K.W. Colyard
@kristianwriting.bsky.social
chaotic neutral spoonie bi. a horrible goose of a person. a dire threat to the American people and our way of life. books. SFF/H. games. they/them. https://linktr.ee/kristianwriting.
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K.W. Colyard
@kristianwriting.bsky.social
· May 20
Hey y'all, I've got bills piling up, so if you've got a fiction project you're working on that needs a second set of eyes, why not use mine? No project too big or small.
For more info, check out: www.kristianwriting.com/editing-serv...
Signal boosts are appreciated. #AmWriting #AmEditing
For more info, check out: www.kristianwriting.com/editing-serv...
Signal boosts are appreciated. #AmWriting #AmEditing
I like to think he got to see Randy Rhoads again.
July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I like to think he got to see Randy Rhoads again.
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Submissions for our last themed issue of the year CLOSE in TEN DAYS! Get it polished, get it in. The squad can't wait to feast on your words 🍽️
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
July 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Submissions for our last themed issue of the year CLOSE in TEN DAYS! Get it polished, get it in. The squad can't wait to feast on your words 🍽️
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
Piggybacking off Premee: when they give the big, heartfelt speech/unexpected confession of love and it's to the wrong person.
Okay I don't watch or read a lot of romance so I was like "How micro can the microtrope be" but then I was like: wait wait no I know
Giving the big, heartfelt speech/unexpected confession of love at the WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT
Giving the big, heartfelt speech/unexpected confession of love at the WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT
Favorite romance microtrope, go!
Mine: someone gets pushed into a pond or fountain.
Mine: someone gets pushed into a pond or fountain.
July 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Piggybacking off Premee: when they give the big, heartfelt speech/unexpected confession of love and it's to the wrong person.
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📣 Only 12 days left to send in your submissions! 📣
We are looking for short speculative fiction under 5,000 words, translations under 3,500 words, and flash fiction. We offer $0.10/word.
For more details on submissions, check out our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
We are looking for short speculative fiction under 5,000 words, translations under 3,500 words, and flash fiction. We offer $0.10/word.
For more details on submissions, check out our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
July 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
📣 Only 12 days left to send in your submissions! 📣
We are looking for short speculative fiction under 5,000 words, translations under 3,500 words, and flash fiction. We offer $0.10/word.
For more details on submissions, check out our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
We are looking for short speculative fiction under 5,000 words, translations under 3,500 words, and flash fiction. We offer $0.10/word.
For more details on submissions, check out our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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My short story, "Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish," is up for Best Weird Horror in Drabblecast's Strangies awards! Steve Lillie's excellent cover art is also up for an award.
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1vK-...
Listen to my story on Drabblecast here: www.drabblecast.org/2024/03/22/d...
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1vK-...
Listen to my story on Drabblecast here: www.drabblecast.org/2024/03/22/d...
July 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My short story, "Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish," is up for Best Weird Horror in Drabblecast's Strangies awards! Steve Lillie's excellent cover art is also up for an award.
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1vK-...
Listen to my story on Drabblecast here: www.drabblecast.org/2024/03/22/d...
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1vK-...
Listen to my story on Drabblecast here: www.drabblecast.org/2024/03/22/d...
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ALSO I forgot to remind people to vote for the Aurora Awards! Voting info is up at www.csffa.ca/awards-infor... and I am a finalist in two categories!
As with many community awards, it is a ranked choice process so please get your votes in! :)
As with many community awards, it is a ranked choice process so please get your votes in! :)
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ALSO I forgot to remind people to vote for the Aurora Awards! Voting info is up at www.csffa.ca/awards-infor... and I am a finalist in two categories!
As with many community awards, it is a ranked choice process so please get your votes in! :)
As with many community awards, it is a ranked choice process so please get your votes in! :)
My short story, "Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish," is up for Best Weird Horror in Drabblecast's Strangies awards! Steve Lillie's excellent cover art is also up for an award.
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1vK-...
Listen to my story on Drabblecast here: www.drabblecast.org/2024/03/22/d...
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1vK-...
Listen to my story on Drabblecast here: www.drabblecast.org/2024/03/22/d...
July 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My short story, "Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish," is up for Best Weird Horror in Drabblecast's Strangies awards! Steve Lillie's excellent cover art is also up for an award.
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1vK-...
Listen to my story on Drabblecast here: www.drabblecast.org/2024/03/22/d...
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1vK-...
Listen to my story on Drabblecast here: www.drabblecast.org/2024/03/22/d...
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thinking of all my friends trapped in the belly of the machine that is america today, please stay alive and keep fighting
July 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
thinking of all my friends trapped in the belly of the machine that is america today, please stay alive and keep fighting
I dreamed I won a short story contest at my local library system and got to meet the penguins at the Georgia aquarium as a reward.
June 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I dreamed I won a short story contest at my local library system and got to meet the penguins at the Georgia aquarium as a reward.
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Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
June 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
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yooooo the AUDACITY of telling a reviewer that they have to pay if they rate below four stars or DNF?!
Are you KIDDING?! This is vile review manipulation 😱😱😱
Are you KIDDING?! This is vile review manipulation 😱😱😱
June 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
yooooo the AUDACITY of telling a reviewer that they have to pay if they rate below four stars or DNF?!
Are you KIDDING?! This is vile review manipulation 😱😱😱
Are you KIDDING?! This is vile review manipulation 😱😱😱
Forgetting you made coffee and looking over to see your full coffee cup... and it's still warm? Kismet. Serendipity. 5/5 stars.
June 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Forgetting you made coffee and looking over to see your full coffee cup... and it's still warm? Kismet. Serendipity. 5/5 stars.
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Dune. It's not even a contest.
Okay you guys, what’s the best book, movie, or TV show your dad introduced you to
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Dune. It's not even a contest.
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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Remember this image every time someone tells you that protesters are "hurting their cause."
Those people are the red bars. In 40 years, we'll look back at them the same way.
Those people are the red bars. In 40 years, we'll look back at them the same way.
June 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Remember this image every time someone tells you that protesters are "hurting their cause."
Those people are the red bars. In 40 years, we'll look back at them the same way.
Those people are the red bars. In 40 years, we'll look back at them the same way.
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if anyone's interested i wrote a whole book elaborating on this theme and explaining it in detail
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
June 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
if anyone's interested i wrote a whole book elaborating on this theme and explaining it in detail
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
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these guys have fully reframed what i once perceived as the awe-inspiring human endeavor of exploring the cosmos into an egomaniacal, corrosive, &, yes, as alluded in dude’s own words, colonialist undertaking. it’s not about wonder, it’s about hubris & conquering at any (financial & human) cost
June 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
these guys have fully reframed what i once perceived as the awe-inspiring human endeavor of exploring the cosmos into an egomaniacal, corrosive, &, yes, as alluded in dude’s own words, colonialist undertaking. it’s not about wonder, it’s about hubris & conquering at any (financial & human) cost
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There's always been autism. It was just "that boy's not right."
It was just "they're touched in the head."
It was just "deaf and dumb."
It was just "hysterical."
"Over sensitive."
"Melodramatic."
There's always been autism. You just chained them to a radiator and called it something else.
It was just "they're touched in the head."
It was just "deaf and dumb."
It was just "hysterical."
"Over sensitive."
"Melodramatic."
There's always been autism. You just chained them to a radiator and called it something else.
June 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
There's always been autism. It was just "that boy's not right."
It was just "they're touched in the head."
It was just "deaf and dumb."
It was just "hysterical."
"Over sensitive."
"Melodramatic."
There's always been autism. You just chained them to a radiator and called it something else.
It was just "they're touched in the head."
It was just "deaf and dumb."
It was just "hysterical."
"Over sensitive."
"Melodramatic."
There's always been autism. You just chained them to a radiator and called it something else.
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So.
I've counted. My work is worth about $70 at cheapest prices.
I'm giving it away for $6.
And as always, I've included something new, so this one also includes my previously-unpublished novella Campus Creatures.
Happy Pride 💜 I love you all.
itch.io/s/154118/ela...
I've counted. My work is worth about $70 at cheapest prices.
I'm giving it away for $6.
And as always, I've included something new, so this one also includes my previously-unpublished novella Campus Creatures.
Happy Pride 💜 I love you all.
itch.io/s/154118/ela...
June 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
So.
I've counted. My work is worth about $70 at cheapest prices.
I'm giving it away for $6.
And as always, I've included something new, so this one also includes my previously-unpublished novella Campus Creatures.
Happy Pride 💜 I love you all.
itch.io/s/154118/ela...
I've counted. My work is worth about $70 at cheapest prices.
I'm giving it away for $6.
And as always, I've included something new, so this one also includes my previously-unpublished novella Campus Creatures.
Happy Pride 💜 I love you all.
itch.io/s/154118/ela...
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"Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readers."
So libraries have sequestered a lot of harmless books as well, because better safe than sorry. Now they can identify the toxic ones.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
So libraries have sequestered a lot of harmless books as well, because better safe than sorry. Now they can identify the toxic ones.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews
Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readers
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readers."
So libraries have sequestered a lot of harmless books as well, because better safe than sorry. Now they can identify the toxic ones.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
So libraries have sequestered a lot of harmless books as well, because better safe than sorry. Now they can identify the toxic ones.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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truly nothing as accursed as a supposed ally writing “transwomen” as a single word. what planet are you from
June 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
truly nothing as accursed as a supposed ally writing “transwomen” as a single word. what planet are you from
Self-editing your fiction can feel daunting. It doesn't have to. Here are three key issues to sort out first.
#AmWriting #AmEditing
www.kristianwriting.com/how-to-self-...
#AmWriting #AmEditing
www.kristianwriting.com/how-to-self-...
How to Self-Edit Your Fiction: 3 Issues to Tackle First
Learning how to self-edit your fiction is an invaluable part of the writing process, but too many aspiring authors are quick to skip over it.
www.kristianwriting.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Self-editing your fiction can feel daunting. It doesn't have to. Here are three key issues to sort out first.
#AmWriting #AmEditing
www.kristianwriting.com/how-to-self-...
#AmWriting #AmEditing
www.kristianwriting.com/how-to-self-...
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I’ve talked about teaching a novel in a year course for a long time and now it’s happening thanks to StoryStudio Chicago. Applications open now! Let’s write a novel.
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
Novel in a Year: Speculative Fiction with Gabino Iglesias - StoryStudio Chicago
This is the year to write your novel Novel in a Year: Speculative Fiction is a unique opportunity to join a writing community, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, refine your craft, measure your p...
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June 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I’ve talked about teaching a novel in a year course for a long time and now it’s happening thanks to StoryStudio Chicago. Applications open now! Let’s write a novel.
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...