Category: Thoughts

• Groovy motivation

  Art, creativity and motivation to write

  O. S. King

  2026-04-16

  Books, Writers tips, novels, short story, Thoughts, queer

  writing, writers, writing group, queer writers, writer, lgbtq writing

• Hell’s Breakroom and queer themes in horror writing

  Queer themes in horror writing and looking at my thoughts on writing stories for my book Hell’s Breakroom.

  O. S. King

  2026-04-10

  Books, novels, queer, short story, Thoughts

  character development, dark academia, fiction, horror stories, lgbtq writing, queer theory, queer writers, writer, writing group

• Writing Our Legacy

  Writing Our Legacy charity and BPOC writers and community spaces to develop your writing. Importance of support for marginalised voices.

  O. S. King

  2026-04-08

  Books, novels, queer, short story, Thoughts, Writers tips

  Books, fiction, lgbtq writing, people of colour, queer writers, writer, writers of colour, writing, writing our legacy, writing tips

• Exploring European Crime Fiction: Insights and Inspirations

  Discussing writing goals, learning the craft and reading crime fiction authors for inspiration.

  O. S. King

  2026-03-22

  Books, novels, Thoughts, Writers tips

  book-review, Books, character development, European Crime Fiction, fiction, Open University, queer writers, reading, self-publishing, writer, writing, writing goals, writing tips

• Hell’s Breakroom

  Hi All, Hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying what you can of your days. Bailey and I have been tussling with the seasonal changes – to be honest – me more than her! I have already got my heated blanket out. When COVID-19 struck, followed by lockdown, I was writing short stories for the…

  O. S. King

  2025-10-15

  Books, novels, Thoughts

  Books, horror, lgbtq writing, queer writers, writer, writing, writing horror

• Write like a cat! Write stories that you crave

  A playful reminder from Olivia and her cat Bailey: write the stories you want to read. Embrace joy, curiosity, and unapologetic creativity.

  O. S. King

  2025-05-02

  Books, novels, queer, Thoughts, Writers tips

  author life, Bailey the cat, blogging with cats, cat blog, cozy mysteries, creative writing, Emerson Chopra, fiction writing tips, how to write, Murder in the Village, UK writer, write what you love, write your own story, writing advice, writing blog, writing encouragement, writing inspiration, writing motivation

• Toward the queerest insurrection

  I have returned to this manuscript numerous times for a number of years. “Toward the Queerest Insurrection” is an influential manuscript authored by the Mary Nardini Gang. It is an anti-assimilationist manifesto, challenging the mainstream LGBTQ+ movement’s tendencies toward conformity and advocating for a radical, insurrectionary approach to queer liberation for lasting and sustainable change.…

  O. S. King

  2025-04-10

  Activism, queer, Thoughts

  alternative queer futures, anarchist queer theory, anti-assimilationist queer theory, dismantling oppression, intersectional queer politics, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ systemic oppression, Mary Nardini Gang, queer identity and resistance, queer insurrection, queer liberation, queer liberation movement, queer manifesto, queer person of colour, queer radicalism, queer rights under attack, queer writers, radical queer politics, The Anarchist Library, Toward the Queerest Insurrection, writing

• Self-publishing: thoughts on marketing

  Difficulties in marketing self-published book.

  O. S. King

  2024-06-04

  Books, Thoughts

  Books, fiction, lgbtq writing, marketing, queer writers, self-publishing, writers, writing, writing tips

• The self and writing: subaltern voices

  Why someone writes and the impact of exploring space for subaltern voices.

  O. S. King

  2024-06-04

  Thoughts, Writers tips

  Books, fiction, goodreads, queer writers, subaltern voices, writer, writers, writing