R.J.K. Lee

On this episode, @benjamingorman.bsky.social talks with @mkmartinwriter.com, author of THE SURVIVORS’ CHRONICLES Trilogy culminating in the forthcoming NEW AVALON RANGERS.
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Volume 3 is out! Highly recommend grabbing all three books. I’m about 60% through volume three—will write up a decent review once I’m done. Great character development and edge of your seat moments in this post-apocalyptic thriller keeps you coming back for more.

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I am so super excited to be guest editing a FamPunk FFO!

Take a break from the big-picture. Casually incorporate science & technology. Embrace quotidian else-when life. Give us alternative families in alternative spaces.

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YouTube video by Lost Records Games Ruth Radelet, Nat Walker, Adam Miller - The Veil (from Lost Records: Bloom & Rage)

I’ll be playing the songs on repeat while I work on my writing. After I let the game linger on my thoughts a while, I’ll head back in to check out the other endings.

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Anyone else played through Lost Records: Bloom & Rage? I just finished Tape 2. GOTY level for me. Such a beautiful tearjerker of a raging punk tale. Loved the characters, the music, the 90s nostalgia, the bittersweetness of finding your way as a teen and on into adulthood. Highly recommend it.

“Congratulations, R.J.K.! You are one of our Giveaways lucky winners! You will soon receive a free copy of Dungeons & Dragons's Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd in the mail. Please allow a few weeks for shipping.”

Yay, I won another Goodreads giveaway and for a Deliah Dawson book no less! I haven’t been trying to get a ton of ARCs recently and missed my chance to get a copy of this one, so it was a wonderful surprise to win this. Excited to read it.

Some great solarpunk stories within. Ana Sun’s tales are always a delight. The story I have in there was one of my favorites to write and written in what I consider the best POV (2nd person), not to mention a fun story creature (tanuki).

It sounds like the Vivid Worlds anthology is releasing this Saturday at Eastercon in Belfast! You can purchase a copy for yourself at one of the links in Donna’s newsletter. Let me know what you think when you give it a read.

Have Books, Will Travel We are very excited for our upcoming trip to Belfast, and for the launch of Vivid Worlds on Saturday at the Hilton on the Belfast Waterfront. We are sharing our launch with the awesome Luna Press, …

My story’s almost out! An update on Vivid Worlds from Donna Scott: theslab.press/2025/04/15/h...

“There’s No Future In Optimism” - the opening track from our forthcoming album 'Let All That We Imagine Be The Light' - is out now. 🐙

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Found a delicious gyoza shop we hadn’t tried before (I used to think the only good gyoza in this so-called gyoza town was the stylish bar right below the station gates). Heard a band performing right beside the entrance to their hotel. Excited to see them again when they return from Kyoto / Osaka.

We chatted over delicious food my partner Aya made, and the cousins bonded wonderfully over video games. We dallied in a game center. We hiked up the stairs to the shrine for fun pics and chatting. We showed them the anime and card shops and their kids got a stack of Pokémon cards in Japanese.

Had such a magical time meeting my sister and her family when they stopped by my town during their visit in Japan and came by my apartment. Was so sad to say goodbye but so thrilled and energized from the visit. It had been so long since we met in person,l that it felt unreal, like a good dream.

289: All The Birds Returned "The villagers’ lives will become more prosperous too." Plus, young Americans are happier, great news on HIV prevention drug, the world's longest underwater tunnel, sociogenomics, and Donald Trump ver...

I needed to read some good news. This provided: fixthenews.com/289-all-the-...

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👑👑👑 I’M IN TEEN VOGUEEEEE🫶🫶🫶✨✨✨✨✨

I have a story stolen in there. A bunch of my friends have more in there. Fuck Meta and puke all over Mark Zuckerberg 🤮 🤮 🤮. I hope the lawsuit does something. Need to find inspiration to go write in the face of this crap.

Author Publications A blog about fiction writing craft, submissions, and life (speculative, fantasy, horror, science fiction, short stories, flash fiction, and novels).

Friendly reminder: find links to my published work here: www.rjklee.com/p/author-pub.... Some are free to read, but others, like my newest one, "Obake Ghost Knight Streamer," require a little money. It's about a badass trans kid and her robo pet. Def worth a read. Let me know what you think of them.

Good luck and stay safe out there. One of my writer friends is going with a solid sign they made. I’d join if I wasn’t in Japan.

OMG yes — what a gorgeous special edition from @tundraswanpress.bsky.social — I’m thrilled to have my story in this horror anthology that’s queer as f*** and releasing in my birthday month of June. I’ll soon read all the stories in my preview ebook then return to rave about them. #fiction #horror

YouTube video by WFAA Rep. Al Green speaks after being escorted out of Trump's speech to Congress

Mad respect for Al Green: youtu.be/2e9bS6VnNpw?...

The anthology editor said I can divulge where I sold my story on March 7th. I also just found out my writer friend is sharing the table of contents with me. Makes me feel all cozy and magical when that happens.

Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces.

1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.

Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.

S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.

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That is an interesting symbol of equality for trivia purposes.

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What’s your general approach?

I’d say a mix but I tend toward discovery for most my stories. I usually jot down a few author wants and/or publication needs—bare minimum for plot or character—then jump around from there, usually hitting opening scenes, the end scene then fill in the middle and expand whatever’s missing.