Kelly Carden

Writer. Homeschooler. Trans*

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

Sometimes I think I’m pretty well organized. Other times I find a diaper at the bottom of my tote bag 14 months after my youngest child was potty trained 🤦🏼‍♂️

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

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[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

Wordle 205 4/6

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[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

@ceciliaclyra I wish agents who request LGBTQ subs would be more specific. Gender-normative gays with a HEA? Complicated trans folks with a chip on their shoulder? Closeted queer folks making do in a hostile culture (modern or historic)? Queer sidekick to straight MC? Comps are helpful.

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

@ceciliaclyra @TSNOTYAW I listen while shelving books at the library where I work 🙂

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

@SwearingMommy My son would love this book

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

A middle-aged trans man’s solitary rural life is upended when the child he gave up for adoption 17 years ago comes back into his life. #PitMad #LGBT #A

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

A middle-aged rural trans man has been hiding from his past for 17 years. Can a reunion with his long-lost daughter draw him out of his solitary world? #PitMad #LGBT #A

[Melissa Manners @melissamanners]

Mary’s herbs were supposed to cure the boy. Not hurt him. Not kill him.

Is it any wonder that the enraged mother lashes out? Is it any wonder that she accuses her servant of witchcraft? Mary must flee if she is to escape the gallows.

#PitMad #LGBT #HF #HR #WF #R

[Melissa Manners @melissamanners]

1593. Mary is arrested for witchcraft.

Even under the worst torture, she will not give up her daughters. Her only hope of escaping the gallows: the woman she loves.

Elizabeth would die for Mary. She would kill for her.

#PitMad #LGBT #HF #HR #WF #R

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

A middle-aged trans man’s solitary rural life is upended when the child he gave up for adoption 17 years ago comes back into his life. #PitMad #LGBT

[Brittney Morris THIS BOOK MIGHT BE ABT ZINNIA 7/25 @BrittneyMMorris]

Had to endure homophobic family members this weekend so I'm putting another gay kiss in this book.

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

@JimMcCarthy528 Many agents say that they are looking for queer voices, but I suspect that marketability limits how queer those stories can really be. Care to give any specific details? When should a queer author just go straight to LGBT publishers and not even try for mainstream?

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

It has been great watching @Jeopardamy on Jeopardy these last few days 🙂

[Jeopardy! @Jeopardy]

Thank you for your thoughtful message, Amy. ❤️

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

The pudgy, lovable, mildly creepy, microscopic Tardigrade “WaterBear” would make a most excellent @Macys Thanksgiving Day parade balloon.

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

Emotional, dual-POV queer family story. A middle-aged trans man is forced to confront his painful past when the child he gave up for adoption comes back into his life as an inquisitive teenager who knows nothing of her birth or conception. #DVPit #TV #LF

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

A middle-aged trans man’s solitary rural life is upended when the child he gave up for adoption comes back into his life. Even though he longs to connect with his teenage daughter, he complicates the reunion by hiding the circumstances of her birth. #DVPit #TV #LF #OWN

[Kelly Carden @KellyCarden8]

LITTLE FISH (Casey Plett) x WHAT COMES AFTER. A middle-aged trans man is forced to confront his painful past when the child he gave up for adoption comes back into his life as an inquisitive teenager who knows nothing of her birth or conception. #pitmad #A #LGBT #LF #IRMC

[Van Van Cleave @VanVanCleave1]

An ASD chef navigating the grief of her brother's suicide encounters a patron resembling him. She dreams about who the mystery man is and who her brother could've been. As her obsession deepens, she discovers her desire to be the man her brother couldn't. #pitmad #a #lf #own #dis