Kali Benson
@authorkalibenson.bsky.social
I write to give the voices in my head something productive to do.
🧑🏻🤝🧑🏼MM Romance Author
🕵🏽♂️ Detective Thriller Author
🏳️🌈 Demi + Aro 🏳️🌈
🧠 Bipolar2 + Autism + ADHD
✊🏾 Completely Radicalized Democratic Socialist
https://authorkalibenson.com
🧑🏻🤝🧑🏼MM Romance Author
🕵🏽♂️ Detective Thriller Author
🏳️🌈 Demi + Aro 🏳️🌈
🧠 Bipolar2 + Autism + ADHD
✊🏾 Completely Radicalized Democratic Socialist
https://authorkalibenson.com
1,612 words and Chapter 12 finished. Ten chapters left in the first draft. Current word count: 28,645. The original requested word-count range was 10–25K... 🫣
#WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #QueerAuthor🌈✒️ #MMRomance
#WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #QueerAuthor🌈✒️ #MMRomance
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
1,612 words and Chapter 12 finished. Ten chapters left in the first draft. Current word count: 28,645. The original requested word-count range was 10–25K... 🫣
#WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #QueerAuthor🌈✒️ #MMRomance
#WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #QueerAuthor🌈✒️ #MMRomance
1,440 words after FINALLY figuring out where I wanted to start that new chapter. A damn good writing session, if I do say so myself.
#WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #QueerAuthor🌈✒️ #MMRomance #WritingCommunity
#WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #QueerAuthor🌈✒️ #MMRomance #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
1,440 words after FINALLY figuring out where I wanted to start that new chapter. A damn good writing session, if I do say so myself.
#WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #QueerAuthor🌈✒️ #MMRomance #WritingCommunity
#WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #QueerAuthor🌈✒️ #MMRomance #WritingCommunity
My co-protagonist is really trying to take over my current WIP. But if I let him do that, as much as I love him, the whole story would shift on its axis and need to be reevaluated.
#FirstDraftFall #AmWriting
#FirstDraftFall #AmWriting
#FirstDraftFall Now that you've gotten into writing for First Draft Fall, who's your favorite character in your story?
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My co-protagonist is really trying to take over my current WIP. But if I let him do that, as much as I love him, the whole story would shift on its axis and need to be reevaluated.
#FirstDraftFall #AmWriting
#FirstDraftFall #AmWriting
All I said was the man had a point, y'all. 😭 I didn't say ANYTHING about how he went about proving said point!
The man had a damn good point, is all I'm saying...
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
All I said was the man had a point, y'all. 😭 I didn't say ANYTHING about how he went about proving said point!
The man had a damn good point, is all I'm saying...
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The man had a damn good point, is all I'm saying...
Still trying to remember that banger chapter start that was in my head a few days ago. But I at least adjusted my outline accordingly to fit some new reveals.
#WriterProblems #AmWriting #WIPWork #WritingCommunity
#WriterProblems #AmWriting #WIPWork #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Still trying to remember that banger chapter start that was in my head a few days ago. But I at least adjusted my outline accordingly to fit some new reveals.
#WriterProblems #AmWriting #WIPWork #WritingCommunity
#WriterProblems #AmWriting #WIPWork #WritingCommunity
Thought up the *perfect* starting place for my next chapter...last night.
I knew I should've wrote it down 😭😭😭
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I knew I should've wrote it down 😭😭😭
#AmWriting #WriterProblems #WritingCommunity #QueerAuthor 🌈✒️
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Thought up the *perfect* starting place for my next chapter...last night.
I knew I should've wrote it down 😭😭😭
#AmWriting #WriterProblems #WritingCommunity #QueerAuthor 🌈✒️
I knew I should've wrote it down 😭😭😭
#AmWriting #WriterProblems #WritingCommunity #QueerAuthor 🌈✒️
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Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
Legit had a crush on this dude...
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Legit had a crush on this dude...
Got in 108 words tonight, but today was also about doing more line edit work than new drafting. Back to the drafting tomorrow, though!
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #AmWriting
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #AmWriting
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Check-In: How did your writing go today?
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Got in 108 words tonight, but today was also about doing more line edit work than new drafting. Back to the drafting tomorrow, though!
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #AmWriting
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #AmWriting
I love when I give myself a writing deadline and then my characters laugh in my face. Still got ten chapters to write, but my sensitivity reader has been gracious enough to grant an extension for draft delivery.
#WriterProblems #NeurodivergenceRep #QueerAuthor🌈✍🏾
#WriterProblems #NeurodivergenceRep #QueerAuthor🌈✍🏾
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I love when I give myself a writing deadline and then my characters laugh in my face. Still got ten chapters to write, but my sensitivity reader has been gracious enough to grant an extension for draft delivery.
#WriterProblems #NeurodivergenceRep #QueerAuthor🌈✍🏾
#WriterProblems #NeurodivergenceRep #QueerAuthor🌈✍🏾
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I’m currently in the negative $50 and could really use some help!!
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I'm just a simple plantser dancing along the whims of a somewhat guided path. But holy shit, I have a completed outline and I'm...
What do you mean I can now write the second half of this story in a month??
#AmWriting #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
What do you mean I can now write the second half of this story in a month??
#AmWriting #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
October 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'm just a simple plantser dancing along the whims of a somewhat guided path. But holy shit, I have a completed outline and I'm...
What do you mean I can now write the second half of this story in a month??
#AmWriting #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
What do you mean I can now write the second half of this story in a month??
#AmWriting #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
My writing goal for the week is to finish 2–3 chapters this week. I have 14 more chapters to write. My self-imposed deadline is to get the draft written, edited, and out to a sensitivity reader or two by December 8th.
What're your writing goals this week?
#AmWriting #MMRomance #QueerAuthor
What're your writing goals this week?
#AmWriting #MMRomance #QueerAuthor
October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My writing goal for the week is to finish 2–3 chapters this week. I have 14 more chapters to write. My self-imposed deadline is to get the draft written, edited, and out to a sensitivity reader or two by December 8th.
What're your writing goals this week?
#AmWriting #MMRomance #QueerAuthor
What're your writing goals this week?
#AmWriting #MMRomance #QueerAuthor
Last night I pumped out almost 3,000 words in just about 4 hours. My worry that I wouldn't even be able to write 10,000 words for this event has been smashed to atoms. I'm on track to freaking hit 50K in the next six weeks.
#AmWriting #QueerRomance #NeurodivergenceRep #WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #QueerRomance #NeurodivergenceRep #WritingCommunity
October 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Last night I pumped out almost 3,000 words in just about 4 hours. My worry that I wouldn't even be able to write 10,000 words for this event has been smashed to atoms. I'm on track to freaking hit 50K in the next six weeks.
#AmWriting #QueerRomance #NeurodivergenceRep #WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #QueerRomance #NeurodivergenceRep #WritingCommunity
A little under a third of the way through my novella draft now and sitting pretty at 15,456 words. Four more chapters to the halfway point!
#AmWriting #QueerRomance #QueerAuthor #WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #QueerRomance #QueerAuthor #WritingCommunity
October 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A little under a third of the way through my novella draft now and sitting pretty at 15,456 words. Four more chapters to the halfway point!
#AmWriting #QueerRomance #QueerAuthor #WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #QueerRomance #QueerAuthor #WritingCommunity
I *may* have panicked a little too soon... A few tweaks here, some character profiling there, and my antagonist isn't AS antagonistic as they claimed they needed to be.
#AmWriting #WritingJourney #WritingCommunity #QueerAuthor #MMRomance #NovellaInProgress
#AmWriting #WritingJourney #WritingCommunity #QueerAuthor #MMRomance #NovellaInProgress
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I *may* have panicked a little too soon... A few tweaks here, some character profiling there, and my antagonist isn't AS antagonistic as they claimed they needed to be.
#AmWriting #WritingJourney #WritingCommunity #QueerAuthor #MMRomance #NovellaInProgress
#AmWriting #WritingJourney #WritingCommunity #QueerAuthor #MMRomance #NovellaInProgress
Seriously feel like I could walk a mile and write at the same time. Not sure if this is a good thing or not. Kind of regretting my life choices in this moment.
10 oz. of Death Wish Espresso Roast + 10 oz. of Cafe Bustelo Espresso Roast within 3 hours = I can count colors and see numbers!
#ARealWriter #AmWriting #WhatIsSleep #DoAllTheThings #WriterSky #QueerAuthor
#ARealWriter #AmWriting #WhatIsSleep #DoAllTheThings #WriterSky #QueerAuthor
a man with a beard is dancing in a room with a skull poster on the wall behind him .
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October 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Seriously feel like I could walk a mile and write at the same time. Not sure if this is a good thing or not. Kind of regretting my life choices in this moment.
10 oz. of Death Wish Espresso Roast + 10 oz. of Cafe Bustelo Espresso Roast within 3 hours = I can count colors and see numbers!
#ARealWriter #AmWriting #WhatIsSleep #DoAllTheThings #WriterSky #QueerAuthor
#ARealWriter #AmWriting #WhatIsSleep #DoAllTheThings #WriterSky #QueerAuthor
a man with a beard is dancing in a room with a skull poster on the wall behind him .
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October 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
10 oz. of Death Wish Espresso Roast + 10 oz. of Cafe Bustelo Espresso Roast within 3 hours = I can count colors and see numbers!
#ARealWriter #AmWriting #WhatIsSleep #DoAllTheThings #WriterSky #QueerAuthor
#ARealWriter #AmWriting #WhatIsSleep #DoAllTheThings #WriterSky #QueerAuthor
I hate being the type of neurospicy that can't move forward in a draft until I untangle all the knots in a chapter. I don't necessarily have to start over completely, but I definitely have to do some deep edits to untangle said knots.
#AmWriting #WritingProblems #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
#AmWriting #WritingProblems #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I hate being the type of neurospicy that can't move forward in a draft until I untangle all the knots in a chapter. I don't necessarily have to start over completely, but I definitely have to do some deep edits to untangle said knots.
#AmWriting #WritingProblems #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
#AmWriting #WritingProblems #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
I got a real profile and cover pic now, y'all 😭
#QueerAuthor #AuthorJourney #WritingCommunity #MMRomance #BabySteps
#QueerAuthor #AuthorJourney #WritingCommunity #MMRomance #BabySteps
October 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I got a real profile and cover pic now, y'all 😭
#QueerAuthor #AuthorJourney #WritingCommunity #MMRomance #BabySteps
#QueerAuthor #AuthorJourney #WritingCommunity #MMRomance #BabySteps
Mostly done drafting Chapter 7 of my novella, and who decides to come in and tap dance all over my outline? A minor side character who has self-upgraded to Main Antagonist.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingProblems #QueerRomance #IndieAuthor
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingProblems #QueerRomance #IndieAuthor
October 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mostly done drafting Chapter 7 of my novella, and who decides to come in and tap dance all over my outline? A minor side character who has self-upgraded to Main Antagonist.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingProblems #QueerRomance #IndieAuthor
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingProblems #QueerRomance #IndieAuthor
Slowly but surely building out my website 🫣😁
Moved over some already existing #flashfiction, and I didn't realize how many I'd written up last year. You can check it out here: authorkalibenson.com/kalis-kreati...
#AmWriting #QueerAuthor #GenreWriter #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
Moved over some already existing #flashfiction, and I didn't realize how many I'd written up last year. You can check it out here: authorkalibenson.com/kalis-kreati...
#AmWriting #QueerAuthor #GenreWriter #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
Alt: Kermit the frog typing wildly on a typewriter.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Slowly but surely building out my website 🫣😁
Moved over some already existing #flashfiction, and I didn't realize how many I'd written up last year. You can check it out here: authorkalibenson.com/kalis-kreati...
#AmWriting #QueerAuthor #GenreWriter #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
Moved over some already existing #flashfiction, and I didn't realize how many I'd written up last year. You can check it out here: authorkalibenson.com/kalis-kreati...
#AmWriting #QueerAuthor #GenreWriter #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
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Small Language Model.
(Yes, I know these are already a real thing. Don't make me tap the sign.)
(Yes, I know these are already a real thing. Don't make me tap the sign.)
October 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Small Language Model.
(Yes, I know these are already a real thing. Don't make me tap the sign.)
(Yes, I know these are already a real thing. Don't make me tap the sign.)