Kris Arden

I love this! And so happy for you!!

My first piece of short-form creative writing is published!

Loved being able to revisit a little moment of my life in the five minutes, 100 words format.

Perfect, that's reassuring, thank you!

the novel they are actively trying to help, but failing due to mental health, which could be construed as passive. Would this be a flavour of active that works for you? & in general, do you have suggestions for how to frame this sort of character so agents won't immediately ding it for passivity?

Hi Carly! I LOVE your quote that MCs "can be weak-willed while still being active characters that attempt to make decisions." My vampire MC is depressed and recovering from trauma, & their arc is about learning to engage in the world again & connect with loved ones. This means a fair chunk of 1/2

Thanks Madelyn! I have two questions:
(1) vampires: would a depressed pacifist vampire who is genderfluid, aroace, & obsessed with butterflies be a hard sell?
(2) I write dark themes (eg trauma recovery) mixed with playful humour, love and hope - would this fit your interest in fun, or too dark?

Thanks! Completely understand. I'll aim to cut it a bit further before submitting

I might be too late to ask so no worries if so, but my adult fantasy is a little chunky (119k). Would that be an auto-reject?

What a majestic floof! A queen, absolutely purrfect

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Loved this story so much. Epistolary + weird cozy horror is my jam, thanks @breewernicke.bsky.social!

Bureau of Prisons: February 19, 2026 PURPOSE AND SCOPE To establish professional guidelines for the mental health evaluation and treatment of inmates meeting the diagnostic criteria for Gender Dysphoria (GD) to assist their progress toward recovery, while reducing or eliminating the frequency and severity of symptoms and associated negative outcomes.

This week it was uncovered that the Trump regime is trying to "cure" trans prisoners of being transgender, while doing everything they can - from labeling our mere existence as explicit to stripping us of our legal documents - to ensure we *all* end up imprisoned in their ever-growing camps.

MC: depressed pacifist vampire
Antag: beloved bloodthirsty sister
Bonus Villain: manipulate mansplain manslaughter

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I feel like midlist SFF is both vitally important and uniquely threatened right now because the midlist is where you find most of the queer, PoC, and otherwise marginalized authors. As well as a lot of really exciting books trying new things! Stuff that's not a "safe bet" but often a great read

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H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

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Aw thank you and same to you!

Ah yep, but if you finished 15 days early there’s so much time for revisions!

Woohoo, congrats!! I’m astonished at how quickly you write and it’s great you have so much time for revisions!

Haha yes Prom is so done

CARELESS WHISPERS ROMANTIC SUSPENSE 97K WORDS 2 photos of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and a small moodboard entitled The Vibes. Dialogue: 'She went under, literally, like a stone. Those seconds were the worst of my life.' Olympia meets Listy's eyes. 'But something inside me was saying, don't let her come up, don't let her come up. She's been drinking, they'll think it was an accident.’

𝒅𝒖 𝑴𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑹𝑬𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑪𝑨 𝒙 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒙'𝒔 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑷𝑳𝑬

They're like family to her, but when a death begins looking like murder, a PR exec must decide how far she'll go to protect them. They all have a motive. Especially the man she's in love with. The dead woman's husband.

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Thank you!! I was like, the thing that will give me most joy is writing as my characters, so let’s do that

Aw thank you from owl to owl! I had a lot of fun being silly with this

The Cold War x Time Travel

When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK's role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed.

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