K.T. Lawrence
@ktlawrence5.bsky.social
Queer YA & Adult Horror/Fantasy Author | Biology geek working in neuro | rep: Chelsea Hensley @ MWLA | she/her | ktlawrencebooks.com
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I'm 28k into my YA dark fantasy SWAMP-DRUNK LOVE (working title) and am nearing the midpoint, so it's time for a lil intro post! If you like:
🐊Disaster-prone bisexuals
🐊Sickly young poets
🐊Confusingly Cockney witches
🐊Misty mysteries
🐊Amiable alligators
Then keep an eye out! 👀✨🫁
🐊Disaster-prone bisexuals
🐊Sickly young poets
🐊Confusingly Cockney witches
🐊Misty mysteries
🐊Amiable alligators
Then keep an eye out! 👀✨🫁
Since we're trying to start this engine up again, hi, I'm KT and I write queer YA & adult spec fic! I've just crossed 36k on drafting my new project quoted below, and I'm also editing a marching band horromance about murder-solving rival drum majors. Here's to writing mad! #WritingCommunity #eXpats
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Giving Tuesday is approaching - just in time to launch our WriteHive Silent Auction! You can bid on more than 80 amazing items like signed books, character art and critiques for authors. Don't miss it!
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November 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Giving Tuesday is approaching - just in time to launch our WriteHive Silent Auction! You can bid on more than 80 amazing items like signed books, character art and critiques for authors. Don't miss it!
www.32auctions.com/WriteHiveAuc...
www.32auctions.com/WriteHiveAuc...
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Good article from Reactor that I finally got around to reading! If you keep seeing snippets of Tradpup Fanfic Discourse™️ and want to know what it's all about, here's a good spot to learn!
With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor
Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.
reactormag.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Good article from Reactor that I finally got around to reading! If you keep seeing snippets of Tradpup Fanfic Discourse™️ and want to know what it's all about, here's a good spot to learn!
For this summer's #kidlit4ceasefire fundraiser, I've donated TWO query + 25-page critiques! Want an extra set of eyes on your querying package? Look no further! I promise I'm very thorough 😌 You can check out all of the items up for auction below!
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
#amquerying
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#amquerying
August 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
For this summer's #kidlit4ceasefire fundraiser, I've donated TWO query + 25-page critiques! Want an extra set of eyes on your querying package? Look no further! I promise I'm very thorough 😌 You can check out all of the items up for auction below!
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
#amquerying
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
#amquerying
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You've collectively donated almost $14,000 from this post in just under a week! A huge thank you to everyone who's sharing and donating. I promise you it makes a difference!
The Gaza Soup Kitchen run by Hani Almadhoun and family is currently feeding 3000 people a day under the monstrous conditions of the engineered famine happening before our eyes. You can help feed at least a few people. Please donate: gofund.me/e37b4bae
Donate to Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza, organized by Hani Almadhoun
Do you know what it’s like to watch your family starve? I do.
My… Hani Almadhoun needs your support for Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza
gofund.me
July 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
You've collectively donated almost $14,000 from this post in just under a week! A huge thank you to everyone who's sharing and donating. I promise you it makes a difference!
"How many times can you read different novels' takes on The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas?" Well the answer is at least two and probably more bc both I've read have been bangers
July 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"How many times can you read different novels' takes on The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas?" Well the answer is at least two and probably more bc both I've read have been bangers
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Let’s try this again with a working link:
There are moments where you don’t know what to say. You just want to scream.
If you need somewhere positive to put some energy on, I’m trying to make this the biggest fundraiser! 75/1000 item goal met!
Donate an item or three here:
bit.ly/WeThePeopleF...
There are moments where you don’t know what to say. You just want to scream.
If you need somewhere positive to put some energy on, I’m trying to make this the biggest fundraiser! 75/1000 item goal met!
Donate an item or three here:
bit.ly/WeThePeopleF...
June 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Let’s try this again with a working link:
There are moments where you don’t know what to say. You just want to scream.
If you need somewhere positive to put some energy on, I’m trying to make this the biggest fundraiser! 75/1000 item goal met!
Donate an item or three here:
bit.ly/WeThePeopleF...
There are moments where you don’t know what to say. You just want to scream.
If you need somewhere positive to put some energy on, I’m trying to make this the biggest fundraiser! 75/1000 item goal met!
Donate an item or three here:
bit.ly/WeThePeopleF...
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Calling all LGBTQ+ SFF authors! I started a new starter pack for us. Happy to add folks, please just share the link when you get a moment!
go.bsky.app/URHc5QB
go.bsky.app/URHc5QB
June 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Calling all LGBTQ+ SFF authors! I started a new starter pack for us. Happy to add folks, please just share the link when you get a moment!
go.bsky.app/URHc5QB
go.bsky.app/URHc5QB
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This is a live performance of “Zombie” by The Cranberries, sung by an Iranian vocalist named Aidin Nazemi, while the city of Tehran is under the fire of war and visible anti-aircraft gunfire. #iran
www.reddit.com/r/iran/comme...
www.reddit.com/r/iran/comme...
From the iran community on Reddit: A haunting performance by an Iranian singer amid live fire over Tehran
Explore this post and more from the iran community
www.reddit.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is a live performance of “Zombie” by The Cranberries, sung by an Iranian vocalist named Aidin Nazemi, while the city of Tehran is under the fire of war and visible anti-aircraft gunfire. #iran
www.reddit.com/r/iran/comme...
www.reddit.com/r/iran/comme...
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Hey Chuck, this decision rips health care away from Americans
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hey Chuck, this decision rips health care away from Americans
Ooh, an article about my favorite series just dropped! reactormag.com/how-to-break...
How to Break a Heart: Subverting the Hero's Breakup Trope - Reactor
Examining one of romantasy's often-unquestioned tropes.
reactormag.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ooh, an article about my favorite series just dropped! reactormag.com/how-to-break...
Hey, you! (Kindly, not meanly.) Go get my agents sibs' books, NOW SHE'S DEAD and BLACK SALT QUEEN! They both came out today and I'm diving straight in! 🤿
June 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hey, you! (Kindly, not meanly.) Go get my agents sibs' books, NOW SHE'S DEAD and BLACK SALT QUEEN! They both came out today and I'm diving straight in! 🤿
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✨Please help me spread the word as I try to raise $15K for families ASAP
I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Full Manuscript Critique - MG or YA
Auction item 'Full Manuscript Critique - MG or YA' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
✨Please help me spread the word as I try to raise $15K for families ASAP
I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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None of these men are legitimate scientists. This is not “good science.”
COVID doubled death rates in pregnancy pre-vaccine, and mountains of evidence show COVID causes worse outcomes for mom & baby. Evidence also shows vaccination has no adverse effects on pregnancy or baby but does protect them.
COVID doubled death rates in pregnancy pre-vaccine, and mountains of evidence show COVID causes worse outcomes for mom & baby. Evidence also shows vaccination has no adverse effects on pregnancy or baby but does protect them.
Kennedy, Makary, and Bhattacharya announced on X that they are pulling recommendations for Covid vaccines. They will no longer be part of the childhood vaccination schedule, and they're no longer recommended for pregnant people.
There's a process for changing recs. It's not posting a video on X.
There's a process for changing recs. It's not posting a video on X.
May 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
None of these men are legitimate scientists. This is not “good science.”
COVID doubled death rates in pregnancy pre-vaccine, and mountains of evidence show COVID causes worse outcomes for mom & baby. Evidence also shows vaccination has no adverse effects on pregnancy or baby but does protect them.
COVID doubled death rates in pregnancy pre-vaccine, and mountains of evidence show COVID causes worse outcomes for mom & baby. Evidence also shows vaccination has no adverse effects on pregnancy or baby but does protect them.
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Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies
An Israeli airstrike on Gaza hit the home of a doctor, killing nine of her 10 children while she was on duty at her hospital, according to multiple media sources.
Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser medical complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the Palestinian territory on Friday when she received the bodies of nine of her children killed by a strike in Khan Younis. The eldest of the children was 12. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
I think I've been pranked. Yesterday I got a package and I assumed it was one of my preorders coming in. Nope! It was a single salad fork, no note, that I absolutely did not order even though it was addressed to me.
...huh?
...huh?
May 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I think I've been pranked. Yesterday I got a package and I assumed it was one of my preorders coming in. Nope! It was a single salad fork, no note, that I absolutely did not order even though it was addressed to me.
...huh?
...huh?
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Tomorrow!!
If you’re in the Ithaca area, I hope you’ll join me for my launch party in two weeks!
May 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Tomorrow!!
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READ THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER
IT IS AMAZING
IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE FROM A NEAR-DEAD STATE AND I CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT MANY BOOKS
IT IS AMAZING
IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE FROM A NEAR-DEAD STATE AND I CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT MANY BOOKS
July 25, 2024 at 9:48 PM
READ THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER
IT IS AMAZING
IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE FROM A NEAR-DEAD STATE AND I CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT MANY BOOKS
IT IS AMAZING
IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE FROM A NEAR-DEAD STATE AND I CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT MANY BOOKS
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One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
news.cornell.edu
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
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Hi Everyone!
If you’re in need of a query critique, AMA call, bookmarks or social banners, 50-page critiques, Canva website, or a date-with-a-book, I’m continuing to fundraise here:
www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
<3
Sandra
If you’re in need of a query critique, AMA call, bookmarks or social banners, 50-page critiques, Canva website, or a date-with-a-book, I’m continuing to fundraise here:
www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
<3
Sandra
Solo Fundraising
Silent auction 'Solo Fundraising' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hi Everyone!
If you’re in need of a query critique, AMA call, bookmarks or social banners, 50-page critiques, Canva website, or a date-with-a-book, I’m continuing to fundraise here:
www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
<3
Sandra
If you’re in need of a query critique, AMA call, bookmarks or social banners, 50-page critiques, Canva website, or a date-with-a-book, I’m continuing to fundraise here:
www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
<3
Sandra
Yeah I'm not done thinking about this
I think the last line of The Bright Sword will be burned into my brain forever
April 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Yeah I'm not done thinking about this
I think the last line of The Bright Sword will be burned into my brain forever
April 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think the last line of The Bright Sword will be burned into my brain forever
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This should be the easiest boycott ever and if you can’t even satisfy this baseline level of solidarity then you have no right to question why we are all now under the gun.
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
April 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This should be the easiest boycott ever and if you can’t even satisfy this baseline level of solidarity then you have no right to question why we are all now under the gun.
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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Hopefully it goes without saying that these kind of attacks on academia are what Trump and conservatives are taking national now.
They're using attacks on NIH and other science grants to achieve that.
They're using attacks on NIH and other science grants to achieve that.
The New College of Florida has fired a Chinese language professor under a state law that restricts Florida’s public universities from hiring individuals they deem to be from “countries of concern”.3/29/25 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law
New College of Florida fired Kevin Wang, a professor who sought asylum and is authorized to work in the US
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hopefully it goes without saying that these kind of attacks on academia are what Trump and conservatives are taking national now.
They're using attacks on NIH and other science grants to achieve that.
They're using attacks on NIH and other science grants to achieve that.