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Jae Koyanagi

@jaekoyanagi.com

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SFF author (Ascension, Ninth Step Station, Ctrl-Alt-Destroy), Otherwise Award Honor List, Rep: Russ Galen. Autistic & queer. Pfp by @starace.bsky.social. Banner by @sovka.bsky.social. 🚫genAI/LLM🚫 https://jaekoyanagi.carrd.co

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · Jul 16

Intro post! I'm Jae (formerly Jacqueline) Koyanagi, author of the sci-fantasy novel Ascension, among other things: jaekoyanagi.com

Currently, I'm deep into writing the first book of a character-driven romantic fantasy trilogy set in a lush, unusual world where divine magic abounds.

The book cover for Ascension: A Tangled Axon Novel by Jae Koyanagi (credited as Jacqueline on the cover). The illustration features main character Alana Quick, a Black woman with her hand on her hip, looking at the viewer. Behind her is the interior of a spaceship painted in cool colors with a view of a nebula and stars beyond.

The cover for the audio series Ninth Step Station from Realm, featuring a textured background in cool, dark colors. The text reads: In the future, two mismatched cops must work together to solve crimes in a divided Tokyo: Ninth Step Station by award-winning authors Malka Older, author of Infomocracy; Fran Wilde, author of Updraft; Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of Ascension; and Curtis C. Chen, author of Waypoint Kangaroo.

The cover for the audio series Ctrl-Alt-Destroy from Realm. The image features the old title for the series, Alternis, and the former name of the publisher, which was Serial Box. The illustration features main character Tandy Kahananui slicing through a video game foe with a sword, scattering them into digital fragments.

The cover for the anthology Phantasm Japan, from Haikasoru. The illustration features the head of a Japanese woman who is looking up toward the title. Behind her is the Tokyo skyline, while flames emerge from her right eye and winged insects flutter around her.

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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 16h

Out there a writer is penning a line that will fill an empty place in a reader. One day those words will make someone whole. That makes worthy the pen, the hand, and the line.

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 43m

There's so much beautiful art on here, but I wish more people would include ALT text. Without it, I can't in good conscience repost, even though I'd love to.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 3h

weird phenomenon i keep encountering where “writers” correctly identify the soul-sucking danger that large language models pose to their craft, but for some reason have no problem using generative AI to make images. like….are you stupid!!!!

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C. E. Monaghan @cemonaghanofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Explicit smut can be literary, actually.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 2h

Let's go

Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 2h

Starting my day with coffee, a book, and Golden cuddles.

A Golden Retriever curled up on a brown blanket in a person's lap.

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graveyard dirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 9h

for those of us up at 4am for no good gotdamn reason:

the string queens... enjoy!

youtu.be/fO05disYkhg?...

The String Queens LIVE!

YouTube video by The String Queens

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Shiro Sylvie @shiromisa.bsky.social · 15h

This is what it comes down to. You are allowed--nay, ENCOURAGED--to curate your online experience, as stringently as you like. What you can't do is demand that an authority figure do it for you

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 2d

I feel when freedom of expression/art is argued for, many people knee-jerk hear they have to like/accept art they hate or disgusted by

you are allowed to hate and block art you don't like or even find morally reprehensible. you're just not allowed to negatively impact an artist's freedom to make it

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 22h

A memorable day four years ago - had to hike miles to get close enough to this amazing river braiding along the south coast of #Iceland. Such weird colours!

#DronePhotography #AwesomeFoursome #DJIAir2S

Weird orange, grey and yellow river braids seen from a drone. Lots of swirly patterns of the meandering braids and channels.

Weird orange, grey/blue and yellow river braids seen from a drone. Lots of swirly patterns of the meandering braids and channels.

Three colours of water over sand banks below at a river estuary - pale yellow, the brown, then orange.

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 17h

Writing was occasionally agonizing today, every word hard won. The creative ordeal fueled my characters, in the end. Even at its most frustrating, the satisfaction writing provides is incomparable.

Now it's beta reading time.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 22h

Hello #PortfolioDay
I’m Andy and I do stuff like this.
Get in touch if you’d like me to do stuff like this for you! #SciArt

Digital portrait of a heavily scarred and bedraggled dinosaur.

Digital portrait of Pteranodon - a prehistoric flying reptile with long curved beak.

Illustration of Lagerpeton - a prehistoric dinosaur-like animal, splashing in a shallow lake in bright sunlight.

Digital illustration of a large tyrannosaur lying on a beach with a small bird perched on its snout.

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 21h

Congrats!!

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 23h

it’s that time of year again 🍂🍃

four simplistic drawings of a fluffy white dog rolling around in red, yellow, and orange leaves while exclaiming “leaf, leaf”

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 1d

If even one person finds value and meaning in a story, then that story is valuable.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 1d

score! this alien with incomprehensible aesthetic taste says you’re pretty

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 1d

💯👏

Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 1d

I read The Necessity of Rain by Sarah Chorn a few weeks or so back and it was exceptional.

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 1d

I would eat that up

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 1d

I can't wait!

Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 1d

This sounds great and I'm looking forward to reading it!

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 3d

One of my favorite roles in life is dog nest.

A side shot of a Golden Retriever curled up in a woman's lap, relaxed. Other than her denim-covered legs, the woman is out of view.

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 1d

This Must-Have Monday I have THIRTY-THREE new releases to ft, incl

😵‍💫 queer rococo bugpunk from @hironennes.bsky.social!
🌼 Black sapphic poison-girls reclaiming pleasure with @tamarajeree.com!
🍸 QBIPOC sci fi Great Gatsby via @kmfajardo.bsky.social!

everybookadoorway.com/must-have-mo...

Must-Have Monday #258 - Every Book a Doorway

A mythological African epic, queer rococo bugpunk, and a QBPIPOC Great Gatsby!

everybookadoorway.com

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 1d

Followed you! I don't really understand Pillowfort but I'm there 😅

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 1d

Drives me absolutely nuts.

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shaydh 🩸FLEDGLING MANOR OUT NOW🩸 @shaydh.bsky.social · Jan 16

Everyone saying "make weird art!" you better fucking mean it. There better not be an unspoken "but not too weird" tacked on at the end.

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