✅ Submitted my WIP to an editor for an editorial assessment. ✅ Sprained my pinky toe doing reverse hook kicks on pads. Living the highs and the lows this week 🤣. #amwriting #coachlife #authorlife

Quote of the week from one of my kickboxing kids: "We've never seen you eat before. Do you feed on our suffering?" 🤣🤣🤣 #coachlife #kickboxing #muaythai

I deep cleaned and reorganized the martial arts academy I own and operate. This is what my kids had to say: 10-year-old: It is a disaster-piece! 11-year-old: Why did you change things? 13-year-old: We hate it. Me: Just because you are all neurodivergent and don't like change! 🤣 #coachlife

The Godfather-esque setting of JADE CITY by Fonda Lee meets the sapphic gothic horror tone of BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by VE Schwab in THE NIGHT OF THE REVENANT'S TEARS, a 107k urban fantasy about an artist who must go undercover in a necromancer crime family. #QueerPit #A #UF #DF

After punching the son of the High Witch in the face, an artist determined to deny her witch blood must make a deal with a coven to go undercover in a necromancer crime family to frame its enigmatic leader or lose her hands and never be able to paint again. #QueerPit #A #UF #DF #sapphic

Fonda Lee's GREEN BONE SAGA meets GUNDAM in IN THE BONES OF MONSTERS, a 100k queer urban fantasy about a moody bookseller with a bone mech who accidentally saves the life of the enemy general. #QueerPit #A #DF #UF

The forbidden romance and dark, gritty tone of Marie Lu's RED CITY meets the giant mech-inspired entities similar to Xiran Jay Zhao's IRON WIDOW in IN THE BONES OF MONSTERS, where a moody bookseller who is secretly a revolutionary saves the life of the enemy general. #QueerPit #A #DF #UF

A moody bookseller who is secretly a revolutionary leader accidentally saves the life of the enemy general, triggering a cat-and-mouse game that could have them fall for each other, if they don't kill each other first. #QueerPit #A #DF #UF

A family member was getting rid of a Roomba. We acquired it for the mats in the gym. Today, we put a fin on top of it. It is now a shark. 🤭 #martialartslife

I usually write in the mornings. It is when I am the sharpest. Today, I wrote in the evening. Not sharp, a little dissociated from an overstimulating day, and I somehow developed a scene that fixes a character arc that had previously been broken. Huh. #wip #amwriting

Student: You're like a velociraptor-- Me: (basking in it) Terrifying? Student: And tiny. Me: (devastation!) I can never escape the short jokes! 😅🤣🥲😮‍💨 #coaching #kickboxing #muaythai

I have discovered KDramas. My favorites so far: Trigger Bloodhounds My Name #kdrama

Currently reading THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by Fonda Lee. Loving it so far! #booksky

Coaching kids kickboxing is not for the faint of heart, and I love it. Kids about the assistant coaches: 👸 "Eva is a princess." ⚔️ "Rian is my knight in shining armor." Kids about me, their coach: 🥔 "Nicole is a...potato." 🤣🤣🤣 #coach #kickboxing #fighter

Starting to get feedback from beta readers about my 🤖🦴☠️🖤 #wip. It always energizes me! #amwriting #writingcommunity

A new one from the kids: Temu Mr. Clean 🤣. #coach #martialarts

Some wins and some losses lately, both in writing and in fighting. But regardless of which it is, I am always learning, always moving forward. Trying to remember that, anyways 🥲. #writingcommunity #amquerying #fighter

✅ First K1 bout I learned that I like clinching and throwing knees. My Muay Thai coach is never going to let me live this down. 🤣 Now that the nerves of competing are over, I feel more energized for writing. It is funny how the intensity of the sport fuels creativity. #writingcommunity #fighter

I coach kids kickboxing. I shaved my head for an upcoming fight and one of them said to me, "You look like a fermented bean." This is my new favorite thing. 🤣

The first three chapters of my dark fantasy #wip 🤖🦴☠️🖤 went through my writing group this weekend. Feeling motivated!

Two-and-a-half weeks until my next fight and my first K1 bout. I've been watching #bloodhounds. I'm not sure if it is helping the nerves or not 😅, but I'm enjoying the fight choreography!

I used to think comics were a "lesser" storytelling medium, perhaps as part of my obsessive need to be the person I thought would get me accepted. Then, I experienced autistic burnout and discovered webcomics. A new appreciation for different forms of storytelling was born. #booksky #comics

What are your favorite resources for keeping up with news in the publishing industry? #writingcommunity #amquerying

🎧 Currently listening to Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto. 📖 Currently reading A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. #booksky

Sometimes I think the refusal to give up Harry Potter is because, for a certain age of (white, Western) millennial, it represents a time when we were the center of the universe. The most popular story in the world was about an avatar of Us, who would never truly be wrong or make a mistake.

Meet Lopen, the giant bread loaf. 😹😻😸 #thelopen #stormlightarchives #booksky

Hit 100% on 🤖🦴☠️🖤 #wip. Onto revisions! Excited to put this one through my writing group next month. #amquerying #writingcommunity

I wrote this almost four years ago during the peak of my burnout. Today, I aspire to make the mats this kind of place for those marginalized by mainstream approaches to training. #traumainformed #martialarts #kickboxing #muaythai #writingcommunity

The found family trope has always been one that I am drawn to. As a queer neurodivergent individual, it soothes some wounded part of my soul. Most, if not all, of my books have an element of found family, queer joy, and autistic joy. #amquerying #WritingCommunity

COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️