Nicole Evans | Editor and Author

@thoughtsstained

331 Siguiendo688 Seguidores2473 Publicaciones

Website Bluesky

writing

¿Es tu perfil?Reclámalo y thoughtsstained.dirty.social es tuyo.Reclamar perfil

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jul 10

Added this GLORIOUS stack of 32mm (I think that's what it is—I might already be misremembering 😅) trailer film from LOTR to my collection because I have really fucking awesome friends. Love you, @valerievaldes.bsky.social and @intenselyeric.bsky.social 🥰😭

A shot of just three and a half shelves of Nicole's LOTR bookshelf collection, featuring plenty of collectibles, like funko pops, Weta figures, artwork, books, scores and now, a new collection of trailer film reels from all three films from her good friends. 😭

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jul 10

Do you need to write a lot of this weekend? Would coworking help you lock in a bit? Well, it's that time again for One Hundred Hours of Writing (OH HOW) starting TOMORROW at 1pm CST. I'll be streaming at 11pm CST. 😅 Check out www.ohhow.net for more info/full schedule! #WriteSky #AuthorSky

The OH HOW streaming schedule for July 10th - the 12th written in yellow and white, with a reddened ocean background photo.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jul 6

If your period has ever made you want to die, I hope reading my debut will allow you three things: solace, a sense of solidarity, and being seen in ways our society currently lacks. thoughtsstainedwithink.com/links/ #BookSky 🌈📚💙📚

A blue background with the cover of Blood Price by Nicole Evans (with artwork by Zoe Badini) in the center of a trope map surrounding the book.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jul 6

GUESS WHO STARTED WRITING A NEW BOOK TODAY AFTER NOT WRITING AT ALL IN 2026!? THIS AUTHOR RIGHT HERE. 😭😭😭😭😭

Screenshot of a word count of 730 total after Nicole's first writing session of 2026!

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jul 5

IT'S HERE! Check out this *gorgeous* surprise sketch art by @nalou.bsky.social of my lovers from The Beckoned and the Bound, Karra and Callum! Plus, a snippet from the book. 🥀 Who else is as obsessed as I am!? #BookSky #Romancelandia #QueerWriters 🌈📚💙📚

Artwork of Karra (a fat Elven woman with light gray skin and red and black hair) and Callum (a muscular human with sunkissed white skin and black and white hair) by Nalou Arts for the upcoming fantasy romance novel, The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jul 4

WE HIT OUR GOAL OF 50 ADDS!! Character artwork of Karra and Callum by @nalou.bsky.social being revealed TOMORROW. 🥰 (If you want to help us get closer to unlocking our next art reveal, you can add it to your TBR here!) www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... #BookSky #Romancelandia 🌈📚💙📚

Screenshot of Goodreads page for The Beckoned and the Bound, highlighting the current adds of 55 on "Want to Read" shelves

Graphic of Goodreads adds milestone goals for The Beckoned and the Bound. The first two have been unlocked! The next milestone is 75 adds, which will reveal a character art portrait of Karra by Paia Arts! Written in white font with a red background.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jul 3

Working on a new Patreon post going live tomorrow for anyone who wants to join and read it! 👀👀

A screenshot of a black box with white text that reads, "Early Art Reveals Plus Goals for 2nd Half of 2026!", which is the header of the next Patreon post going live on Nicole's Patreon!

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jul 2

We are only ONE ADD AWAY FROM UNLOCKING NEW ART BY @nalou.bsky.social!!!! Who is going to be lucky add number 50!?!? 😭 #BookSky #QueerReads 🌈📚💙📚 www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

A screenshot of the Goodreads page for The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans, showing that 49 people have added TBATB to Goodreads and she is one add away from unlocking her next goal of 50 adds and revealing new art as a reward!

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 26

#LGBTQWriteAThon Day 26: I've been so lucky to already work with two dream cover artists!!! 😭😭 @zoebadini.bsky.social created the most stunning cover for my dark epic fantasy debut that deserves ALL praise! @sylleth.bsky.social created the yearning cover of my dreams that I can't stop staring at!

Cover for Blood Price by Nicole Evans, created by Zoe Badini, feat. a mid-sized white skinned woman wearing black and red armor running with a bloodied spear between a wolf and a raven in a snow-covered cursed forest.

Book cover for The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans, artwork by Žana Arnautović, feat. a fat woman with gray skin and red and black hair with her chin being tilted up by a white man with suntanned skin and black and white hair and beard amongst a field of roses amid a dark forested backdrop.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 18

D2D's new maintanence fees came due, so the $7 I made there this year is now gone (since I don't get paid out unless I hit $20) and I now owe them $5 to cover the rest. Yes, I can afford to pay that, but also? It really fucking sucks. Stop punishing me for being a tiny author! 😭 #WriteSky #BookSky

A screenshot of Nicole's Draft2Digital (D2D) account dashboard, which shows that she's sold 28 books over all, but nothing May onward and has a current balance of -$4.89 thanks to D2D's new "mainanence fees" that punishes only authors who do not make more than $100 a year through them.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 14

We stayed safe! No temptations from the fae today!

A series of photos of Dovah the Dog, a golden retriever with a white face, sitting on a deck looking out at the blue lake water.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 14

#LGBTQWriteAThon Day 14: Karra is so lucky to have a best friend in Lacian, who pulls no punches, takes no shit, and has stuck with Karra through everything. But Karra is so ensnared by her grief and her guilt that sometimes, even her best friend's support isn't enough to overcome her own mind.

Zoomed in artwork of the cover for The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans, featuring Karra, a fat woman with light gray skin, numerous silver ear piercings in her tipped ears, with red and black flowing curly hair.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 12

#LGBTQWriteAThon Day 12: TBATB as a pride mood board: from questing through gorgeous (and deadly) landscapes with magical creatures to bonding over fires and flirting amongst the roses, this was super fun to put together! And the cheese wheel strikes again. 😂 www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

Part of the LGBTQWriteAThon pride month challege, creating a mood board based off your stories! A rainbow background with a black square in the center and white text.

The Beckoned and the Bound in six colored photos to represent the rainbow and pride. From left to right: red roses, an orange fire, a yellow cheese wheel, a lush green forest, a blue mountain range, and a purple horse.

With a rainbow background, white text describes what unlocks after hitting different numerical milestones of adding The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans as "to be read" on Goodreads. The closest stretch goal to next unlock is 50 adds (currently at 39!), which will unlock the surprise couple art reveal by Nalou Arts!

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 10

#LGBTQWriteAThon Day 10: I had way too much fun with this prompt. 😂

Snippets of the cover The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans, with art by Žana Arnautović, while detaling the different crimes the leading cast of TBATB may or may not have committed.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 4

Omg yes I would love to be on an K.A. Doore list again!! 😍 THE BECKONED AND THE BOUND comes out Nov. 10th and it's: - by a bi author - a bi4bi M/F romance - has a queernorm world with normalized neopronouns - an all-queer adventuring party, including trans, gay, lesbian and non-binary rep

A blurred background of red roses amongst green foliage with the cover of the epic fantasy queer romance, The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans in the center, with a trope map around it.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 1

I'm so proud of these books, so proud to be an editor for so many queer writers and stories, so proud to be bisexual and queer and in the queer community. Let's make this pride a celebration and a riot. Come say hiiiiiiii (and maybe cheer me on with my goals)? 🖤 #QueerWriters #LGBTQWriteAThon 🌈📚

A rainbow background with black and white text detailing Nicole's goals for the month for #LGBTQWriteAThon, which incldues: editing her authors' books, outlining her sequel WIP to start writing in July, participating in all #LGBTQWriteAThon prompts, adding her local pride parade and getting her upcoming release The Beckoned and the Bound up to 50 adds Goodreads!

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 1

My debut, BLOOD PRICE, is a dark epic fantasy that explores period stigma and period trauma in a Nordic-inspired secondary queernorm world feat. a bi female protag. THE BECKONED AND THE BOUND is super queer romance feat that explores guilt, healing and finding love after loss. #LGBTQWriteAThon 🌈📚

A rainbow background featuring the covers of two of Nicole's books: on the left, Blood Price, with cover art by Zoe Badini, and on the right, The Beckoned and the Bound, cover art by Žana Arnautović! Around both are the queer rep found in both books, including: queernorm worlds, bi protagonists, normalized neopronouns, and more.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 1

Hi! I'm Nicole (she/hers), your favorite AuDHD disabled fat bisexual fat who is actually just three skeletal crows in a trenchcoat. I edit books as a full-time freelance editor at Thoughts Stained Editorial since 2019, but went full-time in 2025! I also write books! #QueerWriters 🌈📚

A rainbow background with a photo of Nicole, a fat white woman wearing black-rimmed glasses and a sexy black top with her long, red-and-black hair down, left arm raised to show off her LOTR tattooed-sleeve. The words, "The Author" are written in black while facts about Nicole are written in white, including that she: loves trees, is a video game nerd, loves birb watching, is a full-time freelance editor, bisexual, disabled AuDHD, Dragon Age obsessed and believes in dragons.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Jun 1

HAPPY PRIDE, BABES! 🌈 I'm so excited to join up with #LGBTQWriteAThon to celebrate being a queer author who writers queer af books. Today's prompt is to share an introduction, plus your goals for the month, so let's get right to it! (A thread because I'm wordy 😂) #QueerWriters 🌈📚

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· May 28

We are only ONE ADD AWAY NOW! Don't you want to learn more about her?? What *is* a Vesperfel, anyway? Why is she named Menace?? Why does she stare into the flames like that?? Does she cause problems for the party?? Who does she love more, Karra or Callum??? Add TBATB on Goodreads to unlock!

Artwork of Menace, a Vesperfel (a made up creature) that is a combination of a bat, cat and dragon, with a cat's body, a bat's wings and ears, and a dragon's spine and tail, with black fur and white accents, staring into an open fire's flame. The text, "We are one add away from getting more art (and details) about this little Menace" is written above her head in white.

Artwork by Žana Arnautović, which is featured on the back cover of the forthcoming fantasy romance novel, The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans!

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· May 20

IT'S COVER REVEAL DAY!!!!!! 🥀😭🥀😭🥀😭 Look at this gorgeous art by @sylleth.bsky.social???? The typography by @goldfinchbkservice.bsky.social??? Dream team, omfg. My queer fantasy romance, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Dragon Age, comes out this fall! 🥰 #QueerAdultBooks 🌈📚💙📚

A background of red with rose petals falling as a gray and white paper is ripped open to reveal the words, "Cover reveal incoming" written in black text, before the cover is revealed. The cover is a 3D mock-up of the cover for The Beckoned and the Bound, the first book in a new epic fantasy romance series. The cover features red roses bordered the title in white font at the bottom, with rose petals swirling around the couple centered. On the right is a man with sun-tanned white skin and black-and-white curly hair wearing a white shirt. His left hand reaches up and touches the chin of the woman on the right. She has flowing red and black wavy hair, light gray skin and is wearing a fantasy-styled travelers garb of white, red and brown, looking at at the man with coy affection. Surrounding the cover are tropes and details about the book, including comps (Saint of Steel series by T. Kingfisher and Dragon Age Origins!), cover artist ( Žana Arnautović) and typographist (Goldfinch Book Services) credits, and tropes (two spice levels, bi4bi romance, yearning, only one bed, extreme slow burn, pathetic for her, hand flex, forced proxmity).

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· May 15

If 9 people join to help me reveal my cover, Sasha gets her favorite treat: a cat soup. (Yes I am shamelessly using my cat for marketing. She's okay with it b/c she gets soup, you get my cover early and help everyone see how gorgeous it is. WINS ALL AROUND.) linktr.ee/thoughtsstai... #BookSky

A fat white woman with black-rimmed glasses and tattoos wears noise-canceling headphones and smiles at the camera while her overlord, more colloquially known as Sasha the Cat—a gray Russian Blue with white markings—stares away from the camera.

You know, as is her right and her vibe, honestly.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Apr 9

WHAT

A beaver cleaning his paws on a waterbank

A trio of sparrows fighting over the top of a wooden birdhouse

Three turtles sunbathing amongst green plants in a pond

A snake submersed in water with only his head out, tongue sticking out

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Apr 9

A blurred green backdrop with white flowers on a brown stem in focus

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Apr 9

Guys I'm getting Really Into™️nature photography (after borrowing my brother's Canon Rebel T6) and I'm looking over photos tonight and I am OBSESSED. Like, *I* took these?? WHAT.

A sunset with four geese traveling across the skyline

A bald eagle flying across a blue sky backdrop

A sparrow holding onto a wooded birdhouse for dear life against a strong wind.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Mar 30

Spending some time today fighting against H.R. 7661, a bill that specifically aims to censor trans queer books as "sexual content". NOT ON OUR WATCH. Help protect books by telling your reps to vote NO on H.R. 7661. (Graphics by @authorsabb.bsky.social) #BookSky 5calls.org/issue/federa...

a blue graphic with an outline of the United States. Red and white text reads: Call. National Book Banning Bill Proposed in US House of Reps. Tell your rep: Vote no on H.R. 7661

a blue and red graphic with white text that reads: House Republicans have introduced a bill to effectively grant the federal government decision-making power over what books make it into the library. H.R. 7661 is a national-level book banning bill that would ban any book that, according to the bill's language, "(ii) involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism." This means any book about a trans person or the trans experience would be banned from every public school in the United States

a blue graphic with red and white text that reads: Call your reps. Tell them they must oppose this bill at every turn. It is egregiously unconstitutional, targets ideas based on ideological disapproval, and misleads parents and the public about the content of children's books. It does nothing to protect kids and will badly harm education. It will tie school material funding into knots and hurt anyone who is a library materials vendor, regardless of content. If you are a bookseller, librarian, or author, tell them your livelihood depends on the next generation of readers.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Mar 27

Guess what! Many of my authors and their books are perfect not only for the Trans Rights Readathon, but any time of the year!! You should check them out!! (I even have a handy link where you can buy all their books!) linktr.ee/thoughtsstai... #BookSky 🏳️‍⚧️🌈📚

A series of four canva graphics with the trans flag in the background, featuring 10 books either by trans or nonbinary authors or featuring books with trans or nonbinary main characters!

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Mar 17

We named her after a dragon but apparently she is part shark LOL

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Mar 17

Happy #TransRightsReadathon! Trans rights are human rights, trans people will be and have always been here, and they are actively being attacked by our fascist regime of a government (especially here in Kansas). Reading and supporting and BUYING trans books are more important than ever. 🏳️‍⚧️ #BookSky

A book stack of amazing books to consider reading for the Trans Rights Readathon! Including books by Greer Stothers, Yoon Ha Lee, Shelley Parker Chan, Neon Yang, Alexis Hall, K.M. Enright, August Clark, JD Rivers and Aubrey Ennis.

Nicole Evans | Editor and Author@thoughtsstained· Feb 25

IT'S TITLE DROP DAY 🥀🥀🥀 #Romancelandia #WriteSky #BookSky