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Kellie Doherty

@kelliedoherty.bsky.social
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I’m a queer SFF author and a marketing associate in publishing. I have an unhealthy obsession with reading, Critical Role, and my two cats. Newsletter for writing tips and nerdy news: kelliedoherty.com/subscribe

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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Not me doing my usual Sunday things even when I didn’t really want to because of ✨life stuff✨ and then having a good time and really appreciating doing said things. It’s almost as if hanging out with friends is a good idea? 🤔
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Carve out some intentional writing time tomorrow at 2pm AK time! Anyone can come. See you there. 🧡📚 Learn more and link to join: kelliedoherty.com/quest
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote “the end” on Book Five!! 📚🎉🧡
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
So excited that Fatal Spores & Fiery Paths is highlighted this week!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book... #sapphicbooks #booksky
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Have you read the Cicatrix Duology yet? It’s got lots of action/adventure, found family, nanotechnology, Firefly vibes, and a sweet-n-spicy sapphic romantic subplot. kelliedoherty.com/books #booksky
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
No one joined QUEST today but honestly, I expected that because of the holiday. 🤷‍♀️ I got some nice intentional writing time done anyway. 📚🧡 #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Tomorrow - Sat. July 4 - at 2PM AK time!! Carve out some writing time for your WIP in this QUEST! We’ll have writing prompts and exercises, time to work in your own WIP, a challenge corner where you can bring problems you’re having, and a read-aloud section. 📚 kelliedoherty.com/quest #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Birds & Books Affair at Bird TLC was great yesterday. THANK YOU to everyone who showed up to support local Alaska authors and vendors and learn more about bird rescue!! 📚🏳️‍🌈🧡
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happy Pride!! All my ebooks are 30% off this month over at penlightpress! 🏳️‍🌈📚
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Got 1.3K words written in my WIP! Hell yeah. #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Well, after not trying this for over twenty years, I forgot how to make a gecko but I made a fine little lizard. 😂😂
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Springtime!
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What is the best music to write a sapphic high fantasy book to and why is it the How To Train Your Dragon soundtrack? #authorsky #booksky
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I did ALL THREE of my jobs today. > Dayjob of senior marketing associate > Nightjob of magazine proofreading > Everyothertimejob of being an author Now, I am tired and it’s time to go to bed!
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Early morning? Hell yes, time to work on Book Five! #authorlife
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Jumped into my WIP for a few minutes today to clarify a small scene! And it was really just a few minutes because sometimes that’s all I have energy or time or mental capacity to do after a long productive day at work but it still feels good to open that Word doc and get some words in. 📚 #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What do you mean someone should write a sapphic scifi about a morally gray spaceship captain being ruthlessly hunted by her enemies and yet falls in love with her crew (esp. her cinnamon roll first mate) so she decides to protect this crew from the dangers but her time as herself is running out?
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Wrote 2.7K words today!! I’m speeding my way to the end of Book Five and I can’t believe it! 😱📚 #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
If you see this, drop a hero with a sword!
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Writer: Okay! I’m going to write today!! Narrator: She re-read a chapter, deleted some lines, and added some dialogue tags. #booksky
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Carve out some intentional writing time TOMORROW at 2PM Alaska time. 📚 Virtual? Yup! Open to anyone? Yeah! Hell fun? Hella yes!
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The first meeting between a wandering scribe and a snarky painter is a furious hand to the scribe’s throat while they’re locked in the same prison. And yes, they do end up together. And yes, it’s hella queer.
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Not to be dramatic but I completely missed FATAL SPORES book birthday over the weekend because of continuing stressful ✨cat stuff✨ and now I feel like I’m a bad author. 🤦‍♀️ Anyway, my book’s been out for over a year now! #booksky
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Mood:
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a man is walking down a hallway with a suitcase and a backpack .
ALT: a man is walking down a hallway with a suitcase and a backpack .
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Revised a chapter today and really liked how it turned out! ✨🏳️‍🌈📚
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Join me on a Quest! You’ll find: > writing prompts + exercises > time to write in our own creative works > a read-aloud > a challenge corner [bring a writing problem you’re having!] Open to everyone! Find more info in my bio + on the Alaska Writers Guild website. Hope to see you there! 📚
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Girls be like “I needed this” and it’s just a lazy Saturday morning eating baked oats with their cat snoozing on their laps
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
OMG! Because of a lot of not fun ~life stuff~ happening this month, I completely forgot to promote this. My sapphic scifi and fantasy books are 50% off this month!! 🧡🏳️‍🌈📚 penlightpress.com/shop #booksky
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I love when right after I send a chapter out, I start to think where I’d change it and that’s usually where my critique group highlights! The confirmation from them makes me feel like my own revisions would be on track. (Though they see other stuff I completely miss too.) Is anyone else like this?
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Did I hear you say you wanted a queer fantasy that has ancient forbidden magic, a twist on the good old mentor, a snarky prisoner-painter with a soft heart, and a curious scribe who might just doom them all? Slides over INK STAINS & ILL-FATED LIES #booksky #sapphicbooks
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I’ve passed 50K words in my sapphic high fantasy WIP. 🎉 Not done yet but felt good! #booksky #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Join me for a QUEST!! An hour-long, intentional writing session. ✨ > writing prompts + exercises > time to write in our own creative works > a read-aloud [completely optional] > a challenge corner [bring a writing problem you’re having!] www.alaskawritersguild.com/event-6547877 #writingcommunity
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Not me wanting to create a new character just so they can have an alpaca for an animal companion 🥰 … #amwriting #booksky #authorlife
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A do-nothing day on vacation means I can get a whole chapter written in one sitting! Hell yeah. 🧡📚🏳️‍🌈 #booksky #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Writing through the horrors, by writing horrible things happening to my characters because I know they’ll have an okay ending that I can control. My girls will be traumatized, but still moving forward and stronger for it. #booksky #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Sleepy birdfriend 🤎
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Revised a fight scene today and it’s so much better now. It’s the next chapter my critique group gets to read, and I’m psyched to get their reactions!! 🔥🪶 #booksky #writingcommunity
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Super excited for #CriticalRole tonight!!
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Spent the morning prepping for ✨an exciting future thing✨!!
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Writing Book Five. Just thought of a devistatingly cool punishment for one of my main characters. You think death is bad? Wild Nature is UNFORGIVING! 🍄‍🟫🌳😈 #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I’m writing an intense chapter in Book Five in Misti’s POV and I had to dive deep back into Book One to recall this particular pain point. Honestly, it’s both fun and terrifying to be writing the final book in my sapphic high fantasy series. #booksky
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
It’s -20 here. I think this might be the cold snap….but a month early. 🤔❄️
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
-14 degrees AGAIN today. It’s been too cold for too long. #alaskalife
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year, my fellow adventurers! I hope this year brings that phone call you were waiting for, that contract to sign, that chance to write “the end”, and that lovely community to be a part of. 🧡📚 #authorlife #amwriting
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Apothebakery is so cute!! #boardgamenight
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Spent the day writing. Got 3K words down. Pretty happy with it!
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Had a lovely holiday yesterday! 🎁
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Worked on my WIP for 30 minutes. Started a scene. Unsure if I like where it began because there’s a time skip. Might cut it later but at least I got some words down. 😂🤔 #authorlife #writingcommunity
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Happy Solstice! ❄️🕯️
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Kellie Doherty @kelliedoherty.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Worked on my sapphic high fantasy WIP today and had to research “what does it feel like to be stabbed” and “would a stomach wound kill you”? This chapter got REAL intense, real quick. 😁 #authorlife
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