Astrid Knight - Fantasy Author (They/He)

That’s very sweet of you to say! (I am nonbinary, so not much of a “girl” but I do appreciate the sentiment.)

I love when people call me ugly as an insult. My brother in Christ, I LOVE being ugly. Are you kidding?

Like, I spent many years as a “pretty girl,” and it’s miserable. Now that I’m a fucked up little genderless gremlin, everyone leaves me alone! It’s incredible.

This sale ends on the 22nd!

(And thank you so much to everyone who has sent me a pic of the tshirt you ordered! You don't know how happy that makes me 💜)

Major order of operations for book publishing:
Write the book
Edit it to the best of your ability
Beta readers for feedback
Editor (optional- developmental, line, and/or copy editing)
Edit your book again (as many times as needed til it's DONE)
Format your book
ARC readers
Publish to general public

In what universe do these people think that Superman, the world’s kindest dork, would be pro genocide? Please be so for real.

Spoilers: the reason the right is pissing themselves over Superman is because the movie is an unabashed parallel to the Gaza genocide.

And Superman is pro-Palestine because OF COURSE HE IS.

One of the Best Pop Horror Books of the Year Is by … This Guy? Lucky Day is weird, compelling—and very surprising, coming from the author of My Billionaire Triceratops Craves Gay Ass.

There is no more delightful publishing arc than the one traveled by @chucktingle.bsky.social. Love is real, and so is kindness, and talent.

slate.com/culture/2025...

I will never knowingly use or engage with GenAI so if you see me reposting it please do me a favour and tell me 🙏

Will a weird, unapologetically Black show about systemic power and social justice get picked up for an additional season in this fucked up political climate? Not likely, but FUCK, I hope it does.

binged all of the episodes of I’m A Virgo yesterday, and holy shit????? Why isn’t everyone talking about this show???

It also only has one season so far and no season two announced, and they BETTER make more of it or so help me…

But then the question becomes “what exactly IS worth trying then?” and…yeah.

I’m not doing awesome, is what I’m saying!

Yeah, here’s me being very vulnerable right now: I’m finding it hard to be a creative right now.

Given just EVERYTHING (the rise of AI, the political climate, my own personal struggles, etc.) I’m asking myself nearly every day, “Is it worth it to keep trying to do this?”

The moonlight hits it just right. A massive structure of solid something—it’s hard to tell exactly what in the lowlight, only that the exterior is rough and drab, the color of clay. Bits of it slough off as it takes creaking steps forward on four legs that bring it up into the branches above our heads, and a lumpy stone head brushes leaves and sends already dead bits of debris onto the floor of the forest. If I only saw its shadow in a wooded area on Earth, I’d swear a gorilla escaped from the local zoo. Adrian stiffens next to me, his hand on my shoulder clamped in a vise grip, moving me slowly backward as the stone monster approaches. “Bad,” he mutters. “Bad, not good, bad.” “What is that?” I whisper. “Something bad.” “Yeah, I picked that up.”

Should I actually do #WIPWednesday here?

Have a bit of RULES AS WRITTEN, maybe?

Police arrest scores of Chinese women writing 'boy love' fiction for money Police in China are arresting female authors of homosexual romance novels, in a widespread crackdown on the "boys love" fiction genre.

There have been mass arrests of authors writing boy love fiction in China.

Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer

The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem

The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge

THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
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This is such a wildly bad idea. Please take action. "AI", as the situation currently stands, is mostly a scam, is hurting the planet during a time of global crisis, is stealing from struggling artists, is very often wrong and hallucinating _more_ in newer models, and will get worse if unregulated.

"Doctors looked at my body, and couldn’t decide whether to mark M or F on my birth certificate. So instead of changing the form, they tried to change my body.

"What I experienced is the opposite of gender-affirming care; it's gender enforcement...

"I deserved to make those decisions for myself."

The Angry Noodle - Posts for the speculative, cooked to al dente. *noodle noises* The home for writers, lovers of speculative fiction, and all-around angry noodles. Posts available when I'm cooked to al dente.

Guys. GUYS!

Thanks to the wonderful, amazing, brilliant @silver.phoenyx.net, who linked to a way I can back up my site, The Angry Noodle is back, weeeeeeeeee!!!!

It's still got some little issues I need to work out, but I'm just so happy to have it back! 😭

theangrynoodle.com

Write and draw and create that weird shit

The internet was a mistake.

For real! I don’t understand it.

Like, there are TWO morally grey Michael B. Jordans in that movie. And you pick the Ramsey Bolton-looking motherfucker?

I see the “morally grey boy thirsters” have picked up the main vampire guy from Sinners, and I’m starting to wonder if maybe you all just like bland white guys.

Two and a half months on T update: I do a mad good Bobby Hill impression now.

Background: calm ocean surface at night Centered image: Paperback and ebook copies of TEMPEST, TAKE ME HOME Text above image: $0.99 ebook sale! Now to June 30 Text under image: Buttpirates.carrd.co

Now you can bring the crew of Tempest home for Pride for only $0.99!

🍑 Cozy romantasy, heavy on the romance
🏴‍☠️ Treasure hunting and map magic
🍑 Established romance
🏴‍☠️ Polyamory done right
🍑 Trans joy
🏴‍☠️ Disabled MC saves the day
🍑 Crew = family

Oh my god, I love that. Right up my alley.

Adding these all to the list!

Hi Bluesky. What are the queer books you’re reading this month?