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Casey Coukos

@caseycoukos.bsky.social
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aspiring author & poet | caseycoukos.com | storygraph: @caseydc | instagram: @caseycoukos | she/they

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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's raining today for the first time in months! This East Coaster is not used to Southern California's dryness yet, and might never be 😫 In honor of the rain, I shall curl up on the couch with some steaming coffee and a book. I shall do nothing "productive." Not a damn thing!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Acquired a couple new books at @laworldcon.bsky.social 😬
A stack of sci fi and fantasy books
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Middle school me is ecstatic right now!! (Adult me is, too!) @hollyblack.bsky.social is exactly as cool as one might expect—that is to say, she's SUPER cool. Though I wish I still had my original copy of Tithe to get signed, I got to meet one of my heroes!! How amazing is that? #LAConV
Title page of Holly Black's Book of Night, signed by the author
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What if everyone had a roof and two meals? I'm about to find out at this "Future Economies" panel. I love the speculative part of speculative fiction!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Already today I've learned about cozy SFF and middle-aged women as epic adventurers! Next up: "When Everything Has Rights: Ecosystems, Animals, and Robots!"
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Tuning in to "Writing Fantasy in Real Worlds." ✨ As a reader of urban fantasy and magical realism and other relevant genres, I'm excited to gain insight into the "how" and "why" behind the topic. #LAConV
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Currently listening to a fascinating virtual panel about setting as character. Learning so many new options for thinking about and writing setting/building worlds. #LAConV
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Had a chance to meet Leigh Bardugo at #LAConV today! So cool 😎 Also, shout out to @laworldcon.bsky.social for connecting us to amazing authors! 🙏
The title page of Ninth House, autographed by author Leigh Bardugo
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oh and by the way!! Got my copy of The Library of the Unwritten "vandalized," as @ajhackwith.bsky.social described it 😎 Thank you!!
The title page of The Library of the Unwritten, autographed by author A.J. Hackwith
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
And the questions they brought up! So many questions to answer as part of the world building process. Love it.
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A "magic & politics" panel just wrapped up—the panelists shared awesome, helpful insights about and suggestions for integrating the two. Gonna take these lessons home to strengthen my second draft!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Thanks ❤️
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I've been so wrapped up in attending panels and workshops and other events that I never shared that I'm at @laworldcon.bsky.social! What a great time. I'll post about the panels I attend today, I promise.
A conference badge featuring an astronaut fox and a rainbow ribbon that reads My First Worldcon
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Not yet, just finished the first draft
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thanks! I've got a decent chunk of changes I want to incorporate, which I'm already starting to sift through in my head. I'll plan those out and then get going on a rewrite!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thanks!! I definitely want to engage beta readers after I make some solid revisions in draft 2. Gotta get the story to it's true state before anyone else sees it 😂
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sooo I did it! Finished draft 1 of this novel in <90 days. What a journey! I've learned so much about the story, the characters, the world, & where I want to take all of it. That's the point of a first draft, isn't it? Now to take a week off, enjoy #LAConV, and then start revisions in September!
Black text on white background reads: 65,600 words. Draft 1 by Casey Coukos
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just scrolled through the program—deciding which #LAconV sessions to attend is gonna be hard as hell. What an amazing problem!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Less than a month til #LAconV, less than a month to finish this draft! Had to take a break for a couple weeks, but I'm back at it and ready to finish strong. Wish me luck 🙏
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
NEW: A federal book banning bill has been introduced in the Senate. It's time to make our voices heard. Tell your Senators to REJECT pro-censorship legislation like S. 4925 that would limit the freedom to read! We need every advocate to speak out against censorship: action.ala.org/campaign/S4925
Show up for our libraries. ALA 150, American Library Association.
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Alright, I've finished all 6 finalists in the novel category and have decided which one I'm going to cast my vote for! Short stories or graphic stories next? Hmm.
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Finished two cups of coffee and The Raven Scholar this morning. Surprising and engaging at every turn! 🐦‍⬛🦊 Can't believe we have to wait til 2027 for The Fox in Winter.
A purple book entitled "The Raven Scholar" by Antonia Hodgson sits on a wooden table, accompanied by a black coffee mug featuring white ghosts.
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Let's keep @strangehorizons.bsky.social going! Donation link below ⬇️
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Awesome stargazing last night followed by a beautiful morning in the San Emigdio Mountains? I'm so lucky
A creek flows over two small waterfalls. A large rock sits in the foreground, dead branches stretch across the stream, green shrubs and trees rise in the background
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Just finished @nnedi.bsky.social's "Death of the Author." I'd like to write a review later, but I need time to process first. All I can say right now is WOW.
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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
HELL YES, YOU CAN DO THIS!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Well now I HAVE to!!! Thanks for the vote of confidence 😎
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Setting a super ambitious goal for myself: I'm gonna finish the first draft of my new WIP by @laworldcon.bsky.social in August. Can I do it?? It'll be tight, but I think I can. Let's gooooo 💪 #writing #writersofbluesky #novel #LAconV
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Had a great time at LITLIT today! Picked up a few books ✨ and attended two great sessions—a fun comic-creation workshop led by @nathangelgud.bsky.social and a super helpful talk on querying and working with agents by @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social's Noelle Falcis Math!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Picked up three books from your booth today! Excited to get reading 📚
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Went to a new-to-me writing group this evening! Made some moves on my WIP and then hung out at Denny's with fellow writers. Good way to spend a Thursday night ✨
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
😞
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Put my first novel to bed this weekend. With three drafts done, I realized it wasn't fun anymore and felt the overwhelming need to move on (at least for now). So I started a new project today! I'm stoked and energized. Now I just need to figure out this whole "magic system" thing 😅
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
So far I've finished 3 books from this list! These are so good. Looking forward to reading the rest—then I'll move on to the other award categories!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Celebrated this #ThrowbackThursday (is that still a thing?) by playing Zoombinis. Yes, it's available on Steam. You're welcome.
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a cartoon of a man holding a cane and a bunch of birds
Alt: a cartoon of a frog rowing a raft carrying a bunch of small, bloblike creatures
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Made a new friend while writing at the park! 🐛
A small caterpillar crawling on a laptop with trees in the background
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Occasionally, occasionally. There are two c's and two l's...what do you mean there aren't two s's?? 😩
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Though I think of my own novel as fantasy, it definitely falls under the climate fiction umbrella. For me, it's impossible NOT to insert my hope for a better future into my writing. Climate fiction is inevitable when our climate is in crisis. reactormag.com/coming-to-te... @mollytempleton.com
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Coming to Terms With Climate Fiction - Reactor
What once seemed like a subgenre of science fiction is actually much bigger
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day! 💚
Three yellow gazania flowers in bloom, surrounded by green grass
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
My latest #Storygraph review, this one on The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4f40... Warning: spoilers!
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Review by caseydc - The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne: the ethereal new fantasy romance set in a magical garden
Warning: spoilers ahead.I really enjoyed The Invisible Garden of Clara Thorne's lore, world, a...
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Just requested all 6 of these books from my local library! Can't wait to read them.
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Just applied!
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just finished 2025 Locus Awards finalist "Midnight Timetable" by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur! Read my review on Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d987...
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Review by caseydc - Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories
For "a novel in ghost stories," I found Midnight Timetable to be less scary, per se, and more ...
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I wish there were comment sections below LinkedIn job listings. "You want all this in 5-10 hours per week??" "Dude this is like 4 jobs in 1, and that's all you're paying??"
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Creative nonfiction can be so rough, yet so cathartic 😩
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
👀
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
My take on #mentalhealth recovery, now up on my website: caseycoukos.com/2026/04/07/m...
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Mental Health and Recovery
Recovery is a verb—a process—for many individuals living with mental health disorders. For these people, including myself, there’s no fixed point at which we can say, “I’m in remission!” or “I’m cu…
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Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Can't wait!
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