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Kimberly Bea

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History buff, writer of YA and adult fantasy, belly dancer, logophile, and all around geek! THE CHANGELING QUEEN out Fall 2025 (Erewhon Books). #AMM R4 Mentee. Rep'd by Z. R. Ellor of JDLItAgency. She, her

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Jan 30

Oh my gosh! The Changeling Queen is live to preorder!
If you like dangerous faeries,
a heartwrenching love story,
feminism and folk magic,
and/or have (or might like to acquire) a fascination with the original ballad of Tam Lin,
check it out!

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The Changeling Queen: Deluxe Limited Edition

Check out The Changeling Queen: Deluxe Limited Edition - <b>A sensually romantic, feminist retelling of the Scottish “Ballad of Tam Lin,” combining folklore, desire, and sacrifice in a tal...

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 3d

My mom’s phone isn’t working and came over to her apartment to hopefully have breakfast and let the repair folks in. Four hour window, which is annoying, but I am the point of contact since who knows where her phone is.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! I am so grateful to you for blurbing me!

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 8d

Is it depression?
Is it my thyroid?
Is it menopause?
Or is it autism
that is the reason I have so much to get done but I can’t get started today?
I hate this game.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 11d

Ahh, thank you! Nice to meet you!

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 12d

You probably do. I really hate being toyed with like this, and I hate what should be such a happy time for me being filled with so much stress.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 13d

Vaguebooking here.
Jobtalk: I can handle rejection. Everyone has to. But rejecting me, then asking if I am still interested in the job and when I am available for an interview, ghosting me and finally telling me you’ve paused interviews …? I feel like I’m being lifted then dropped again & again.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 14d

This is true! It’s exciting to have my birthday exactly one month to release day.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 14d

I am tired already tomorrow and I still have to go to church, lunch with cousins, an open house (if I can squeeze it in), and dinner with a friend. Happy birthday to me; feeling every one of those 56 years today.

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 24d

Spinning scenarios in your head: great when it’s my writer brain doing it. Not so great when it’s my anxiety or depression (where I am now). #mentalhealthmatters

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 25d

Yay! Congratulations!

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 25d

Calmly telling the local weather gods my sister the Arizonan has gone home, it’s just me, the one who loves autumn left behind, the temperatures are free to drop a little now if they want.

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you. I did need to hear/read that.

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 26d

I wish my mom were with it enough to tell me how well I’m doing, considering I am unemployed, struggling to get my meds when my health insurance hasn’t kicked in (and that includes my antidepressants), and, well, the world is going to hell in a hand basket.
Longing for reassurance right now.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · 26d

RIP Robert Redford, one of my mother’s age mates.
I remember my US government teacher once showed us his film “The Candidate” in class. It really entertained us and made us think. Maybe I will do a rewatch in his memory.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Sep 11

I need to remind myself that
1. Just because my sister thinks Greek and Roman mythology is an obscure interest doesn’t mean everyone else feels the same.
But also:
2. No one else will care as much about the minutiae of Roman history as I do.
#amresearching #writingfantasy

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Sep 10

Got a rejection from one job and an interview request from another, for the school I worked at last year. Life gives and it takes away, I guess.

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Sep 9

#Depression is fun when you are not getting stuff done and it’s not that you’re busy or sick or anything, it’s just your own brain beating up on you.

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Sep 8

I’m worried about my mom. My sister said she thought she was crying at church yesterday. Maybe someone mentioned my dad; she keeps forgetting he’s gone.
Dementia is so hard.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Aug 31

Feeling too much and not enough lately: like I am too dumb for the smart kids but too tweedy/nerdy for everyone else. Not a new feeling (not sure it’s possible to get out of graduate school without feeling that way) but it’s transferring to my writing now, too.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Aug 22

My mom has glaucoma and also stage four kidney disease. If she takes pills, they could make her kidneys worse. If she has surgery, it could make the Alzheimer’s worse.
This is so hard.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks.

Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yesterday was the anniversary of my dad’s death.
It’s still so hard sometimes.

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Aug 19

Any other #neurodivergent people feel like they are constantly cutting off parts of themselves to fit society’s mold, but it would actually help a lot of people if there were multiple molds or even no mold at all?

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · Aug 18

please spread the news far and wide!!

librarians and booksellers, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now on Netgalley!

The Iron Garden Sutra

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Kimberly Bea @kimberlybea.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yeah, my mom kept telling her new neighbor at assisted living “I don’t really live here” when she does. The other lady pointed out she wouldn’t have a name badge if she didn’t.