Kyra Nelson

Book cover of The Stardust Grail, featuring a cosmic background with a tentacled creature

Was looking for a voicey, accessible adult scifi, and a friend recommended The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei, and I absolutely loved it. Delightful cast of characters, big stakes, strong pacing, and worldbuilding that's intensive without bogging down the story.

Trying to have a serious conversation with the boyfriend amidst the chaotic background noise of my cat treating the bathtub like it's lifesize pinball.

My cat is rarely clever, but he has figured out that if he takes his toys into the bathtub, he can swat them around as much as he wants without accidentally losing them under the couch or a closet door.

My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.

I feel like I have a follow up question but don't know what it is yet 😅

I'm sorry. That sucks beyond words.

PHOEBE AND NOLAN MAKE A SCENE has very summer aesthetics.

#romcommarch

Art by @gidgetdraws.bsky.social!

Text reading "An Editor's guide to Phoebe and Nolan Make a Scene by Kyra Nelson. Rep: Nicole Eisenbraun and Ginger Clark of GCL"

A girl with long brown hair cups the face of a red-headed boy as they gaze into each other's eyes. Surrounding text: "Rehearsal" kisses cinnamon roll boy socially awkward heartthrob love letter to fandoms co-stars playing onscreen LIs Asexual rep former tween star paparassi drama cute cats

Text reading For Fans Of with book covers for Flip the Script by Lyla Lee Kiss and Tell by Adib Khorram Geekerella by Ashley Poston Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee and You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

Phoebe’s acting career has stalled since the completion of her hit tween series and her public breakup with her co-star. When she’s offered the lead role on a high-budget superhero miniseries, she sees a chance to revive her career. Even if the showrunner is pushy, sexist, and determined to straight-wash her canonically asexual character. One thing she’s not going to do? Fall for her new co-star. Nolan may be an on-screen darling, but can barely carry a conversation off-script. Until he meets Phoebe, who couldn’t care less about his stardom or awkwardness. For the first time, Nolan feels like he can be himself, only to realize he doesn’t even know who he is behind the superstar persona. He’s spent his whole life trying to please others, particularly his controlling mother, at the expense of figuring out his own life. As Phoebe and Nolan’s off-screen chemistry becomes as undeniable as their on-screen chemistry, their delicately balanced lives collide, and they’ll need to learn to write their own happily ever afters.

An #EditorGuide for PHOEBE AND NOLAN MAKE A SCENE

A starlet trying to save her floundering acting career and a socially awkward teen heartthrob, cast as love interests, must fight the straightwashing of a canonically ace character, and their feelings for eachother.

#YA #Romance #LQBTQ #onsub

I'll do a query critique for any of my writer friends who contribute to Rem's fundraiser ❤️

Just shoot me a DM.

Book Cover for Charming as a Verb featuring a Black teen boy walking a dog with a Black teen girl.

Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

Another fantastic YA romance, with great voice and humor and most importantly dogs.

"What is #RomComMarch? Inspiration Community Motivation Commiseration More buzzwords here See, we do romance AND comedy" in black uppercase letters. The background is pale pink with red and pink scribbled hearts.

#RomComMarch was founded in 2022 by @belindamgrant.bsky.social & @jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social as motivation to work on their rom-coms

The community has grown, welcoming writers to spend the month planning, drafting or editing their rom-coms—and to make new friends!

Join us starting February 25!

The third episode in this arc also has a character meet up I have eagerly awaited for YEARS 👀👀👀

I also feel like we get a little more depth to Shatter in this volume. She brings some emotional moments I really love to this arc, and I really enjoyed getting to explore that side of her.

This has been a looooooong time coming. I think we recorded this volume in early 2024 and for various reasons had to delay release, but I'm so happy to finally share it.

I love what Ceilidh did with the tarot theme and general noir vibes.

Yes Draculaura is my favorite character from Monster High why do you ask

Book cover for When You Were Everything featuring three panels, the first with two friends posing together, the second in which one girl is walking away, and the third in which one of the girls is left alone.

When You Were Everything by Ashely Woodfolk

The world needs more friendship-breakup books because it's such a normal, devastating experience. And this one is just so perfectly written.

Siobhan is a great guest to have on your actual play!!

2026 RevPit Participating Editors: Allison Alexander, Ash P, Ayesha Ali, Carly Hayward, Dana Draper, Demi Michelle Schwartz, Hanna R. Neier, Hannah Kate Kelley, Jeni Chappelle, Kala Godin, Laura Galan-Wells, Leah Rambadt, Madelyn Knecht, Miranda Darrow, Natasha Hanova, Nicole Frail, Raquel Brown. Find each editor's MSWL on reviseresub.com

ANNOUNCING the 2026 RevPit Participating Editors!

reviseresub.com/editors

I was part of the founding group a whole decade (!!!) ago. I don't edit anymore or participate in the context, but I'm still in touch with the other editors and the community is very near to my heart.

I can't recommend this enough for querying authors 💖

Every Olympics I learn of some absurd sport I'd never heard of before, and if you told me the dog was part of the event I would believe you.

I have this same kit and I like this better than the original colors!

Book cover for The Love Con featuring a fat Black woman in a cosplay outfit and a blonde White Man holding a prop hammer and scissors

Wanted to read a romance by a Black author this month and came across The Love Con, which features friends to lovers, cosplay, and fake dating. Um yes, please.

Celebrating Black Ace Community... with the creators of Soul Ace Day Marshall Blount, Alyshia Rodgers and Kimberly Butler created Soul Ace Day to uplift Black ace voices and experiences.

Today we observe the second Soul Ace Day.

Created by Kimberly Butler, Marshall Blount and Alyshia Rodgers, Soul Ace Day celebrates the activism, art and culture of african american asexuals.

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Yes. Highly recommend. It's free and nobody can stop you.

I've added like 6000 words to this document in one week. Apparently I don't hate writing, just publishing. Who could have ever forseen this outcome.

Animal Crossing character, a white girl with straight brown hair and bangs and a black overcoat with a purple fox scarf.

Anyway, Eden is clawing at the edges of my brain again, trying to escape. Here's my attempt to make her in animal crossing. Kinda obsessed with the ace-colors outfit with a fox (👀) scarf.

[whispers] and what if Wonder World Comics just keeps releasing at a rate of like 3 episodes a year

For Black History month I'm reading The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (really appreciated Caste) and hoping to pick up a Black romance as well.

Sorry things are so hard for you. Supported and shared ❤️