KG Ryder 🏴‍☠️

I have my first author event booked! Friday before Halloween, a pirate costume party with a reading and Q&A!
If you are local to Alexandria, VA, keep an eye on this space!
#Booksky #TheDeceptionoftheBlackRose

Got an email asking why I don't have any reviews on my book yet.
IDK, bro, probably because it's 400+ pages and I don't have any spare cash to throw at people who game the review system? Someone will write a real review eventually 🤷🏼‍♀️
I'm broke and any money I do have is going toward the audiobook.

Both covers were designed by Eric Labacz Design and he was worth every penny
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Finally got the hardcover of #TheDeceptionOfTheBlackRose and look at the case laminate cover! It's like she's got secret tattoos and I love her with all my heart!
Also wonderful: finding out I'm not all that weird for hating dust jackets 😅 I have found my people!
#booksky #spicybooks #spicybooksky

The Deception of the Black Rose The Deception of the Black Rose - Kindle edition by Ryder, K.G.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Deception of the Black Rose.

My book is finally live!
"The Deception of the Black Rose" is available in paperback, an amazing hardcover that looks super cool even without the dust jacket, and Kindle. (They aren't all linked up yet, which is annoying) And it's FREE on KU!
#booksky #spicyromance
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I hit publish at 3pm yesterday.
It's still reviewing. The one thing nobody warned me about with publishing a book was how much "hurry up and wait" it involves. I am losing my mind waiting, y'all.

Convincing you to read my upcoming #debutnovel in a minute or less.
"The Deception of the Black Rose," coming July 1, 2025.
#booksky #spicybook #smuttybook #historicalromance #pirateromance #piratebook

#CoverReveal of my #debutnovel, #TheDeceptionOfTheBlackRose. Out July 1, 2025!
#booksky #historicalromance #piratesky #pirateromance #spicybooks

That weird moment when you've been trying to get a new job for 3 years, have had about 20 interviews in 3 counties and nothing worked out...
And you realize you (AuDHD weirdo goblin woman) had an easier time landing a husband than you're having trying to land a job.
What sort of nonsense is this??

@murderedbybluesky.bsky.social
Congrats on being my 69th follower. Nice 😎

Figures that my first, biggest hater, even before I am officially published, is my own pancreas.
How many carbs does Haterade have?

#diabeticsky

I made a reel about the different types of sea shanties for #ScholarlySaturday as I continue my quest to get The Longest Johns to notice me lmao
For legal reasons, that is mostly a joke. Mostly.
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Turns out that stress is having a really big impact on my blood glucose levels.
I guess I'm going to have to rehome my kid 🤷🏼‍♀️😅

I'm also very fortunate I am currently choosing the anonymous/pseudonym route because otherwise I would be posting pictures of me and my dog with some inane caption about us both being diabetic b*tches 😅

a man in a red sweater is standing in a kitchen and says " im wilford brimley and i got diabetes " . ALT: a man in a red sweater is standing in a kitchen and says " im wilford brimley and i got diabetes " .

I already know that I'm not going to be a good diabetic because I have informed every person I've told except my mom by calling myself "a friend of Wilford Brimley".
So please don't follow me for diabetes tips and tricks because, while I'm going to do my best, I don't have high hopes for myself 😅

I was going to ask for context but then I realized you were correct no matter which way I sliced it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Spam message:
OMG you're so cute!

My profile pic is the same across all my platforms so uhhhh thanks? I'll let the jeweler I used to work with know.
I'm sure he'll be happy to hear his work is cute. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Also my body:
LOL NO CAN HAZ

Me: I need to have this routine blood work done. Can you be chill for a little bit?
My body: You want to remove MY BLOOD? Remove it with a giant needle? Fainting for mother! Fainting for mother for one thousand years!
😑

Spring Break Vibes
Wish we were here
🇦🇬😍

And specific to The Chronicles of the Deception, honoring Ben and the Black Rose's...uh, spirited connection.

Chasing away the #SundayScaries with some pirate-y rum cocktails! We have two historical recipes (grog and bumbo) as well as some modern ones. Also, rum runners can be incredibly complicated, what the heck?
This is why the rum's always gone, huh?

I always forget how much I love Mediterranean food. S-tier/top 5, honestly.
I always order baba ganouj, and it reminds me how much I love Mediterranean food.
So every time I have baba ganouj, it feels like a revelation and the world is that much lovelier for the existence of these different foods

The final draft/print proof of my first book. Yay! 🏴‍☠️
Current fiction audiobook: husband and I are listening to the full audio immersion of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dunn Man 🐈
Current nonfiction audiobook: A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny & Robert Louis Stevenson by Camille Peri 💙

Yo
Look at this jawn

I am in the ER for likely stress-related breathing problems.
Still checking my email and fielding panicked phone calls for help.
No idea how I ended up in this predicament.
Truly, none at all.

Besides AI harming the environment, stealing work without giving credit, & having no heart/soul, I also find that it's just not good at following instructions.
"Well then there's something wrong with your prompts."
I am a tech person working in education. I know when directions aren't followed.

I hate Likert scales so much that I know that's what they're called.
I feel like that explains a lot.

This is how I feel every time I talk about my book.
13+ years in the making, only to not be sure if there will even BE a finish line to cross.
Cool.
Cool, cool, cool.