Kathryn Thornwood
@kathrynthornwood.com
🌘 She/Her 🌗 Bisexual 🌖 ADHD 🌕 Stargazer 🌔 Ph.D. 🌓 Writer🌒
find me at https://kathrynthornwood.com, avatar by Sayuri Liu
They call authors omnipotent, my characters beg to differ.
Ask me about the cosmos ⭐️ and demons 😈 and magic 🔮
AI kills the planet
find me at https://kathrynthornwood.com, avatar by Sayuri Liu
They call authors omnipotent, my characters beg to differ.
Ask me about the cosmos ⭐️ and demons 😈 and magic 🔮
AI kills the planet
I think because the first "shadow daddy" I interacted with was Wei Wuxian from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu), I have a unique experience of them.
Because Wei Wuxian is the uwu babygirl of the series. Necromancy with a coquettish grin as it were.
Because Wei Wuxian is the uwu babygirl of the series. Necromancy with a coquettish grin as it were.
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I think because the first "shadow daddy" I interacted with was Wei Wuxian from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu), I have a unique experience of them.
Because Wei Wuxian is the uwu babygirl of the series. Necromancy with a coquettish grin as it were.
Because Wei Wuxian is the uwu babygirl of the series. Necromancy with a coquettish grin as it were.
"Why are people so obsessed with not letting people be themselves???"
It's because people are a lot harder to control when you accept them for who they are.
It's because people are a lot harder to control when you accept them for who they are.
December 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Why are people so obsessed with not letting people be themselves???"
It's because people are a lot harder to control when you accept them for who they are.
It's because people are a lot harder to control when you accept them for who they are.
Man, I didn't think the ChatGPT/Disney deal was going to make me so sad. Like the machines in Ferngully grinding up the magical place and belching out pollution.
Disney's corporate greed started bleeding its creations of their magic decades ago, but I feel like I just watched it die. #antiAI
Disney's corporate greed started bleeding its creations of their magic decades ago, but I feel like I just watched it die. #antiAI
December 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Man, I didn't think the ChatGPT/Disney deal was going to make me so sad. Like the machines in Ferngully grinding up the magical place and belching out pollution.
Disney's corporate greed started bleeding its creations of their magic decades ago, but I feel like I just watched it die. #antiAI
Disney's corporate greed started bleeding its creations of their magic decades ago, but I feel like I just watched it die. #antiAI
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I'm more concerned about the plans the incels have for the Disney Princesses
welcome to the new video era of luke skywalker doing company-sanctioned but unspeakable things with minnie mouse
Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI, allowing characters in Sora video tool
Agreement comes amid anxiety in Hollywood over impact of AI on the industry, expression and rights of creators
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm more concerned about the plans the incels have for the Disney Princesses
GenAI has the vibe of "if we just shove it down their throats enough times they'll relent and just accept it."
They're people who don't understand the meaning of No.
#antiAI #antiLLM #goawayGPT
They're people who don't understand the meaning of No.
#antiAI #antiLLM #goawayGPT
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
GenAI has the vibe of "if we just shove it down their throats enough times they'll relent and just accept it."
They're people who don't understand the meaning of No.
#antiAI #antiLLM #goawayGPT
They're people who don't understand the meaning of No.
#antiAI #antiLLM #goawayGPT
A #writesky gripe. Beta reading in a writer's groups is based on an understanding that your currency is your time. Having me read your book and comment it, then deciding doing the same for me is not worth the effort...
makes you an asshole.
makes you an asshole.
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A #writesky gripe. Beta reading in a writer's groups is based on an understanding that your currency is your time. Having me read your book and comment it, then deciding doing the same for me is not worth the effort...
makes you an asshole.
makes you an asshole.
It's finally cold enough that our aloof void kitty has become a snuggle bug. No lap is safe, especially when it is covered in a fluffy blanket.
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It's finally cold enough that our aloof void kitty has become a snuggle bug. No lap is safe, especially when it is covered in a fluffy blanket.
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Blindspots for Millennials 😅
IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Blindspots for Millennials 😅
IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
I don't give enough thought to what chronic pain does on the days it's not paining.
I was in distracting levels of pain the last couple days, and today it's finally under the threshold with pain relief, but GODS am I tired. Enduring pain is exhausting.
I was in distracting levels of pain the last couple days, and today it's finally under the threshold with pain relief, but GODS am I tired. Enduring pain is exhausting.
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I don't give enough thought to what chronic pain does on the days it's not paining.
I was in distracting levels of pain the last couple days, and today it's finally under the threshold with pain relief, but GODS am I tired. Enduring pain is exhausting.
I was in distracting levels of pain the last couple days, and today it's finally under the threshold with pain relief, but GODS am I tired. Enduring pain is exhausting.
"Performative reading" accusations remind me too much of the type of schlock of calling women "fake fans."
Find a better hobby than policing other people enjoying things. The Jules Verne in their hand did not personally insult your mother, did it? So maybe mind your own business.
#booksky
Find a better hobby than policing other people enjoying things. The Jules Verne in their hand did not personally insult your mother, did it? So maybe mind your own business.
#booksky
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Performative reading" accusations remind me too much of the type of schlock of calling women "fake fans."
Find a better hobby than policing other people enjoying things. The Jules Verne in their hand did not personally insult your mother, did it? So maybe mind your own business.
#booksky
Find a better hobby than policing other people enjoying things. The Jules Verne in their hand did not personally insult your mother, did it? So maybe mind your own business.
#booksky
My new blog! In which I talk about one of the best movie theatre experiences of my life.
Going to watch Snakes on a Plane during its midnight premiere.
#writesky #blogsky #snakesonaplane #shakespeare
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-bar...
Going to watch Snakes on a Plane during its midnight premiere.
#writesky #blogsky #snakesonaplane #shakespeare
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-bar...
The Bard's Audience
Shakespeare's plays were meant to be a conversation with the audience! They break the fourth wall all the time and it's wonderful. Plays and art are meant to be a connection.
kathrynthornwood.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My new blog! In which I talk about one of the best movie theatre experiences of my life.
Going to watch Snakes on a Plane during its midnight premiere.
#writesky #blogsky #snakesonaplane #shakespeare
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-bar...
Going to watch Snakes on a Plane during its midnight premiere.
#writesky #blogsky #snakesonaplane #shakespeare
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-bar...
Watching how fragile a thing fascism is in the face of resistance and courage makes me want to write the same sort of fragile evildoers, who the second the fight comes to them they cower in the corner like the babies that they are.
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Watching how fragile a thing fascism is in the face of resistance and courage makes me want to write the same sort of fragile evildoers, who the second the fight comes to them they cower in the corner like the babies that they are.
My absolute favorite word in the whole of the english language is "wanderlust."
#writesky #writingcommunity
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/w...
#writesky #writingcommunity
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/w...
Definition of WANDERLUST
strong longing for or impulse toward wandering… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My absolute favorite word in the whole of the english language is "wanderlust."
#writesky #writingcommunity
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/w...
#writesky #writingcommunity
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/w...
Okay Libby, I should not have to do a Deep Search every time I want to read the audiobook version of a title I'm searching for. You're shoving AI down our throats and your basic search function doesn't even work.
Try to be better.
Try to be better.
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Okay Libby, I should not have to do a Deep Search every time I want to read the audiobook version of a title I'm searching for. You're shoving AI down our throats and your basic search function doesn't even work.
Try to be better.
Try to be better.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
FUCK NO Apple Calendar, "Black Friday" is NOT a holiday in the United States.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
FUCK NO Apple Calendar, "Black Friday" is NOT a holiday in the United States.
My Turkey Day blog post, a story I wrote prompted and inspired by a public domain picture from Pexels. Called Goodbye Lover.
#writers #lgbtiq+ #originalfic #writingcommunity #writesky
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/goodbye...
#writers #lgbtiq+ #originalfic #writingcommunity #writesky
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/goodbye...
Goodbye, Lover
You know the one, with a bunch of pictures of just you with our dog, leaning against our car, cooking our dinner. Pictures I'm not in. Mostly pictures I took.
kathrynthornwood.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My Turkey Day blog post, a story I wrote prompted and inspired by a public domain picture from Pexels. Called Goodbye Lover.
#writers #lgbtiq+ #originalfic #writingcommunity #writesky
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/goodbye...
#writers #lgbtiq+ #originalfic #writingcommunity #writesky
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/goodbye...
I genuinely love this series! Give me academics who explain the cool things they study and you will give me a smile. #folklore #writesky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...
Historian Answers Folklore Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I genuinely love this series! Give me academics who explain the cool things they study and you will give me a smile. #folklore #writesky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...
I already really hate GenAI and think about what the worst person from my high school is doing with it.
This. They're doing THIS with it.
Taking people's hard work stories and throwing it through the slop machine to poach readers. #writers #writingcommunity #writesky
www.reddit.com/r/selfpublis...
This. They're doing THIS with it.
Taking people's hard work stories and throwing it through the slop machine to poach readers. #writers #writingcommunity #writesky
www.reddit.com/r/selfpublis...
From the selfpublish community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the selfpublish community
www.reddit.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I already really hate GenAI and think about what the worst person from my high school is doing with it.
This. They're doing THIS with it.
Taking people's hard work stories and throwing it through the slop machine to poach readers. #writers #writingcommunity #writesky
www.reddit.com/r/selfpublis...
This. They're doing THIS with it.
Taking people's hard work stories and throwing it through the slop machine to poach readers. #writers #writingcommunity #writesky
www.reddit.com/r/selfpublis...
My newest blog post is out! And I don't think there's much more than I need to say than this: I commission art.
#writingcommunity #supportartists #antiAI
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/i-commi...
#writingcommunity #supportartists #antiAI
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/i-commi...
I Commission Art.
Commissioning art for your books not only supports human artists (which is awesome), it can provide a creative muse and a marketing punch for your project.
kathrynthornwood.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
My newest blog post is out! And I don't think there's much more than I need to say than this: I commission art.
#writingcommunity #supportartists #antiAI
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/i-commi...
#writingcommunity #supportartists #antiAI
kathrynthornwood.com/blog/i-commi...
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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'Struggling artists' isn't a trope, according to a new report. The survey asked more than 2,600 artists about everything from hours worked to housing. n.pr/3LLFZ0J
As a labor force, artists are 'invisible.' A new survey tries to change that
'Struggling artists' isn't a trope, according to a new report. The survey asked more than 2,600 artists about everything from hours worked to housing.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
'Struggling artists' isn't a trope, according to a new report. The survey asked more than 2,600 artists about everything from hours worked to housing. n.pr/3LLFZ0J
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Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--
As overpowered and cool as being an archer would be in a fantasy world,
arrows run out.
We don't talk nearly enough about this.
#fantasy #writers #writingcommunity #writesky
arrows run out.
We don't talk nearly enough about this.
#fantasy #writers #writingcommunity #writesky
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
As overpowered and cool as being an archer would be in a fantasy world,
arrows run out.
We don't talk nearly enough about this.
#fantasy #writers #writingcommunity #writesky
arrows run out.
We don't talk nearly enough about this.
#fantasy #writers #writingcommunity #writesky