Kittybard
@kittybard.bsky.social
Neurospicy, ace, quiet on socials, writing NB/queer fantasy (Pen name TBA)
Managing chronic illness is a full-time job
Can't count, can prob[stats] math?
Prefer no 3rd person pronouns OR ze|zir|zem/zeir/zeirself (they/them/themself okay)
Managing chronic illness is a full-time job
Can't count, can prob[stats] math?
Prefer no 3rd person pronouns OR ze|zir|zem/zeir/zeirself (they/them/themself okay)
To those for whom the solstice holiday cluster are fraught, may they pass with minimal tumult
To those for whom they are joyous, may said joy outshine pain
And for folks like me for whom they're a complicated mix? May this year be brighter than those before, and any sharp edges wear yet smoother
To those for whom they are joyous, may said joy outshine pain
And for folks like me for whom they're a complicated mix? May this year be brighter than those before, and any sharp edges wear yet smoother
December 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
To those for whom the solstice holiday cluster are fraught, may they pass with minimal tumult
To those for whom they are joyous, may said joy outshine pain
And for folks like me for whom they're a complicated mix? May this year be brighter than those before, and any sharp edges wear yet smoother
To those for whom they are joyous, may said joy outshine pain
And for folks like me for whom they're a complicated mix? May this year be brighter than those before, and any sharp edges wear yet smoother
Got to catch up some with a friend whose voice I haven't gotten to hear since 2017
It was super friendly, and has already made my week during a time of year I tend to particularly struggle with <3
It was super friendly, and has already made my week during a time of year I tend to particularly struggle with <3
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Got to catch up some with a friend whose voice I haven't gotten to hear since 2017
It was super friendly, and has already made my week during a time of year I tend to particularly struggle with <3
It was super friendly, and has already made my week during a time of year I tend to particularly struggle with <3
Today is about finishing the current round of edits while taking it easy-enough that I don't unduly anger the meatsuit
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today is about finishing the current round of edits while taking it easy-enough that I don't unduly anger the meatsuit
Clesned and rearranged tech + furniture in my office so I can dedicate my old PC to being my editing + authorial admin space
Except I broke a sweat in the process
And had an allergic reaction to said sweat
I do not recommend developing hives + contact dermatitis under one's tits
Except I broke a sweat in the process
And had an allergic reaction to said sweat
I do not recommend developing hives + contact dermatitis under one's tits
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Clesned and rearranged tech + furniture in my office so I can dedicate my old PC to being my editing + authorial admin space
Except I broke a sweat in the process
And had an allergic reaction to said sweat
I do not recommend developing hives + contact dermatitis under one's tits
Except I broke a sweat in the process
And had an allergic reaction to said sweat
I do not recommend developing hives + contact dermatitis under one's tits
It is gray and icky and windy and wet and our internet is borked with no estimate for service restoration
This week's addition to my chronic bodily jank is also acting up (new nerve pain and intermittent weakness in right hip + buttcheek)
This week's addition to my chronic bodily jank is also acting up (new nerve pain and intermittent weakness in right hip + buttcheek)
December 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It is gray and icky and windy and wet and our internet is borked with no estimate for service restoration
This week's addition to my chronic bodily jank is also acting up (new nerve pain and intermittent weakness in right hip + buttcheek)
This week's addition to my chronic bodily jank is also acting up (new nerve pain and intermittent weakness in right hip + buttcheek)
Good news on the edits!
I fixed the fucky chapter without having to break out the machete!
Hopefully I can wrap up edits tomorrow, then I can get back to drafting book 2 while waiting for the next round of feedback
I fixed the fucky chapter without having to break out the machete!
Hopefully I can wrap up edits tomorrow, then I can get back to drafting book 2 while waiting for the next round of feedback
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Good news on the edits!
I fixed the fucky chapter without having to break out the machete!
Hopefully I can wrap up edits tomorrow, then I can get back to drafting book 2 while waiting for the next round of feedback
I fixed the fucky chapter without having to break out the machete!
Hopefully I can wrap up edits tomorrow, then I can get back to drafting book 2 while waiting for the next round of feedback
Some days you wake up to discover your ears and sinuses have unionized
Their number one demand? Higher humidity
Their number one demand? Higher humidity
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Some days you wake up to discover your ears and sinuses have unionized
Their number one demand? Higher humidity
Their number one demand? Higher humidity
I am still jazzed as fuck about the round of beta feedback I just got
Edits are proceeding well, and I'm feeling good about a key rewrite choice
That all said, it's looking like it might take a bit longer for the book to see the light of day, but with less time between it and sequels
Edits are proceeding well, and I'm feeling good about a key rewrite choice
That all said, it's looking like it might take a bit longer for the book to see the light of day, but with less time between it and sequels
December 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I am still jazzed as fuck about the round of beta feedback I just got
Edits are proceeding well, and I'm feeling good about a key rewrite choice
That all said, it's looking like it might take a bit longer for the book to see the light of day, but with less time between it and sequels
Edits are proceeding well, and I'm feeling good about a key rewrite choice
That all said, it's looking like it might take a bit longer for the book to see the light of day, but with less time between it and sequels
I need the fatigue end of the ick to finish up and gtfo
I've got plenty to do as-is
Beta feedback edits (which might result in a minor rewrite on like 3 chapters) and cover art references and business-y things like getting DBA stuff rolling
I've got plenty to do as-is
Beta feedback edits (which might result in a minor rewrite on like 3 chapters) and cover art references and business-y things like getting DBA stuff rolling
December 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I need the fatigue end of the ick to finish up and gtfo
I've got plenty to do as-is
Beta feedback edits (which might result in a minor rewrite on like 3 chapters) and cover art references and business-y things like getting DBA stuff rolling
I've got plenty to do as-is
Beta feedback edits (which might result in a minor rewrite on like 3 chapters) and cover art references and business-y things like getting DBA stuff rolling
Got more beta feedback, and am once again jazzed af!
Still plenty to fix/work on, but I can confirm that the 'machete edits' were not in vain, they've paid off in spades
That said, gotta finish gathering reference pics for the cover so we can get progress rolling on that front before I do edits
Still plenty to fix/work on, but I can confirm that the 'machete edits' were not in vain, they've paid off in spades
That said, gotta finish gathering reference pics for the cover so we can get progress rolling on that front before I do edits
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Got more beta feedback, and am once again jazzed af!
Still plenty to fix/work on, but I can confirm that the 'machete edits' were not in vain, they've paid off in spades
That said, gotta finish gathering reference pics for the cover so we can get progress rolling on that front before I do edits
Still plenty to fix/work on, but I can confirm that the 'machete edits' were not in vain, they've paid off in spades
That said, gotta finish gathering reference pics for the cover so we can get progress rolling on that front before I do edits
As I continue gathering reference images for my book's cover, I feel the need to reiterate my seething disdain for AI and what it's done to the fucking internet (much less the planet)
It shouldn't be this hard to find the images/perspectives I'm looking for, and yet...
It shouldn't be this hard to find the images/perspectives I'm looking for, and yet...
December 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
As I continue gathering reference images for my book's cover, I feel the need to reiterate my seething disdain for AI and what it's done to the fucking internet (much less the planet)
It shouldn't be this hard to find the images/perspectives I'm looking for, and yet...
It shouldn't be this hard to find the images/perspectives I'm looking for, and yet...
Lungs finally improving (slowly breaking cough --> cramp combo)
But you know how sometimes a weather front's rolling in, and you know it's gonna be *bad* bad as you/your joints feel exactly how far the pressure's dropping?
That, but reproductive tract
This cycle looks to be a special kind of bad
But you know how sometimes a weather front's rolling in, and you know it's gonna be *bad* bad as you/your joints feel exactly how far the pressure's dropping?
That, but reproductive tract
This cycle looks to be a special kind of bad
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Lungs finally improving (slowly breaking cough --> cramp combo)
But you know how sometimes a weather front's rolling in, and you know it's gonna be *bad* bad as you/your joints feel exactly how far the pressure's dropping?
That, but reproductive tract
This cycle looks to be a special kind of bad
But you know how sometimes a weather front's rolling in, and you know it's gonna be *bad* bad as you/your joints feel exactly how far the pressure's dropping?
That, but reproductive tract
This cycle looks to be a special kind of bad
Reposted by Kittybard
Me: I need you. I can’t go on without you. Why do you want to hurt me?
My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.
My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Me: I need you. I can’t go on without you. Why do you want to hurt me?
My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.
My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.
Lung ick + start of period wombo combo
On one hand, bodies are magnificent wonders of biological awesomeness
On the other, the cough --> cramp combo game is too stronk
On one hand, bodies are magnificent wonders of biological awesomeness
On the other, the cough --> cramp combo game is too stronk
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Lung ick + start of period wombo combo
On one hand, bodies are magnificent wonders of biological awesomeness
On the other, the cough --> cramp combo game is too stronk
On one hand, bodies are magnificent wonders of biological awesomeness
On the other, the cough --> cramp combo game is too stronk
Turns out I caught the ick from my housemate
It bodied the hell out of his sinuses, but I'm feeling it mostly in my lungs
It bodied the hell out of his sinuses, but I'm feeling it mostly in my lungs
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Turns out I caught the ick from my housemate
It bodied the hell out of his sinuses, but I'm feeling it mostly in my lungs
It bodied the hell out of his sinuses, but I'm feeling it mostly in my lungs
Something about getting a full night of good sleep after an episode of insomnia just Hits Different
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Something about getting a full night of good sleep after an episode of insomnia just Hits Different
Went to bed early tonight cuz I was tired
Body decided it was a nap instead and woke up after ~1.5hrs
Almost 3 hrs after waking up from said nap, I am still nowhere near getting back to sleep
Bodies are fucking rude
Body decided it was a nap instead and woke up after ~1.5hrs
Almost 3 hrs after waking up from said nap, I am still nowhere near getting back to sleep
Bodies are fucking rude
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Went to bed early tonight cuz I was tired
Body decided it was a nap instead and woke up after ~1.5hrs
Almost 3 hrs after waking up from said nap, I am still nowhere near getting back to sleep
Bodies are fucking rude
Body decided it was a nap instead and woke up after ~1.5hrs
Almost 3 hrs after waking up from said nap, I am still nowhere near getting back to sleep
Bodies are fucking rude
I have this joke about Persephone, but I could use something to eat first
I have this joke about Theseus, but I’m rewriting it.
I have a joke about Procrustes that I'm trying to fit in properly.
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I have this joke about Persephone, but I could use something to eat first
That writing moment when you officially commit your most fantastical element yet to the page:
Proactive, frictionless, ezpz accommodation of a new student with multiple disabilities at university
(Bonus points for implementing such that they're not isolated from peers/friends)
Proactive, frictionless, ezpz accommodation of a new student with multiple disabilities at university
(Bonus points for implementing such that they're not isolated from peers/friends)
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
That writing moment when you officially commit your most fantastical element yet to the page:
Proactive, frictionless, ezpz accommodation of a new student with multiple disabilities at university
(Bonus points for implementing such that they're not isolated from peers/friends)
Proactive, frictionless, ezpz accommodation of a new student with multiple disabilities at university
(Bonus points for implementing such that they're not isolated from peers/friends)
Reposted by Kittybard
“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
Nightmares fucking suck
This was an especially rough batch
I don't know that I'm getting any more sleep tonight
This was an especially rough batch
I don't know that I'm getting any more sleep tonight
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Nightmares fucking suck
This was an especially rough batch
I don't know that I'm getting any more sleep tonight
This was an especially rough batch
I don't know that I'm getting any more sleep tonight
Me: Cool, I can take time this month to bake cookies for friends and wrangle holiday trauma brain
Brain: Writing!
Me: Yep, I need to do all the admin stuff involved in getting book published plus edits
Brain: *vomits start of book 2 plus four key scenes*
Me: ...
Brain: ...
Me: Dafuq
Brain: Writing!
Me: Yep, I need to do all the admin stuff involved in getting book published plus edits
Brain: *vomits start of book 2 plus four key scenes*
Me: ...
Brain: ...
Me: Dafuq
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Me: Cool, I can take time this month to bake cookies for friends and wrangle holiday trauma brain
Brain: Writing!
Me: Yep, I need to do all the admin stuff involved in getting book published plus edits
Brain: *vomits start of book 2 plus four key scenes*
Me: ...
Brain: ...
Me: Dafuq
Brain: Writing!
Me: Yep, I need to do all the admin stuff involved in getting book published plus edits
Brain: *vomits start of book 2 plus four key scenes*
Me: ...
Brain: ...
Me: Dafuq
Sinus fuckery + PMS-y migraine adventures fucking suck individually
But they are so much worse together than the sum of their parts would suggest >.<
But they are so much worse together than the sum of their parts would suggest >.<
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sinus fuckery + PMS-y migraine adventures fucking suck individually
But they are so much worse together than the sum of their parts would suggest >.<
But they are so much worse together than the sum of their parts would suggest >.<
Yeah, I think that's Book 1 done and drafted!
(Still plenty to do, but am celebrating completion of Step 1: Write the Damned Book)
While awaiting beta feedback, I should get cover art commissioned <.<'
But having draft of book 1 means I can spare some focus for baking cookies for friends in Dec!
(Still plenty to do, but am celebrating completion of Step 1: Write the Damned Book)
While awaiting beta feedback, I should get cover art commissioned <.<'
But having draft of book 1 means I can spare some focus for baking cookies for friends in Dec!
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Yeah, I think that's Book 1 done and drafted!
(Still plenty to do, but am celebrating completion of Step 1: Write the Damned Book)
While awaiting beta feedback, I should get cover art commissioned <.<'
But having draft of book 1 means I can spare some focus for baking cookies for friends in Dec!
(Still plenty to do, but am celebrating completion of Step 1: Write the Damned Book)
While awaiting beta feedback, I should get cover art commissioned <.<'
But having draft of book 1 means I can spare some focus for baking cookies for friends in Dec!
On a completely different note, Justify is feeling much froggier now, and his pain levels are back to normal
He and his brother also finally got a co-grooming session in, so he no longer stinks of cat pee <.<
(We were gonna give him a bath tomorrow if they didn't get around to it today)
He and his brother also finally got a co-grooming session in, so he no longer stinks of cat pee <.<
(We were gonna give him a bath tomorrow if they didn't get around to it today)
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
On a completely different note, Justify is feeling much froggier now, and his pain levels are back to normal
He and his brother also finally got a co-grooming session in, so he no longer stinks of cat pee <.<
(We were gonna give him a bath tomorrow if they didn't get around to it today)
He and his brother also finally got a co-grooming session in, so he no longer stinks of cat pee <.<
(We were gonna give him a bath tomorrow if they didn't get around to it today)