Author. Writer of The Kaitlynn Dahl Mysteries, and others in the MTS, Supernatural Suspense, and SciFi genres. Buy books: www.books2read.com/ap/8Vj9ZV/KD-Upton YouTube: www.youtube.com/@instoriedworlds Newsletter: https://k-d-upton.kit.com/46b1f3f18bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mrq3xo4bvk2wF’ing awesome.👏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrq3xo4bvk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mrq3q7t5yk2wBrilliant brand. 🍰 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrq3q7t5yk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mrq3nmfn6s2w🤣 Challenge accepted. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrq3nmfn6s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mrpybkcig22rIt's been a tough year. Here's hoping things turn around. Fast. https://kduptonauthor.com/life-hits-hard-sometimes/ #blog #mentalhealth28 Jul 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpybkcig22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mritbo6jts27This👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mritbo6jts27https://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mr5xhnzlsc27Calling all Readers! I built a service for indie authors & readers. First, I need readers. Fiction readers w/opinions, I'd love to have you in our founding reader pool. Free to join. Genre newsletters of upcoming releases, giveaways, author Q&As, ARCs in return. ⚡📚 💙📚 k-d-upton.kit.com/be3fdb15d5 https://k-d-upton.kit.com/be3fdb15d521 Jul 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5xhnzlsc27https://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mr3wulso7k2xHaven’t a clue. Keep writing. Keep showing up. Keep believing. #SpoonieAuthChat [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3wulso7k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mqrl63anjc27My next newsletter "I built something new and I need readers first" is coming Monday. Subscribe to get it and stay in the loop on everything I'm creating, especially if you're an avid reader of fiction! Entirely free with perks! ⚡📚 💙📚 #booksky Subscribe: k-d-upton.kit.com/46b1f3f18b https://k-d-upton.kit.com/46b1f3f18b16 Jul 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrl63anjc27https://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mqp3gpnkkc2iF’ing brilliant. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp3gpnkkc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mqkvf3keek2mJeg er stolt av dere, Norge.🇳🇴 Tusen takk. Ro! Ro! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkvf3keek2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mqjrnfrdhk2nSo many suspects and so little time... Cosmo is up to his eyeballs in horse manure and murder! Barn of Shadows Part 4 is up on Substack for paid subscribers. ⚡📚 💙📚 #booksky https://open.substack.com/pub/theresilientwriterkdupton/p/barn-of-shadows-part-4?r=6bzl0x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true13 Jul 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjrnfrdhk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mqfkomlhqk2a😂🤣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfkomlhqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mq5ti77x722nSeries. I’ve tried but get too attached to the story, the world, the characters. Can’t do it any other way. #SpoonieAuthChat [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5ti77x722nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mq2xfixlxc2dIt's the stories swirling around in my head from a young age, and it's exciting to get them down on "paper" so to speak. I love the characters coming to life, I love the arcs they take, I love the clack of the keyboard as I write. There are too many things that I love about writing. #SpoonieAuthChat [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2xfixlxc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mpy5nkr6gs2dThings heat up for Detective Cosmo Pritchard. A business merger turned deadly. An event barn full of suspects. Where are the clues? Motives? Think you can solve it? Find out. Check out my new post! It’s part three of the serialized fiction. Start here for Part 1: ⚡📚 💙📚 https://substack.com/home/post/p-20312830706 Jul 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpy5nkr6gs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mpwmcmpzck2rRo! Ro! 🇳🇴05 Jul 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwmcmpzck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mpqtcwm7vk2eI don't know if people are even aware I'm disabled. However, I'm not able to publish rapidly & in this market (at least in the past five or so years), that's frowned upon. Honestly (& after thinking about it)? Probably not. #SpoonieAuthChat [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqtcwm7vk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mpn6wzon3k2eMy next newsletter "Imperfection Makes Perfect" is coming Monday. Subscribe to get it and stay in the loop on everything I'm creating. ⚡📚 💙📚 k-d-upton.kit.com/46b1f3f18b https://k-d-upton.kit.com/46b1f3f18b02 Jul 2026 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpn6wzon3k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mpmvlnwj4k27OMG. Freaking cute. Gosh, dogs are the best. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmvlnwj4k27https://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mpjpkhtq6s2dAbsolutely! I love it when they do that. It’s helped me keep going, keep writing. I do it for them after all. That one piece of positive feedback can transform an author. #SpoonieAuthChat [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jun 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjpkhtq6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mpjec54uzc2eMental health day! Poor sleep last three nights, managing business, family, relationships has led to a health flare. So, it's a day of rest for me. Binge Vampire Diaries and Off Campus while eating my daughter homemade donuts. Yum! Just what the doctor didn't order😘 More writing tomorrow!30 Jun 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjec54uzc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mpgsgqmvmc2eI'm over on Substack. Serialized fiction each week. It's for the mystery lovers, paranormal lovers & even romance. There's a free post every month with others behind a paywall, but it all goes towards editing & business expenses. Support a fellow indie author. ⚡📚 💙📚 https://open.substack.com/pub/theresilientwriterkdupton/p/barn-of-shadows-by-kd-upton-part?r=6bzl0x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true29 Jun 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgsgqmvmc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mp52rjzn722cThe only way out is through, but no one ever said I had do it alone. Thank havens for books. 💙📚 ⚡📚25 Jun 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp52rjzn722chttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3moxyaeuopk2yGosh, this is tough. I break things down into doable bits. So today, I wrote in two of my books. Little chunks add up. I take time for living, laughing & loving. Oh & if I need to cry, I cry. That’s it! #SpoonieAuthChat [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxyaeuopk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3moxxpfoyts26Happy to have written in both my mystery and romance books. They’re developing well, and it’s been fun. That’s the real reason I write. For fun. If it ever stops, then I need to slow down. The biggest issue is burnout. I only write for a few hours a day. Everything else is left for life. 💙📚 ⚡📚 🧵23 Jun 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxxpfoyts26https://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3movutupics26This is Part 1 of Barn of Shadows. I've overhauled this first part for the umpteenth time. Life is short. Just read. Next installment comes out next Monday! If you haven't taken a gander, click the link below! Alrighty then, it's off to write I go;-) 💙📚 ⚡📚 https://open.substack.com/pub/theresilientwriterkdupton/p/barn-of-shadows-part-1?r=6bzl0x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true22 Jun 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3movutupics26https://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3moqdrstqvk2oNearly 1,000 words written today, which feels like a small miracle considering I'm also sorting boxes (getting rid of stuff), plotted Cosmo's next clue, and started fleshing out the characters for my romance series.🧵 💙📚 ⚡📚 #booksky #books #writingcommunity #mystery20 Jun 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3moqdrstqvk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kduptonwrites.bsky.social/post/3mol3lm6ydc2oToday's plan: start the next Cosmo Pritchard mystery (locked room, a house full of dinner guests, 1950s —this one's going to be fun), eat my Greek yogurt & blueberries like the responsible adult I'm pretending to be & then jump into Elle Kennedy's Love Song for some much-needed swoon.🧵 💙📚 ⚡📚18 Jun 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:72vb7dd4iczehimdlkj4ejsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mol3lm6ydc2o