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Currently reading: nothing :(

Currently writing (in priority order, more or less):

Kes/Torres “dark Kes” (post-Warlord) novel (working title: wisteria)

“Fresh Femslash Salad Bar” February fic challenge (5/10) - intend to continue after February. (WIP titles: strawberry foam; the apple; unwinding)

Longfics in the queue & in my tags

Original fantasy novel (working title: spell weavers)

T’Poshi Age of Exploration romantasy novel (working title: the oracle’s curse)

Troisha romulan aeneid/underground/historiography spy novel (working title: the woman she lost / tagged as twsl)

B7 novel in which B’Elanna is Seven’s humanity mentor, but also kind of hates her, but Seven is into it (working title: fission)

WIP-inspiring reblogs are tagged “fic: [title]” on my main and side blog.

2026 writing challenges

Publish 1 fic every month (2/12)

Complete one long-form fic (0/1)

2026 reading challenges

1 book every week (2/52) - gave up in favor of going all in on writing.

Monthly book club (1/12)

Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane (2022) — I discovered this book existed and then started banging pots and pans in my friends’ DMs screaming about it. Transfem Achilles just doesn’t want to go to war as a man, and a deal with Athena gets her a feminine body and the promise of birthing a child of her own. It clearly takes liberties with the myths as we know them, but the blurb mentions drawing on modern archaeology, which really excites me. Everyone who loves this book describes it as unhinged.

The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy (2024) — I’ve jokingly described this as a reverse Mulan, which is delightful to me in light of Achilles being a reverse Mulan in a different way. Our heroine desperately wants to be a witch, but ‘boys’ can’t be witches. The coven comes for her best friend, so she takes her place in disguise. Also there’s a blight killing off the trees in the land, and witches are being blamed for it. I’ve personally been on a big ‘witch’ kick lately, because of how witch-stories tend to entangle with themes of myth, and this is an exciting addition to that collection.

The Seep by Chana Porter (2020) — The Seep is a benevolent alien entity that controls the world but also gives people everything they ever wanted. And our heroine’s wife leaves her to be reborn as a baby, which leaves our heroine disillusioned and devastated. I was looking for something a bit different in the sapphic sff genre space, since I’m looking at starting a sapphic book club (irl), and this book sounds brilliantly weird. (Transfem POV character)

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (2021) — Not gonna lie, the title and cover for this grabbed me, and the summary — about a woman with a supernatural pact to kill prodigies, a brilliant teenage violinist, and a retired starship captain who runs a donut shop, trying to break the first woman’s curse with the power of ‘home’ — sounds like it’ll either be unbearably cheesy or rip my heart to shreds. Excited to find out which. (Transfem character is one of the main trio)

Butter by Ayako Yuzuki, trans. Polly Barton

Book club - Jan 2026

A Japanese novel in which a tomboy journalist becomes obsessed with a foodie “serial killer” and begins an exploration into food and feminism. I liked the rich sensory descriptions of food & the languid pacing, as well as the shockingly queer themes. It isn’t a mystery thriller, despite what the subtitle (“a novel of food and murder”) and the blurb might make you think. Overall, it was a favorite of mine, but controversial within the book club.

The Psychomachia by Prudentius, trans. Marc Mastrangelo

A 5th-century Roman Christian epic poem in which Virtues and Vices allegorically face off on a gory ancient battlefield, and also they’re all woman. I liked that they were all women without being limited by the constraints of classical femininity (even when compared to goddesses!). It isn’t particularly consistent or cohesive, but it also wasn’t like anything that had been done before. Overall, it was very fun and inspiring despite the cringey Christian morality, and got me excitedly going on a Classics binge.

To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

A Bridgerton novel in which our rambunctious heroine runs off to visit her pen pal and they fall in love. I liked the portrayal of his children, and the decent care for historical accuracy (I was so prepared to be mad!). It isn’t morally mature: he just wants her to do all the labor of running his life and raising his children, and they never grow past this. Overall, I don’t feel the need to read another Bridgerton book, but it was an excellent gateway drug into actual 18th-19th century novels.

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Book club - Mar 2026