K.A. Doore

@kadoore
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sff author, shouter of queer books, she/they
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K.A. DooreDec 30, 2022
C. L. PolkDec 30, 2022

Autostraddle said terribly kind things about Even Though I Knew The End in their list of Best Queer Books of the year

There are 96 books on the list.
NINETY-SIX! Queer literary abundance is ours!

https://www.autostraddle.com/92-of-the-best-queer-books-of-2022/

92 of the Best Queer Books of 2022

Almost every category in this 2022 best of list was very competitive.

Autostraddle
K.A. DooreDec 30, 2022
Show threadDarusha WehmDec 29, 2022

@kadoore Coming in January 2023, Hamlet, Prince of Robots. Most of the cast is queer, in particular Hamlet (an android) and Horatio are partners.

https://darusha.ca/book/hamlet-prince-of-robots/

Hamlet, Prince of Robots - M. Darusha Wehm

A beat-by-beat retelling, Hamlet, Prince of Robots grapples with conscience, ambition, and pain, and what it means to be, or not to be, human.

M. Darusha Wehm
K.A. DooreDec 29, 2022
Scene:
Me, at 5am: Ok where was I in this WIP? Let's backtrack and make notes and then create a branching possibility tree for the narrative so I can figure out what comes next.
Child, at 6am: *interrupts*
Day: *whirlwinds*
Me, next day at 5am: Ok, where was I in this WIP? ...
repeat ad infinitem
K.A. DooreDec 29, 2022
Melissa CarusoDec 29, 2022
I read 24 books this year and I really enjoyed all of them! (The pic includes only ones I have print copies for. I'm going to try to do a rec thread with all of them...bear with me, haven't done a thread on Mastodon before.) It was a great year for reading for me!
Show threadK.A. DooreDec 29, 2022
@mikechenwriter Every time I visit, it's even jankier.
K.A. DooreDec 28, 2022
Catherynne M. ValenteDec 28, 2022
Hey if you are an SFF writer or we know each other from other things and are on her plz speak up I haven’t figured out how to find people yet?
Show threadK.A. DooreDec 28, 2022
@catvalente I think mostly you put out a cup of coffee and hope it attracts writers
Show threadK.A. DooreDec 28, 2022
The unexpected consequence, tho, is that I've actually been reading more.
Something about the physicality of a book waiting for me on my nightstand, that I can carry around as the kids migrate through the house, that I can keep on my lap even if I'm not actively reading --
Ebooks have their place but it's not that.
K.A. DooreDec 28, 2022

After switching entirely to ebooks for a solid 5+ years, I started intentionally picking up physical books in November.

Ebooks are convenient and easy but I realized, even when I was reading, what my kids saw was their parent on their phone.

K.A. DooreDec 27, 2022
Show threadIshtar (Antiprotons)❤️🧡🤍🩷💜Dec 27, 2022

@kadoore I have five. 3 are re-releases, and two are 1st rel.

All of them feature LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent characters as their protagonists. One is a romance set in ancient Minoan Crete. The other four are a series set in early Western European Neolithic (5500BCE).

I don't have my release dates yet, but it'll be throughout the year. I'm waiting on technical stuff for 4 of them and finishing up the 5th.