I see a lot of people writing queers into romantasy/medieval stories but without homophobia & thus, feel there’s no need to have words for gay & lesbian (despite them being useful terms even if everyone was actually open) Today I created a new word for my romantasy world for gay, lesbian & 2 slurs

Another chapter done. Just over 2k. Most of the other chapters have been between 1.3-1.7k which I felt wasn’t a lot, but this is outlined to be 65 chapters so I think the word count is actually fine. Got my MC into his first parallel universe. Very exciting

5 chapters of my MM SFF novel done this week. Roughly 7k. I only started it on Thursday. Very excited about this one. Whilst querying my second book, I spotted MANY agents looking for epic romantic fantasy (not romantasy) so let’s hope they still are by the time it’s finished

Last year I self published my debut novel. Right now I am querying novel 2 whilst finishing the first draft of novel 3 and gently plotting novel 4. Ugh I’m tired

Over on my tiktok I’m doing a month long challenge called Finish some Fiction in Feb. Day 1 is up and live. 28 daily bitesize tips to help you create, write, FINISH and edit a short story. vm.tiktok.com/ZNRDLkP58/

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Why would any show (looking at you Loot) create an in-show advert with a website and NOT get the website? For my novel I created a whole tiktok account just to tie in

2 agent noes came through today. Along with 2 deadlines hit, with silence. Along with my other No, that leaves 6 agents left to hear from. Will my duel timeline, queer crime mystery find an agent in this batch? God I cannot put myself through self publishing again

Everything being pistachio flavour really is the last fucking straw to this timeline tbh

“TikTok is just stupid videos that will rot your brain” Oh really? Well maybe after reading about the state of the world, and everyone’s opinion on it, on Twitter and Bluesky every day, maybe I need stupid videos to soothe my anxiety! Ever thought of that you daft twunt?

Why anyone looks up to any celeb at this point is beyond me. You just don’t know when they’re gonna fail you. This is why I don’t do parasocial

@ryanthomasriddle.com did you see the SNW finale?

I think The Paper is ok but the reality of the camera crew does not hold up at all. Why do they have multiple shots but are not in the background of any shot? It’s “real life” they’re not doing the scene twice. Where were they in the car scene? Nothing makes sense

My issue with shows that are fake documentaries, is they have multiple camera positions but clearly only 1 single camera for the in-show crew. We never see the other camera and if it is only 1 camera, why are they doing multiple takes when it’s real life? This can’t just be me?

Ok. That’s my first wave of 11 agents submitted to. All agents I’d love to sign with including one in particularly who I may have gushed too much to in my query letter. Ooops.

I will never understand dog (and cat) owners who lose their aged pet and get a new dog or cat within weeks.

Okay, wish me luck! Here I go again. Back in the agent query trenches. I forgot how long this takes. Every single agent wants a different file format, file title, different things for the query letter. And if you don’t get these little things right, they’re not even gonna read my chapters.

The latest Pride Reads Newsletter is on its way

Another excellent Strange New Worlds. Particularly laugh out loud this week. I fall in love with show more and more every episode

Pride night 1 DONE! Now to rest before the bigger night 2 happens.

Writing a pitch for a novel is not the easiest thing, but needs must and it’s almost query time. I’m actually pretty happy with it, and it wasn’t as hard as last time.

So I’m off to a space rave tomorrow and I needed to make an old pair of shoes fit the theme

@ryanthomasriddle.com tell me these two finally get together or at least shag it out of their system?! Haha I know the answer is NOHOMO but you thought it too, right? Not just me 😂

To soothe my soul, and perhaps my adhd, I have ordered a large amount of American and Mexican sodas to enjoy this week, including Mexican Coke, real sugar Dr Pepper, orange cream Coke and Barq’s cream soda and red too (amongst many others)

If Beto doesn’t name his documentary “Star Trek” in SNW I will be disappointed 😂

A few things I treated myself to, today.

I bloody love Strange New Worlds. The core of every single tv show ever made, is that it should be entertaining. And SNW does not fail to entertain. Every week. I hope they manage to sneak in another musical episode before the series finale.

Does another self-published author want to come to a sports game with me, and cuddle me on the kiss cam and then pull away fast and hide? The publicity we get will help us sell over a million copies of our book. Each! Apply below. All genders taken into consideration

World Emoji Day: writerly twist.

It’s International Drag Day, so here’s me recently in drag absolutely not based on anyone you could think of And if you wanna see the full hilarious video, it’s here vm.tiktok.com/ZNdanjp79/

Today is not for you, it’s for them

Enjoy the bees on my oregano I let it flower every year for them. There was easily 100 bees on this, this morning. I always wonder where they go, off making oregano flower honey somewhere.

I love this phase of writing a novel. Playing with ideas to see what could happen and where it could go How people do that whilst pantsing the writing I don’t know. Feels wasteful to me I’d rather play before outlining and then know exactly what I’m writing

I think these are long-tailed tits which I’ve never seen in my garden before I’ve seen plenty of other tits (blue, great, coal and maybe a willow), so it was nice to see a pair of tits I’ve not seen before

I came up with a rough concept for novel 3 today. It wasn’t what I originally thought it was gonna be, but this idea just sort of felt right and current Yes it’s queer Yes it’s crime/mystery It might even be thriller It still needs some playing with until it’s solid

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition across TikTok, X, Bluesky and Insta, to win a signed copy of my novel, a notebook, pens, sweets and a resin rock. The winner is Lady Valkyrie Tattoo on TT

Been to a family do and several people asked me how my book was doing and when I told them I’d sold about 100 copies (in 4 weeks) they reacted as though they felt sorry for me, as though 100 copies for a debut self published novel isn’t actually fucking amazing 🤷🏼‍♂️

I just asked Alexa if my long ginger wig had been delivered yet and she played This Is Me! I can’t tell if she’s homophobic or if she’s supporting me in what she thinks is my transition?!?

Just little gay me in the latest Pride Life Global magazine! magazine.pridelifeglobal.com/issue38/#pri...

Now it’s July I can’t eat gay chips anymore 🤷🏼‍♂️

Last few hours of pride month Which means last chance to get all your queerness out before July* And final chance to buy my debut novel for 99p amzn.eu/d/2v7ddLp Tomorrow the price goes up! *when we’ll be even gayer

Latest newsletter on its gay way

My first reviews for The Hardest Word. All 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So far I’ve sold 86 copies! Not bad for a debut novel that’s only been out 24 days. Fancy reading it for just 99p or your countries equivalent? The price rises after pride month. amzn.eu/d/bMH6EJN

Competition! Win a signed copy of my debut novel, a notebook, gel pens, sour patch kids, & a resin pride rock handmade by me! Sending to UK only! Follow me, like this post & leave a comment to enter b4 midnight U.K. time Saturday 5th July 2025! Also enter via insta, X & TT

A pretty aquilegia in my garden, and a sweet Peanut in my lounge

The final week of Pride Readers There are 5 readers left, offering to read queer writers: features, shorts, crime novel chapters, tv pilots, and manuscript opening chapters in most genres. Don’t miss out www.pridereads.co.uk/pride-readers

Can you believe I’ve had to buy 100,000 copies of my debut novel for a local bookshop and now they say they cannot take them. My book is banned! Please help me sell all 200,000 copies of my gay book. I am begging you. If I cannot shift all 300,000 it’s literally homophobia. These are real boxes!

I’m gonna keep on dancing at the pink pony club, in my heels, with all the other queens

What It Feels Like For A Girl, was so good. Hilarious, heartfelt, authentic & full of banter & queer joy Enjoyed it? U might like my debut novel. It’s a completely different story, but a similar vibe & has a problematic MC who finds joy via other queers amzn.eu/d/fa1vU2J