PGH writer, antifa, ENM, queer, cat dad. He/they. Author of literature flavored by mysticism, inc. award-winning visionary sci-fi and new adult LGBTQ novels. 🙏🕉️☮️💖 www.karunadaswriter.com NSFW (sex worker profile): bsky.app/profile/thegalengrace.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3myvjinudoc2iI have a theory for his insistence about this: Trump's familiarity with the word is based on seeing it in cards from his father that read, "Happy Birthday, Dummy." [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3myvjinudoc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mxtn6mvkts24From another perspective, Katie Zacharia could be an inspiration to any young people out there wondering if they have what it takes to survive the rigors of law school -- at Pepperdine anyway, where she's apparently on the Dean's Council. (Not your best moment, Pepperdine.)14 Oct 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxtn6mvkts24https://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mx7lfhyx4c24My poem "Contrast Therapy" will appear in this anthology, scheduled for January release. The number of copies in the limited print run will be based in part on advanced sales, which can be ordered now at a significant price discount. #pittsburgh #poems https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/where-the-rivers-meet-a-main-street-rag-anthology/06 Oct 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7lfhyx4c24https://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mvuwtookrc2gMy aorta dissected nearly four years ago. I breathed through intense chest pain until it passed and thought I was fine. Only because one of my carotid arteries had also dissected, eventually causing stroke-like symptoms, did I go to the hospital. Emergency open-heart surgery then saved my life. 🙏🕉️☮️❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuwtookrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mvppwxanlc2zI don't have a story in this anthology, but I've backed the campaign to fund it, and I'm eager to read these spec fic pieces by my sex worker colleagues. I already own two books by this remarkable SWer press. I hope some of yinz join me in helping get it into print! #writingcommunity #sexworkiswork [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvppwxanlc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3muzmhhvrmk2vI support myself as a sex worker, which is also a fun adventure I get to go on to make friends. Win-win. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzmhhvrmk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mu3g2vxwis2uSo the Great Lakes mnemonic is now "Super Man Helps Every ... *Asshole*?"27 Aug 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3g2vxwis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mrsbde6jvc2fJust got a poem accepted! #writingcommunity29 Jul 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsbde6jvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mr6erfgyns2cHonored to have received my first rejection from The Paris Review today. I'm holding out for the even more prestigious @tacobellquarterly.org anyway. I have a different poem on sub there.21 Jul 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6erfgyns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mqjl6lnyyc2bI survived - so far at least - an aortic dissection in October 2022. I live in a perpetual state of gratitude for that. 🙏🕉️☮️💓 #aorticdissection #gratitudeattitude https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5964972-sen-lindsey-graham-death-cause/amp/13 Jul 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjl6lnyyc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mqewam3ngc2lA must-read article, especially for those of us who write. #writingcommunity #authorlife #reading #books #literacy https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/?gift=Ryp0ySHUpGjD9CDq9vMHvyu00pl-0qU-uC-SuanuXBQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share11 Jul 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqewam3ngc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mpvkc4yaa22g"Wordclown" Toby Morton outdid himself with this new website, launched yesterday. (No, he's not dead yet.) Pointed satire at its best. www.thetrumpobituary.com https://www.thetrumpobituary.com/05 Jul 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvkc4yaa22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mpoo62meis2bI was passing through the Milwaukee area, so I stopped in at the offices of Orange Hat Publishing and met with Michael Braun, owner and editor-in-chief. I'm grateful to have my novels on the shelves through their Ten16 Press imprint!02 Jul 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpoo62meis2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mpnuwcujok2g"When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace."02 Jul 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnuwcujok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mnkm3sbgzs2eHappy Pride! Identifications I celebrate: queer, polyamorous, kinky, and sex worker. My novel "Sex, Drugs & Spiritual Enlightenment (but mostly the first two)" - a fictionalized account of my young adulthood - won awards for LGBTQ & New Adult Fiction. The eBook price is now only $4.99! (Nook, too.) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G76FBQVB05 Jun 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkm3sbgzs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mnkm3sbgzs2eHappy Pride! Identifications I celebrate: queer, polyamorous, kinky, and sex worker. My novel "Sex, Drugs & Spiritual Enlightenment (but mostly the first two)" - a fictionalized account of my young adulthood - won awards for LGBTQ & New Adult Fiction. The eBook price is now only $4.99! (Nook, too.) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G76FBQVB05 Jun 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkm3sbgzs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mlvdhvf75s2eI'm back to work on BODIE'S SATTVA. Currently reading for inspiration V for Vendetta. It's so much richer than the film (of course) and eerily prescient, right down to the phrase "Make Britain Great Again." Other influences on my novel: The Bhagavad Gita and George Bernard Shaw's play Major Barbara.15 May 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvdhvf75s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mlfbqzow222wSpot on. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/excerpts-from-chief-justice-john-roberts-high-school-english-essays09 May 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfbqzow222whttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mkqvcvgrv22xIn solidarity with James Comey, here's a pic from last May. #nokings #impeachandremove #eightysixfortyseven #resist #antifa #iamantifa #fucktrump #wethepeople #defenddemocracy #freedomofspeech #restaurantlingo #peacefulprotest01 May 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqvcvgrv22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mjwmnghryc2c@tacobellquarterly.org Happy 4/20! Might this be the day many of us are awaiting?20 Apr 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwmnghryc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3mimbt7gkv22vI had such fun talking about my writing and life journey and sharing excerpts from my novels with a terrific group of supporters at Pittsburgh's Stay Gold Books last night. Much gratitude to everyone who helped make the event so delightful! 🙏🕉️☮️💓 #authorlife #writingcommunity #booksigning #authortalk03 Apr 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimbt7gkv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3miamktmrtc2cRe-release celebration for my award-winning novels! Thursday, April 2, 7 PM, Regent Square neighborhood of Pittsburgh! #authorlife #writingcommunity #bookrelease #scifi #scifibooks #visionaryfiction #lgbtqfiction #newadultfiction #consciousness #evolutionarybiology #psychedelics #spiritualawakening30 Mar 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3miamktmrtc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/karunadaswriter.bsky.social/post/3miamktmrtc2cRe-release celebration for my award-winning novels! Thursday, April 2, 7 PM, Regent Square neighborhood of Pittsburgh! #authorlife #writingcommunity #bookrelease #scifi #scifibooks #visionaryfiction #lgbtqfiction #newadultfiction #consciousness #evolutionarybiology #psychedelics #spiritualawakening30 Mar 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:w4owgsixdvqlggngo7nlho2s/app.bsky.feed.post/3miamktmrtc2c