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Strong Women–Strange Worlds on May 1st and Beyond!

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First and Foremost: Please join us on May 1st 2026 for a free, virtual QuickReads session with six women and non-binary authors!


Happening this Friday May 1st from Strong Women – Strange Worlds, we have a fantastic line-up of talented women and non-binary science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors: Elly Bangs, A.L. Kaplan, Lauren Beukes, Anne E.G Nydam, A.Y Chao, and E.D.E. Bell. Join us for this free live virtual reading and stay for the fun chat and community. There will be prizes/giveaways from the authors as well – you won’t want to miss this!

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-women-strange-worlds-33460611105

These QuickReads happen twice monthly: on the First Friday at noon, and on the Third Thursday in the evening.

Lately, we’ve been playing around with what evening time will be the best for the most attendees. It’s hard these days to know what affects attendance, and it’s even more difficult to reach possible attendees and future community members. I don’t have to tell you that it’s exceptionally hard to break through the endless onslaught of upsetting news. People are burned out, exhausted, and broke. We get that because… same, friend.

It’s one of the reasons why I love SW-SW though: it’s free. It comes to you where you are, via Zoom. It brings you entertainment from six writers of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and a robust discussion afterwards with the authors in a community that cares deeply about genre writing and supporting women and non-binary writers. And if for some reason you can’t attend when it’s happening live, you can always check out the recordings on the Strong Women-Strange Worlds YouTube channel.

Heck, we’re even putting together podcasts with even more interesting discussions!

I’m mentioning this because I’m part of the SW-SW committee, as the head of the Audience Outreach team. I do this because I believe strongly in our mission and work. We’re a small group of volunteers who want to provide a space for genre works from marginalized groups to get more attention, and we work really hard to make that happen.

I’d be touched if you took some time to check out one of our upcoming readings–or multiples! Please help us support what we want to see more of in this world. And if you could share this post with others who you think would enjoy this, that would be so wonderful. Thank you!

The cover to novel A Small Light in the Darkness overlaid on a photo of lightning. Next to it, text reads: Launch Party; chat and reading with Christiane Knight

Missed the Launch Party? I got you!

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A Small Light in the Darkness Fun

…and other news!

If you missed yesterday’s Launch Party for A Small Light in the Darkness, never fear! I have uploaded it to YouTube and will also embed it at the bottom of this blog post, for easy access. Expect a very animated me talking at length about research, process, and the personal connections that went into my story, as well as a reading from ASLID.

…I had so much fun! I think you can tell.

Also, in the portion of the book that I read, Fo shares a video with Tryst about murmurations that he found to help him understand what she was referring to. If you’ve been on ye olde Internets for a long time, you may have seen this previously, but it’s always a good day to share it, in my opinion.

It’s perfectly magical and captures exactly the kind of beauty that Tryst and Fo both talk about that people often overlook.

Ratings! Reviews! Help me get seen?

As a small indie/self published author, visibility is a real struggle. I don’t have the kind of money to drop into big ads, and honestly I have my doubts as to how effective they actually are. Not to mention, I really don’t want to go that route. It feels icky. I love the idea of word-of-mouth advertising and growth on merit, but I also know that I’m a starry-eyed mooncalf and it’s really difficult to get any traction in the fast-moving world of algorithms and social media darlings that flash and burn.

So here’s my ask: if you’ve read my novel, will you leave a rating or review somewhere? On Goodreads or LibraryThing or TheStorygraph or IndieStoryGeek or on your blog or social media? Every time you tell a friend or stranger about an indie author, we loosen the grip of big publishing on storytelling! And you’ll help me get this story into more hands too. 💜

If you haven’t read it yet and need a copy, it’s slowly making its way everywhere! In the US, you can buy a signed paperback directly from me, or an ebook if you’re anywhere in the world. If you’re outside the US and buy it elsewhere, I’m happy to send you a signed bookplate. The ebook is available everywhere, DRM free because I love you.

I already have two amazing reviews up on Goodreads, both from folks in the field who have very kind things to say about ASLID. I feel very fortunate.

While you’re here, a question:

Doing the launch party reminded me how much I enjoy putting out visual content, and it made me want to do more videos, like I used to do. Question is: would you enjoy that? I can bring back Office Hours and maybe even restart doing my serial readings from In Sleep You Know… or something else that maybe you really want to see. Leave a comment with your vote!

And as always, my deepest gratitude for your ongoing support, dear friends.