If you want to celebrate a special person or event, or collaborate professionally with me as a poet, please reach out. I’ve published two poetry collections and have appeared in several literary publications. Learn more here: tendingverses.com #Poetry #Commissions

Made this for my date.

Written on Insomnia: In History The little words Spread into fires Alight or consume Be the stead flame The guide Through the storm That hits in the night Brings a warm darkness Split by crackling light Be the strong shelter #Poetry #HistoricalMoment

I’m offering sliding scale poetry commissions through my Ko-fi—$5 and up. A poetry commission is a lovely way to celebrate an event or person in your life. I’ve been writing poetry for 11 years and have two poetry books out. #WritingCommunity #Poetry #PoetryCommunity ko-fi.com/tendingverse...

Writing this too late. Being honest: I am dependent on my family because of my disabilities, and I am worried about the future. What does it mean if my support system disappears or falls through? I don’t qualify for disability, but I don’t make enough to support myself. #disability

It’s been so hard to post anything lately. I’ve been so exhausted and depressed. Every time I look at this wounded world, I want to roll up and holler. Not a new feeling, the world hasn’t changed much. Today, I experienced some sparks of joy. I chatted with a friend and wrote.

5 books to get to know me by: 1. A Wrinkle in Time 2. The Thirty Names of Night 3. The Luis Ortega Survival Club 4. From the Yellow House and On 5. A Rare Find Disclaimer: These are books that I’ve written, loved, and/or fund pieces of myself in. #4 is my poetry memoir.

Join me for my first public reading of Poems I Shouldn’t Write at One More Page Bookstore’s Local Poet Salon (Arlington, VA). Details at the link. #ArlingtonVA #DMVarea #PoetryCommunity #PoetryCollection #PoetryReaders #Booksky

I have two pieces in this fundraising anthology (“Queer Rage: An Anthology”). Consider purchasing to help support a queer disabled Chinese person who has been criminalized and fined into debt. www.lulu.com/shop/m-ohara... #Booksky #WritingCommunity #MutualAid #Anthology #QueerWriters

Just in case folks aren’t aware of the federal book ban effort, I’m sharing this. #Booksky #Congress #BookBans

Read my mini flash essay on Wrizzit.

Fill in some TRR26 bingo boxes with my books. Purchase links in the bio. If cost is an issue, feel free to download a PDF pay-what-you-can copy from my Ko-fi. #Booksky #WritingCommunity #Reading #TRR26 #TransRightsReadathon #IndieAuthor

The Trans Rights Readathon runs March 17th-31th. I’ll be participating as a reader and an author. Join me in reading trans books and contributing to trans organizations in your area. Learn more here: transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/

Always forgetting the tags 🤦🏾‍♂️ #Booksky #WIP #WritingCommunity #Fiction #LGBT #Dystopian #Sci-Fi

Check out the first scene of my WIP on Wrizzit: www.wrizzit.com/post/box-cit...

A little late to the party. But here’s my #agentsguide for my sapphic vampire novel! ❤️ Vampire marriage bonds 🖤Dark secrets Femmine rage 🖕🏾Black/African rage Ancestral Magic ❤️Narrative that spans 200 years 💔Forgotten memories 🖤Ride or die love #WSPit #Q #A #F #H

Niran is a priest of the duality. He also has the unfortunate scholarly obsession with a certain very heretical prophecy foretelling the death of his own gods. He’s a bit conflicted—and highly aware that he’s one accusation away from being executed for blasphemy. #WSPit #W #A #F #LGBT

#WSPit #Q #NA #LGBT The Hand You're Dealt is speculative, steampunk, & sapphic. It has found family and fabulous friendship. There are heists and heirs, moral greyness and actual greyness of smog and the North of England. #writing #writingcommunity

MANIFEST x INDRU NETRU NAALAI Introducing my time-travel WIP - "BID TIME A GOODBYE" ⏳ Butterfly Effect ⏳ Time Masters ⏳ Everything is Connected ⏳ Twin Flame Love ⏳ Feminist Heroine ⏳ Chekhov's Gun #WSPit #W #A #SF #R #TT #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

WREN MARTIN RUINS IT ALL x THE SOUND OF STARS 🏳️‍🌈 pan MC, trans LI, ace BFF 🎭 teens stream their own show 🎶 music connects us all ✨ space opera, but MC's terrified of stars 🧑🏾‍🔧 competent MC (usually) 😍 Romeo's got no game 🕵🏾 search for saboteur 👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏻 crush-to-friends/found family #WSPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT

Box City (WIP) “…once alive with the color of flora you could never imagine; now there is only monotony.” “Many have forgotten the truth of The Destroyers, but The Seed Keepers hold the memories of history and are the key to ending The Destroyers’ rule.” #WSPit #W #A #SF #R #BIPOC #LGBT #Dis #ND

Box City (WIP) 🪴Eco-Punk 🥀 Ecological Destruction 🥀 Authoritarian Regime 🥀 Plutocracy 🥀 Technological Proliferation 💞 Found Family 💞 Friends to Lovers 💞 Polyam Rep ♠️ Ace Rep 💞 Rebels With a Cause #WSpit #W #A #SF #R #BIPOC #LGBT #Dis #ND

A grieving girl and a duty-bound shinobi are drawn into a generational mystery rooted in the divide between human and spirit realms. As the walls between worlds collapse, they must decide whether saving both worlds means mending fractures or severing them entirely. #WSPit #WIPSnips #Q #YA #NA #F

SHERLOCK HOLMES with BEES When a singer with ties to royalty vanishes, it's up to detective Arthur North to find her. But as he digs, he uncovers a plot to turn his people, the bee-like zizzun, into a target for the crown's wrath. Can he uncover their connection before it's too late? #WSPit #W #F #M

Come along for an adventure set in a dystopian world with advanced technologies and an authoritarian government. Follow a network of rebels as they seek to inspire an uprising, and topple the regime. An oddly cozy and romantic ride for a dystopian novel. #WSpit #W #A #SF #R #BIPOC #LGBTQ #Dis #ND

Poems I Shouldn’t Write: Poems Quote from “Too Dazzling”: “Maybe my heart isn’t shiny/Maybe it isn’t dazzling/Except for in the way/It beats/Maybe my heart isn’t so fierce/So strong/Too hard for swords/Too hard for hurt/But it is/Not too hard for love” #WSpit #P #A #Po #BIPOC #LGBT #Dis #ND #In

On craft: As a Black disabled poet, I often find the rules of craft limiting, ableist, and white supremacist. I know this analysis may make folks uncomfortable; however, I feel the conversation is necessary. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #WritingCraft #Craft #Race #Ableism 1/7

I had a brain crush on Elliot Page.

Hello folk. What encourages you to respond to others' writing and content? I would love to have an exchange of thoughts and ideas here. I would also love to connect with more leftist and queer poets, fiction writers, and creative writers. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #QueerWriters 1/3

Posted this on Instagram and thought I would bring it over here. #Booksky #PoetryCollection #Reader #IndieAuthor #PoetryCommunity

If a person's support of trans people is conditioned on the surveillance of our personal decisions and limits our abilities to participate in public life, then it isn’t real solidarity.

Find out where to get my books and support my work here: bio.site/tendingverses #QueerWritersChat #QueerWriters #writesky #writers

lesbian/queer-romantic, biromantic, and heteroromantic #QueerWritersChat #QueerWriters #writesky #writers

Creating It takes balance to find a good ratio of relationship development to character development, while also prioritizing the advancement of the main plot. #QueerWritersChat #QueerWriters #writesky #writers

Romance is usually a theme in my larger fiction projects. I would say it is usually more of a subplot. #QueerWritersChat #QueerWriters #writesky #writers

I’m Sojourner a.k.a. Hughes, and I’m a poet, writer, and author. I am currently working on a queer cozy dystopian sci-fi novel. #QueerWritersChat #QueerWriters #writesky #writers

#Booksky #PoetryCollection #ValentinesDay #PubDate

So excited for the launch of my sophomore poetry collection today. Enjoy these two poems from the book. So much love. Happy Valentine’s Day Purchase link: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

I received a lot of interesting feedback on this post in Pagebound. I was surprised by some of the pushback, but also understood. #Booksky #Community

#Booksky #Library #Community

If you want to discuss books and see what I’m reading, you can follow me on Pagebound: pagebound.co/users/tendin...

Met all my goals last week.

It’s safest to unlock your devices using an alphanumeric passphrase.

#Booksky #WritingCommunity #PoetryCollection #BIPOC #LGBTQ

•Write at least one poem •Write at least 500 words towards my WIP •Brainstorm for my WIP •Post about my forthcoming poetry collection #queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters

My WIP: A cozy dystopian sci-fi, set on a planet with an authoritarian government and an underground network that plots to inspire a revolution in hopes of ending the authoritarian rule. #Booksky #WritingCommunity #Dystopian #Sci-Fi

New poem on UpScrolled. #WritingCommunity #ICEOUT #UpScrolled

I’d love to see some of y’all on UpScrolled if you’re also on there.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“It has always brought her peace to look into the dark night, full of stars.” #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts