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Karin Maatman
@karinmaatman.bsky.social
Autistic mathematician/writer
#AmQuerying #OwnVoices #YA #A

SL - Golden Egg Fiction Award
SL - WriteMentor Awards
3rd prize - WestWord First Chapter
Winner - Page Turner
Winner - SCBWI Slush Pile
“Please take care of your namesakes, and let my dads hold you if they need comforting.” I set aside my can of beans and buried my face into Teds’s and Barns’s warm fur. If this was the last time I held my cats, I wanted to at least remember their clean, comforting smell.
#WriteCBC
February 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Thank you
October 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Intriguing, and interesting comps
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I use 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘵 x 𝘒𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯. I’ve also considered 𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘉𝘰𝘺 by Matt Haig, but that’s not as widely known or recent.
September 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Thanks, Jadyn, those are great suggestions. I’d normally use italics for 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘏. 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴, but on BlueSky that would use up more characters. If I drop "alone", it might just work.
September 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Heavy and cold against my skin, a locket that reminds me what is concealed within. Inside 𝘪𝘵, and in my heart.
When I’m gone, someone will find those silver scales, balanced, suspended from a titanium sword. They’ll read the memory stick it holds. They will judge me, and conclude my quest.
#WriteCBC
September 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM