Yvonne Knop (they/them)

Absolutely!

Omg THANK YOU for posting this. I‘ve been searching for this artist since years and just couln‘t remember the name. THANKS

I got blocked too. The Vermont idea actually sounds like a fun and cozy comfort read. I‘m dying to know who runs the account and I‘m scared my pitch could land on that page. One agent turned me down making fun of me querying a AI story „these days“. The audacity and arrogance.

Coming to your dms for the tea

It’s the hurtful assumption that as soon you are disabled your gender magically disappears, so suddenly for the disabled it doesn’t matter. Oh and on planes and trains. Nobody gives a crap on public transport. The freaking irony. I’m boiling

I’m still speechless and feeling numb. Thanks for putting into words what I wish I could say.

Black text against an orange-yellow ombre background. Underneath the text is a heart in the trans+ flag colours. Text reads: "Allies...If you’re truly an ally to the trans+ community, we need you to be seen AND heard. Don’t just stand by and watch the cleansing of a vulnerable group in real time. Do something.Otherwise you’re just an ally to your own power and privilege. And for fuck’s sake, stop supporting hate by buying, or indulging yourself in, a certain wizardy brand. Human lives are far more important than your self-gratification. If you really can’t live without a quick hit, just have a cup of tea or a wank instead. Trans+ people have always existed. Purposely excluding us from conversations or legal cases for arrogant or easy wins, to force the world to be something it’s not, won’t ever stop us from existing. No amount of legislation, wording or bullying can ever change the fact that trans+ people have been, and always will be, part of society."

Words change nothing when it comes to proven existence 🏳️‍⚧️

Morgen berichten sie, dass man von Wasser nass wird und in zehn Jahren davon, dass niemand sah, dass sich die Geschichte wiederholte.

Dear lit agent gods,
I offer snacks and my soul.
Just please read page one.

#AmQuerying #SacrificeAccepted #WriterUnhinged #QueryGremlins #HaikuOfMadness #BlueskyLit

Klingeln, obwohl ein „bitte klopfen“ Schild an der Tür hängt.

I LOVE this bookstore 🩷 I wrote my grad paper on the Beat poets.

City Lights in San Francisco?

The book cover for A Sky So Hollow by Craig Montgomery. The figures of two men and a woman are shrouded in stardust and shadows over a gleaming pyramid with the image of an eye in its center. The text of the title is gold and the background colors of the cover are teal and purple. A header tag line reads “There is a monster in us all.”

Surprise!

Today is unannounced cover reveal day for A SKY SO HOLLOW!

The sequel and duology finisher for A Circle of Stars is coming this summer!

I feel dizzy.

#booksky #queerbooks

New parent by day, querying writer by night—basically, I live on chaos and caffeine. Sleep? Overrated. Sanity? Questionable. Hitting "send" on queries while covered in baby spit-up? Iconic.

#ParentLife #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AuthorLife #IndieAuthor #WritersOfBluesky #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks

A pastel digital illustration on a light pink background features an open book with a large blue heart on one page and a smaller pink heart on the other. To the right of the book, a waving transgender pride flag with blue, pink, and white stripes is attached to a light blue pole. White stars are scattered around the flag and book.

Shoutout to all the trans writers, readers, and creators out here making space and telling their stories—you‘ve always been here, and you always will be.

#TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TransAuthors #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky

Writing is 10% actually writing and 90% staring into the abyss, thinking about writing.

Or, in my case, aggressively refreshing my inbox.

#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #WritersOfBluesky #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks

This ⬇️

Writing a book? Hard. Querying? Pure chaos.

A Case of Madness is long out (like me), and I’m deep in the author trenches—writing, editing, and surviving the query rollercoaster. Who’s with me?

Send help

#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AuthorLife #IndieAuthor #WritersOfBluesky #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks

Because dumb people for whatever reason can biologically recreate and now we have to deal with that. Needless to say, next to me was a man with a „daddy bag“ and a child who has two dads. The audacity.

The world has become a kingdom of idiots. I go to a baby class with my five month old and this one mother said that queer people cannot have biological children. I said I‘m queer and my daughter is a biological child of mine. I could see her neurons burn up trying to do the math.

Habe Staatsexamen - aber seit dem Kind weder Sex noch Amen. Nur viel Staat. Hatte ich anders geplant. Ok, das mit dem wenig Amen ist gut.

Same. Christian. Same. Aber bin Lehrerin und muss eben wirklich was für das Land tun. Sleep is for the unfähigen würstchen.

Einer meiner Schüler kam vor Eintritt in die Oberstufe nach Deutschland, als einziger seiner Familie. Er hatte noch nie in seinem Leben Deutsch gesprochen und hat das Abitur bestanden. Ich habe noch nie einen so ehrgeizigen und netten Schüler erlebt.

Agree! It reminds me of my teaching job… you aren‘t a good teacher if the kids are afraid of you. But if they respect you and you respect them, it‘s a much better ground to grow.

So far non of the 48 agents I queried was interested though… I will keep going