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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 17/06/2026

Parenting while neurodivergent is wild... like I didn't understand elementary school the first time through and time has not brought clarity

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 28/05/2026

this is just to say i have finished the employee reviews that were assigned to me and which you were probably dreading calibrating forgive me they were boring and so full of AI-generated corporate-speak

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 14/05/2026

I get stuck thinking that only linear pushing-the-plot-forward writing is important... today is an "explore *why* the plot exists" world-building day, and it feels indulgent even though it's necessary

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 09/08/2025

I have a limited number of spoons per day to spend on interacting with strangers. Having to do phone calls for medical appointments is... not what I would choose to use them on. Me to medical assistant: Is there an email-only option? M.A.: No, but let me give you the phone number to complain!

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 04/08/2025

Submission status tracking is the world's slowest roller coaster

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Gyozasaurus Rex here makes me wonder what other foods could be dino’d… Anyways, my compliments to the chef for remembering what the internet is for.

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 21/07/2025

My kid, literally judging a pile of books by their covers: "Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope!"

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 17/07/2025

I honestly have soooo many scripts and systems for interacting with neurotypical people, like... they seem kind of rigid and inflexible about communication patterns, no?

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JDL-EVISION @jdl-evision.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I feel like regular loneliness can be physical but DEEP loneliness is that "all alone in a crowded room" loneliness So much of modern U.S. society is constructed to be isolating & since that's the norm we tend to call others (or ourselves) lonely when we attempt to counteract that

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JDL-EVISION @jdl-evision.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

As someone who's been deeply lonely for most of my adult life I feel like just about all of the quotes miss the mark; most are signs someone has trauma, lacks community, or has attachment issues but DEEPLY LONELY is something else all together...

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 11/07/2025

Me, spending this week on the same place in the same scene (while other pieces around get put in a new order bc that is what will make sense to the overall arc)

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 26/06/2025

Omg I wasn't expecting the America's Sweethearts salary negotiation subplot! I really want someone with a linguistics background to do a deep dive on the ways that these women are navigating the feminine norms expected of them, while also challenging the paycheck status quo--I need better words!

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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The encouragement I give writers is this: If you love it, if it completes you, never stop. Otherwise, feel no guilt about not doing it. The world will turn just fine. Do something that makes you happier.

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 11/06/2025

The "I'm more of an ideas guy" exists in startups AND fiction...

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 09/06/2025

BBC classic books TV series have the most "I am reading this book out loud to you" energy

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 07/06/2025

I am revisiting the 1987 Northanger Abbey and I forgot about the saxophone track! Seeing each decade's take on Austen is fun

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

With the recent success of Andor, I'm getting more questions than usual about how to land a job writing Star Wars books, so let's do the yearly How to Write IP thread, shall we? Firstly, IP means Intellectual Property-- that's shows, movies, plays, even books, any world owned by someone else. 1/

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 07/06/2025

The perfect example of AI madness does not ex--

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 07/06/2025

My spouse, after I explained about Reject-Plus and Reject-Minus form letters from literary journals: "Wait, so in a Reject-Minus situation, do they like add a custom insult to the auto-rejection form?"

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 07/06/2025

Writing the high-tension parts of a novel is wild, because of the time difference--what the author spends hours stewing in will only take a few minutes to read. Sometimes I accidentally pick lower stakes situations just because I'M stressed after so much time dealing with the tension.

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 02/06/2025

I have a high level of annoyance at the Geico lizard "eye-contact" commercial--feels bad in real life, feels much much worse coming from a fake cartoon character with no actual emotions

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 30/05/2025

On my THIRD spotify playlist in fifteen minutes because apparently my personal writing gods are picky af today

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

It’s time for us to rally as an industry. If you’re an agent who will take submissions from unrepped Unbound / Boundless authors or a publisher interested in completed manuscripts, please post in this thread with your details & the kind of work you rep & I’ll repost.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 29/05/2025

Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 29/05/2025

This definitely, but also, sometimes you're stuck because you've done something wrong somewhere, and your writer brain knows it even if you don't. You need to find the reason for the stuckness.

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 27/05/2025

If I have any billionaire followers (haha), I would LOVE to have a patron, and will gladly insert your name, your kids' names, your pets names, etc. into future work as a thank you

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 27/05/2025

Subtitles: "[laughs mirthlessly]" Me: "ah, there was *meaning* to that laugh"

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 23/05/2025

Surprised to find that Sanditon is basically about startup hustle?? Like, how do we attract folks to this beachside resort to get the PR boost we need? (and the usual romance/marriage stuff ofc)

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 22/05/2025

Amazon cast overlays on 1996 Pride and Prejudice are so interesting! The actors look so different now!

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 21/05/2025

yes please! there's food included too, right??

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

So far today I've received 28 pitches for upcoming books. By 28 different publicists representing 28 different authors. There is so little space to cover any of them. Which is why this AI-created and unedited by humans summer reading list is such a slap in the face.

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 20/05/2025

As someone who is from a generation with some very harmful ideas and scripts around eating, this is a very helpful set of phrases to have running through my head as counter-programming! And it's so nice to have someone else explaining it, where I can just recommend the book!

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Ali @littlemissteach.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Everyone should have this cookbook! Whether you are ND yourself with food aversions or a NT trying to cook for one, this book is the clearest guide to how to navigate that I have come across. This screenshot is on our fridge for all food related conversations. The food also tastes great!!

Screen shot of p11 "colour, taste, texture - recipes for picky eaters, those with food aversions, and anyone who has ever cringed at food" by Autistic chef Matthew Broberg-Moffit. Everyone should buy this book!

GUIDELINES ABOUT FOOD AND EATING

1. It's okay if you don't want to or can't eat something.

2. Judging, scolding, or mocking someone for their food choices is not helpful.

3. Food is not a punishment or a reward.

4. Helpful or constructive feedback on food qualities or traits is encouraged and will not be punished.

5. Everyone accepts that adequate nutrition is critical and is the one area that is nonnegotiable. Efforts will be made to ensure that everyone eats a healthful amount of calories, vitamins, and minerals for sustaining life and growth.

COLOR TASTE TEXTURE

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 08/05/2025

I have the She-Ra theme song stuck in my head and I'm not mad about it

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 06/05/2025

Schrodinger's submission state: The theory that before I check that status of my submission in Submittable, it exists simultaneously in both `Received` and `In-progress` states. Corollary: If I check Submittable more, that will help my submission's state update to `In-progress` faster.

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 03/05/2025

Sometimes I lose all faith in publishing the type of work I want to publish. Other times, I run across writing that make me think... well, this made it, didn't it??

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K. T. Matthews @ktmatthewswrites.northsky.social · 02/05/2025

Any headline that includes any variant of "...this should make you *furious*" is currently an auto-skip for me. Like, thanks but no thanks, my body has enough fury for now. I would, however, love more joy!

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