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Author of upmarket speculative fiction with themes of privilege and climate inequity. My main character is more broken than I am, and her first best friend is way cooler. she/her Climate news handle: @climatefuturist https://linktr.ee/dejknuckey

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Nov 19

Sooo.... this is what I've written.

#amquerying #writingcommunity

Image of butterfly and overview with one liner: Dani’s finally found her footing—saving the planet and forging real friendships—but when a buried family secret shatters her reputation and closest bond, she must decide whether to confront her legacy or leave it behind. Genre: Upmarket with slight speculative edge. 96,000 words.

Quote from book: “Packing was familiar, the ritual of the interstitial, the moment between one home and the next. But this time, it felt different. This time, she was not off to another Rezone.”

Comps: This debut novel explores identity and privilege like Rachel Khong’s REAL AMERICANS through a coming-of-age story like Lily Brooks-Dalton’s THE LIGHT PIRATE. Its near-future setting is not dystopian: imagine Greta Thunberg rebuilding the world.

Bio: This is my first novel, but not my first rodeo. Wiley published my two personal finance books (as Deborah Knuckey), and my 15 minutes of fame included appearing on Oprah. I was a print journalist in Australia, and now, after years in the clean energy industry, I freelance for climate publications.

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · 5d

WARNING CA VOTERS. A unofficial group is sending texts purporting to be official, with false information about your ballot. I checked with the county election team and confirmed these are FAKE and the link does not go to official sites.

@sfgate.com @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · 21d

Hemingway was a travel bore who just wrote to mention every feckin restaurant he walked past in Paris. We get it, you visited Paris. BFD.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · 25d

Admirable planning - clearly not a pantser!

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · 25d

ACLU probably has a deep archive of evidence.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · 26d

Great news! So deserved - love how he shares his voice.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · 28d

I loved exploring a completely (to me) new genre and loved your insights. So enjoy being in this group with you.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Oct 4

FYI, I think you landed on a name already trademarked. www.thebookincubator.com

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Oct 4

Looking forward to discussing @stephenking.bsky.social ‘s classic in my writing craft group today (fiction writers who met at The Book incubator discussing how the authors do what they do). Never read horror before - hooked now.

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Oct 4

Yikes. That’d keep me awake all night.

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Oct 3

I had a chance to talk to the future - a very fun exercise given my novel is set in the near future and I spend way too much of my time thinking about how the world will turn out.

#writinglife #climateweek #AI #inspiration

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I talked to the future in an AI-powered phone booth... and found some home

I struggle with climate pessimism. But last week, I had a chance to talk to the future, and, well, it’s not as bad as I thought.

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 21

Got both at same time and had a slightly crappy night (body temp up 1.2 degrees, heart rate a bit higher) and a bit woozy in morning but aOK by noon.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 15

AKA: Right-on-Right crime.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 9

I've had that dream.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Except most of what was revised is before he came back into office. I am so cynical now that I wonder if they pushed late-Biden numbers artificially low so T's numbers will look flat instead of down. Might have been tempted after their boss was fired for truth in numbers...

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Keep it all - just disperse it through action. If sci-fi can spend ages building detailed worlds, so can you. The fact that it's true is a bonus.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 5

BTW - I misspoke - *you* looked spectacular. It looked lovely on you!

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 5

It looked spectacular - interesting how the very light blue looks white in almost all photos.

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 4

I wear those velcro-on braces and it helps it from escalating - if only by reminding me to wiggle until I find a less-uncomfortable set up.

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 4

And rabies...

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Clearly, it's the population of swallows, small to large.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 2

Q: What is the one thing you really hope we don't ask about during your hydrocodone-spiced AMA?

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’d forgive you not selling my book if I received a cobbler every so often. Tastes better than disappointment, I’m sure.

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Aug 21

If there's a literary award where the prize is a cat (certifi-cat?) instead of some trophy, I'll write more...

Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Aug 18

Any Climate Week events in NYC for this #cli-fi, #clifi, #literary, #upmarket, #fiction #climate #author (and sometimes climate #journalist) to attend?

#NYCW #NYClimateWeek #writinglife

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Dej Knuckey - Author @dejknuckey.bsky.social · Aug 18

The flyer you showed says Wednesday - is that right? LMK where I can sign up for it. Thanks.