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/3mlpw56apps25Greeks be crazy, man. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpw56apps25https://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mlnfu7jtws2f [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnfu7jtws2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mlnegihejs2fExcited to announce I will be running a workshop for writers at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social in London. The workshop is a hands-on walk through the process of querying agents with a chance to get feedback on your pitch paragraphs. Hope to see you there! https://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/en-us/schedule/panels-information.html?gtID=935124&panel-name=London-Sci-fi-and-amp-Fantasy-Authors-Workshop12 May 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnegihejs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mleismsuac2yNothing makes sense until you understand this. I don't think Keir Starmer understands this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleismsuac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mlef7xzcms2yThe world is so endlessly traumatising, and so many things in the culture that I used to love are now tainted that this may be the last pure thing on the Internet. May it stay perfect, forever. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlef7xzcms2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mlec3izs3s2yToday was a quietly good day. I took it off work, and treated myself to brunch at a local restaurant. Walked around the park. Went to a museum. Wrote 2K words of my novel. Got my nails done. Then I saw a proof had come through for one of my short stories being published and now I'm correcting it. https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/16/34/ndrh5fdX.gif?hh=278&ww=498&mp4=VpXmX61qd97PzYJR&webm=jAUem1wg66VjLTjp08 May 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlec3izs3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkpuvgju5k2lWait. What? The sitting Governor of Maine has withdrawn in favour of the Nazi tattoo guy? You guys, Democrats NEED that seat to have any chance of taking back the Senate. This is REALLY where we are? [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpuvgju5k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkn4r7qzvs2vRoo wonders if her sister is coming out of the closet. Which would be fine! Probably? [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn4r7qzvs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkhncggtfc23I saw a woman on this site talking admiringly about the "incredibly talented" Michael Jackson. She had a "release the Epstein files!" in her bio. Make it make sense?27 Apr 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhncggtfc23https://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkfuv6ftjk26Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings" character(s). Wrong answers only [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfuv6ftjk26https://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkfbmacy4c2sHonestly, back when the United States of America was a serious country, a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner would have been a serious matter. But we are not, and it is not. We are, and it is, troubling. Distressing. A matter of life and death. But profoundly unserious. https://media.tenor.com/nZbX5vNp88gAAAAC/logan-roy-not-serious-people.gif?hh=288&ww=49826 Apr 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfbmacy4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkfb77p2222sCome for this clip of me talking about audio advertising, stay for the interesting chat with @davidmortimer.bsky.social about the future of creative careers in the AI age. What I'm saying is, the whole pod is worth a listen! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfb77p2222shttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkdd6jmbw22uToday, I rounded up some of my recent writing wins and explained my "One Weird Trick" for managing short story submissions... https://faerypolitic.substack.com/p/my-writing-wins25 Apr 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdd6jmbw22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkd6mehz5k25I'm just saying: Shoot your shot - then shoot nine more. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd6mehz5k25https://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkd5nzopck2p@caitlinrozakis.bsky.social Conversation yesterday with my husband who is now reading Dreadful after me urging him to for months, knowing he'd love it. Him: I thought the premise might get old quickly, but it totally works! It's so funny! Me: It is! Him: Gav! Me: GAV! Thought you should know. x25 Apr 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd5nzopck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mkcqssi7uk2jWoke up to a short story acceptance from a good publication, and I am inordinately pleased about it. 😁25 Apr 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcqssi7uk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mk5piqcghc2vSisters, man... [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5piqcghc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mk3sr2vbzc2v"If you're going to pick a fight, at least win it. The other side will always fight back. All this was foreseeable and avoidable. We should not have started this fight." See also, Iran. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3sr2vbzc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjtogynxec2uI remember reading lots of classic sci-fi as a girl and being so excited by their fresh vision of a future radically different than today. Then, inevitably, the protagonist would go home to his adoring full time homemaker wife. And I would be do shocked that these men… 1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtogynxec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjpbafwlhc2zDid you know that Helen of Troy went back to Sparta and ruled there for decades after the Trojan war? As Menelaus' wife (awkward). You can read all about it in my story in the forthcoming anthology from Flame Tree Publishing https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/myths-gods-immortals-contents-announcement-helen-of-troy17 Apr 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpbafwlhc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjmw23tjx224Delighted to officially announce that my story A Spartan Peace has been selected for the Helen of Troy anthology from Flame Tree Press. My story is told from the perspective of an older Helen coming to terms with her traumatic life decades after the war. https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/myths-gods-immortals-contents-announcement-helen-of-troy16 Apr 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmw23tjx224https://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjmw23tjx224Delighted to officially announce that my story A Spartan Peace has been selected for the Helen of Troy anthology from Flame Tree Press. My story is told from the perspective of an older Helen coming to terms with her traumatic life decades after the war. https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/myths-gods-immortals-contents-announcement-helen-of-troy16 Apr 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmw23tjx224https://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjjbbqwixc2uThe stupidest explanation is always the most likely with this guy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjbbqwixc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjfiezwysc27Got a kind personlised rejection for a short story of mine today (they said I made it past the first round and they enjoyed my wry humour and unique take on the subject). It's just... so nice to get actual confirmation that a real human read the story and felt something.13 Apr 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfiezwysc27https://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjegche2ls2xStatistically, a vanishingly small number of crimes are committed in Vatican City. On the other hand, the country does have the world's lowest birth rate, so as a leader I guess his performance is mixed... [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjegche2ls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/karinjr.bsky.social/post/3mjefvaqzc22xUh oh. It seems my brain has conjured an excellent plot for a speculative murder mystery without troubling philosophical questions. I really should write the thing, now. But can I be arsed to do so? That is the question.13 Apr 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:3yzbvt623nlprfae4euhqmlt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjefvaqzc22x