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Genre agnostic author from Aotearoa New Zealand. Sci-fi, horror, humour, spoopy, witchy, sailing, mental health, menopause, neurodiversity. Books @ annakirtlanwrites.nz ADHD musings https://open.substack.com/pub/heylookasquirtle
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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

submitted 23 hours ago • 281 comments

Late to the party again (surprise!) But right now I am reading this glorious 1995 totally not an x-file knock off where not-Scully is an airforce captain trying to solve a UFO mystery surrounded by buff dudes in uniform. Utterly glorious trash. #PretendPanel ##WritingCommunity #NZWrites

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Mōrena! Please enjoy this glorious badge scored from a friend's garage sale at the weekend. Rust spots show it has already farted its way through one Trump presidency. Clearly it has resurfaced because it knows it's needed again! #UnicornFartsAgainstTrump

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Saw a CD tower on display out the front of an antique store today and let me tell you I don't like that at ALL

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Chocolate hearts, fudge, candles, and... crabs? I have questions about your valentines gift suggestions Whitcoulls! #valentines #crabs #UnwantedGifts #HeIsCuteTho

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Fuck (and I cannot stress this enough) all the way off. #GetOutOfMyMessagesMeta #NOPE #OptingOut #ZucOff

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Y'all in here complaining about AI summary inaccuracy, but Google made me a best seller, and I'm in no hurry to correct them! #winning #ThanksRobotOverlords #GoogleSaysImCool

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

The fact I'm posting this at 11pm is an answer in itself. Mornings can get in the bin. #NZWrites

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

It's funny cos it's truuuue! 😂😂😂

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

I lived and worked as a journalist in Oamaru where Never Trust a Penguin is set, long enough to learn it's spoopy and haunted AF. Like Ghost Bus, it's a mixture of fantasy and real events. Have been away long enough to both miss it and feel safe(ish) that I won't be run out of town with pitchforks!

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Phase 1 - ideas scribbled in a notebook wherever I have them. On the bus, in the garden (they're scruffy notebooks) at the kitchen table... Phase 2 - typing ideas up into stories. My study, in front of the telly or Johnsonville Library to get my arse out of the house. #NZWrites #WhereDoIWrite?

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I challenge you to find something better than this on the internet today! #SeeYaLaterAlligator

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

A definite trigger for Ghost Bus was requests for writers to document Covid as we were 'living an historical event'. I was all "get bent. I'm running as far from reality as I can and taking y'all with me. You will have ghosts and angry statues, and if you don't like it, tough!" It was v therapeutic

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

If a cat wants something all it has to do is stand in the middle of a room and start meowing loudly and someone will actually come by and try to figure out what it wants. It is unfair I cannot do this

submitted 16 days ago • 22 comments

Don’t say it 😂😂

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Little sis gave me this many moons ago when I was all about the Tweeters. Never dreamed a kitshy mug would wind up a historical artifact! #RIPTwitter #TheyDidNotKeepCalm #ItDidNotCarryOn

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Never Trust a Penguin - a series of spooky short stories set in Oamaru. It has were-penguins, zombie tourism, ghost hunting and stone carver with a dark secret among other goodies. Similar vibe to my earlier collection Ghost Bus - Tales from Wellington's Dark Side. #NZWrites #Booksky

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Finally got the set! It's been a hot minute since I read the (awesome) Dawnhounds. Do I need a re-read? I know, I'll ask the author! (Paging @understatesmen.bsky.social) Badge also strategically placed badge in front of Drake LaMarque's very queer books! #DrinkWaterAndReadQueerBooks #BookSky

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Excellent tip! The fonts you use for your headings do more than make your work look pretty. The 'styles' menu (where H1, H2, H3 etc live) is an unsung hero. You can tweak them with (accessible!) fonts and formats you want - it's the heading number that help people who can't see them like you x

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Roumd 😍

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

May I offer you a perfectly borbalicious bird friend in these trying times? I believe this is the roundest bird I have ever photographed. #birds #borb 🌿

submitted 18 days ago • 41 comments

Start learning about menopause way earlier than you think you need to. I mean all of you, whatever bits you have. It will save your sanity and your relationships. No one told me it could be a 10 year plus process that can start in your late 30s - yet here we are.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Thread: day late to the party so double-whammy answer. I'm Anna - laugh or I'll cry - Kirtlan. I write a mix of sci-fi, horror, fantasy and humour, as well as non-fic about sailing, mental health and neurodiversity, I live in Whanganui-a-tara Wellington and you can find me at annakirtlanwrites.nz

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Quoted in an article as "local author" - achievement unlocked! I'm at the end waffling about Welly City Library's awesome Book Club Kete initiative, and the lines about digi books and accessibility are me too. #LocalAuthor #Booksky #LookMumImFamous! www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment