Van Kohl
@vankohl.com
Writer, Reader, & Dreamer. Exploring the profound and the primal through #GayRomance #mmromance #GayErotica. Writing stories of soul and truth, with no small amount of heat.
Looking for a publisher of my debut! 🌊✨
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Looking for a publisher of my debut! 🌊✨
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Van Kohl
@vankohl.com
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On the nature of my writing
Frivolous. A strange word to float in someone's mind while writing a gay romance book.
vankohl.com
Well then, as a "good night world":
My website is live, and within it lies my manifesto.
vankohl.com/on-the-natur...
#GayAuthors #GayRomance #mmromance #QueerLit #writingcommunity #LGBTQ #BookSky #OwnVoice
My website is live, and within it lies my manifesto.
vankohl.com/on-the-natur...
#GayAuthors #GayRomance #mmromance #QueerLit #writingcommunity #LGBTQ #BookSky #OwnVoice
“A victim?! Such a petty word for chronic complainers. A villain? The world is the only villain. Bystander? Perhaps. I’ve played fate’s game for far too long. It’s time I took the reins in my own hands.”
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
#QueerCharChat | September 26, 2026
This question asks how your character views their personal power, their choices, and their responsibility in their life and the world. It can help your character self-reflect or learn accountability for their actions.
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
This question asks how your character views their personal power, their choices, and their responsibility in their life and the world. It can help your character self-reflect or learn accountability for their actions.
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
September 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“A victim?! Such a petty word for chronic complainers. A villain? The world is the only villain. Bystander? Perhaps. I’ve played fate’s game for far too long. It’s time I took the reins in my own hands.”
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
- Five query letters.
- Jotted down a rough plan for a sequel, with dialogue. Scenes for me start with the dialogue. The muse cruelly decides to visit right as I'm about to fall asleep.
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
- Jotted down a rough plan for a sequel, with dialogue. Scenes for me start with the dialogue. The muse cruelly decides to visit right as I'm about to fall asleep.
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
#queerwriters Saturday: Check in Day!
How was your week? Did you accomplish what you set out to do?
Share your progress, encourage, cheer, and support others!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
How was your week? Did you accomplish what you set out to do?
Share your progress, encourage, cheer, and support others!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
September 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
- Five query letters.
- Jotted down a rough plan for a sequel, with dialogue. Scenes for me start with the dialogue. The muse cruelly decides to visit right as I'm about to fall asleep.
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
- Jotted down a rough plan for a sequel, with dialogue. Scenes for me start with the dialogue. The muse cruelly decides to visit right as I'm about to fall asleep.
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
Currently querying, so I'm only teasing right now. Not ready to reveal the title just yet, but if you're curious, head over to my blog.
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#QueerWritersChat
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#QueerWritersChat
September 26, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Currently querying, so I'm only teasing right now. Not ready to reveal the title just yet, but if you're curious, head over to my blog.
vankohl.com
#QueerWritersChat
vankohl.com
#QueerWritersChat
The story takes place at the onset of autumn. The very last day of my characters' weekend in the mountain is marked by the first leaf to drift to the ground. I believe that adds a feeling of earned melancholy.
#QueerWritersChat
#QueerWritersChat
#QueerWritersChat
Question Four:
Are there any season changes in your work?
Thanks for chatting with us! Outros at :45!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
Question Four:
Are there any season changes in your work?
Thanks for chatting with us! Outros at :45!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
September 26, 2026 at 4:34 AM
The story takes place at the onset of autumn. The very last day of my characters' weekend in the mountain is marked by the first leaf to drift to the ground. I believe that adds a feeling of earned melancholy.
#QueerWritersChat
#QueerWritersChat
A bit late to the party, but here goes. I'm Van, 37; I live in the land of Lincoln. Techy in the day and scribbler at night. My current project is about lust and existence.
#QueerWritersChat
#QueerWritersChat
Welcome to #QueerWritersChat!
To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! Save links for the outros, please!
Next question at :15!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! Save links for the outros, please!
Next question at :15!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
September 26, 2026 at 4:28 AM
A bit late to the party, but here goes. I'm Van, 37; I live in the land of Lincoln. Techy in the day and scribbler at night. My current project is about lust and existence.
#QueerWritersChat
#QueerWritersChat
Today marked one year since I lost my Doberman to Wobbler's Disease. Cheers to Leo! #petmemorial #dogsofbluesky #doglove
September 26, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Today marked one year since I lost my Doberman to Wobbler's Disease. Cheers to Leo! #petmemorial #dogsofbluesky #doglove
We spend decades perfecting the mask of respectability. But what happens when the person in the mirror finally stops pretending? 🎭
#QueerLit #GayRomance #GayErotica #WritingCommunity #Identity #LGBTQ
#QueerLit #GayRomance #GayErotica #WritingCommunity #Identity #LGBTQ
September 26, 2026 at 4:05 AM
We spend decades perfecting the mask of respectability. But what happens when the person in the mirror finally stops pretending? 🎭
#QueerLit #GayRomance #GayErotica #WritingCommunity #Identity #LGBTQ
#QueerLit #GayRomance #GayErotica #WritingCommunity #Identity #LGBTQ
Is that all, then? To wither and to wilt
Like a bud against the coming chill of winter,
A piece of life slowly drifting to the dirt,
In the blink of an eye, into the nothingness of gravity
P.S. This is the midlife crisis talking, or the wine.
#poetryprompt #mpprompt
Like a bud against the coming chill of winter,
A piece of life slowly drifting to the dirt,
In the blink of an eye, into the nothingness of gravity
P.S. This is the midlife crisis talking, or the wine.
#poetryprompt #mpprompt
Today’s #poetryprompt:
Every leaf inevitably comes to the ground. Write me a poem about eventual gravity.
#MPPrompt
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Every leaf inevitably comes to the ground. Write me a poem about eventual gravity.
#MPPrompt
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Follow for daily prompts
September 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Is that all, then? To wither and to wilt
Like a bud against the coming chill of winter,
A piece of life slowly drifting to the dirt,
In the blink of an eye, into the nothingness of gravity
P.S. This is the midlife crisis talking, or the wine.
#poetryprompt #mpprompt
Like a bud against the coming chill of winter,
A piece of life slowly drifting to the dirt,
In the blink of an eye, into the nothingness of gravity
P.S. This is the midlife crisis talking, or the wine.
#poetryprompt #mpprompt
September 26, 2026 at 2:08 AM
What if you could clone yourself—not just in flesh, but in consciousness? A complete biological and emotional copy. A single soul split into two bodies.
#WritingPrompt #mmromance #gayerotica #ownvoice
#WritingPrompt #mmromance #gayerotica #ownvoice
Share the elevator pitch for your book/wip! #WritingPrompt
September 25, 2026 at 7:42 PM
What if you could clone yourself—not just in flesh, but in consciousness? A complete biological and emotional copy. A single soul split into two bodies.
#WritingPrompt #mmromance #gayerotica #ownvoice
#WritingPrompt #mmromance #gayerotica #ownvoice
Ben is a nature guy. He likes hiking across mountain paths when the canopies turn amber and crimson. He also enjoys taking naughty detours on the way to the peak 😉
#AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #GayAuthors
#AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #GayAuthors
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
Well, it is officially fall where I am now! 🍂
So, what do you think your character's favorite fall activity would be?
Apple picking? Leaf walk? Hot cider by the fire? Haunted house?
Cozy, spooky, or other?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Well, it is officially fall where I am now! 🍂
So, what do you think your character's favorite fall activity would be?
Apple picking? Leaf walk? Hot cider by the fire? Haunted house?
Cozy, spooky, or other?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 25, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Ben is a nature guy. He likes hiking across mountain paths when the canopies turn amber and crimson. He also enjoys taking naughty detours on the way to the peak 😉
#AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #GayAuthors
#AwesomeCharacters #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #GayAuthors
Reposted by Van Kohl
Every time that you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.
September 24, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Every time that you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.
There is a specific, primal scent—the salt and musk of a shared origin. A scent that doesn't just invite desire, but commands it. 🫦
#GayErotica #SmutSky #MMRomance #QueerLit #GayBooks
#GayErotica #SmutSky #MMRomance #QueerLit #GayBooks
September 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
There is a specific, primal scent—the salt and musk of a shared origin. A scent that doesn't just invite desire, but commands it. 🫦
#GayErotica #SmutSky #MMRomance #QueerLit #GayBooks
#GayErotica #SmutSky #MMRomance #QueerLit #GayBooks
As Ben told it:
"No amount of sleep is enough unless I have my other half wrapped in my arms, his head resting against my shoulder, his breath bristling through my hair, his heart beating into mine."
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
"No amount of sleep is enough unless I have my other half wrapped in my arms, his head resting against my shoulder, his breath bristling through my hair, his heart beating into mine."
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
#QueerCharChat | September 24, 2026
This question is a humorous joke that uses extreme exaggeration to describe how irritable and exhausted your character feels after a bad night of sleep. How do they handle feeling tired and irritable with the people around them?
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
This question is a humorous joke that uses extreme exaggeration to describe how irritable and exhausted your character feels after a bad night of sleep. How do they handle feeling tired and irritable with the people around them?
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
September 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
As Ben told it:
"No amount of sleep is enough unless I have my other half wrapped in my arms, his head resting against my shoulder, his breath bristling through my hair, his heart beating into mine."
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
"No amount of sleep is enough unless I have my other half wrapped in my arms, his head resting against my shoulder, his breath bristling through my hair, his heart beating into mine."
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
What if you could clone your soul? Not just your face, but your hunger, your secrets, and your very essence. Would you be your own greatest lover, or your deepest rival? 🌓
#MMRomance #QueerLit #WritingCommunity #Identity #GayAuthors
#MMRomance #QueerLit #WritingCommunity #Identity #GayAuthors
September 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
What if you could clone your soul? Not just your face, but your hunger, your secrets, and your very essence. Would you be your own greatest lover, or your deepest rival? 🌓
#MMRomance #QueerLit #WritingCommunity #Identity #GayAuthors
#MMRomance #QueerLit #WritingCommunity #Identity #GayAuthors
September 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
#QueerCharChat
Ben owes the greatest apology to himself for living behind a mask for twenty years, of being fractured.
Ben owes the greatest apology to himself for living behind a mask for twenty years, of being fractured.
#QueerCharChat | September 22, 2026
This question is helps your character learn if they are able to accept responsibility for something they did that hurt another. It can help them identify if perhaps pride, fear of rejection, or shame stops them from apologizing.
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
This question is helps your character learn if they are able to accept responsibility for something they did that hurt another. It can help them identify if perhaps pride, fear of rejection, or shame stops them from apologizing.
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
September 22, 2026 at 4:27 PM
#QueerCharChat
Ben owes the greatest apology to himself for living behind a mask for twenty years, of being fractured.
Ben owes the greatest apology to himself for living behind a mask for twenty years, of being fractured.
Well then, as a "good night world":
My website is live, and within it lies my manifesto.
vankohl.com/on-the-natur...
#GayAuthors #GayRomance #mmromance #QueerLit #writingcommunity #LGBTQ #BookSky #OwnVoice
My website is live, and within it lies my manifesto.
vankohl.com/on-the-natur...
#GayAuthors #GayRomance #mmromance #QueerLit #writingcommunity #LGBTQ #BookSky #OwnVoice
On the nature of my writing
Frivolous. A strange word to float in someone's mind while writing a gay romance book.
vankohl.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Well then, as a "good night world":
My website is live, and within it lies my manifesto.
vankohl.com/on-the-natur...
#GayAuthors #GayRomance #mmromance #QueerLit #writingcommunity #LGBTQ #BookSky #OwnVoice
My website is live, and within it lies my manifesto.
vankohl.com/on-the-natur...
#GayAuthors #GayRomance #mmromance #QueerLit #writingcommunity #LGBTQ #BookSky #OwnVoice
#AwesomeCharacters
My narrator is textbook Midwest-polite, so much so that when talked to by a stranger, he loathes that quality of himself. "So common. So predictable," he remarks in his own head.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
My narrator is textbook Midwest-polite, so much so that when talked to by a stranger, he loathes that quality of himself. "So common. So predictable," he remarks in his own head.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
What kind of first impression does your character make?
When they meet and interact with a stranger, how does that person come away thinking about them?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What kind of first impression does your character make?
When they meet and interact with a stranger, how does that person come away thinking about them?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 22, 2026 at 12:20 AM
#AwesomeCharacters
My narrator is textbook Midwest-polite, so much so that when talked to by a stranger, he loathes that quality of himself. "So common. So predictable," he remarks in his own head.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
My narrator is textbook Midwest-polite, so much so that when talked to by a stranger, he loathes that quality of himself. "So common. So predictable," he remarks in his own head.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
“Look at me, Ben!”
He stood there, staring blankly into the pan.
“Twenty years of you in the room and not in my life.”
He locked eyes with me and finally permitted himself to speak aloud the truth:
“I was pathetic! I was nothing without you! OK?!”
“Look at me, Ben!”
He stood there, staring blankly into the pan.
“Twenty years of you in the room and not in my life.”
He locked eyes with me and finally permitted himself to speak aloud the truth:
“I was pathetic! I was nothing without you! OK?!”
#QueerCharChat | September 21, 2026
This question is helps your character learn their if they can take accountability for their actions, regulate emotional control, use problem-solving skills, and/or have the ability to either learn from the mistake or not.
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
This question is helps your character learn their if they can take accountability for their actions, regulate emotional control, use problem-solving skills, and/or have the ability to either learn from the mistake or not.
#WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
September 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM
#QueerCharChat #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting
“Look at me, Ben!”
He stood there, staring blankly into the pan.
“Twenty years of you in the room and not in my life.”
He locked eyes with me and finally permitted himself to speak aloud the truth:
“I was pathetic! I was nothing without you! OK?!”
“Look at me, Ben!”
He stood there, staring blankly into the pan.
“Twenty years of you in the room and not in my life.”
He locked eyes with me and finally permitted himself to speak aloud the truth:
“I was pathetic! I was nothing without you! OK?!”
Great way to start the week: the first rejection email found its way into my inbox this morning. I'll be preparing and sending more query letters.
Wishing everyone an awesome week!
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
Wishing everyone an awesome week!
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
#queerwriters Monday: Goals Day!
What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
September 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Great way to start the week: the first rejection email found its way into my inbox this morning. I'll be preparing and sending more query letters.
Wishing everyone an awesome week!
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
Wishing everyone an awesome week!
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
Reposted by Van Kohl
A new starter pack for #ownvoice gay male authors! Please spread it around. Various genres & reams of amazing stories to discover from some awesomely lovely guys!
(and yes, the list does include trans gay men 🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️)
#gaybooks #booksky #queerbooks #gaywriters #LGBwiththeT
go.bsky.app/PhEAgJJ
(and yes, the list does include trans gay men 🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️)
#gaybooks #booksky #queerbooks #gaywriters #LGBwiththeT
go.bsky.app/PhEAgJJ
Gay Male Own Voices Authors
Join the conversation
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February 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A new starter pack for #ownvoice gay male authors! Please spread it around. Various genres & reams of amazing stories to discover from some awesomely lovely guys!
(and yes, the list does include trans gay men 🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️)
#gaybooks #booksky #queerbooks #gaywriters #LGBwiththeT
go.bsky.app/PhEAgJJ
(and yes, the list does include trans gay men 🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️)
#gaybooks #booksky #queerbooks #gaywriters #LGBwiththeT
go.bsky.app/PhEAgJJ
#QueerPrompts September 21: World Gratitude Day / International Day of Peace: Do your character(s) long for peace or adventure?
September 21, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Reposted by Van Kohl
Some stories entertain you. Others quietly shift how you look at the world for a long time after.
#booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover
#booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover
September 20, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Some stories entertain you. Others quietly shift how you look at the world for a long time after.
#booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover
#booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover
Line share day.
Source: Coming soon! Follow for updates.
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters #mmromance
Source: Coming soon! Follow for updates.
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters #mmromance
September 20, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Line share day.
Source: Coming soon! Follow for updates.
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters #mmromance
Source: Coming soon! Follow for updates.
#queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters #mmromance