Rien Gray

devising a new social media platform where you get three energy to spend every turn, posts can attack or defend, and the goal of the platform is slightly more obviously about defeating other commenters than here

But abandoning the process entirely and calling it gatekeeping is ridiculous.

It’s not a gate. It’s the foundation.

Reading may be hard! A lot of current education systems teach it in terrible ways. But the only fix is reading more, learning to analyze text, and understanding what said text is trying to accomplish.

It is okay to read slow, to reread, to take notes. There is no shame in taking that time.

If you want to write prose but are wholly allergic to reading, consider if being a writer is actually what you want, or simply the idea of having written (or whatever cultural cachet you believe writers to have)

All of Rien Gray's books against a trans flag background.

if you want to read more, I have many books on offer:

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this is lovely!

You need to call your reps and demand that they OPPOSE:

-the KIDS Act
-KOSA
-the Screen Act
-Sammy's Law
-the App Store Accountability Act

And additionally, oppose:

-reforming/sunsetting Section 230
-online age verification/ID laws

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hell even the hot Shakespearian gargoyles were telling you to read:

CALL YOUR SENATORS and tell them absolutely NO on the SAVE act, which is deliberately designed to keep married women, trans people, & anyone who's ever changed their name from voting. It's an evil and pointless bill. Kill it dead.

Let me tell you something. Y’all are asking too many damn questions at every point of sale. I have to leave a comment, make a suggestion, donate to a charity, choose a method of payment three times and then multiple choice of ways to get a receipt.

Take the damn money and leave me alone.

OKAY BUT THIS IS MY STORY. LIKE LITERALLY THIS IS MY TAG. SOMEONE TOOK A SCREENSHOT OF MY TAG!

WE NEED PEOPLE TO READ THE STORY !!!!!!

archiveofourown.org/works/788073...

Exactly!

I'd like a link to the form, please!

Photo of my ye olde trans rights stickers and trans knights stickers. The ye olde rights stickers are on a beige banner background and decorated with medieval inspired flowers of blue, white, and pink. The trans knights stickers are on a shield banner coloured in blue, pink, and white.

psst i sell this design as stickers on my shoppe 🏳️‍⚧️
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The idea that there’s a “better” or “default” POV that should be used for writing just reveals a gaping hole in general craft.

If you’ve never considered why you’ve chosen a specific perspective to tell a story in, you’ve missed a step!

my hot writing take is that playing with POV is neat and you can do what you want. present tense first! close third! first-person-direct-address with bits of omniscient third! anything is legal if you look good doing it!!

And in red!

they stole an hour from women

Happy international women's day to all women tall or short, thick or thin, cis or trans! #iwd #international #womens #day

wow, the colors and shapes of this are both so nice

The cover of Seure the Tempered, a trans romantasy by Rien Gray, with a woman dressed as a sorceress in the background.

The cover of Martis the Brazen, a lesbian romance by Rien Gray, with a woman tracking through the forest in the background.

The cover of Valerin the Fair, a sapphic knight romance by Rien Gray, with a bloodied knight in the background.

reminder that I have an entire series filled with hot woman and trans folks who swordfight, sling spells, and slip into the sheets together (can you tell I started having too much fun with this alliteration?) #lesfic

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🐲 riengray.shop
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All the merch for the book, and the book, on a wood floor. Posters, stickers, BOOK!

Oh yeah. It's all coming together.

OMNIBUNDLE PEOPLE, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING!!! BONUS STICKERS. SEXY BOOKMARK. BOOOOOK

Last chance to get yours early before preorders close! Retail sale will only begin in June! STRIKE WHILE THE MONOWIRE IS HOT boom-goes-the-bride.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

The cover of Seure the Tempered, a trans romantasy by Rien Gray, with a woman dressed as a sorceress in the background.

The cover of Martis the Brazen, a lesbian romance by Rien Gray, with a woman tracking through the forest in the background.

The cover of Valerin the Fair, a sapphic knight romance by Rien Gray, with a bloodied knight in the background.

reminder that I have an entire series filled with hot woman and trans folks who swordfight, sling spells, and slip into the sheets together (can you tell I started having too much fun with this alliteration?) #lesfic

⚔️ itch.io/c/3558659/ou...
🐲 riengray.shop
🌈 www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...

happy international women’s day but especially to all of the Black, Indigenous, and women of colour; to 2-Spirit women, to intersex women, to trans women. you deserve the most

Image with a black and dark pink background, the book covers for Out on the Ice and Unexpected Goals in the middle, and the text "QLN'S 2026 [& MORE] AUCTION. LIT FOR QUEER LIBERATION. MARCH 8-14, 2026. VIRTUAL AUCTION. KELLY FARMER. Very rare, limited, paperback copies of Out on the Ice and Unexpected Goals -- Signed & Personalized. QUEER LIBERATION NETWORK‎"‎

The Lit for Queer Liberation Auction is on! Bid on 100s of amazing bookish items. You could snag very rare paperbacks of OUT ON THE ICE & UNEXPECTED GOALS.
We're raising funds for Queer Liberation Network so they can keep supporting & empowering queer & trans folx.
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If you're a writer, I encourage you to read widely--across lengths and genres and eras, self-published books and wildly popular books. Each author has a different way of solving the problems presented by a story, and in reading their solutions, you make those solutions available for your own work.

Screenshot from Kay F. Atkinson's author page on amazon, featuring the cover for Unlimited Combat Dolls, then, separately, the covers of the Fleet and Fabricant trilogy.

happy women's day!

why not celebrate with Girl Violence?
I write a lot of Girl Violence :3
it could be said, as a matter of fact, that Girl Violence is the primary focus of my work

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Cover of Lo, Nuns!: A picture in colours that resemble a medieval illustration, comprising five nuns in various habits. It is set in a golden oval frame, with flowing plumes of red and blue, and ribbons. The first nun is dressed in a gold habit, and has an elegant breastplate and a curved sword. The second nun wears a crimson habit and a sensual pose. She has long claws, and she plays with a long string of beads. She has bright blue eyes. The third nun wears a ragged, feathery habit, in raven black. She carries a sickle. Her hand is stained red/black. The fourth nun is in a normal brown/gray habit. She looks alarmed, and is trying to grab a cat, who is jumping out of the frame. The fifth nun is in a blue/black habit, and is holding up an ammonite. A demonic, clawed hand approaches her shoulder.

Cover reveal: Lo, Nuns!

@anemoneart.bsky.social has done an amazing job on the cover, introducing us to just five of the many interesting nuns (and the pussy) to be found within these pages.

I am honestly blown away with how incredible the art is!