K. Vale Nagle
@kvalenagle.bsky.social
Creature fantasy novelist. Author of Eyrie and the Gryphon Insurrection (GryphIns) series.
She/Her.
PFP by @merteazy.bsky.social
www.kvalenagle.com
books2read.com/rl/kvalenagle
kvalenagle.itch.io
patreon.com/kvalenagle
ko-fi.com/kvalenagle
She/Her.
PFP by @merteazy.bsky.social
www.kvalenagle.com
books2read.com/rl/kvalenagle
kvalenagle.itch.io
patreon.com/kvalenagle
ko-fi.com/kvalenagle
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K. Vale Nagle
@kvalenagle.bsky.social
· Oct 11
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I'm Vale Nagle, and I write queer naturepunk epic creature fantasy novels. If you've always wanted a series with gryphons based on sand cats, vampire finches, saber-toothed tigers, giant otters, or hooded pitohui, I'm your author.
books2read.com/rl/gryphonin...
I'm Vale Nagle, and I write queer naturepunk epic creature fantasy novels. If you've always wanted a series with gryphons based on sand cats, vampire finches, saber-toothed tigers, giant otters, or hooded pitohui, I'm your author.
books2read.com/rl/gryphonin...
Still the energy I'm trying to bring to this week.
This is your annual reminder that there is, in fact, a GryphIns Discord server, and if I leave them alone for fifteen minutes, they decide Sponge's theme song is "Hydrate Jirate" and @merteazy.bsky.social draws a masterpiece like this.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Still the energy I'm trying to bring to this week.
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🌄 What's true for you doesn't have to be true forever...
#SongOfTheSummerKing #SKC #SummerKingChronicles #Gryphon #Wolf
#SongOfTheSummerKing #SKC #SummerKingChronicles #Gryphon #Wolf
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🌄 What's true for you doesn't have to be true forever...
#SongOfTheSummerKing #SKC #SummerKingChronicles #Gryphon #Wolf
#SongOfTheSummerKing #SKC #SummerKingChronicles #Gryphon #Wolf
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Four times over the weekend I noticed a new author following me, go to check their timeline, and oh hey, look at all that AI art you’re using for marketing
*clicks the block button*
If👏you👏write👏real👏words👏
Also👏use👏real👏art.
If you use GenAI to write, go away and take your slop with you lol
*clicks the block button*
If👏you👏write👏real👏words👏
Also👏use👏real👏art.
If you use GenAI to write, go away and take your slop with you lol
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Four times over the weekend I noticed a new author following me, go to check their timeline, and oh hey, look at all that AI art you’re using for marketing
*clicks the block button*
If👏you👏write👏real👏words👏
Also👏use👏real👏art.
If you use GenAI to write, go away and take your slop with you lol
*clicks the block button*
If👏you👏write👏real👏words👏
Also👏use👏real👏art.
If you use GenAI to write, go away and take your slop with you lol
Hmmm. Who wants popcorn?
(Glenn needs snacks for a trip with family tomorrow, and stove-top popcorn tends to be a popular choice.)
(Glenn needs snacks for a trip with family tomorrow, and stove-top popcorn tends to be a popular choice.)
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hmmm. Who wants popcorn?
(Glenn needs snacks for a trip with family tomorrow, and stove-top popcorn tends to be a popular choice.)
(Glenn needs snacks for a trip with family tomorrow, and stove-top popcorn tends to be a popular choice.)
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I really wanted to do research as a 16-year-old freshman and the only professor who would let me join his lab did NMR of peptides from rattlesnake venom.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I really wanted to do research as a 16-year-old freshman and the only professor who would let me join his lab did NMR of peptides from rattlesnake venom.
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Oh, via Instagram Jody A. Lee has listed prints and merchandise (including T-shirts!) with her lovely artwork for sale including many book covers for Mercedes Lackey, Madeleine L'Engle, and a ton of the DAW covers I grew up with! I love her color palettes and Art Deco design details!
fineartamerica.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Oh, via Instagram Jody A. Lee has listed prints and merchandise (including T-shirts!) with her lovely artwork for sale including many book covers for Mercedes Lackey, Madeleine L'Engle, and a ton of the DAW covers I grew up with! I love her color palettes and Art Deco design details!
Ah yes, chipping sparrow season in Colorado: the time of the year where we get bombarded by cartoon laser sounds when I walk the cat in the morning.
This is not a serious bird.
This is not a serious bird.
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Ah yes, chipping sparrow season in Colorado: the time of the year where we get bombarded by cartoon laser sounds when I walk the cat in the morning.
This is not a serious bird.
This is not a serious bird.
I don't own a 3d printer, but if I did, I would probably spend all my time designing 3d-printed cat armor inspired by Dino-Riders.
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I don't own a 3d printer, but if I did, I would probably spend all my time designing 3d-printed cat armor inspired by Dino-Riders.
If you ever say "Sounds like a good idea!" there is a 15% anyone in my family will mutter "Of course, the tractor beam seemed like a good plan at the time, too," because of how often my brother watched the cartoon for these toys.
Random cool trivia; there was a very short lived toyline about futuristic soldiers arming dinosaurs with high tech weaponry and using them as vehicles.
Among other cool aspects of this; the dinosaurs are VERY detailed, and look pretty great.
Among other cool aspects of this; the dinosaurs are VERY detailed, and look pretty great.
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you ever say "Sounds like a good idea!" there is a 15% anyone in my family will mutter "Of course, the tractor beam seemed like a good plan at the time, too," because of how often my brother watched the cartoon for these toys.
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Does anyone have a list for trans positive fantasy? Or even weird west or steam punk etc?
November 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Does anyone have a list for trans positive fantasy? Or even weird west or steam punk etc?
Maybe there's no universal writing advice out there that applies to everyone, but "make it trans and gryphons" seems to work most of the time.
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Maybe there's no universal writing advice out there that applies to everyone, but "make it trans and gryphons" seems to work most of the time.
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I just wanted to doodle a Rankin Bass Smaug adjacent Ancalagon being struck down by a trident probably the size of a house. Maybe Earendil had a huge spear launcher on his flying boat.
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I just wanted to doodle a Rankin Bass Smaug adjacent Ancalagon being struck down by a trident probably the size of a house. Maybe Earendil had a huge spear launcher on his flying boat.
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A quick one tonight.
Gryphons look pretty strange in heraldry, maybe I will look up some examples and try a more accurate version. Bonus Black-bellied Plover speed sketch.
#gryphonchallenge
Gryphons look pretty strange in heraldry, maybe I will look up some examples and try a more accurate version. Bonus Black-bellied Plover speed sketch.
#gryphonchallenge
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A quick one tonight.
Gryphons look pretty strange in heraldry, maybe I will look up some examples and try a more accurate version. Bonus Black-bellied Plover speed sketch.
#gryphonchallenge
Gryphons look pretty strange in heraldry, maybe I will look up some examples and try a more accurate version. Bonus Black-bellied Plover speed sketch.
#gryphonchallenge
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November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Just the way Thyra and Aadhya look at each other is <3
What do you think they’re talking about?
You can read about these gals in
The Gryphon Generation!
GryphonBook.com
🖼️ Nat127
What do you think they’re talking about?
You can read about these gals in
The Gryphon Generation!
GryphonBook.com
🖼️ Nat127
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just the way Thyra and Aadhya look at each other is <3
What do you think they’re talking about?
You can read about these gals in
The Gryphon Generation!
GryphonBook.com
🖼️ Nat127
What do you think they’re talking about?
You can read about these gals in
The Gryphon Generation!
GryphonBook.com
🖼️ Nat127
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The advantage of going off my immunosuppressants for a week every 1.5 months so they don't interfere with another treatment: can eat as much ice cream as I want.
Disadvantages: My body feels like it's on fire five days in.
(I forgot to buy ice cream while I could eat it, ha.)
Disadvantages: My body feels like it's on fire five days in.
(I forgot to buy ice cream while I could eat it, ha.)
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The advantage of going off my immunosuppressants for a week every 1.5 months so they don't interfere with another treatment: can eat as much ice cream as I want.
Disadvantages: My body feels like it's on fire five days in.
(I forgot to buy ice cream while I could eat it, ha.)
Disadvantages: My body feels like it's on fire five days in.
(I forgot to buy ice cream while I could eat it, ha.)
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This is your annual reminder that there is, in fact, a GryphIns Discord server, and if I leave them alone for fifteen minutes, they decide Sponge's theme song is "Hydrate Jirate" and @merteazy.bsky.social draws a masterpiece like this.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is your annual reminder that there is, in fact, a GryphIns Discord server, and if I leave them alone for fifteen minutes, they decide Sponge's theme song is "Hydrate Jirate" and @merteazy.bsky.social draws a masterpiece like this.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
This is your annual reminder that there is, in fact, a GryphIns Discord server, and if I leave them alone for fifteen minutes, they decide Sponge's theme song is "Hydrate Jirate" and @merteazy.bsky.social draws a masterpiece like this.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is your annual reminder that there is, in fact, a GryphIns Discord server, and if I leave them alone for fifteen minutes, they decide Sponge's theme song is "Hydrate Jirate" and @merteazy.bsky.social draws a masterpiece like this.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
Feel free to poke me if you're a GryphIns fan & want an invite.
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chromatic dragons pt 2, 2021ish commission set
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
chromatic dragons pt 2, 2021ish commission set
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chromatic dragons pt 1, 2021-ish commission set
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
chromatic dragons pt 1, 2021-ish commission set
Getting the appropriate music going to write Sponge. It was either this or Hydrate Gyrate.
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Getting the appropriate music going to write Sponge. It was either this or Hydrate Gyrate.
Writing time!
It's my first real go since getting COVID, so wish me luck.
It's my first real go since getting COVID, so wish me luck.
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Writing time!
It's my first real go since getting COVID, so wish me luck.
It's my first real go since getting COVID, so wish me luck.
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Fight under the Sun
Watercolor illustration for ~Coffee-Mutt and ~e921626
2021
Watercolor illustration for ~Coffee-Mutt and ~e921626
2021
October 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fight under the Sun
Watercolor illustration for ~Coffee-Mutt and ~e921626
2021
Watercolor illustration for ~Coffee-Mutt and ~e921626
2021