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I’m that BIPOC Buddhist book coach and speculative fiction writer who is doing a social media detox in 2026. Find me on my website at karenaparker.com! | ✊🏽🌈🎭🧠 | 🍉

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I’m Doing a Social Media Detox for the Entirety of 2026 and Potentially Beyond — Karen A. Parker For those who might be unfamiliar with him and his work, Corpse Husband (AKA Corpse) is an American YouTuber, musician, voice actor, narrator, and live streamer from San Diego, California. With music ...

I'm not going to be here in 2026. If you want to follow me or learn why, please read my blog below!

20.10.2025 19:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There's only room for one Sora in my heart.

#NoMoreGenAI #AIHarmsEarth #KingdomHearts #KHSoraNotAISor

15.10.2025 00:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 👍 38297 🔁 17042 💬 829 📌 2407

"Zen" in Japanese derives from Chinese "Chan," which in turn comes from Sanskrit "dhyāna," meaning “meditation” or “meditative absorption.”

#etymology

05.10.2025 14:07 👍 28 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

04.10.2025 13:15 👍 17858 🔁 4747 💬 1837 📌 675

Capitalist innovation is taking away a feature that used to be free (like YouTube allowing videos to play in the background) and then offering that same service back to you for a paid subscription.

Capitalist innovation is creating problems and then charging you for solutions.

✨ Innovation ✨

03.10.2025 15:48 👍 340 🔁 75 💬 13 📌 2

Just so we’re clear, Charlie Kirk shouldn’t be shot down while talking and kids shouldn’t be shot down in classrooms. It’s that easy. However, a lot of powerful people are okay with both things, so here we are, surrounded by bullets, blood, thoughts, and prayers.

10.09.2025 21:11 👍 342 🔁 57 💬 10 📌 3

It's World Suicide Prevention Day today.

Be Kind.

X

10.09.2025 09:15 👍 84 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 2
Reverence for the Flowers: A Poem — Karen A. Parker In my excitement at its growth, I had diligently watered my budding aloe vera plant, unaware of white mold which sprouted beside it. I have since bathed the buds in sunlight and picked the six-leafe...

Wrote a poem about my succulent, patience, and back injuries because some things can't be talked about through blogs. #amwriting #amwritingpoetry #amapoet

08.09.2025 17:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not joking. Let’s go. If you can get the authors paid, drop me a line.

05.09.2025 19:04 👍 152 🔁 28 💬 14 📌 0
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Top reasons to get the ebook of House of Bone and Rain today:
- Only $3.99 everywhere!!!
- Creatures from beyond the reef
- Friendship
- Magic and monsters
- Violence
- Every copy pushes me closer to a new contract 😬
- It hates fascism and colonialism

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

03.09.2025 14:12 👍 76 🔁 34 💬 3 📌 1

The uptick in “our book club wants to read your book!” followed by expensive fees to share with their members is absolutely wild.

Be careful? These scams wouldn’t be so prolific if they didn’t work every now and again.

02.09.2025 13:33 👍 80 🔁 22 💬 4 📌 2
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a cartoon duck is hanging upside down on a beach . Alt: Psyduck, a yellow Pokemon with two arms, flexes his muscles confidently.

Just started a sensitivity read for an author of a Big 5 Publisher. If all goes well, that'll be 2 out of 5 that I've worked with so far. #amediting #amreading #amfreelancing #amflexing

30.08.2025 00:29 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Excellent question.

29.08.2025 18:47 👍 21061 🔁 6869 💬 696 📌 341
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a woman is holding a red purse and says you are not ready for this Alt: A Black woman is holding a red purse and says, "You are not ready for this".

I just discovered SmartArt on PowerPoint, and y'all ain't ready. #amabookcoach #ampresenting #amlevelingup

28.08.2025 22:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We all need an occasional reminder, so listen up. Write that book. Send that story. Query that agent. Ask for that blurb. Maybe it doesn’t work out, but there’s a chance it will, and that chance—however small you think it is—is all you need.

25.08.2025 22:07 👍 302 🔁 58 💬 10 📌 4

One of my favorite books of all time. An absolute must-read.

23.08.2025 23:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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22.08.2025 23:46 👍 16684 🔁 4437 💬 282 📌 163

Very beautiful illustration of the "just make it exist first" argument.

23.08.2025 00:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

22.08.2025 14:20 👍 19237 🔁 8755 💬 36 📌 356

I played Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memoirs instead of working on my new novel today, and it was worth it. Sometimes, you need a break from being in the writer headspace. #amwriting #amgaming #amtrying

21.08.2025 01:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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People Love To Ask Invasive Questions About My Son's Autism. These Are The Only Ones I'll Answer. "I’ve never liked talking about my son’s autism with other people."

I’ve learned more about being a better advocate for my son, through the questions children have been kind enough to ask.

A little essay for The Huffington Post, and how I learned to shed my “it’s not my job to educate everyone” armor, for the child who needed me to. www.huffpost.com/entry/answer...

20.08.2025 21:33 👍 152 🔁 38 💬 18 📌 9

Holy shit, yesterday it was DARK in my head. Today there’s some light, and that’s all we need, right? Wishing you a bit of light today. Text a friend. Call your mom. Listen to some good stuff. Make art. Read (I have some recs!). Listen to the birds. Take care of yourself.

13.08.2025 21:13 👍 131 🔁 7 💬 10 📌 0
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joy from inside out is dancing with her arms in the air and saying yay ! Alt: Joy from inside out is dancing with her arms in the air and saying "Yay!!!"

First partial request! #amquerying #amwriting

13.08.2025 17:07 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Reminder: Write that thing. Pluck it outta your soul with rusty pliers. Hit the keyboard like it owes you money. Write whenever, wherever you can. Tell your story. Make the words dance. Whatever you want—a novel, a short story, an agent, a movie—it all starts with the writing.

08.08.2025 21:49 👍 265 🔁 65 💬 10 📌 3
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cookie monster from sesame street is holding a tray of food and says me can 't decide Alt: Cookie Monster from Sesame Street is looking a tray of food with a plate of cookies and a plate of fruits. The caption reads, "me can't decide".

While waiting to hear back from agents I've queried, I'm torn between working on the sequel for #FeatherWIP and starting an entirely new book to build my backlist. What do y'all think?

#amwriting #amquerying #amtorn

07.08.2025 17:26 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Meme of Anakin and Padme. 

Anakin: "So, I wrote this fantasy novel..."

Padme: "And nobody dies in it, right?"

Anakin: *smirks*

Padme: ...Right?

Meme of Anakin and Padme. Anakin: "So, I wrote this fantasy novel..." Padme: "And nobody dies in it, right?" Anakin: *smirks* Padme: ...Right?

One last #questpit post for #FeatherWIP before the deadline...

Because when a grieving witch, a righteous killer, and a conflicted prince have to navigate the revival of an ancient Egyptian snake god, there's bound to be some dead folks.

Not saying who, though🤫

#Q #A #YA #F #POC #LGBTQ+ #ND

07.08.2025 03:08 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This moodboard goes hard.

06.08.2025 20:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The art is fantastic!

06.08.2025 20:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This one had me at "immortal-yet-infuriatingly-handsome Shadow King" 🖤

06.08.2025 20:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0