K. N. Brindle (they/them)
@knbrindle.com
I’m a queer, trans, agender therapist living with lupus
Author of humanist SF & Fantasy including the PATHS OF MEMORY fantasy duology and blue-collar space opera heist COMMON ACCORD
Find out more & buy my books at: https://knbrindle.com
#NoAI #NoDRM
Author of humanist SF & Fantasy including the PATHS OF MEMORY fantasy duology and blue-collar space opera heist COMMON ACCORD
Find out more & buy my books at: https://knbrindle.com
#NoAI #NoDRM
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If you've ever wanted humanist, intimate fantasy and sci-fi centering queer characters and emotional, heartfelt storylines, you'll love my debut duology Paths of Memory, and for a lighter read my blue-collar space opera Common Accord
Find out more and buy at:
knbrindle.com
Find out more and buy at:
knbrindle.com
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HumanKIND Initiative is putting together an online library of books written by LGBTQIA+ authors. These voices are frequently excluded from traditional publishing, so we are dedicating an entire section of the library to indie and self-published authors.
Is this you? THEN READ ON
Is this you? THEN READ ON
September 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
HumanKIND Initiative is putting together an online library of books written by LGBTQIA+ authors. These voices are frequently excluded from traditional publishing, so we are dedicating an entire section of the library to indie and self-published authors.
Is this you? THEN READ ON
Is this you? THEN READ ON
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I tried to think as to why people who are so willing to fight for immigrant rights have been spending the last four odd days telling trans people to shut up, but then I remember that when defending immigrants, every single one of them has said some version of "but who will pick our food?"
September 15, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I tried to think as to why people who are so willing to fight for immigrant rights have been spending the last four odd days telling trans people to shut up, but then I remember that when defending immigrants, every single one of them has said some version of "but who will pick our food?"
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A better use of your time as a cis person is to email or phone your politicians and tell them not to rely on your support if they keep attacking trans people. Demand better from your politicians.
Cisgender people, today is a great day to mind your own fucking business and stop trying to police trans/nonbinary folks' emotions
If you see a trans/nonbinary person upset about certain Democrats being shit to them?
SAY LESS
If you see a trans/nonbinary person upset about certain Democrats being shit to them?
SAY LESS
September 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
A better use of your time as a cis person is to email or phone your politicians and tell them not to rely on your support if they keep attacking trans people. Demand better from your politicians.
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Look. When trans folks say "I won't vote for a transphobic candidate." We aren't 'capitulating' to the 33% that we know will eagerly vote for any transphobe. We're trying to engage the 66% of you that we hope believe in human rights, to get out and show it.
September 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Look. When trans folks say "I won't vote for a transphobic candidate." We aren't 'capitulating' to the 33% that we know will eagerly vote for any transphobe. We're trying to engage the 66% of you that we hope believe in human rights, to get out and show it.
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Nearly all stores that sell new books can order a book for you even if they don't have it on their shelves. Here's a quick thread about how that works, and how it's ESPECIALLY helpful for writers who self-publish or have work with small presses.
If you check out @ninocipri.bsky.social on insta, you can see why it's so helpful to authors to request/pre-order books in stores and how it works in real time!
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www.instagram.com/reel/DakqVmu...
Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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September 7, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Nearly all stores that sell new books can order a book for you even if they don't have it on their shelves. Here's a quick thread about how that works, and how it's ESPECIALLY helpful for writers who self-publish or have work with small presses.
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If you are agented by:
The Wylie Agency, Malatesta Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Global Lion Intellectual Property (formerly PMA Literary), Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
...read this and consider hard.
The Wylie Agency, Malatesta Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Global Lion Intellectual Property (formerly PMA Literary), Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
...read this and consider hard.
My post from earlier today about the craziness around Anthropic claim notices, updated with both of the notices writers are receiving, and a list of literary agents who are trying to claim a share of payouts writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...
Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors' Payouts - Writer Beware
This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like these: The one on the right invites authors to review and confirm their claims: jus...
writerbeware.blog
September 5, 2026 at 9:14 AM
If you are agented by:
The Wylie Agency, Malatesta Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Global Lion Intellectual Property (formerly PMA Literary), Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
...read this and consider hard.
The Wylie Agency, Malatesta Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Global Lion Intellectual Property (formerly PMA Literary), Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
...read this and consider hard.
Analog Pixel Art! 💜☺️
Ok here it is #SundayFishSketch 🐡
Used whatever scrap thread I had for the color, decided not to try 'shading' yet since it's so small and I've some things to learn before that. This was kinda tough, lol, I hope it makes someone smile!
Spotted garden eel in cross-stitch 🪡 #fishArt #stitchArt
Used whatever scrap thread I had for the color, decided not to try 'shading' yet since it's so small and I've some things to learn before that. This was kinda tough, lol, I hope it makes someone smile!
Spotted garden eel in cross-stitch 🪡 #fishArt #stitchArt
August 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Analog Pixel Art! 💜☺️
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“Intractable” gender dysphoria implies attempted conversion
August 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“Intractable” gender dysphoria implies attempted conversion
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#QueerWritersChat A5: I've been on a bit of a tear all week about Disney Imagineering starting to incorporate genAI into creative processes for the parks, which I think is wrong-headed for oh so many reasons. And I wrote about them. And then sent those thoughts in letters to five Disney execs.
August 22, 2026 at 12:48 AM
#QueerWritersChat A5: I've been on a bit of a tear all week about Disney Imagineering starting to incorporate genAI into creative processes for the parks, which I think is wrong-headed for oh so many reasons. And I wrote about them. And then sent those thoughts in letters to five Disney execs.
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Oh, for fuck's sake. If you had an "AI" generate the text, then you're not the author. "Oh, but the ideas are mine." Motherfucker, ideas aren't copyrightable, and neither is the text if "AI" barfed it out. In neither a logistical nor legal sense does the term "author" convey to you.
Dean of Science at Stellenbosch University writes that although AI generates almost all the words for his articles (including this one):
"AI did almost all of the writing. I remain the expert and the thought leader behind the piece."
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
"AI did almost all of the writing. I remain the expert and the thought leader behind the piece."
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
When AI writes the words, who is the author?
After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know.
www.nature.com
August 18, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Oh, for fuck's sake. If you had an "AI" generate the text, then you're not the author. "Oh, but the ideas are mine." Motherfucker, ideas aren't copyrightable, and neither is the text if "AI" barfed it out. In neither a logistical nor legal sense does the term "author" convey to you.
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All authors love libraries.
All authors want to see their books in libraries.
Don't ever feel bad for using a library. You just made every author everywhere very, very happy.
Also, request our books in libraries if they aren't there! Be the book change you want to see in the library! ;)
All authors want to see their books in libraries.
Don't ever feel bad for using a library. You just made every author everywhere very, very happy.
Also, request our books in libraries if they aren't there! Be the book change you want to see in the library! ;)
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
August 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
All authors love libraries.
All authors want to see their books in libraries.
Don't ever feel bad for using a library. You just made every author everywhere very, very happy.
Also, request our books in libraries if they aren't there! Be the book change you want to see in the library! ;)
All authors want to see their books in libraries.
Don't ever feel bad for using a library. You just made every author everywhere very, very happy.
Also, request our books in libraries if they aren't there! Be the book change you want to see in the library! ;)
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Words from James Baldwin, written 62 years ago, still remain the best moral compass towards understanding the whole tragic Jason Arday affair.
August 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Words from James Baldwin, written 62 years ago, still remain the best moral compass towards understanding the whole tragic Jason Arday affair.
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Just 6 years ago there was a broad consensus on ending cash bail and not treating anyone taken by the police as convicted prisoners serving sentences from a judge. But something something woke DEI and now we’re seeing people argue people in jail should be tortured with shock gloves.
August 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Just 6 years ago there was a broad consensus on ending cash bail and not treating anyone taken by the police as convicted prisoners serving sentences from a judge. But something something woke DEI and now we’re seeing people argue people in jail should be tortured with shock gloves.
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Saw the government use the phrase "biological name" in an attempt to justify their deadnaming of Rachel Levine, and if that doesn't perfectly capture the silliness right there...
August 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Saw the government use the phrase "biological name" in an attempt to justify their deadnaming of Rachel Levine, and if that doesn't perfectly capture the silliness right there...
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Dear cis people,
Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.
Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.
August 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Dear cis people,
Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.
Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.
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I actually am missing like 7,000+ followers at the moment, so I’d like to humbly request a favor. Could you RT this post to reconnect me with My friends? 👉👈
Not everyone knows I’m back 🥺
Not everyone knows I’m back 🥺
August 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I actually am missing like 7,000+ followers at the moment, so I’d like to humbly request a favor. Could you RT this post to reconnect me with My friends? 👉👈
Not everyone knows I’m back 🥺
Not everyone knows I’m back 🥺
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Run With the Hunted has 56 reviews on Goodreads...can you help me get to 60? (I mean, I really want 100, but...)
99¢ in most online stores, free on Hoopla through your local library, and pay-what-you-want on itch!
books2read.com/RunWiththeHu...
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
99¢ in most online stores, free on Hoopla through your local library, and pay-what-you-want on itch!
books2read.com/RunWiththeHu...
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
June 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Run With the Hunted has 56 reviews on Goodreads...can you help me get to 60? (I mean, I really want 100, but...)
99¢ in most online stores, free on Hoopla through your local library, and pay-what-you-want on itch!
books2read.com/RunWiththeHu...
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
99¢ in most online stores, free on Hoopla through your local library, and pay-what-you-want on itch!
books2read.com/RunWiththeHu...
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
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It’s funny how deeply uncomfortable this statement makes me, considering it is 100% true. If you are the same, don’t let your discomfort lead you astray politically. ID verification is a data grab, anti-lewdness laws are weaponized against queer people, and anti-porn policies only make SW unsafe.
Every person being fascist and puritanical about sex needs to be relentlessly berated and ridiculed. It is anti-human behavior that actively contributes to the corporate sanitization of the internet, forced ID verification laws, criminalization of queer people, and women being stripped of autonomy.
It continues to really bother me how puritanical everyone has gotten.
Showing so much as an ounce of libido is enough for people to call you a gooner. Defending smut in any capacity gets you called a porn addict.
Showing so much as an ounce of libido is enough for people to call you a gooner. Defending smut in any capacity gets you called a porn addict.
August 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
It’s funny how deeply uncomfortable this statement makes me, considering it is 100% true. If you are the same, don’t let your discomfort lead you astray politically. ID verification is a data grab, anti-lewdness laws are weaponized against queer people, and anti-porn policies only make SW unsafe.
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Only ✨ten✨ away from my goal on my novella's one year anniversary! It's been my *slowest* year of sales in *years*, so getting to 100 would be a joy.
Thank you so much to folks giving it a try! I hope you love it!
Now let's see if we can't get ten more sales before midnight 👀
[ #booksky ]
Thank you so much to folks giving it a try! I hope you love it!
Now let's see if we can't get ten more sales before midnight 👀
[ #booksky ]
August 8, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Only ✨ten✨ away from my goal on my novella's one year anniversary! It's been my *slowest* year of sales in *years*, so getting to 100 would be a joy.
Thank you so much to folks giving it a try! I hope you love it!
Now let's see if we can't get ten more sales before midnight 👀
[ #booksky ]
Thank you so much to folks giving it a try! I hope you love it!
Now let's see if we can't get ten more sales before midnight 👀
[ #booksky ]
AMoBaM: Arin learns that sometimes healing from trauma IS the quest.
AMoWaS: Arin must transform themself into a healer, warrior, and champion.
CA: Space is dark, cold, and indifferent. You need a family.
CA sequel WIP: How hard could it be? Passengers, a saboteur, and murder.
AMoWaS: Arin must transform themself into a healer, warrior, and champion.
CA: Space is dark, cold, and indifferent. You need a family.
CA sequel WIP: How hard could it be? Passengers, a saboteur, and murder.
Stealing from hellsite threads. Can you sell us your book in 10 words or less? #writingQ #writingprompt
August 7, 2026 at 5:12 AM
AMoBaM: Arin learns that sometimes healing from trauma IS the quest.
AMoWaS: Arin must transform themself into a healer, warrior, and champion.
CA: Space is dark, cold, and indifferent. You need a family.
CA sequel WIP: How hard could it be? Passengers, a saboteur, and murder.
AMoWaS: Arin must transform themself into a healer, warrior, and champion.
CA: Space is dark, cold, and indifferent. You need a family.
CA sequel WIP: How hard could it be? Passengers, a saboteur, and murder.
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Yeah, Kat Tenbarge was much nicer to Jack Osbourne than I would have been, I would have just told him to go fuck himself. Also, if you're going to accuse a writer or journalist of using "AI" on the basis of em dashes, absolutely positively go fuck yourself.
So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers.
August 2, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Yeah, Kat Tenbarge was much nicer to Jack Osbourne than I would have been, I would have just told him to go fuck himself. Also, if you're going to accuse a writer or journalist of using "AI" on the basis of em dashes, absolutely positively go fuck yourself.
Eelie. I’m a detailed plotter, and they weren’t even on my radar. But when I got halfway through A Memory of Blood and Magic and they just shouldered their way into the narrative, I had to make space for them and re-outline the rest of the scenes in the book…
July 13, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Eelie. I’m a detailed plotter, and they weren’t even on my radar. But when I got halfway through A Memory of Blood and Magic and they just shouldered their way into the narrative, I had to make space for them and re-outline the rest of the scenes in the book…
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the final reckoning between AI hype and reality is upon us.
buckle up.
buckle up.
The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us
The massive chasm between AI hype and reality is finally reaching the breaking point.
karlbode.com
July 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
the final reckoning between AI hype and reality is upon us.
buckle up.
buckle up.
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Cold Comfort: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 – Alyssa
Perfect Days is a thriller by Brazilian author Raphael Montes. I know this because we have a copy in the lodge library, and I read it last month. It’s definitely not an Agatha Christie, which is more my style. It’s creepy as hell, a stalker novel, and…
Perfect Days is a thriller by Brazilian author Raphael Montes. I know this because we have a copy in the lodge library, and I read it last month. It’s definitely not an Agatha Christie, which is more my style. It’s creepy as hell, a stalker novel, and…
Cold Comfort: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 – Alyssa
Perfect Days is a thriller by Brazilian author Raphael Montes. I know this because we have a copy in the lodge library, and I read it last month. It’s definitely not an Agatha Christie, which is more my style. It’s creepy as hell, a stalker novel, and at one point the main character holds his kidnap victim in a cabin, outside of cell service, keeping her captive in all but plain sight.
rebeccafrostwrites.com
July 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Cold Comfort: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 – Alyssa
Perfect Days is a thriller by Brazilian author Raphael Montes. I know this because we have a copy in the lodge library, and I read it last month. It’s definitely not an Agatha Christie, which is more my style. It’s creepy as hell, a stalker novel, and…
Perfect Days is a thriller by Brazilian author Raphael Montes. I know this because we have a copy in the lodge library, and I read it last month. It’s definitely not an Agatha Christie, which is more my style. It’s creepy as hell, a stalker novel, and…