Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sapphic KNIGHT AND THE MOTH x T Kingfisher ☁️In a floating land of birds and bicycles 🚲an ex-con bike mechanic 👗collides with an amnesiac fugitive 👑running from nobles who want her divine magic. 🦜Their kind kingdom is a lie ⛓️but her freedom means the realm falling. #F #R #A #LGBT #DVpit 100
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sapphic KNIGHT AND THE MOTH x T Kingfisher In a floating land of birds and bicycles, an ex-con bike mechanic collides with an amnesiac running from nobles who want her divine magic. Their kind kingdom may be a lie, but her freedom means the realm falling. #F #R #A #LGBT #DVpit 111
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026T Kingfisher x Sapphic KNIGHT AND THE MOTH ☁️In a floating land of birds and bicycles 🚲an ex-con bike mechanic 👗collides with an amnesiac fugitive 👑running from nobles who want her divine magic. 🦜Their kind kingdom is a lie ⛓️but her freedom means the realm falling. #F #R #A #LGBT #DVpit 021
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026T Kingfisher x Sapphic KNIGHT AND THE MOTH In a utopian floating land of birds and bicycles, an ex-con bike mechanic collides with an amnesiac running from nobles who want her divine magic. Their kind kingdom may be a lie, but her freedom means the realm falling. #F #R #A #LGBT #DVpit 121
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dramatis personae of sapphic fantasy GIVING LIES OF IORY 🦅cynical femme amnesiac fugitive 🐣sad butch ex-con bike mechanic 🦜immortal queen + big bad nobility 🦆men in dresses, displaying like birds 🦩criminal twins 🕊️BIRDS 🐦🔥and the god who keeps their floating land safe...for now. #F #R #A #LGBT #DVpit 010
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sapphic HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x Le Guin's OMELAS In a utopian floating land of birds and bicycles, an ex-con bike mechanic collides with an amnesiac running from nobles who want her divine magic. Their kind kingdom may be a lie, but her freedom means the realm falling. #F #R #A #LGBT #DVpit 211
Reposted by Kris JardenK.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So privileged to reveal the cover art of @goodwords.bsky.social 's DEBUT novel from @alcovepress.bsky.social. Who doesn't want to see our little witch take on "Big Potion." It's the cozy underdog story we all need right now. #Books #Booksky #Debut #Writingcommunity #Fantasy #Cozy #Authorlife 2239
Reposted by Kris JardenKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/09/2026I know I ask for this at least once a year, but can some nice historian reassure me that the world has ALWAYS been this stupid? 123126890
Reposted by Kris JardenSlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Éclipse totale du chat. 22007451
Reposted by Kris JardenNicole Field 🧛♀️🏺🏳️🌈 @faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I'm an editor at @phenomenapress.bsky.social and also work with @scyllapublishing.bsky.social and @radonjournal.bsky.social. If you've ever wanted to work with me but haven't had the chance, here it is! I am opening a couple of heavily discounted editing slots after a recently cancelled contract. 295
Reposted by Kris JardenHannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026PSA turns out the fastest way to write a short story is by using it to procrastinate on writing a novel 310222
Reposted by Kris JardenQueer Speculative Fiction @queerspecfic.bsky.social · 08/06/20261. This account is new, follows more people than follow it back, and would like to introduce itself properly. queerspeculativefiction.org is a free monthly catalogue of new queer speculative fiction, researched by hand, with the representation detail publishers increasingly leave off the cover. 🧵queerspeculativefiction.orgQueer Speculative FictionA monthly catalogue of new releases & queer-owned bookshops 12112
Reposted by Kris JardenElise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026"If you... want to get away from Amazon... Kobo store not only sells ereaders to rival your Kindle, but the online storefront is one of the best places to buy ebooks & audiobooks online, and they also have a subscription service to replace Kindle Unlimited." www.readindiefantasy.com/read-fantast... 127340
Reposted by Kris Jardenered @ered.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take 120124975333
Reposted by Kris JardenTrollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Work has been... interesting lately. So, unrelated: if we get 5,000 new subscribers, one of us can make this a full time job and the other one can run like hell from a day job that is descending into utter chaos... ahem... $5/issue, $20/year magazine.trollbreath.com/membership-a...magazine.trollbreath.comMembership Levels - Trollbreath MagazineMembers: there’s no additional benefits for the free Member level, it’s there for you if you’re unable to afford a subscription at this time but want to keep in touch with us. Ebook: You can chose eit... 01510
Reposted by Kris JardenAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 31/07/2026For writers worried that they won't be able to "prove" their work isn't Spicy Autocomplete--worry not. You thought about every choice and will be able to talk about those choices easily and clearly. Folks who used the slop machine didn't make choices and won't have anything to say about why 221373297
Reposted by Kris JardenTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sometimes in a library I imagine each book as years of an author’s life such that you are standing amidst uncounted hours of effort and concentration like some oasis of meaningful time. 331354
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A month till my first ever fiction publication is out. I'm not crying, you're crying. (Though will admit to crying over how beautiful the cover is) 120
Reposted by Kris Jardenjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126047998
Reposted by Kris JardenTasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I love when the agony and doubt of editing gives way and you suddenly realise what the hell the novel IS, underneath all the words you've already written. 714314
Reposted by Kris JardenBona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Silence is the wrong response. That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI. Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)bona-books.comHoney, We Bought an AI Story — Bona BooksBona Books share a hard-learned lesson: we accidentally bought AI-generated fiction. This deep dive into our experience with submission fraud covers the "red flags" we missed, the toll it took on our ... 531285
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Sapphic HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA In a floating land of birds and bicycles, an ex-con bike mechanic collides with an amnesiac running from nobles who want her divine magic. Their kind kingdom may be a lie, but her freedom means the realm falling. #F #FR #A #QueerPit 0611
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The tropes of THE GIVING LIES OF IORY: 🦅sapphic grumpy x grumpy 🐣amnesia 🦆secret identity 🦚regency balls but gender-flipped 🕊️bicycle obsessions 🦩criminals, heists and hijinks 🦜big bad nobility 🐦🔥dark core of utopian society Are birds a trope? It has a few of them too 🪶 #F #FR #A #QueerPit 157
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Sapphic HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA ☁️In a floating land of birds and bicycles 🚲an ex-con bike mechanic 👗collides with an amnesiac fugitive 👑running from nobles who want her divine magic. 🦜Their kind kingdom is a lie ⛓️but her freedom means the realm falling. #F #FR #A #QueerPit 4511
Reposted by Kris JardenProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Can we all stop pushing the button please? 261828446
Reposted by Kris JardenDiabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 16/06/2026A slight refinement I'd suggest, is intricacy without intention. When there us painstaking detail but that detail doesn't make any visual sense or add to the vibe/mood. that kind of detail would take a human artist a lot of time to implement so theyre not going to do it for no reason. 4337
Reposted by Kris JardenRadon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Today nominations open for a bright new award in the SFF industry that aims to fill a gap left by the larger awards. 12514
Reposted by Kris JardenAbby @arobertswrites.com · 17/06/2026Writing advice: commit wholeheartedly to the bit. 28427
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Wow I adored this. It yanked on all my emotions and had me tearing up at the end. So good! 110
Reposted by Kris JardenGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Grimdark: Everything is fucked Dying Earth: the world is fucked New Weird: A city is fucked Folk horror: A village is fucked Gothic: A castle or mansion is fucked but so are families 'Elevated' A24 horror: families are fucked Body Horror: You are fucked Vampires: vampires 361627354
Reposted by Kris Jardenfannd ✧ comms waitlist @fannd.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Happy Pride Month! Here's an LGBTQ+ artist starter pack I put together. Please go support these wonderful artists! 💖🏳️🌈 There's still space to join — repost and comment a bit about yourself to be added! go.bsky.app/Pr3CVHV #pridemonth #artshare 101458320
Reposted by Kris Jardenarr @arr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs. 437153884211
Reposted by Kris JardenAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17/05/2026And this is why they are so desperately trying to entrench themselves in education and government. They’re hoping to create generations of captive users who have no other choice but to use their tech if they want to read, work, write or think 16690238
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I sold my first short story! Did I cry a little because soon I can call myself a published author? Maaaybe. Thankful to @trollbreathmag.bsky.social for believing in my supervillain academics unpacking trauma as they plot each other's deaths over email. Out in the fall edition! 8220
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Hey team! I can't start the day without an earl grey followed by stovetop coffee. Fave author of all time is Virginia Woolf, but recently I've been obsessed with Natasha Pulley's gorgeous queer sff. My wip is a sapphic romantasy where ppl imitate bird courtship, so have some birbs #CRPSparkleSkunksmedia.tenor.comtwo blue parakeets are standing next to each otherAlt: two blue parakeets are standing next to each other with a bit of allopreening 4121
Reposted by Kris JardenAllison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Free resources by #RevPit editors: a thread! PODCASTS • Literary Blend: buff.ly/R7mG7QS • Story Chat Radio: buff.ly/m5OUily • The Worldbuilder’s Tavern: buff.ly/dCXtcMHdemimschwartz.comLiterary Blend: A Publishing Podcast - Demi Michelle SchwartzWelcome to Literary Blend: A Publishing Podcast, hosted by Demi Michelle Schwartz. Tune into new chapters every other Sunday to hear insightful conversations with authors, agents, editors, and other… 2235
Reposted by Kris JardenOTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Our general submissions for Issue 2 are NOW OPEN until April 21st! If you are a 2SLGBTQIA+ writer, send us your work! You can submit one story and up to three poems. Wondering what we like? Issue 1 is free to read on our site! But please don't self-reject—we can't wait to read your work 🗡️🪐🌈othersidespec.comSubmission Guidelines - OTHERSIDESubmission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit. 3126124
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Thanks to the editors who made the #revpit process so fun and helpful, regardless of the outcome. Thanks to the discord writing community I'm part of who are the best people in the world, no bias here these are just the facts! #RevPitWaiting 090
Reposted by Kris JardenJeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I know that feedback isn't very helpful, so I'll add this. General advice: Lean hard into what makes your marketable. Tough love: If you can't pinpoint what that is, how can you expect an agent to? #RevPit 4253
Reposted by Kris JardenScylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 09/04/2026We have started working on launching a new anthology with the amazing @faerywhimsy.bsky.social! Our newsletter subscribers got more info earlier this week, but we will release more details-including the real anthology title!-when we launch on April 14th! 13618
Reposted by Kris JardenTrollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 04/02/2026We have decided the world needs short fiction clubs instead of just book clubs. All those people who don’t finish a book in time and fumble their way through the meet-up can switch over and live a shame free life. Selfishly I recommend picking your material from a plucky, small press magazine. 48524
Reposted by Kris JardenDemi Michelle 🦋 @demimschwartz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Hi #RevPit friends, I’m posting this for those of you who would like to read it. This is so well put and important, though hard to read. Remember, I’m an author just like you. Especially to my friends writing MG and YA, NEVER STOP. Love you guys. vickyweberbooks.substack.com/p/what-nobod... 💜vickyweberbooks.substack.comWhat Nobody’s Telling Querying Writers About What’s Happening to Publishing Right NowI’ve started this post four times. 107212
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I write everywhere, but my true happy place is this little nook — yay for libraries! #RevPitWaiting 0110
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 31/03/2026RL and fandom friends with happy flails and fb Discord writers' group with query + 5p fb @trutherford.bsky.social who gave great concrit on the full A course beta who clearly didn't like it but had great insight, taught me about med and read the original 150k behemoth THANK YOU 🥹 #RevPitWaiting 050
Reposted by Kris JardenAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/03/2026Louder for the people in the back. www.theverge.com/report/90181...theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 331781448
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 27/03/2026My wip is a sapphic NA romantasy: THE GIVING LIES OF IORY ☁️In a floating land founded on kindness 🐦⬛that prays to birds 🚲an ex-con bike mechanic 👗collides with an outrageously femme amnesiac 👑running from nobles who want her divine magic ⛓️and learns their kind kingdom is a lie #RevPitWaiting #revpit 1220
Reposted by Kris JardenAllison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 23/03/2026If you missed some of the #AskEditor sessions or simply didn't have time to read them all, I made a roundup post full of helpful advice from #RevPit editors: www.aealexander.com/blog/askedit...aealexander.com#AskEditor Roundup for RevPit 2026 — Allison AlexanderYour questions on writing, editing, querying, and publishing, answered by professional freelance editors. 5459
Kris Jarden @krisjarden.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Night Watch by Terry Pratchett The Waves by Virginia Woolf Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb All have phenomenal characters and character-focus! Even The Waves (the literary outlier - but Woolf my beloved <33) #RevPitWaiting 050
Reposted by Kris JardenKeezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 21/03/2026this is also why I will never, ever be upset at somebody for checking my book out at the library vs buying it 1) people are more likely to buy if they've read + liked 2) recommendations from readers are everything 3) librarians can make displays and recs better than anybody 4) libraries do buy books 226793
