Realizing that 'kill your darlings' probably also includes the gratuitous smut scene. Sorry y'all.
Nikki Null
@nikkinull.bsky.social
Author of OUR SIMULATED SELVES - https://linktr.ee/nikkinull 🏳️⚧️ She/her. 35. Sci-fi writer, concept album enthusiast, bio-pariah, prog rock spaceposter, the dream that makes us real, the hundredth of beavers, the fish in your percolator. No AI.
Congratulations to the SPSFC #5 finalists! It was a tough competition to get to this final round, and I look forward to reading the three new ones on my plate.
I want to stay up late and write stuff, but there's a big mosquito trying to get me 💀
Absolutely stunned that my unconventional sci-fi novel has found a place! Thanks to the judges for advancing my book (and, indeed, for making SPSFC possible at all!) and congratulations to the other finalists and semifinalists who made it up here!
The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition@spsfc.bsky.social · 2d agoThe fifth finalist is Our Simulated Selves by @nikkinull.bsky.social, a quantum thriller of romance, recreated realities and who we're truly meant to be. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCVK8RP7
This includes any engagement with the fanfiction, but AO3 folks aren't ready to hear that.
Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5d agoThere is no non-complicit enjoyment of Harry Potter, in 2026. Every time you stream a Harry Potter movie or buy one of her books, etc., you are helping her campaign to end trans lives, full stop.
Nothing quite like inserting a new chapter into the middle of a WIP on the fifth draft, and having it feel like it was supposed to be there the whole time
I’m calling everyone out.
Worked on the GMTK game jam with some friends! We didn't have time to do all we hoped, but it was really fun for a first try. Kind of a reverse Castlevania tower defense lite. I wrote the dialogue and did all the visual novel cutscenes. Check it out! It's free and can be played in browser.
The Retirement of Count Descendre by mtkelly713, Nikki Null, dinob661, investednap
Save for your Vampire Retirement.
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While editing and double-checking my timeline, I had way too much fun creating a mostly canonical in-universe calendar written and shared by the four main characters of my next book! Only posting the first four months because the rest is either more sparse due to timeskips or spoilery!
![December 2023.
2: "Bar w/ Sydney" (scratched out)
11: "meet with managers 4pm"
13-14: "6am work" (scratched out)
17: "Greyhound to Texas"
19: "Greyhound to AZ"
20: "Phoenix to LA"
21: (December Solstice) "LA Union Station"
22: "Amtrak LA - SLO, Bus to Greenfield"
23: Check-in w/ officer McCann
24: Fire report w/ Ridge F.
25: Fishing w/ Jasper W.
26: inspect grave site and farm
29: Gramps' Funeral (underlined)
31: Beach w/ Kitt, Dawny, Ash
January 2024
2: Larry P, Keys to Farm?
3-4: [International Week of Vandalizing Your Roommate's Calendar] in blue handwriting
5: {OK} in red handwriting
6: [crude drawing of Dark Watchers standing on the mountains, one of them jorking it]
12: <Don't draw these again, it's bad luck!> in purple marker
13: "who did that?" / [sorry -A]
17: <Can we use this? -D>
18: "sure"
20: "Clinic w/ Dr. Carrillo"
21: "Bedrest"
22: "Bedrest" / {U-HAUL!}
24: "Borrow sawmill"
30: <bring cats>
31: {LEASE ENDS}
[Ash was here!] {KITT WAS HERE} <Dawny is here right now>](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ifb4c3ezti46qsinfaxr6g5e/bafkreibqdiwr3zq6uqkmg5uvy4y2k5i3zpqmtuzx54g7gev2f5l2wiv2ju)
![February 2024
1: [Property Taxes Due]
4: {TACOS?}
9: [library all day]
12: [Father's VP meeting?]
13: <International day of Ash move your shit out of my spouse's car!>
14: (Valentine's Day is scratched out by Ash) [capitalism day]; <Date night K+D>
15: "return sawmill"
16: <Gordon! It's 10:10am on February 16!> [wtf]
17: "structural inspection w/ Karch C" / {SPRINGS}
24: <rewatch Twin Peaks>; {CYPRESS COAST SUBARU APPT}
26: "Dumpster rental"
28: "Dumpster pickup"
29: {DAWNY'S BIRTHDAY!}
March 2024
1: <Seed Order Due>
4: "Dumpster Rental"
5: <Vote in Primaries>
6: "Dumpster Pickup>
7-8: [Electrician]
10: {TACOS}
11-12: [Plumber]
13: "the plumber came back"
14: [pi day] / {NERD}
18: {HOE DAY}
19: (March Equinox) <Seed Day>; [get mauled by a shadow day]
31: (Easter Sunday is scribbled out) <Trans Day of Visibility>
1: {TRANS DAY OF INVISIBILITY}
3: {TRANS DAY OF INVINCIBILITY}
5: {TRANS DAY OF INCINERATION}
6: < :( >](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ifb4c3ezti46qsinfaxr6g5e/bafkreibac5ig3wox4bdbqhdzcww7zheibdrjtvynj5pzdtiuqoawez3ah4)
This such an incredible group of folks to be in community with! Thanks for making good things happen, @understatesmen.bsky.social!🙏🏻🫶🏻 go.bsky.app/PhVMreq
It's bundle time again! Check this one out! My entry into this, Our Simulated Selves, is a current SPSFC semi-finalist that centers the main character's attempt to understand their neurodivergence (and closeted queerness) by using brain digitization technology and simulated realities.
H.S. Kallinger (he/him)@xakana.bsky.social · 3w agoNeurodivergent? Queer? Disabled? We are. This own-voices, multi-genre bundle features main/POV characters figuring out their queer and/or neurodivergent identities, how to live their best life as their queer self, and/or what their emerging needs are. 17 books for $16! itch.io/b/3781/figur...
![Light purple background with: Characters figuring out their [following contains: rainbow flag, brain emoji, wheelchair emoji] Queer/ Neurodivergent/ Disabled selves. July 12th to 31st. Itch.io. Figuring it out Bundle: 17 books for $16.
Covers bordering text:
This Is How Immortals Die, Nic Hidalgo.
Bad Memory, M.A. Melby.
Dragon's Soul, J.F.R. Coates.
A Designer Magick, Stefanie Carter.
Lucifer's Favour, Tessa Hastjarjanto.
Countering the Hands of Crime (Sythe Series #2), Elise Carlson.
Bleeding Gold, Niranjan.
The Baptism is Long but the Song is Everlasting, Rob MacWolf.
Our Simulated Selves, Nikki Null.
Rin in Time Immemorial, L’Poni.
Giving in to Gravity, Avery Bridge.
A Life in Too Many Margins, S. E. Thomson.
What Lies Within, Issy Waldrom.
A Demon to Save Me (Found Humanity #1), H.S. Kallinger.
Blood of the Gods, Wren L. Rivers.
The Protector and the Annihilation, Naila Moonsi.
Structural Integrity & Structural Strain, Tabitha O'Connell.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3kykifaw3guzsnoi2nrlo5he/bafkreieum67znxj75g56ymhmjlsyvrb2krrrr7cxznhmhotk746wyurfhy)
my doctor: cut back on caffeine. you have hypertension. me:
Review of @nikkinull.bsky.social 's "Our Simulated Selves" an immediate front-runner for my book of the year. Absolutely fantastic, a must-read. strangecurrencies.org/2026/06/30/r...
Review of ‘Our Simulated Selves’ by Nikki Null – Strange Currencies
strangecurrencies.org
My esoteric trans sci-fi novel, Our Simulated Selves, turns one year old next week! Now it's a #SPSFC semi-finalist. Check it out at the itch.io summer sale! itch.io/s/193486/sum...
Our Simulated Selves | Summer Sale 2026 by Nikki Null
A sale by Nikki Null, 50% off Our Simulated Selves
itch.io
Hey, I just had a birthday recently! A nice way to celebrate this would be to like and repost my art 🎉
Back from @miamoore.bsky.social's "Again Again" premiere in Hollywood. Absolutely brilliant! This might be my new favorite. Trans cinema is deeply needed in times like these, and seeing stories and characters like this on the big screen is so refreshing. Thanks to everyone who made this film happen!
That might have been the single most "will absolutely crack your egg if there is an egg to be cracked" story I've ever read.
Strange Currencies@strangecurrencies.org · last mo.Reading a book that takes the stance that a man would rather upload his brain into a quantum supercomputer and simulate an entire alternate version of reality than contend with the idea he might be trans. I'm sure this will end well for her.
Here's one of my favorite slices of banter from my upcoming T4T farm romance!
AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers@amaralynn.bsky.social · 2mo ago#LGBTQWriteAThon June 21: Line share day! Today's theme - jokes! Humorous lines, literal jokes, you name it! #QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity @rebeccafrostwrites.com
Overdue profile pic update. Snapped a decent selfie at Pomona while lining up to see The Dear Hunter last month!
Queer/ Neurodivergent/ Disabled Authors, If you've got a book on Itch with a significant character Figuring Out their queer/ ND identity, and or Figuring Out how to manage their neurodivergence/ disability, you've got 6 more days to enter this bundle!
Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️@eliseswords.eurosky.social · 2mo agoQueer/ Neurodivergent/ Otherwise Disabled Authors with books on Itchio, This bundle is OwnVoices, for books with a significant character identifying as & or learning to manage queer/ neurodivergent/ disability life/ non-fic. See graphic for eligibility. Let me know if you'd like the sign up form!
In a holding pattern while I wait for beta reader feedback. But the farm map I commissioned is turning out brilliantly! I can't wait to share it! I've also started outlining a new project, because the writing bug is still biting. This next one could be wild. Time travel may be involved 👀
AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers@amaralynn.bsky.social · 2mo ago#LGBTQWriteAThon June 20: Check in day! How was your week? Did you do what you set out to do? Share your progress and support others! #QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity @rebeccafrostwrites.com
Metaphorically Pounded In The Butt By The Looming Threat of Cosmic Horror Shadow Cryptids Stealing Our Souls If We Get Too Dysphoric, But Also Literally Pounded in the Butt by A Fellow Closeted Trans Farmer
AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers@amaralynn.bsky.social · 2mo ago#LGBTQWriteAThon June 19: It's the best day of the month! Tingler your title... Today, rename your book in the style of a classic Chuck Tingle Tingler. Try starting with Pounded (or not) in the Butt by... #QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity @rebeccafrostwrites.com
For my T4T farm romance, it seemed fitting to do main character mockups with Jazzybee's Stardew Character Creator as a starting point!
AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers@amaralynn.bsky.social · 2mo ago#LGBTQWriteAThon June 12: Share your character pride flags and/or make a pride themed moodboard! #QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity @rebeccafrostwrites.com
So, my four-year-old learned something new in her last week of preschool. She sticks up her middle fingers, then gleefully starts repeating: 🖕 six seven! 🖕 I wish I could say I didn't crack up and let her see how goddamn hilarious I thought that was, but now she knows she has a superpower.
✰ Basically queer 4-player co-op Stardew Valley ✰ Double trans uno reverse situation ✰ Only one jail cell ✰ They did WHAT in the barn?? 😳 ✰ Third act cryptid abduction ✰ Quirky paranormal investigator comes to foggy mountain town (he's a fake Russian cryptid vlogger and nearly ruins everything)
AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers@amaralynn.bsky.social · 2mo ago#LGBTQWriteAThon June 5: Tell us some tropes to expect in your WIP today, only make them as unhinged and odd as possible! #QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity @rebeccafrostwrites.com
Utterly speechless. My niche trans debut novel has advanced to the semifinals in #SPSFC. Warmest thanks to all of the judges in Team Space Girls for their kind and glowing reviews!
Hel ✨ || Untwined is blooming 🌀🪷@helynalc.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe have chosen our #SPSFC semifinalists! #SPSFC5 💙📚 #scifi
broke: third act breakup bespoke: third act rescue from cryptid abduction
Sage T. Greene, Author@sagetgreene.bsky.social · 2mo ago#Mememay 26 Anti-tropes: what are some tropes that you've purposefully avoided in your WIP? OR, are there any tropes that you've put a twist on?
