Jae Koyanagi
@jaekoyanagi.com
Author, Otherwise Award Honor List, Repped by Russ Galen. Writing non-human fantasy featuring a monster romance. 🐙
Autistic, queer, D&D player, dog mom. Pfp: @starace.bsky.social. Banner: @sovka.bsky.social
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https://jaekoyanagi.carrd.co
Autistic, queer, D&D player, dog mom. Pfp: @starace.bsky.social. Banner: @sovka.bsky.social
🚫genAI🚫
https://jaekoyanagi.carrd.co
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Jae Koyanagi
@jaekoyanagi.com
· Jul 16
Intro post! I'm Jae (formerly Jacqueline) Koyanagi, author of the sci-fantasy novel Ascension, among other things: jaekoyanagi.com
Currently, I'm deep into writing the first book of a character-driven romantic fantasy trilogy set in a lush, unusual world where divine magic abounds.
Currently, I'm deep into writing the first book of a character-driven romantic fantasy trilogy set in a lush, unusual world where divine magic abounds.
Someone is ready for a nap after playing with human friends we encountered on our morning walk.
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Someone is ready for a nap after playing with human friends we encountered on our morning walk.
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And that's what I wish I encountered more often: sex (as a broad category) treated as another intimate, revealing aspect of character/story, not just a Romance Reward or Bonus or something Other. The varied forms of erotic intimacy let us express things that can't be expressed any other way. (2/4)
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And that's what I wish I encountered more often: sex (as a broad category) treated as another intimate, revealing aspect of character/story, not just a Romance Reward or Bonus or something Other. The varied forms of erotic intimacy let us express things that can't be expressed any other way. (2/4)
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Thanks so much to the Salmagundi Club NYC, for accepting my painting for the Annual Member's Exhibition.
Winter Belvedere
Watercolor on Paper - 22x30 inches #art
Winter Belvedere
Watercolor on Paper - 22x30 inches #art
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks so much to the Salmagundi Club NYC, for accepting my painting for the Annual Member's Exhibition.
Winter Belvedere
Watercolor on Paper - 22x30 inches #art
Winter Belvedere
Watercolor on Paper - 22x30 inches #art
The three sapient peoples of my setting were created about 8000 years prior to the book by then-extant gods; they did not evolve. (1/2)
Hello, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Tell us about the creation of your people according to the in-world lore. Were they created by gods? Did they evolve from single-celled organisms? Maybe a bit of both? Maybe they don't know, and maybe they have stories about it. What are their creation myths?
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The three sapient peoples of my setting were created about 8000 years prior to the book by then-extant gods; they did not evolve. (1/2)
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Saw this the other day and my jaw dropped. I had no idea if this book would make it a few feet out the front door, let alone further. Whether you liked it or not, it means a great deal for so many to give my work a chance 💜
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Saw this the other day and my jaw dropped. I had no idea if this book would make it a few feet out the front door, let alone further. Whether you liked it or not, it means a great deal for so many to give my work a chance 💜
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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We're funding an African small press to translate two novels.
Really hoping to fund this today / Tuesday. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $1920 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 9:06p EST / 04:06 SAST ($10)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
#BookSky
Really hoping to fund this today / Tuesday. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $1920 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 9:06p EST / 04:06 SAST ($10)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
#BookSky
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We're funding an African small press to translate two novels.
Really hoping to fund this today / Tuesday. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $1920 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 9:06p EST / 04:06 SAST ($10)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
#BookSky
Really hoping to fund this today / Tuesday. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $1920 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 9:06p EST / 04:06 SAST ($10)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
#BookSky
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This male Resplendent Quetzal was a nice surprise at our cabin when we arrived at San Gerardo de Dota this afternoon.
#CostaRica #birds
#CostaRica #birds
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This male Resplendent Quetzal was a nice surprise at our cabin when we arrived at San Gerardo de Dota this afternoon.
#CostaRica #birds
#CostaRica #birds
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“The Visitor”. I want the title to be ambiguous. Whenever I see coyotes in the ravine I feel an invisible membrane of territory.
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The Visitor”. I want the title to be ambiguous. Whenever I see coyotes in the ravine I feel an invisible membrane of territory.
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
All right, I'll play. Seems like a fun way to connect with other writers. I'm Jae and I'll be focusing on Grisira and Deleyora, the couple in my romantic fantasy trilogy WIP. The title is still a secret but let's call it VFTDC.
Entirely non-human cast featuring a cross-species "monster" romance.
Entirely non-human cast featuring a cross-species "monster" romance.
Welcome to #Smutcember, folks!
To start things off, introduce yourself and the work(s) or characters you plan on discussing this month. You can focus on one relationship or several, it's up to you!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
To start things off, introduce yourself and the work(s) or characters you plan on discussing this month. You can focus on one relationship or several, it's up to you!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
All right, I'll play. Seems like a fun way to connect with other writers. I'm Jae and I'll be focusing on Grisira and Deleyora, the couple in my romantic fantasy trilogy WIP. The title is still a secret but let's call it VFTDC.
Entirely non-human cast featuring a cross-species "monster" romance.
Entirely non-human cast featuring a cross-species "monster" romance.
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I finally had enough down time to photograph “ghost forest”, my big sculpture from my October firing. The results were just spectacular!
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I finally had enough down time to photograph “ghost forest”, my big sculpture from my October firing. The results were just spectacular!
They destroyed her home and most of the people in it in their ongoing effort to merge reality with an eldritch force. They also psychologically torture her in vivid, inescapable nightmares in an effort to wear her down so she'll give in to the eldritch infection haunting her. It's a lot.
Why is the antagonist of your MC their antagonist? What caused the friction? #WritingPrompt
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
They destroyed her home and most of the people in it in their ongoing effort to merge reality with an eldritch force. They also psychologically torture her in vivid, inescapable nightmares in an effort to wear her down so she'll give in to the eldritch infection haunting her. It's a lot.
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✨✨𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒✨✨
I have a lot of thoughts on this design, but I’m SO HAPPY to have it done and to have been able to get some nice photos on what was most likely the last “warm” day of the year!!
Big write up on this on my other platforms, but it’s too much for Bsky’s limited space.
I have a lot of thoughts on this design, but I’m SO HAPPY to have it done and to have been able to get some nice photos on what was most likely the last “warm” day of the year!!
Big write up on this on my other platforms, but it’s too much for Bsky’s limited space.
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
✨✨𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒✨✨
I have a lot of thoughts on this design, but I’m SO HAPPY to have it done and to have been able to get some nice photos on what was most likely the last “warm” day of the year!!
Big write up on this on my other platforms, but it’s too much for Bsky’s limited space.
I have a lot of thoughts on this design, but I’m SO HAPPY to have it done and to have been able to get some nice photos on what was most likely the last “warm” day of the year!!
Big write up on this on my other platforms, but it’s too much for Bsky’s limited space.
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just called ai "the mediocrity machine" in a meeting and the tech bro is shaking a finger at me and twitching so hard he can't even plug what's happening into the machine so it can tell him how to respond
November 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
just called ai "the mediocrity machine" in a meeting and the tech bro is shaking a finger at me and twitching so hard he can't even plug what's happening into the machine so it can tell him how to respond
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Anytime we pass this specific bush, Penelope stops to stare down into it, and will intermittently look at me until I look at the bush with her. "Do you see??" It's our daily ritual.
(It's likely there are lizards in there; she's obsessed with them.)
(It's likely there are lizards in there; she's obsessed with them.)
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Anytime we pass this specific bush, Penelope stops to stare down into it, and will intermittently look at me until I look at the bush with her. "Do you see??" It's our daily ritual.
(It's likely there are lizards in there; she's obsessed with them.)
(It's likely there are lizards in there; she's obsessed with them.)
All right, time to take down this beholder zombie and then hunt down the alhoons.
No alhoons yet, but we did run across a beholder zombie. 😱 We paused mid-combat until time!
Today is the second day of our weekend this week, so it's almost time for D&D. Resuming where we left off, I'll be replying to a Sending from Ludinus Da'leth 😬 and then we're off to rid a myconid colony of a nearby group of alhoons.
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
All right, time to take down this beholder zombie and then hunt down the alhoons.
Anytime we pass this specific bush, Penelope stops to stare down into it, and will intermittently look at me until I look at the bush with her. "Do you see??" It's our daily ritual.
(It's likely there are lizards in there; she's obsessed with them.)
(It's likely there are lizards in there; she's obsessed with them.)
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Anytime we pass this specific bush, Penelope stops to stare down into it, and will intermittently look at me until I look at the bush with her. "Do you see??" It's our daily ritual.
(It's likely there are lizards in there; she's obsessed with them.)
(It's likely there are lizards in there; she's obsessed with them.)
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Booking 5 more portraits (for completion in January) $75 each!
The price of portraits will be going up to $100 in 2026, so this is your last chance to get this price!!
forms.gle/C8MvtBn2NotW...
The price of portraits will be going up to $100 in 2026, so this is your last chance to get this price!!
forms.gle/C8MvtBn2NotW...
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Booking 5 more portraits (for completion in January) $75 each!
The price of portraits will be going up to $100 in 2026, so this is your last chance to get this price!!
forms.gle/C8MvtBn2NotW...
The price of portraits will be going up to $100 in 2026, so this is your last chance to get this price!!
forms.gle/C8MvtBn2NotW...
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🎁 GIFT GUIDE featuring the various editions of my books - many with bonus chapters! - & their covers for the fantasy reader in your life! 🎁
Paperbacks are on the zon, Hardcovers are on Waterstones/B&N/elsewhere with ingramspark discount links in my bio, & the Pocket Gothic link is there as well. 💛
Paperbacks are on the zon, Hardcovers are on Waterstones/B&N/elsewhere with ingramspark discount links in my bio, & the Pocket Gothic link is there as well. 💛
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🎁 GIFT GUIDE featuring the various editions of my books - many with bonus chapters! - & their covers for the fantasy reader in your life! 🎁
Paperbacks are on the zon, Hardcovers are on Waterstones/B&N/elsewhere with ingramspark discount links in my bio, & the Pocket Gothic link is there as well. 💛
Paperbacks are on the zon, Hardcovers are on Waterstones/B&N/elsewhere with ingramspark discount links in my bio, & the Pocket Gothic link is there as well. 💛
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Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
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I know that completing the first draft of a novel feels like a mountain of work. Revising can feel tedious. But it’s where insights into what I’m doing happen, and those are exciting. Figuring out how to reshape the story into something even cooler is pro-level fun.
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I know that completing the first draft of a novel feels like a mountain of work. Revising can feel tedious. But it’s where insights into what I’m doing happen, and those are exciting. Figuring out how to reshape the story into something even cooler is pro-level fun.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I know not every TV critic is familiar with the trappings of the romance genre, but I’m tired of the implication that sex can’t be an important plot driver for individual and shared character development.
but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know not every TV critic is familiar with the trappings of the romance genre, but I’m tired of the implication that sex can’t be an important plot driver for individual and shared character development.
Beasts of burden are prohibited, as are vehicles that run on fuel. Instead, they use walking machines that are magically empowered, as well as limited, short-distance teleportation via "transit stations."
Ships do exist, but only the foolish actually use them because of the marine leviathans. (1/2)
Ships do exist, but only the foolish actually use them because of the marine leviathans. (1/2)
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
What methods of transportation do your characters usually use to get around?
Horses, ships (water, space, air), cars, walking, other?
Does transportation ever cause your characters difficulty?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What methods of transportation do your characters usually use to get around?
Horses, ships (water, space, air), cars, walking, other?
Does transportation ever cause your characters difficulty?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Beasts of burden are prohibited, as are vehicles that run on fuel. Instead, they use walking machines that are magically empowered, as well as limited, short-distance teleportation via "transit stations."
Ships do exist, but only the foolish actually use them because of the marine leviathans. (1/2)
Ships do exist, but only the foolish actually use them because of the marine leviathans. (1/2)
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Seconded. If you write and are vocally anti-LLM, I'm more inclined to check out your books
Conversely: if you both-sides "AI" or - god forbid - actively embrace or defend its use... you're off the TBR, permanently
Happy to say, most readers seem to feel the same
Conversely: if you both-sides "AI" or - god forbid - actively embrace or defend its use... you're off the TBR, permanently
Happy to say, most readers seem to feel the same
They say nothing good comes from hate, but when I see artists hating on AI, it makes me immediately like them and want to check out their work.
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Seconded. If you write and are vocally anti-LLM, I'm more inclined to check out your books
Conversely: if you both-sides "AI" or - god forbid - actively embrace or defend its use... you're off the TBR, permanently
Happy to say, most readers seem to feel the same
Conversely: if you both-sides "AI" or - god forbid - actively embrace or defend its use... you're off the TBR, permanently
Happy to say, most readers seem to feel the same