Kelsey Josephson
@kelseyjosephson.com
Author of strange steampunk and reinvented fairy tales. 💖⚙️📚
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Member of SFWA and ALLi
www.kelseyjosephson.com
https://news.kelseyjosephson.com/
she/her
Member of SFWA and ALLi
www.kelseyjosephson.com
https://news.kelseyjosephson.com/
My steampunk fairy tale retelling, Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast, is on sale for 99c this week through Monday!
Read here: www.amazon.com/Forsaken-Bea...
#WeeknightWriters
Read here: www.amazon.com/Forsaken-Bea...
#WeeknightWriters
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
My steampunk fairy tale retelling, Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast, is on sale for 99c this week through Monday!
Read here: www.amazon.com/Forsaken-Bea...
#WeeknightWriters
Read here: www.amazon.com/Forsaken-Bea...
#WeeknightWriters
Oh, and Hazel making this face:
February 6, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Oh, and Hazel making this face:
💖 I’m Going Live TOMORROW! ⚙️
On Thursday, February 5th, at 5 pm Central time, I’m joining S.D. Huston live on her YouTube channel for Charmed Chats & Happily Ever After Sprints!
#BookSky
🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/lqJPDkL...
On Thursday, February 5th, at 5 pm Central time, I’m joining S.D. Huston live on her YouTube channel for Charmed Chats & Happily Ever After Sprints!
#BookSky
🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/lqJPDkL...
February 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
💖 I’m Going Live TOMORROW! ⚙️
On Thursday, February 5th, at 5 pm Central time, I’m joining S.D. Huston live on her YouTube channel for Charmed Chats & Happily Ever After Sprints!
#BookSky
🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/lqJPDkL...
On Thursday, February 5th, at 5 pm Central time, I’m joining S.D. Huston live on her YouTube channel for Charmed Chats & Happily Ever After Sprints!
#BookSky
🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/lqJPDkL...
Today has been a hot mess, so here's Hazel taking her office cat duties very seriously 😂💖
February 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Today has been a hot mess, so here's Hazel taking her office cat duties very seriously 😂💖
My steampunk fairy tale retelling, Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast, is also part of the sale!
Ebook: mybook.to/forsakenbeauty
Print: books2read.com/forsakenbeauty
Ebook: mybook.to/forsakenbeauty
Print: books2read.com/forsakenbeauty
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
My steampunk fairy tale retelling, Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast, is also part of the sale!
Ebook: mybook.to/forsakenbeauty
Print: books2read.com/forsakenbeauty
Ebook: mybook.to/forsakenbeauty
Print: books2read.com/forsakenbeauty
Yay for black cats deciding to be the center of attention 😂
January 23, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Yay for black cats deciding to be the center of attention 😂
I've started attending classes at the local YMCA to break up my workday. Yesterday, I learned how to use barbells in new-to-me and interesting ways. It was a revelation and I loved it!
#WeeknightWriters
How it looked using barbells vs how it felt:
#WeeknightWriters
How it looked using barbells vs how it felt:
January 23, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I've started attending classes at the local YMCA to break up my workday. Yesterday, I learned how to use barbells in new-to-me and interesting ways. It was a revelation and I loved it!
#WeeknightWriters
How it looked using barbells vs how it felt:
#WeeknightWriters
How it looked using barbells vs how it felt:
Also, I'm obsessed with the idea of the making a suitcase or box filled with art/mixed media now after seeing this piece, along with a few others I saw at the musuem. I have a lot of art supplies + steampunk ephemera that could make for a cool personal project
January 10, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Also, I'm obsessed with the idea of the making a suitcase or box filled with art/mixed media now after seeing this piece, along with a few others I saw at the musuem. I have a lot of art supplies + steampunk ephemera that could make for a cool personal project
I'm at peace with his passing, but it was still comforting to be surrounded by human-made art this afternoon.
Here are a few more pieces from throughout the Art Center that left an impression on me:
Here are a few more pieces from throughout the Art Center that left an impression on me:
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I'm at peace with his passing, but it was still comforting to be surrounded by human-made art this afternoon.
Here are a few more pieces from throughout the Art Center that left an impression on me:
Here are a few more pieces from throughout the Art Center that left an impression on me:
My uncle passed away earlier this week, and today was his funeral. Since there was no way that I could make the trip all the way to Oklahoma on such short notice, I decided to visit the Día de los Muertos exhibit at the Des Moines Art Center after revisions this afternoon.
Here are a few pieces:
Here are a few pieces:
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
My uncle passed away earlier this week, and today was his funeral. Since there was no way that I could make the trip all the way to Oklahoma on such short notice, I decided to visit the Día de los Muertos exhibit at the Des Moines Art Center after revisions this afternoon.
Here are a few pieces:
Here are a few pieces:
Quote with four of your favourite holiday movies! ❄️☃️
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Quote with four of your favourite holiday movies! ❄️☃️
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
No complaints from me! 😍
(Not sure if I'll actually be safe, but it'll at least be an interesting rescue attempt 💀)
Who's coming to save you?
No complaints from me! 😍
(Not sure if I'll actually be safe, but it'll at least be an interesting rescue attempt 💀)
December 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
No complaints from me! 😍
(Not sure if I'll actually be safe, but it'll at least be an interesting rescue attempt 💀)
Who's coming to save you?
No complaints from me! 😍
(Not sure if I'll actually be safe, but it'll at least be an interesting rescue attempt 💀)
Had so much fun making this slightly unhinged motivational collage for my planner. 😂💖
The lighting is terrible in here, but here's the finished layout for my 2026 Word of the Year, Emerge:
The lighting is terrible in here, but here's the finished layout for my 2026 Word of the Year, Emerge:
December 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Had so much fun making this slightly unhinged motivational collage for my planner. 😂💖
The lighting is terrible in here, but here's the finished layout for my 2026 Word of the Year, Emerge:
The lighting is terrible in here, but here's the finished layout for my 2026 Word of the Year, Emerge:
Collecting images for my 2026 Word of the Year, Emerge, has been hilarious and therapeutic. Including Godzilla and Stitch pics brings me joy. This will be fun to finish later! 😂💖
December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Collecting images for my 2026 Word of the Year, Emerge, has been hilarious and therapeutic. Including Godzilla and Stitch pics brings me joy. This will be fun to finish later! 😂💖
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
December 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
This week has been a lot with nasty surprises and bad policies from sources I wouldn't have expected in this industry. Even with some of these reversed, it's not a great feeling.
Time to go back to listening to my new book as I'm making revisions. Pic of my Willow for a timeline cleanse.
📚💙
Time to go back to listening to my new book as I'm making revisions. Pic of my Willow for a timeline cleanse.
📚💙
December 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This week has been a lot with nasty surprises and bad policies from sources I wouldn't have expected in this industry. Even with some of these reversed, it's not a great feeling.
Time to go back to listening to my new book as I'm making revisions. Pic of my Willow for a timeline cleanse.
📚💙
Time to go back to listening to my new book as I'm making revisions. Pic of my Willow for a timeline cleanse.
📚💙
Did some difficult things with my manuscript today, despite, well, everything. Lots of work ahead, but keeping my phone of out my office helped tremendously this afternoon!
Anyway, flipping through the art book for Alice: Madness Returns (2011) while the oven preheats has been fun 💖
#BookSky
Anyway, flipping through the art book for Alice: Madness Returns (2011) while the oven preheats has been fun 💖
#BookSky
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Did some difficult things with my manuscript today, despite, well, everything. Lots of work ahead, but keeping my phone of out my office helped tremendously this afternoon!
Anyway, flipping through the art book for Alice: Madness Returns (2011) while the oven preheats has been fun 💖
#BookSky
Anyway, flipping through the art book for Alice: Madness Returns (2011) while the oven preheats has been fun 💖
#BookSky
Right. Another heartbreak from the place I least expected it.
I'm going to put my phone in another room, put a record on, and get back to revisions instead of doomscrolling.
Maybe later I'll look through some of the concept art books in my collection.
#Bookthreads
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I'm going to put my phone in another room, put a record on, and get back to revisions instead of doomscrolling.
Maybe later I'll look through some of the concept art books in my collection.
#Bookthreads
📚💙
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Right. Another heartbreak from the place I least expected it.
I'm going to put my phone in another room, put a record on, and get back to revisions instead of doomscrolling.
Maybe later I'll look through some of the concept art books in my collection.
#Bookthreads
📚💙
I'm going to put my phone in another room, put a record on, and get back to revisions instead of doomscrolling.
Maybe later I'll look through some of the concept art books in my collection.
#Bookthreads
📚💙
I had so much fun at Speed Date a Book with @swsworlds.bsky.social today! Hazel was feeling a little pouty because my record player was off. (She loves music so much! Reminds me of the big cat in Bringing up Baby 😂)
#BookSky
#BookSky
December 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I had so much fun at Speed Date a Book with @swsworlds.bsky.social today! Hazel was feeling a little pouty because my record player was off. (She loves music so much! Reminds me of the big cat in Bringing up Baby 😂)
#BookSky
#BookSky
Guys, I broke character practicing for tomorrow's sketch because LOOK AT HAZEL'S FACE! 😂😂😂😂😂💀
This is why I rehearse my lines. 😂😂😂💖
#BookSky
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This is why I rehearse my lines. 😂😂😂💖
#BookSky
💙📚
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Guys, I broke character practicing for tomorrow's sketch because LOOK AT HAZEL'S FACE! 😂😂😂😂😂💀
This is why I rehearse my lines. 😂😂😂💖
#BookSky
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This is why I rehearse my lines. 😂😂😂💖
#BookSky
💙📚
I'll be on during the 11 am - 12 pm Central time block during the Strong Women-Strange Worlds Holiday Extravaganza on December 13th! It'll be chaotic, fun, and no cost. Come join us!
The event is free, but you need to register in order to receive the Zoom link: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-stron...
📚💙
The event is free, but you need to register in order to receive the Zoom link: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-stron...
📚💙
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'll be on during the 11 am - 12 pm Central time block during the Strong Women-Strange Worlds Holiday Extravaganza on December 13th! It'll be chaotic, fun, and no cost. Come join us!
The event is free, but you need to register in order to receive the Zoom link: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-stron...
📚💙
The event is free, but you need to register in order to receive the Zoom link: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-stron...
📚💙
December 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Happy Caturday! Willow is making a face because she wants to grab the beads on my phone's wristlet. 😂
I'll need to keep one eye on her while I'm reading.
I'll need to keep one eye on her while I'm reading.
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Happy Caturday! Willow is making a face because she wants to grab the beads on my phone's wristlet. 😂
I'll need to keep one eye on her while I'm reading.
I'll need to keep one eye on her while I'm reading.
This is where I post from:
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is where I post from:
Made it back safely from Fables and Flames! I had an amazing time meeting readers, authors, performers, and artists. I also got to spend time with Mom. (We had so much fun together, especially since we got to go on a pilgrimage to Pop Mart!) I hope the timing works out so that we can go again. 💖⚙️📚
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Made it back safely from Fables and Flames! I had an amazing time meeting readers, authors, performers, and artists. I also got to spend time with Mom. (We had so much fun together, especially since we got to go on a pilgrimage to Pop Mart!) I hope the timing works out so that we can go again. 💖⚙️📚