Nicole Field 🧛♀️🏺🏳️🌈
@faerywhimsy.bsky.social
Author of stories across the spectrum of gender & identity
Winner of John Preston & Pauline Reage NLA-I awards
Academic of polyamory in literary studies
Editor for @phenomenapress.bsky.social
www.ko-fi.com/nicolefield/
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Winner of John Preston & Pauline Reage NLA-I awards
Academic of polyamory in literary studies
Editor for @phenomenapress.bsky.social
www.ko-fi.com/nicolefield/
www.nicolefield.gumroad.com/
I've been making posts about the intersections of autism and PMDD, and of autism and menopause, on this site for almost a year now.
My symptoms are no different now than when I began to report them at the GP level and I'm beginning to put together the following statement.
#ActuallyAutistic
My symptoms are no different now than when I began to report them at the GP level and I'm beginning to put together the following statement.
#ActuallyAutistic
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I've been making posts about the intersections of autism and PMDD, and of autism and menopause, on this site for almost a year now.
My symptoms are no different now than when I began to report them at the GP level and I'm beginning to put together the following statement.
#ActuallyAutistic
My symptoms are no different now than when I began to report them at the GP level and I'm beginning to put together the following statement.
#ActuallyAutistic
My appointments with gynecologists have seen these doctors writing out prescriptions for medications costing hundreds of $$ while, in the next breath, they disclose,
"We don't know if this will be the thing that helps you, we don't know enough."
It's 2026.
Not good enough.
#ActuallyAutistic
"We don't know if this will be the thing that helps you, we don't know enough."
It's 2026.
Not good enough.
#ActuallyAutistic
January 19, 2026 at 2:34 AM
My appointments with gynecologists have seen these doctors writing out prescriptions for medications costing hundreds of $$ while, in the next breath, they disclose,
"We don't know if this will be the thing that helps you, we don't know enough."
It's 2026.
Not good enough.
#ActuallyAutistic
"We don't know if this will be the thing that helps you, we don't know enough."
It's 2026.
Not good enough.
#ActuallyAutistic
Loved Heated Rivalry, but your bookshop / library won't have the book available till, like, February? Don't worry, fam.
I gotcha covered. Check out these assorted ✨ queer 🏈 sports 🎾 romances ⚽ while you wait!
👇👇
I gotcha covered. Check out these assorted ✨ queer 🏈 sports 🎾 romances ⚽ while you wait!
👇👇
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Loved Heated Rivalry, but your bookshop / library won't have the book available till, like, February? Don't worry, fam.
I gotcha covered. Check out these assorted ✨ queer 🏈 sports 🎾 romances ⚽ while you wait!
👇👇
I gotcha covered. Check out these assorted ✨ queer 🏈 sports 🎾 romances ⚽ while you wait!
👇👇
Then, in July, I'll be presenting a paper about polyamory in Gothic Horror, featuring the brides of Dracula, for Romancing the Gothic that's run by @romgothsam.bsky.social!
Couldn't be more excited actually.
Couldn't be more excited actually.
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Then, in July, I'll be presenting a paper about polyamory in Gothic Horror, featuring the brides of Dracula, for Romancing the Gothic that's run by @romgothsam.bsky.social!
Couldn't be more excited actually.
Couldn't be more excited actually.
2026 seems like it's setting up to be my very own Dracula Era and I am here for it!
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
2026 seems like it's setting up to be my very own Dracula Era and I am here for it!
It's that time of year again!
Looking back, I actually finished drafts of more than one piece. I have at least two story ideas I'm happy to go into the new year developing.
I didn't necessarily work on what I expected to do this year, but fun was had. At the end of the day, isn't that the point?
Looking back, I actually finished drafts of more than one piece. I have at least two story ideas I'm happy to go into the new year developing.
I didn't necessarily work on what I expected to do this year, but fun was had. At the end of the day, isn't that the point?
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It's that time of year again!
Looking back, I actually finished drafts of more than one piece. I have at least two story ideas I'm happy to go into the new year developing.
I didn't necessarily work on what I expected to do this year, but fun was had. At the end of the day, isn't that the point?
Looking back, I actually finished drafts of more than one piece. I have at least two story ideas I'm happy to go into the new year developing.
I didn't necessarily work on what I expected to do this year, but fun was had. At the end of the day, isn't that the point?
Let is Snow is an ensemble teen cast but it does have a cute sapphic story with the two ladies on the right.
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Let is Snow is an ensemble teen cast but it does have a cute sapphic story with the two ladies on the right.
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
The below passage perfectly encapsulates what I've been terming as having coming down with a "chronic illness" this past year and a bit.
Also present in my own experience is the professional disinterest contrasted with my own proactive efforts to educate myself.
#ActuallyAutistic #SpoonieLife
Also present in my own experience is the professional disinterest contrasted with my own proactive efforts to educate myself.
#ActuallyAutistic #SpoonieLife
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The below passage perfectly encapsulates what I've been terming as having coming down with a "chronic illness" this past year and a bit.
Also present in my own experience is the professional disinterest contrasted with my own proactive efforts to educate myself.
#ActuallyAutistic #SpoonieLife
Also present in my own experience is the professional disinterest contrasted with my own proactive efforts to educate myself.
#ActuallyAutistic #SpoonieLife
Me again. There is talk about how menopause absolutely shits on people with autism.
The first study, a preliminary participatory study, on the effects of menopause on people with autism was published in 2020. This is what the authors had say of the situation:
#ActuallyAutistic
The first study, a preliminary participatory study, on the effects of menopause on people with autism was published in 2020. This is what the authors had say of the situation:
#ActuallyAutistic
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Me again. There is talk about how menopause absolutely shits on people with autism.
The first study, a preliminary participatory study, on the effects of menopause on people with autism was published in 2020. This is what the authors had say of the situation:
#ActuallyAutistic
The first study, a preliminary participatory study, on the effects of menopause on people with autism was published in 2020. This is what the authors had say of the situation:
#ActuallyAutistic
Today in: Nik attempts to futureproof their essay (and cover their a$$ 😂)
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Today in: Nik attempts to futureproof their essay (and cover their a$$ 😂)
If you're a writer of aspec and have ever wanted to have me as an editor for your work, our submission window is currently open at @phenomenapress.bsky.social !~
#submissioncall #writingcommunity
#submissioncall #writingcommunity
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If you're a writer of aspec and have ever wanted to have me as an editor for your work, our submission window is currently open at @phenomenapress.bsky.social !~
#submissioncall #writingcommunity
#submissioncall #writingcommunity
Okay last update for the day! 🤞
I've 'finalised' the list for a chapter on contemporary analysis of polyamorous romance published after 2010.
It turns out a lot of you are here! @amergina.bsky.social @rdotspoon.bsky.social @garrettleigh.bsky.social @krisripper.bsky.social you heard it here first 💙
I've 'finalised' the list for a chapter on contemporary analysis of polyamorous romance published after 2010.
It turns out a lot of you are here! @amergina.bsky.social @rdotspoon.bsky.social @garrettleigh.bsky.social @krisripper.bsky.social you heard it here first 💙
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Okay last update for the day! 🤞
I've 'finalised' the list for a chapter on contemporary analysis of polyamorous romance published after 2010.
It turns out a lot of you are here! @amergina.bsky.social @rdotspoon.bsky.social @garrettleigh.bsky.social @krisripper.bsky.social you heard it here first 💙
I've 'finalised' the list for a chapter on contemporary analysis of polyamorous romance published after 2010.
It turns out a lot of you are here! @amergina.bsky.social @rdotspoon.bsky.social @garrettleigh.bsky.social @krisripper.bsky.social you heard it here first 💙
I don't know why I'm so terrible with leaving proper in text referencing till 'later'. If I was like this with grammar, I'd kick my own ass so much more often.
To keep the mood low, I made this figure to depict the skewed nature of polyamorous stories and the forms our othering typically takes.
To keep the mood low, I made this figure to depict the skewed nature of polyamorous stories and the forms our othering typically takes.
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I don't know why I'm so terrible with leaving proper in text referencing till 'later'. If I was like this with grammar, I'd kick my own ass so much more often.
To keep the mood low, I made this figure to depict the skewed nature of polyamorous stories and the forms our othering typically takes.
To keep the mood low, I made this figure to depict the skewed nature of polyamorous stories and the forms our othering typically takes.
You guys would let me know if I was going too hard, wouldn't you? 😅
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
You guys would let me know if I was going too hard, wouldn't you? 😅
Not to mention this passage is as true of the homosexuality in IWTV as of the polyamorous vampire family in A Dowry of Blood
Further, Lestat‘s attempt to socially isolate those he purports to care for in the first half of this story can be seen as a similar to threat to Dracula’s in the latter book
Further, Lestat‘s attempt to socially isolate those he purports to care for in the first half of this story can be seen as a similar to threat to Dracula’s in the latter book
October 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Not to mention this passage is as true of the homosexuality in IWTV as of the polyamorous vampire family in A Dowry of Blood
Further, Lestat‘s attempt to socially isolate those he purports to care for in the first half of this story can be seen as a similar to threat to Dracula’s in the latter book
Further, Lestat‘s attempt to socially isolate those he purports to care for in the first half of this story can be seen as a similar to threat to Dracula’s in the latter book
Hiiiii #WeeknightWriters.
This is super good timing because I'm in a bit of a slump with writing this week and I reckon connecting with other writer excitement is the way to solve my problem!
My main WIP is a dystopia right now cause Eat The Rich!!
This is super good timing because I'm in a bit of a slump with writing this week and I reckon connecting with other writer excitement is the way to solve my problem!
My main WIP is a dystopia right now cause Eat The Rich!!
September 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hiiiii #WeeknightWriters.
This is super good timing because I'm in a bit of a slump with writing this week and I reckon connecting with other writer excitement is the way to solve my problem!
My main WIP is a dystopia right now cause Eat The Rich!!
This is super good timing because I'm in a bit of a slump with writing this week and I reckon connecting with other writer excitement is the way to solve my problem!
My main WIP is a dystopia right now cause Eat The Rich!!
Serious follow up thought, though:
If I were to open a small press publishing only #polyamorous #writing of fiction / #poetry / #essay / #art, I'd call it Sex Is Great But Literary.
Let's just say... @sexisgreatbutlit.bsky.social for short, if being constrained by a character limit 😅
If I were to open a small press publishing only #polyamorous #writing of fiction / #poetry / #essay / #art, I'd call it Sex Is Great But Literary.
Let's just say... @sexisgreatbutlit.bsky.social for short, if being constrained by a character limit 😅
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Serious follow up thought, though:
If I were to open a small press publishing only #polyamorous #writing of fiction / #poetry / #essay / #art, I'd call it Sex Is Great But Literary.
Let's just say... @sexisgreatbutlit.bsky.social for short, if being constrained by a character limit 😅
If I were to open a small press publishing only #polyamorous #writing of fiction / #poetry / #essay / #art, I'd call it Sex Is Great But Literary.
Let's just say... @sexisgreatbutlit.bsky.social for short, if being constrained by a character limit 😅
It's 2025. Is it still too soon to see an independent publishing house opening its doors solely to polyamorous fiction?
I'm not fussy, Really, I'll take polyamory in literally every genre I can get it including, but of *course* not limited, to
I'm not fussy, Really, I'll take polyamory in literally every genre I can get it including, but of *course* not limited, to
September 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It's 2025. Is it still too soon to see an independent publishing house opening its doors solely to polyamorous fiction?
I'm not fussy, Really, I'll take polyamory in literally every genre I can get it including, but of *course* not limited, to
I'm not fussy, Really, I'll take polyamory in literally every genre I can get it including, but of *course* not limited, to
As an asexual polyamorous person, I think about this all the time.
I'm even in the middle of an essay, analysing 27 polyamorous stories published between 2010-2024, that features the line:
I'm even in the middle of an essay, analysing 27 polyamorous stories published between 2010-2024, that features the line:
September 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
As an asexual polyamorous person, I think about this all the time.
I'm even in the middle of an essay, analysing 27 polyamorous stories published between 2010-2024, that features the line:
I'm even in the middle of an essay, analysing 27 polyamorous stories published between 2010-2024, that features the line:
In February 2019, I was the proud editor of an anthology called Happiness in Numbers.
It was a trailblazer - not just because it was the first anthology to tell solely polyamorous stories, but because it was then, and is still today, the only polyamorous anthology without sex at its core.
It was a trailblazer - not just because it was the first anthology to tell solely polyamorous stories, but because it was then, and is still today, the only polyamorous anthology without sex at its core.
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
In February 2019, I was the proud editor of an anthology called Happiness in Numbers.
It was a trailblazer - not just because it was the first anthology to tell solely polyamorous stories, but because it was then, and is still today, the only polyamorous anthology without sex at its core.
It was a trailblazer - not just because it was the first anthology to tell solely polyamorous stories, but because it was then, and is still today, the only polyamorous anthology without sex at its core.
This pattern didn’t call for the text at the top but, hell, I had some space in the frame and thought I’d use the words to fill it.
September 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This pattern didn’t call for the text at the top but, hell, I had some space in the frame and thought I’d use the words to fill it.
Last of the outlines done 😍
I’m really enjoying watching this one come to life and I hope you are too!
I’m really enjoying watching this one come to life and I hope you are too!
September 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Last of the outlines done 😍
I’m really enjoying watching this one come to life and I hope you are too!
I’m really enjoying watching this one come to life and I hope you are too!
Nawww, look, she already looks so cute!
Was working on this yesterday while the family was over… long story short, I’m now doing a second one of these for my nephew. 😅
Was working on this yesterday while the family was over… long story short, I’m now doing a second one of these for my nephew. 😅
September 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Nawww, look, she already looks so cute!
Was working on this yesterday while the family was over… long story short, I’m now doing a second one of these for my nephew. 😅
Was working on this yesterday while the family was over… long story short, I’m now doing a second one of these for my nephew. 😅
The moment you realise you‘ve been spending too much time writing your Melbourne based dystopia comes when you see this perfectly lovely picture of Melbourne right now and think,
“Hmm, that looks like the perfectly manicured park spaces I was writing about yesterday.”
“Hmm, that looks like the perfectly manicured park spaces I was writing about yesterday.”
September 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The moment you realise you‘ve been spending too much time writing your Melbourne based dystopia comes when you see this perfectly lovely picture of Melbourne right now and think,
“Hmm, that looks like the perfectly manicured park spaces I was writing about yesterday.”
“Hmm, that looks like the perfectly manicured park spaces I was writing about yesterday.”