Padma Stratton
@grumblygoose.bsky.social
Writer of sapphic romance, in all genres | Servant to 2 orange cats | Lesbian | she/her | tired of this, grandpa repped by @knifewitch.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social
so so excited to be working with Fab and Ki Agency!
Ki Agency@kiagency.bsky.social · 2w agoWe’re so excited to welcome @grumblygoose.bsky.social to the Ki Agency. Padma and her very sexy revolutionary fantasy are joining Fab’s list. Read more on our website: www.ki-agency.co.uk/post/padma-stratton-joins-ki
so so excited to work with Sunyi - 2026 is going to be great 😎
sunyi@sunyidean.com · 7mo agoFolks, I’m so excited by this gritty, grounded fantasy full of social unrest, civil war, and stabby cagefighting lesbians (in a queer normative world!) and I can’t wait for more people to discover it soon!
when your tattoo artist says "I think this might be my masterpiece" and then DOESN'T INCLUDE YOUR TATTOO IN THEIR YEAR-END ROUNDUP 😒😒😒
2025 reading stats 📚 Read: 26 (all ebook, as I generally borrow from the library then purchase if I think I'll read it again) Purchased: 25 (15 physical, 11 ebook, 7 indie) TBR (aka purchased but not read): 11 😅 a lotta horror 👻 a lotta romance 💞 a lotta gay 🌈
sometimes, writing challenges your own biases male character: My wife... me: hold on 🤔 male character: My HUSBAND me: better
me: I'm going to finish the draft of this book by the end of the year! narrator: she did in fact finish the draft, if we ignore the fact that the final ten chapters are just bullet points
Padma Stratton@grumblygoose.bsky.social · 9mo agome: I'm going to finish the first draft of this book by the end of November! narrator: she did not finish the first draft by the end of November
50 degrees in Salt Lake City and my rose bush is still going strong snow where are you 😭
my thoughts on the Avatar movies: can I tell you the plot of any of the movies? no can I name any of the characters? no can I tell you why mr man is special to one group and wanted by the other? no can I quote any line beyond "BRO!"? no can I tell you how the whales got all pierced and tatted up? no
how are things going? well, three indicator lights are currently on in my car, if that tells you anything
as my family says, it's easy to know things if you make them up
Roxane Gay@roxanegay.bsky.social · 8mo agoIt’s just a stream of lies. Anyone who enters a grocery store knows that everything is more expensive.
every day I wage war against the machines (the automatic faucets and soap dispensers in my office)
straight women: the romance genre is important because it centers women's pleasure! also straight women: I like MM romance because I like dick also also straight women: I don't like FF romance because it's yucky
consumerism and IG ads got me good this week 😩 I bought: - $200 pillow - mason jar vacuum sealer - fancy tens unit - quilted velvet jacket someone delete my credit card info from my password manager plzzz
me: I'm going to finish the first draft of this book by the end of November! narrator: she did not finish the first draft by the end of November
I think I am one of the few people in Utah who LOVES when it snows in the valley I live somewhere with 4 distinct seasons and I want to experience each season to the fullest, dammit!
the haircut I had vs the haircut I wanted vs the haircut I got
just learned that my 27yo coworker didn't know Wicked has anything to do with the Wizard of Oz... AND he's also never seen the Wizard of Oz
I... 🤢 proof that both dirty talk and writing smut are skills not everyone has
had to make a PPT for my friend to teach him about the book drama on Threads this week and the discourse has already moved onto something new 😅
my brother asked to borrow my (thrifted) copy of ACOTAR but couldn't find it on the shelf... ...because he was literally looking for a book titled "ACOTAR"
my male coworker who unfortunately knows I'm a writer: Do I get to read your book? me, thinking about the explicit lesbian strap on scene I wrote last night: Mmmm, probably not
the salt flats is a much better and cooler location for the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives opening than the muddy puddle they tried to glam up last season
why do some coconut body products smell like summer in a bottle and others smell like cheese
If you finished Arcane wishing for a Sevika spin-off... ...then you should meet Vaniya: Bodyguard➡️assassin➡️the Butcher Rebel leader So scary it's 🔥 1 of 2 POVs in the #A adult #S speculative lesbian #R romance I am #Q querying #QuestPit
Padma Stratton@grumblygoose.bsky.social · last yr.what people think I mean when I say my book is an Arcane-inspired sapphic romance vs. what I actually mean
Cass wants justice for her parents' deaths...but Vaniya, their murderer, is just too damn hard to kill #Q querying WHITE RAVEN, WHITE LILY: #A adult #S speculative #LGBT lesbian #R romance #QuestPit
Jay Burrell (@grumblygoose.bsky.social)
An #agentguide to 🐦⬛WHITE RAVEN, WHITE LILY🐦⬛ an adult lesbian #romance told through #dualPOV and set in a no-magic second world with #fantasy vibes #amquerying #lgbt #ownvoices #speculative…
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