on โfreydรญsโ
tldr: we didnโt know! i am feeling a lot! support actual bipoc indie authors but donโt go to them demanding answers!
โfreydรญsโโs presence will be removed from my books whenever i have the time/funds to do so, and i will no longer have any association with them.
being a femme lesbian with a butch wife is coming home to see that he made me a claw clip holder that matches our bathroom aesthetic bc โthey were all over the counterโ
the fact that vocally anti-genocide authors are getting โmysteriouslyโ disqualified from life changing awards meanwhile the zionists ruining their careers are celebrating, their reputations basically unblemished, is absolutely fucked
ITS OFFICIAL: Iโm self-publishing!! JUNKER SEVEN, my sci-fi romance about autistic trans hope and finding the one person who makes you feel like you can change the galaxy, is coming outโฆ
โญ๏ธ JUNE 13, 2023 โญ๏ธ
hi lesbians :) if you like this tweet i have a lesbian book out about trans rage and also kissing
also my wife is cool and good at art
@corelliansunset
(and corelliansunsets on ig)
naming a fictional cat is harder than naming a character because you have to consider what the character would name the cat and then it becomes a character development question when really you just thought it would be nice if they had a cat
so what do you do if youโre most of the way through writing a book and then realize suddenly that it isnโt working and you essentially need to start over from scratch. asking for a friend
does anyone have recs for fantasy where individual magic use has severe consequence?
not like โweโve used all the magic now the world is dyingโ, more like โyour magic draws from your life force and now You are dying because of itโ
leaving disney tonight i saw two girls on a high school trip walking really close together in the dark with the backs of their hands pressed together and as soon as we got into the light they smiled at each other and stepped a little further away. queer love is everywhere
just wait, s&s are gonna delete their thread and claim itโs to protect kaylaโs privacy & remove her full name/email address even though as queer people on the internet they almost certainly thought about the repercussions of posting her info in the first place
itโs frankly insane to accuse someone of racefaking for, uh, writing under a pseudonym. and not posting their face. accusing someone of catfishing because they value their privacy is a new one
If this is true, your girl Grace Safford is working on a comedic MG graphic novel script featuring a very grumpy witch, a tiny little guinea pig, and a stubborn old tree. ๐ฑโจ It's cozy, it's silly, and the ending will make you want to hug your best friend. โจ๐ฑ
i considered this person a relatively close friend and a mentor in the indie space and i am honestly struggling a lot right now. i dont know when ill be back, but im going to try really hard to stay off social media rn for my own sake. i feel gross and betrayed.
youโve heard of romantasy, the hit new genre sweeping the market, but what about romance-fi.
romancience fiction.
sci-mance.
iโm still workshopping ok
HEY! WRITERS! Show me your finest moodboards, your freshest aesthetics, your juiciest vision boardsโ anything youโve made visualizing your wip, give it to me ๐ซต
i read a book by one of my friends a while ago and sometimes iโm still blown away by what a masterclass it was in pacing, foreshadowing, and character development to the point where i wish i could direct everyone to it when they ask me for tips on writing
๐ JUNKER SEVEN IS OUT! ๐
My love letter to the trans community, lesbians, Star Wars, rebellion, and change is now available โจ
This is a dream come true. I hope you all love it as much as I do. ๐ช
my book signing went well!! I sold a few copies, got to chat with some cool people, and saw a lot of my friends!! Thank you to everyone who came out โค๏ธ
๐ชCOVER REVEAL ๐ช
I'm ECSTATIC to bring you guys the final cover for JUNKER SEVEN, coming June 13, 2023 ๐ I'm so grateful for the chance to put my disabled, trans lesbian protagonist front and center on my sci-fi romance coverโ peep the little Juno in the back, too! ๐
Itโs been almost a week since my debut novel JUNKER SEVEN was released into the world, and Iโm so so grateful for all the love my trans, queer book has been shown.
One of my favorite, most hopeful scenes in the novel is in chapter 10โ the Dearing mural. ๐งต
art by
@CALICOTURE
โจ
Another incredible blurb to share todayโ Andrew Joseph White, author of HELL FOLLOWED WITH US and upcoming THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH shares what I believe to be the heart of JUNKER SEVEN: queer rebellion. ๐ค๐ช๐
JUNKER SEVEN is out in less than two weeks!! Pre-order now! โจ
never get between a lesbian and their fictional man. even more so if theyโre a writer, because they hand crafted that man to be especially appealing to other dykes
JUNKER SEVEN
๐ช sci-fi lesbian romance
โ๏ธ intergalactic road trip
โญ๏ธ non-binary lead, trans love interest
๐ less โscienceโ, more โfictionโ
comes out JUNE 13!!!! ๐
#WIPFeast
ICYMIโ iโm making a crochet tote bag with each square based on a different indie book! Iโve done 4 so far and 2 of the videos are up now, follow me on IG or โฐ app (same @ on both) if you want to see the rest of this project!!
books in next tweet ๐ซถ
โ๏ธ AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT โ๏ธ
a cozy, high heat m/m contemporary romance novella about mental health, the call of the sea, and finding the right person at the right time.
coming OCTOBER 31, 2023 ๐ฏ๏ธin paperback and ebook ๐ค
seeing more people speak up about how cardigan treated them is just making the situation even more horrifying. so not only were they a racist, ableist, misogynistic bully, but also a sexu
@l
predator, gro0mer, and r
@pist
.
in a world where magic follows the laws of physics, a ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ man obsessed with death reunites with his ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ rival from university ten years after they last saw each other
& bones arenโt the only things theyโre digging upโฆ๐๐๐ฟ๐ชฆ๐๏ธ
#pitlight
When the cast of teen drama Better Off Dead find out that the producersโ solution to dropping viewer numbers is to bait a ๐ relationship thatโll never come, they take matters into their own hands.
What Dean Wilbur doesnโt expect, however, is to fall in love ๐
#pitlight
not to mention that the only people seeing consequence for speaking up in either direction are authors of color. white authors just keep on succeeding with the backing of the industry professionals around them ๐
hello new followers! in case you didnโt know, i have a book out! itโs my first one, and itโs a sci-fi lesbian romance about standing up for what you believe in and queer passion ๐ it would mean a lot to me if you checked it out!!
I am SO happy to reveal the cover for my upcoming novella, AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT ๐ซ
Illustrated by
@corelliansunset
, it embodies every cozy vibe and hopeful sunrise I wanted it to. Ebook pre-orders are up now, paperback to come soon!!
When a non-binary, apathetic smuggler is approached with a job offer they can't refuse, they find themself in a whirlwind adventure across the galaxy with a wanted transgender activist whose charms are impossible to resist.
#QIAPit
#NA
#R
#SF
JUNKER SEVEN, out June 13, 2023 ๐ช
ALIEN x HORIZON ZERO DAWN
When a desperate junker attempts to loot a decade-old ship crash considered โcursedโ, he finds shredded bodies, mysterious destruction, and has only voice memos and journal entries left behind to help him understand what happened to the crew.
#pitlight
today was my one year anniversary married to the love of my life โค๏ธ we got matching-ish friday the 13th flash tattoos and ate burgers at the great sand dunes national park ๐ซถ
thank yโall for all the support today and always
AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT โ my quiet, short MM romance about healing, peace, and the sea โ is OUT NOW!๐ซ
I hope this story means as much to yโall reading it as it did to me writing it.
hello new followers! in case you didnโt know, i have a book out! itโs my first one, and itโs a sci-fi lesbian romance about standing up for what you believe in and queer passion ๐ it would mean a lot to me if you checked it out!!
what if we were obsessed with each other intellectually and we were both boys (30 y/o men)
๐ฏ๏ธlabru/drarry/aziracrow vibes
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ trans inclusive magic school
๐๏ธ academic rivals -> professors in love
๐ชฆ death magic & facing mortality
โyou came back.โ
โyou did too.โ
#questpit
SURPRISE!!! Junker Seven is getting a Rainbow Crate exclusive hardcover edition!!! yโall are going to be blown away by the art and hard caseโ i know I am. Working with the Rainbow Crate team has been a truly dream come true experience and I canโt wait for yโall to see it ๐ช๐
๐ Our backlist spotlight is the romantic, perfectly-timed sci-fi epic, Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley! This fully custom special edition comes with a redesigned dust jacket, end pages, foiled hard case, stenciled edges, and signed art bookplates!
If youโre looking for something to read this pride, might I suggest my sapphic sci-fi romance written in direct opposition to the anti-trans laws being passed in the United States right now?
Itโs got lesbians in it ๐ซฃ๐
hi
#WritersOfTwitter
!!! im Olive/Ollie and iโm a nonbinary lesbian who writes about gay freaks doing gay things (often in space)
i have 2 books out and my next one comes out at the end of february!!
pic is old but itโs me seeing my debut in a bookstore for the first time :)
can we bring back
#WritersOfTwitter
again? i would love to meet some new writer friends (& hype up the ones iโm lucky to know already) so go ahead and (re)introduce yourself! ๐๐
Happy pride from Castor (transmasc non-binary lesbian) and Juno (lesbian trans girl) AND ALSO Mars (gay trans guy) and Bash (gay) from the JUNKER SEVEN universe ๐
Cas & Juno are from the Twin Suns duology!
Mars & Bash are the protagonists of D3, the novella set between books!
happy pride month ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐ of youโre a queer writer, I beg of you, show me your queer characters ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐ ARC SIGNUPS ARE LIVE ๐
Itโs time to apply for advanced reader copies for my lesbian sci-fi road trip romance about rebellion and hope ๐
The form is in the carrd link in my bio! JUNKER SEVEN ARCs will be sent out in April ๐ช
did someone say 2022 word count statistics?
i wrote 215k (!!) this year and finished 1 entire book, revised it, and overall came out a much stronger writer than i started out as
Introducing my NaNoWriMo 2022 wip: ๐ฅ!
Nowhere, NV is home to 20-odd survivors of the zombie apocalypse, and Sidney is the newest to adopt the water tower in the middle of the Mojave as her home-- But first, she has to prove her worth.
#camphallowcon
#NaNoWriMo
do this challenge with me, posting and liking both ๐
QRT w/ your book aesthetic & for every like you get, comment w/ one reason you love your WIP. A theme, scene, character, detail, fun fact, line โฅ๏ธ
and check this to prompt other ppl to love their work too
WELL. I started this book on June 15th and now, just under two months later on August 14th, I finished the first draft. It came out to 83,442 words and I can't WAIT to dive into revision to make this book everything I know it can be ๐ช
JUNKER SEVEN, draft 1: COMPLETE โญ๏ธ
You mean to tell me that this protagonist is going to spend 400+ pages detailing abuse and oppression in the worldโs system, but when the villain suggests, idk, burning it down, the protag goes โnah, thatโd make me as bad as them. we better keep itโ?
for transparencyโs sake: my profile picture is me, my legal/deadname isnโt olive j kelley but if you saw my legal name itโs similar enough that youโd recognize it. my only other pen name is
@loubirde
and iโve barely used it, i just wanted a separated outlet for erotica.
โจ A wanted transgender revolutionary and the pessimist tasked with transporting her across the galaxy โจ
๐ซ autistic protagonist
๐ช sapphic - they/them butch & she/her trans femme
โญ๏ธ road trip vibes
โ๏ธ the beginning of a duology
available NOW at
iโm just saying that the best part of being an author imo is supporting and uplifting my friends and peers. being a part of this community is one of the best things that has happened to me and i would never throw that away
I heard we were doing trope arrow graphics again? Hereโs one I made for AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT, my upcoming romance novella about a man who buys a lighthouse and the fisherman who falls for him ๐ค
are you looking forโฆ
โจ fanfic energy
๐ฏ๏ธ 80% romance, 20% plot
๐ซ lots of spice
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ just vibes
๐ capitalizing on a fad (romance)
you should preorder AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT, my cozy erotic romance novella coming out October 31st ๐คญ
Someone is killing heroes & Lane Gutierrez is determined to find out who.
She doesnโt expect to meet Danny, a quiet, disabled bookseller with a nightlife as a violent vigilante, let alone fall for her despite the growing evidence that Danny is the killer.
#pitlight
#A
#R
So incredible news, JUNKER SEVEN is a finalist in two categories for the Indie Ink Awards!!
Thank you a thousand times to everyone who voted and wish me luck in the finals!!
๐ฉธโจD3F3CT IS OUT NOW! โจ๐ฉธ
the second installment in my accessible political sci-fi series is out today! this book fought me every step of the way but iโm thrilled with how it came out, and i hope yall love it, bash, mars, and lily too.
๐:
I hear we're doing tropes? ๐
I also wanted an excuse to debut my character art from
@kasphacked
of Castor & Juno, the leads of my
#amquerying
novel, JUNKER SEVEN ๐ช
Hi
#TransBooks365
!! Iโm Ollie and iโm a non-binary indie authorโ my debut sci-fi novel JUNKER SEVEN comes out June 13!!
J7 stars a non-binary lesbian lead and trans lesbian love interest and is, at its core, a story about trans love and hope ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโค๏ธ
i donโt have anything to say about all of this (right now) but making fake accounts to 1 star books is a plague on goodreadsโ iโm barely known as an author at all and thereโs an account that just 1 stars my books and thatโs it. i canโt imagine being the person behind the curtain
also while iโm here if you want books with 80% romance and 20% plot you should check out mine :) romance is good actually and saying that books with significant romance subplots/plotlines are somehow lesser is reductive to how difficult it is to write a compelling romance
i feel like a lot of us associate colors with our wips? at least i know i super do
junker seven is green, my novella wip is grey, โณ wip is pale blue and the j7 sequel (๐๐) is yellow/orange.
what colors are your wips?
EYETOOTH x IRON LUNG
RUBY has been preparing for this expeditionโ and her secret experimentsโ her whole life, and ELLE is the perfect companion & test subject.
Going down into the depths is easy.
Itโs coming back up thatโs hard.
#pitlight
โญ๏ธ PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGN โญ๏ธ
If you fill out the form in my bio or at & attach your receipt, Iโll send you some free goodies as a thank you!
โจ Mini art print by
@heavenlyystar
โจ Pollux sticker
โจ Holo Juno sticker
โจ Signed bookplate
Thank you guys for all the love youโve shown me and my book today ๐ I never expected this much of a response and Iโm infinitely grateful for every single one of you!!!
Plus, guess what!! We cracked the top 100 in the trans romance category on amazon!!!
my evil horrible friends sent me extremely beautiful flowers and made me cry on my book birthday >:( how dare they make me feel loved and appreciated on the day of my debutโs release >:(
(i love you guys so much ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ)
Six months after the events of JUNKER SEVENโฆ The revolution isnโt over yet ๐๐ช
REBEL RISING: book two of the Twin Suns Duology
coming SUMMER 2024
if anyone is unfamiliar, CHG has been doing cruel things like this, deactivating, and reappearing angrier and meaner with โbe kindโ in their bio since mid 2022
whisper networks have known and have had them blacklisted for months if not years. hereโs a big reason why
@NerdyPam
is Cardigan Hollis Gray the kind of bully you would like to represent marginalized authors at your agency? ๐งต
#amquerying
#amwriting
TW bullying, biphobia, bestiality