Kira Brady
@kirabrady.bsky.social
Author of Paranormal and Contemporary romance. Out now: Love and Pickleball, a small town, sports romance set in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. ❤️🥒🏓
kirabrady.com
kirabrady.com
Pinned
Kira Brady
@kirabrady.bsky.social
· Dec 10
The first book in my new small town contemporary romance series is out now! "Uplifting, character-driven romances with mature protagonists, emotional depth and a touch of sport." -NetGalley Review. Check it out in ebook & print! Link in bio.
Reposted by Kira Brady
Baby's first podcast! I was interviewed on BOOKS RIGHT NOW about my writing and the inspiration for my newest book, Love and Pickleball. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/6kGY...
Author Interview: Kira Brady
open.spotify.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Baby's first podcast! I was interviewed on BOOKS RIGHT NOW about my writing and the inspiration for my newest book, Love and Pickleball. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/6kGY...
Seattle romance readers! I'm having my first in-person event next Saturday with the Seattle Book Club. Tickets include a coffee drink, donut, and conversation, but you can add-on a signed copy of Love and Pickleball. Please come! www.seattlebookclub.com/products/cof...
December 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Seattle romance readers! I'm having my first in-person event next Saturday with the Seattle Book Club. Tickets include a coffee drink, donut, and conversation, but you can add-on a signed copy of Love and Pickleball. Please come! www.seattlebookclub.com/products/cof...
Reposted by Kira Brady
What will we be covering on the romance course I'm teaching (online) next year?
Well... just to name a few things!
Scandalous 18th century women writing desire!
Austen classics!
Brooding Brontë 'heroes'!
Regency mysteries!
Hen-loving sapphics!
Much much more!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
Well... just to name a few things!
Scandalous 18th century women writing desire!
Austen classics!
Brooding Brontë 'heroes'!
Regency mysteries!
Hen-loving sapphics!
Much much more!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
Falling in love with love: A History of Popular Romance | Continuing Education | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
What will we be covering on the romance course I'm teaching (online) next year?
Well... just to name a few things!
Scandalous 18th century women writing desire!
Austen classics!
Brooding Brontë 'heroes'!
Regency mysteries!
Hen-loving sapphics!
Much much more!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
Well... just to name a few things!
Scandalous 18th century women writing desire!
Austen classics!
Brooding Brontë 'heroes'!
Regency mysteries!
Hen-loving sapphics!
Much much more!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
The first book in my new small town contemporary romance series is out now! "Uplifting, character-driven romances with mature protagonists, emotional depth and a touch of sport." -NetGalley Review. Check it out in ebook & print! Link in bio.
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The first book in my new small town contemporary romance series is out now! "Uplifting, character-driven romances with mature protagonists, emotional depth and a touch of sport." -NetGalley Review. Check it out in ebook & print! Link in bio.
Baby's first podcast! I was interviewed on BOOKS RIGHT NOW about my writing and the inspiration for my newest book, Love and Pickleball. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/6kGY...
Author Interview: Kira Brady
open.spotify.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Baby's first podcast! I was interviewed on BOOKS RIGHT NOW about my writing and the inspiration for my newest book, Love and Pickleball. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/6kGY...
Reposted by Kira Brady
New #Kindleromance for #KU! I'm crazy for #pickleball (my morning writing group can confirm I dash away from my laptop to play). I've played with @kirabrady.bsky.social and spent many hours across from her in cafes, talking way too loudly about #romancebooks. 🫣
www.amazon.com/Love-Pickleb...
www.amazon.com/Love-Pickleb...
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
New #Kindleromance for #KU! I'm crazy for #pickleball (my morning writing group can confirm I dash away from my laptop to play). I've played with @kirabrady.bsky.social and spent many hours across from her in cafes, talking way too loudly about #romancebooks. 🫣
www.amazon.com/Love-Pickleb...
www.amazon.com/Love-Pickleb...
Reposted by Kira Brady
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
Reposted by Kira Brady
Stanford researchers found that AI-generated "workslop" is actually making people less productive, in part because workers have to correct errors or decode the useful information/intent buried in a flood of auto-generated garbage:
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Stanford researchers found that AI-generated "workslop" is actually making people less productive, in part because workers have to correct errors or decode the useful information/intent buried in a flood of auto-generated garbage:
I’ve been quiet over here while working on the finishing touches to Love and Pickleball, but I’m happy to announce that preorders are live on Amazon for the ebook!! Print and audio to come. www.amazon.com/Love-Pickleb...
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I’ve been quiet over here while working on the finishing touches to Love and Pickleball, but I’m happy to announce that preorders are live on Amazon for the ebook!! Print and audio to come. www.amazon.com/Love-Pickleb...
Mood board for the male protagonist of my upcoming steamy small town romance novel! I’m obvs hard at work editing. 😆
June 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Mood board for the male protagonist of my upcoming steamy small town romance novel! I’m obvs hard at work editing. 😆
Working hard on edits for my pickleball romance…ooo shiny new idea! Let’s draw on procreate instead while listening to InkersCon workshops! The Art of Productive Procrastination.
June 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Working hard on edits for my pickleball romance…ooo shiny new idea! Let’s draw on procreate instead while listening to InkersCon workshops! The Art of Productive Procrastination.
Had fun at the Ripped and Ravished event at Hardcovers last night! Met some cool new bookish people and bought an autographed Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole.
June 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Had fun at the Ripped and Ravished event at Hardcovers last night! Met some cool new bookish people and bought an autographed Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole.
I’ve been working on something new! Pickleball, crosswords, and a small quirky Scandinavian town on the shores of Puget Sound—get ready for a new contemporary romance series to fall in love with this September!
June 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’ve been working on something new! Pickleball, crosswords, and a small quirky Scandinavian town on the shores of Puget Sound—get ready for a new contemporary romance series to fall in love with this September!
My biggest problem coming up with an elevator pitch for my book is that I don’t watch much tv. Why do we speak in tv when we’re bookish peeps?
June 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My biggest problem coming up with an elevator pitch for my book is that I don’t watch much tv. Why do we speak in tv when we’re bookish peeps?
The most interesting history class I ever took was Modern China and the Cultural Revolution. The Purity Spiral is the death of free speech and creativity. Let’s all familiarize how to spot it, m’kay? unherd.com/2020/01/cast...
How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral
A process of moral outbidding is corroding small communities from within
unherd.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The most interesting history class I ever took was Modern China and the Cultural Revolution. The Purity Spiral is the death of free speech and creativity. Let’s all familiarize how to spot it, m’kay? unherd.com/2020/01/cast...
Reposted by Kira Brady
May 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
May 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Shocking, I know, but I can’t find this word anywhere in my #pickleballromance
May 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Shocking, I know, but I can’t find this word anywhere in my #pickleballromance
I may have been reading too much Dark Romance this week…
May 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I may have been reading too much Dark Romance this week…
Found this awesome older gentleman in a wizarding shop under the stairs at Pike Place Market. Grey and dismal and deadly seattle—sounds like my book!
May 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Found this awesome older gentleman in a wizarding shop under the stairs at Pike Place Market. Grey and dismal and deadly seattle—sounds like my book!
My Deadglass trilogy was inspired by a Pike Place Market ghost tour. I think i should do another one to celebrate the revised edition, yeah? Make some videos this time.
May 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My Deadglass trilogy was inspired by a Pike Place Market ghost tour. I think i should do another one to celebrate the revised edition, yeah? Make some videos this time.
Visited Pike Place Market for the first time in a looong time—the new remodel is lovely, though the Viaduct could have been such a beautiful Highline park. If only i had stayed in city planning…
May 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Visited Pike Place Market for the first time in a looong time—the new remodel is lovely, though the Viaduct could have been such a beautiful Highline park. If only i had stayed in city planning…
Maybe I should make #fridayflashfiction short enough to fit in a single Bluesky post. I’ll aim for Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
May 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Maybe I should make #fridayflashfiction short enough to fit in a single Bluesky post. I’ll aim for Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
The bubbles had stopped now. The moment of decision. How had they met? Her small fry would ask one day. How did you find Daddy when the sun burns your skin and the human nets tangle your fins? He found me, she would tell them. A gift from the sea. I took his seed and ate his heart. Delicious.
May 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The bubbles had stopped now. The moment of decision. How had they met? Her small fry would ask one day. How did you find Daddy when the sun burns your skin and the human nets tangle your fins? He found me, she would tell them. A gift from the sea. I took his seed and ate his heart. Delicious.
It had been a long time since she’d had a visitor. She cupped his jaw between her palms, careful of her jagged nails, and considered the breadth of his shoulders, the firm lines of his limbs. Healthy, except for the air. (Part 3) #fridayflashfiction #freewrite #romancereads #amwriting
May 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It had been a long time since she’d had a visitor. She cupped his jaw between her palms, careful of her jagged nails, and considered the breadth of his shoulders, the firm lines of his limbs. Healthy, except for the air. (Part 3) #fridayflashfiction #freewrite #romancereads #amwriting