KJ Charles
@kjcharleswriter.com
She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. I ignore unsolicited advice. http://kjcharleswriter.com
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KJ Charles
@kjcharleswriter.com
· Feb 19
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I have now written 40,000 words in 10 working days and I have definitively forgotten my address.
I have written 30,000 words in eight working days, and if you a give me a minute I will definitely remember my own address, or at least be able to look it up.
remember.my
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I have now written 40,000 words in 10 working days and I have definitively forgotten my address.
lol like they don't know
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
lol like they don't know
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fuck you pebble
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
fuck you pebble
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
OOH this is a fab read, get in!
For a limited time, you can grab my award-winning novella, TIKKA CHANCE ON ME, for just $0.99! Trucker and Pinky are a cheap date! But, sorry, you'll have to procure your own samosas.
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
OOH this is a fab read, get in!
My rotator cuff is now so buggered that it hurts when I sneeze. I cannot imagine how anyone over 40 in possession of knees and shoulders could believe in Intelligent Design.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
My rotator cuff is now so buggered that it hurts when I sneeze. I cannot imagine how anyone over 40 in possession of knees and shoulders could believe in Intelligent Design.
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Many years ago, I was feeling stressed by the state of the world and I started a Holiday Fairies thing where people sent me their wishlists and I publicized them to try to get everyone gifts for the holidays.
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
Holiday Fairies
Romancelandia holiday fairies is a mutual aid effort for the romance novel reader community.
shelflovepodcast.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Many years ago, I was feeling stressed by the state of the world and I started a Holiday Fairies thing where people sent me their wishlists and I publicized them to try to get everyone gifts for the holidays.
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
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I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
We're rewatching The Night Manager which remains very exciting, well plotted, staggeringly cast, and extraordinarily pretty. Most notable, however, is the sheer number of schemes in which someone asserts that everyone would very much like to boink Tom Hiddleston.
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We're rewatching The Night Manager which remains very exciting, well plotted, staggeringly cast, and extraordinarily pretty. Most notable, however, is the sheer number of schemes in which someone asserts that everyone would very much like to boink Tom Hiddleston.
Bugger me, I got six thousand words today. Don't think I have done that since pre covid
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bugger me, I got six thousand words today. Don't think I have done that since pre covid
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
KJC Jr is home sick from school so I am making chicken soup before I start the day. I don't care if he's a hulking six footer, he's still my little boy and he still gets chicken soup when he's ill. (Though, now I have to make gallons.)
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
KJC Jr is home sick from school so I am making chicken soup before I start the day. I don't care if he's a hulking six footer, he's still my little boy and he still gets chicken soup when he's ill. (Though, now I have to make gallons.)
Just been at the British Sake Association annual grand tasting. Some spectacularly good Dassai in particular, absolutely limpid.
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just been at the British Sake Association annual grand tasting. Some spectacularly good Dassai in particular, absolutely limpid.
Eeeep, All Of Us Murderers has been picked for NPR's Books We Love selection!
Like an Edwardian Succession, this stylish gothic romp centers a nest of fortune-hunting vipers vying to inherit a fortune. But this is a novel by the phenomenal @kjcharleswriter.com so it’s also stylish and sexy. Fun fun fun. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Eeeep, All Of Us Murderers has been picked for NPR's Books We Love selection!
I didn't know people did this and now I want to pay someone to flood all the pirate sites with 'adjusted' versions of all my romance novels.
I truly hope if you're downloading books that you download one of the ones that are uploaded with the fake endings, the random "and then he shit in her mouth and turned her into a zombie" that i know someone is adding that to her romance books & has her sister upload dozens of versions of that.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I didn't know people did this and now I want to pay someone to flood all the pirate sites with 'adjusted' versions of all my romance novels.
Jfc what a game. Really thought Argentina were going to snatch that.
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Jfc what a game. Really thought Argentina were going to snatch that.
Mph. The new book is going like the clappers (16,500 words in the first week!) but the downside is, the only book I want to read is, er, the one I'm writing. :/ I am listening intensively to the Magnus Archives as a substitute and there's always ENGvARG coming up but still.
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Mph. The new book is going like the clappers (16,500 words in the first week!) but the downside is, the only book I want to read is, er, the one I'm writing. :/ I am listening intensively to the Magnus Archives as a substitute and there's always ENGvARG coming up but still.
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Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
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I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
![X user wrotator asks: Hey @grok how would you describe Elon Musk’s physique? How about his mind? And his relationship with his kids?
Grok answers: Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields [buying websites, electric car companies and spacecraft and destroying them]. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreibdrfwpkt563lqwl7xsvd5my6vufdjd7ov4sef4qm3sz4lx2t7jsq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
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It's our autumn concert in Mill Hill on Saturday! Dvorak, Faure, Saint-Saens and Franck, with four marvellous soloists and a full choir. Do come along if you can; tickets on the door!
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It's our autumn concert in Mill Hill on Saturday! Dvorak, Faure, Saint-Saens and Franck, with four marvellous soloists and a full choir. Do come along if you can; tickets on the door!
the highs and lows of social media encapsulated in a single post.
Was researching an old theatre (boxing venue) in Hull.
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
the highs and lows of social media encapsulated in a single post.
I read The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives, #1) by Melissa Caruso
K.J. Charles's review of The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives, #1)
I really liked the idea behind this. It's a sort of Inception where the characters at a party keep going to deeper, stranger levels of unreality (Echoes), living through the same hour or so in differe...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I read The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives, #1) by Melissa Caruso
No I will not be in your goddamn Kindle Translate beta programme.
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
No I will not be in your goddamn Kindle Translate beta programme.
Woop! I have been "selected to participate in Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)'s Kindle Translate beta" which is Amazon's new AI-powered translation service, and apparently they'd "love to hear" what I think about this!
Well, they're going to hear it. Whether they will love it...
Well, they're going to hear it. Whether they will love it...
a man standing next to a car with the trunk open and #raydonovan #showtime written on the bottom
ALT: a man standing next to a car with the trunk open and #raydonovan #showtime written on the bottom
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November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Woop! I have been "selected to participate in Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)'s Kindle Translate beta" which is Amazon's new AI-powered translation service, and apparently they'd "love to hear" what I think about this!
Well, they're going to hear it. Whether they will love it...
Well, they're going to hear it. Whether they will love it...