Khadijah
@khadijalkubra.bsky.social
Salutations! It’s your friendly neighborhood Book Dragon! 31 yo neurospicy Muslim writer, illustrator, costume designer, D&D enthusiast and all around Renaissance Woman. Currently querying for an agent.
a.k.a. Aria in The Forming @worldtreequests
a.k.a. Aria in The Forming @worldtreequests
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When I was a librarian our local gov threatened to cut our funding over a very stupid reason an the way we got out of that was just HOW many people showed up to town halls to shout about it. They just got exhausted of having to deal with people. That lesson holds today -- show up for your library!
April 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When I was a librarian our local gov threatened to cut our funding over a very stupid reason an the way we got out of that was just HOW many people showed up to town halls to shout about it. They just got exhausted of having to deal with people. That lesson holds today -- show up for your library!
Nothing cooler than getting to do a stage reading with an awesome indie company, playing the role of your favorite home town superhero Ms Marvel, Kamala Khan!
March 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Nothing cooler than getting to do a stage reading with an awesome indie company, playing the role of your favorite home town superhero Ms Marvel, Kamala Khan!
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Evil cannot conquer forever! In the end, it was not the might of men or elves that unmade the power of the Ring: it was the hobbits, in their unassuming frailty, who brought about the downfall of Sauron. Though we may feel small, remember Frodo and take heart; never resign yourself to despair.
February 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Evil cannot conquer forever! In the end, it was not the might of men or elves that unmade the power of the Ring: it was the hobbits, in their unassuming frailty, who brought about the downfall of Sauron. Though we may feel small, remember Frodo and take heart; never resign yourself to despair.
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I finally got around to painting Mizu 🌊
#blueeyesamurai #mizu #mizublueeyesamurai #procreate #fanart #artistsonbluesky
#blueeyesamurai #mizu #mizublueeyesamurai #procreate #fanart #artistsonbluesky
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I finally got around to painting Mizu 🌊
#blueeyesamurai #mizu #mizublueeyesamurai #procreate #fanart #artistsonbluesky
#blueeyesamurai #mizu #mizublueeyesamurai #procreate #fanart #artistsonbluesky
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My auction item is live!
I'm donating a FULL Manuscript Critique for the second #KidLit4Ceasefire auction, which starts today. There are SO many good items to bid on, and for such an important cause, so please consider checking them out!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I'm donating a FULL Manuscript Critique for the second #KidLit4Ceasefire auction, which starts today. There are SO many good items to bid on, and for such an important cause, so please consider checking them out!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
January 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My auction item is live!
I'm donating a FULL Manuscript Critique for the second #KidLit4Ceasefire auction, which starts today. There are SO many good items to bid on, and for such an important cause, so please consider checking them out!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I'm donating a FULL Manuscript Critique for the second #KidLit4Ceasefire auction, which starts today. There are SO many good items to bid on, and for such an important cause, so please consider checking them out!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this January? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of? 🧵
January 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this January? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of? 🧵
Happy New Year all. Let’s hope 2025 is, if not a *better* year, than at least a *kinder* year…Or even a boring year, but one where goals are still met!
Honestly, I think we all just need a friggin’ *BREAK*!
Honestly, I think we all just need a friggin’ *BREAK*!
January 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy New Year all. Let’s hope 2025 is, if not a *better* year, than at least a *kinder* year…Or even a boring year, but one where goals are still met!
Honestly, I think we all just need a friggin’ *BREAK*!
Honestly, I think we all just need a friggin’ *BREAK*!
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Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...
December 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...
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Some rare good news out of Arkansas & a big L for Sarah Huckabee Slanders 👏👏👏
December 24, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Some rare good news out of Arkansas & a big L for Sarah Huckabee Slanders 👏👏👏
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No betrayal is worse than fabric that looks soft as hell but actually feels like a nightmare to neurodivergent hands 🫠
December 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
No betrayal is worse than fabric that looks soft as hell but actually feels like a nightmare to neurodivergent hands 🫠
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Christmas Eve Eve -- when my stomach becomes ground zero for every variety of caloric intake known to humanity.
December 24, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Christmas Eve Eve -- when my stomach becomes ground zero for every variety of caloric intake known to humanity.
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Adventurer party composed of cleric gecko, a musketeer mouse and a feline fighter 💫
Drew this one as warm up on this last day before holiday break, I love it and I want to ink it on illustration board so baad
Drew this one as warm up on this last day before holiday break, I love it and I want to ink it on illustration board so baad
December 23, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Adventurer party composed of cleric gecko, a musketeer mouse and a feline fighter 💫
Drew this one as warm up on this last day before holiday break, I love it and I want to ink it on illustration board so baad
Drew this one as warm up on this last day before holiday break, I love it and I want to ink it on illustration board so baad
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December 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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I think LORD OF THE RINGS being a story in which, canonically, it is entirely possible for evil to triumph in the temporal world, and in fact more likely than not that it will, but also that reality should not change the meaning of your moral values, is an underrated part of what makes it so good.
December 22, 2024 at 6:42 PM
I think LORD OF THE RINGS being a story in which, canonically, it is entirely possible for evil to triumph in the temporal world, and in fact more likely than not that it will, but also that reality should not change the meaning of your moral values, is an underrated part of what makes it so good.
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Comet girl,acrylic and acrylgouache on 20 x 30 in. watercolor board
Just wanted to paint something real big and rainbowy to contrast how overcast it’s been lately
Just wanted to paint something real big and rainbowy to contrast how overcast it’s been lately
December 16, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Comet girl,acrylic and acrylgouache on 20 x 30 in. watercolor board
Just wanted to paint something real big and rainbowy to contrast how overcast it’s been lately
Just wanted to paint something real big and rainbowy to contrast how overcast it’s been lately
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I've expanded my black and white art series...because reasons.
Being winter, and being isolated, and being toe-bitingly cold...I feel compelled to make stark (and somewhat dark) art.
And this guy was my companion into the wee hours of the night.
'Vagabond'
18" x 14"
Being winter, and being isolated, and being toe-bitingly cold...I feel compelled to make stark (and somewhat dark) art.
And this guy was my companion into the wee hours of the night.
'Vagabond'
18" x 14"
December 21, 2024 at 11:56 PM
I've expanded my black and white art series...because reasons.
Being winter, and being isolated, and being toe-bitingly cold...I feel compelled to make stark (and somewhat dark) art.
And this guy was my companion into the wee hours of the night.
'Vagabond'
18" x 14"
Being winter, and being isolated, and being toe-bitingly cold...I feel compelled to make stark (and somewhat dark) art.
And this guy was my companion into the wee hours of the night.
'Vagabond'
18" x 14"
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I don’t think I can ever forgive BEASTARS for being as good as it is. Like...how do I explain this to anyone that walks in the room when I'm watching it?
"You don't understand! Yea it's sexed up Zootopia but my brother in Christ the PLOT!"
"You don't understand! Yea it's sexed up Zootopia but my brother in Christ the PLOT!"
December 17, 2024 at 11:29 PM
I don’t think I can ever forgive BEASTARS for being as good as it is. Like...how do I explain this to anyone that walks in the room when I'm watching it?
"You don't understand! Yea it's sexed up Zootopia but my brother in Christ the PLOT!"
"You don't understand! Yea it's sexed up Zootopia but my brother in Christ the PLOT!"
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who knew writing could be so fast and easy when you’re not actively editing every single sentence while you write!! unheard of!!!!
December 18, 2024 at 2:28 AM
who knew writing could be so fast and easy when you’re not actively editing every single sentence while you write!! unheard of!!!!
To be fair, I’m pretty sure Gotham was inspired by NYC
Thinking back, it was WILD to be in NYC last week as it actively turned into Gotham around me.
December 17, 2024 at 4:23 AM
To be fair, I’m pretty sure Gotham was inspired by NYC
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I wrote an article for Campfire on how to write cozy fantasy!
In short: cozy fantasy is a ~vibe~.
But because I am me, I have thoroughly examined what that means and how to do it. 😂
For everyone who wonders, "does THIS book count as cozy?" I got you:
www.campfirewriting.com/learn/cozy-f...
In short: cozy fantasy is a ~vibe~.
But because I am me, I have thoroughly examined what that means and how to do it. 😂
For everyone who wonders, "does THIS book count as cozy?" I got you:
www.campfirewriting.com/learn/cozy-f...
December 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
I wrote an article for Campfire on how to write cozy fantasy!
In short: cozy fantasy is a ~vibe~.
But because I am me, I have thoroughly examined what that means and how to do it. 😂
For everyone who wonders, "does THIS book count as cozy?" I got you:
www.campfirewriting.com/learn/cozy-f...
In short: cozy fantasy is a ~vibe~.
But because I am me, I have thoroughly examined what that means and how to do it. 😂
For everyone who wonders, "does THIS book count as cozy?" I got you:
www.campfirewriting.com/learn/cozy-f...
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If you can’t be bothered to write your books and fill them with human experience, why exactly would I spend money buying them? Lmao. I don’t get it. I have no desire to read what an algorithm scrapes up, spits out and which is then egregiously presented as an acceptable replacement to humanity.
December 16, 2024 at 6:29 PM
If you can’t be bothered to write your books and fill them with human experience, why exactly would I spend money buying them? Lmao. I don’t get it. I have no desire to read what an algorithm scrapes up, spits out and which is then egregiously presented as an acceptable replacement to humanity.
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Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
December 16, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.