Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It'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! 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Acquired a couple new books at @laworldcon.bsky.social 😬 083
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Middle 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 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026What 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! 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Already today I've learned about cozy SFF and middle-aged women as epic adventurers! Next up: "When Everything Has Rights: Ecosystems, Animals, and Robots!" 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Tuning 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 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Currently listening to a fascinating virtual panel about setting as character. Learning so many new options for thinking about and writing setting/building worlds. #LAConV 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Had a chance to meet Leigh Bardugo at #LAConV today! So cool 😎 Also, shout out to @laworldcon.bsky.social for connecting us to amazing authors! 🙏 091
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Oh and by the way!! Got my copy of The Library of the Unwritten "vandalized," as @ajhackwith.bsky.social described it 😎 Thank you!! 010
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026And the questions they brought up! So many questions to answer as part of the world building process. Love it. 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A "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! 100
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I'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. 051
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Thanks! 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! 110
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Thanks!! 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 😂 120
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Sooo 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! 540
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Just scrolled through the program—deciding which #LAconV sessions to attend is gonna be hard as hell. What an amazing problem! 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Less 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 🙏 000
Reposted by Casey CoukosAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026NEW: 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 9459425
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Alright, 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. 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Finished 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. 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Let's keep @strangehorizons.bsky.social going! Donation link below ⬇️ 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Awesome stargazing last night followed by a beautiful morning in the San Emigdio Mountains? I'm so lucky 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Just 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. 1161
Reposted by Casey CoukosLos Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026HELL YES, YOU CAN DO THIS! 191
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Well now I HAVE to!!! Thanks for the vote of confidence 😎 120
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Setting 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 360
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Had 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! 010
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Picked up three books from your booth today! Excited to get reading 📚 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Went 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 ✨ 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Put 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 😅 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/05/2026So 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! 100
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Celebrated this #ThrowbackThursday (is that still a thing?) by playing Zoombinis. Yes, it's available on Steam. You're welcome.media.tenor.coma cartoon of a man holding a cane and a bunch of birdsAlt: a cartoon of a frog rowing a raft carrying a bunch of small, bloblike creatures 031
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally? 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Occasionally, occasionally. There are two c's and two l's...what do you mean there aren't two s's?? 😩 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Though 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.comreactormag.comComing to Terms With Climate Fiction - ReactorWhat once seemed like a subgenre of science fiction is actually much bigger 010
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 22/04/2026My latest #Storygraph review, this one on The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4f40... Warning: spoilers!app.thestorygraph.comReview by caseydc - The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne: the ethereal new fantasy romance set in a magical gardenWarning: spoilers ahead.I really enjoyed The Invisible Garden of Clara Thorne's lore, world, a... 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Just requested all 6 of these books from my local library! Can't wait to read them. 110
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Just finished 2025 Locus Awards finalist "Midnight Timetable" by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur! Read my review on Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d987...app.thestorygraph.comReview by caseydc - Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost StoriesFor "a novel in ghost stories," I found Midnight Timetable to be less scary, per se, and more ... 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I 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??" 000
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Creative nonfiction can be so rough, yet so cathartic 😩 030
Casey Coukos @caseycoukos.bsky.social · 07/04/2026My take on #mentalhealth recovery, now up on my website: caseycoukos.com/2026/04/07/m...caseycoukos.comMental Health and RecoveryRecovery 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… 010