Sci Fi Fantasy author. Recovering podcaster. Former @demsabroad UK Vice Chair. Edelman Senior Director of Strategy. Mum. Cat lady. Represented by @ericshowers.bsky.social Building myself a Twitter life raft...https://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mtye2l3wjc2tThis perfectly describes my own relationshop with the icon that is Dolly Parton. It's hard to believe she's gone. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtye2l3wjc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mtpahx2wek2iDelighted to say that my haunted beach house story will be published in this excellent anthology, which is coming out on September 4th. Get your preorders in now, people! a.co/d/05fJlaGU22 Aug 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpahx2wek2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mtpaby5djs2iI can't understand why anyone would care about this? It's not a meaningful record? We've had machines faster than humans for a long time now? Am I missing some reason why this is noteworthy? Is it a meaningful milestone in the development of robotics? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpaby5djs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mtobrjpgvk2cWhen they send you the draft conference schedule and the only panel you've been scheduled on is happening at the same time as the reading you've been scheduled to do. Lolz.22 Aug 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtobrjpgvk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3msxyzggvas2kHere's a little thing I wrote, for your enjoyment... [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxyzggvas2khttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3msxszmq5ms2dNo "sniffs" in my MS, but here's a passage on the smell of longing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxszmq5ms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3msv47drzhs2lNo uses of the word "heartbreak" but here's a pretty heartbreaking passage... [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv47drzhs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3msq2l4zxpc2lRoo is determined to play it cool even if it kills her. Like, literally. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq2l4zxpc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3msl2ixxwts2lThis morning, I woke up with an idea in my head. And today I wrote that idea (it's a short play). I just wrote the whole thing - from the germ of an idea inspired by something I saw yesterday to a 10-minute piece of theatre that came out of my little brain. AI could never make me feel like this.08 Aug 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msl2ixxwts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3msb3qzvpsc2aYou guys... I am working on an unannounced personal writing project and OK, I am going to have to announce it soon because I am SO EXCITED about how it is coming together! So I guess... watch this space? I'll post about it on my Substack soon. faerypolitic.substack.com https://faerypolitic.substack.com/publish/home04 Aug 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb3qzvpsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3msaysvkp6c2a [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msaysvkp6c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3msatmcrbrk2aThis is a stupid and offensive idea, but also: why only target girl's sports? If we are going to impose a huge burden on the ability to play a sport at school level, shouldn't the burden be equal? I think NO kid should get tested, but if every girl is getting tested, then every boy should be too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msatmcrbrk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mrzr7hdt322mI wrote a 5K+ word story specifically intended for a particular magazine. And I'm happy with the story, but now I don't think it's a great fit for the publication I wrote it for! Do I 1) rewrite it to be a better fit b) just let that go and submit to other pubs or c) send to them anyway bc why not?01 Aug 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzr7hdt322mhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mrwulivnb22pMy lunch! It is so pretty!31 Jul 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwulivnb22phttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mrpp76l3yk2a"During their third summer at the Cromer Pier Theatre, Cassandra Burns informed Gareth Fisher that she would no longer let him to cut her into pieces and put her back together again. 'It's banal. The sawing a girl in half trick? Come on.'" https://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/07/a-sprinkling-of-stardust-by-karin-j.html#comment-holder28 Jul 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpp76l3yk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mrp7h7tshk2bProud to say that my story A Sprinkling of Stardust is featured this week on Fiction on the Web. I love this story, which is about ambition and what makes a good life and features campy end-of-pier theatre and also a wizard. https://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/07/a-sprinkling-of-stardust-by-karin-j.html#comment-holder28 Jul 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrp7h7tshk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mra57a3ozk2hThere are no "grand"s in my story, but plenty of "great"s. Here's Roo deploying her sarcasm about their course of action... [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mra57a3ozk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mr7vz5ifec2bOooh, this is cool! Waterstones is running a pre-order campaign for the Helen of Troy anthology from Flame Tree that's coming out in September. I've got a story in this that I'm really proud of - from the POV of an aging Helen decades after the war. Just enter SUMMER26 as your discount code.22 Jul 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7vz5ifec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mr2vldkk5c2vMe at the start of last night's final: I'll be equally happy no matter who wins because I don't have a strong preference between Spain and Argentina. Me near the end: Argentina are dicks and if Spain loses I will riot. Fortunately, we got to the right outcome.20 Jul 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2vldkk5c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mqqtewbgkc2sI am instantly obsessed with this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqtewbgkc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mqoiut7uek2zExcellent. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoiut7uek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mqoegab4os2zHappy to say that I've won an honorable mention in the Writers of the Future. Last year I achieved a Semi-Finalist place for my Lesbians in Space story, so this is two years in a row or recognition from this prize. https://writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-the-future-2nd-quarter-winners-announced-for-volume-43/15 Jul 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoegab4os2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mqjuugnajs2a"Verify your age" Sticks a pencil in the spokes of a cassette tape and turns.... [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjuugnajs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mq7nc4x7u22aRoo is having a moment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7nc4x7u22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mq4wlcdgfk2iI am currently Googling "Troy Jackson" +Maine. IYKYK08 Jul 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4wlcdgfk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mpy3iit3wc2nEvery time I even THINK about Jordan Henderson falling over an advertising hording and injuring his wrist during the match celebrations, without setting foot on the pitch, I break into fits of giggles. Does this make me a terrible person?06 Jul 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpy3iit3wc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mpy2ey75lc2nFor all the micro-fiction fans out there, Trembling With Fear is featuring 3 of my drabbles this week. Come for the creepy child's POV in Rosebud's ghost, stick with the kids for a postcard from Camp and finally enjoy a trip to the sentient library in Reader Beware. https://horrortree.com/trembling-with-fear-7-5-26/06 Jul 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpy2ey75lc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mpxk2dt2v22yMy unifying football opinion is that almost every song belted at a stadium is a great song. These are the tunes that stand up to time and still sound great when sung by millions of drunkards. Today’s example: Wonderwall. Congrats #england06 Jul 2026 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxk2dt2v22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mpst6q77ds2xDelighted to say that my flash fiction tale The Trouble With Jack has been published this week at @metastellar.bsky.social. Check it out if you enjoy folk tale feelings, faery bargains and a bit of feminine vengeance. https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/flash-fiction/the-trouble-with-jack/04 Jul 2026 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpst6q77ds2x