con. I def was exposed to the first person to mention it, so you know how it’s spreading. I’m so sorry. I let my guard down.
June 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hello, Nebula friends, it seems I writered too close to the sun and brought Covid back from the con. I def was exposed to the first person to mention it, so you know how it’s spreading. I’m so sorry. I let my guard down.
Everything that’s wrong with capitalism
June 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Everything that’s wrong with capitalism
Here are some nice azaleas because SCREAM
May 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Here are some nice azaleas because SCREAM
Tonight I got a rusty garage freezer off of Buy Nothing and it WORKS and now I am a GARAGE FREEZER PERSON
May 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tonight I got a rusty garage freezer off of Buy Nothing and it WORKS and now I am a GARAGE FREEZER PERSON
In case you missed it, I'm publishing a very weird science fantasy novel with @erewhonbooks.bsky.social in 2027! It's GIDEON THE NINTH crossed with Bridgerton, the Borg, and a hint of my angry feelings about my stupid country. Hello to THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN! 😍🍾
April 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In case you missed it, I'm publishing a very weird science fantasy novel with @erewhonbooks.bsky.social in 2027! It's GIDEON THE NINTH crossed with Bridgerton, the Borg, and a hint of my angry feelings about my stupid country. Hello to THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN! 😍🍾
I ate at that diner growing up.
a lot
A LOT
a lot
A LOT
April 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I ate at that diner growing up.
a lot
A LOT
a lot
A LOT
It's not just THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN... I have ☠️two new books☠️ coming from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social! For now, #booksky, check out the stories that inspired this one @ @bcsmagazine.bsky.social:
- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
April 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's not just THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN... I have ☠️two new books☠️ coming from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social! For now, #booksky, check out the stories that inspired this one @ @bcsmagazine.bsky.social:
- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Watch this space tomorrow morning.
Unicorns for visibility.
Unicorns for visibility.
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Watch this space tomorrow morning.
Unicorns for visibility.
Unicorns for visibility.
It occurred to me today while in the bank that all the assistant AIs are coded female
March 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It occurred to me today while in the bank that all the assistant AIs are coded female