Kirk Rafferty ✨is editing✨ 📖
@kirkrafferty.com
Dad, husband, award winning author, killer of darlings (he/him)
Links: https://linktr.ee/kirkraff
Co-host of the podcast @badlitfriends.bsky.social
with @thecrumpet.bsky.social
Links: https://linktr.ee/kirkraff
Co-host of the podcast @badlitfriends.bsky.social
with @thecrumpet.bsky.social
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🚨NEW BLF EP ALERT🚨
We get all nostalgic and stuff as we talk about the things we learned the hard way so you don't have to. (You'll probably still have to learn them the hard way. Sorry.) Plus Hot Goss: what the ever-lovin' HELL is speed editing??? LISTEN NOW! #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
We get all nostalgic and stuff as we talk about the things we learned the hard way so you don't have to. (You'll probably still have to learn them the hard way. Sorry.) Plus Hot Goss: what the ever-lovin' HELL is speed editing??? LISTEN NOW! #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
It's a Hard Knock (Writing) Life: What We Wish We’d Known When We Started (S02E04)
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New BAD LIT FRIENDS is up!!!!!
What do you wish you knew when you started writing, instead of having to learn the hard way?
For me, it was not to trust the monkey's paw. Yes, I'm a great writer now, but only in second-person-plural future conditional.
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
What do you wish you knew when you started writing, instead of having to learn the hard way?
For me, it was not to trust the monkey's paw. Yes, I'm a great writer now, but only in second-person-plural future conditional.
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
New Bad Lit Friends on Friday, so...be patient!
(You have to unmute to get that. Sorry for making you do work.)
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
(You have to unmute to get that. Sorry for making you do work.)
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
As the poet of our* age, Axl Rose, once sang: all we need is just a little patience. In this week's episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS, Kirk says that goes for writing too as we discuss what we wish we'd known when we started this writing lark. Listen: youtu.be/TI_B0M2-wIg
*Meaning the hosts. We're olds.
*Meaning the hosts. We're olds.
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
New Bad Lit Friends on Friday, so...be patient!
(You have to unmute to get that. Sorry for making you do work.)
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
(You have to unmute to get that. Sorry for making you do work.)
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
Have you heard about this nifty little podcast where a couple writers who have no idea what they're doing, try to convince you that they know what they're doing? Fellow kids all say it slaps.
Give a listen to BAD LIT FRIENDS wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity
Give a listen to BAD LIT FRIENDS wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity
WHAT??? 😲 You haven't caught the latest episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS yet? This week we're talking stuff we wish we knew when we started writing, including when the best time to get going with that first book (hint: sooner than you think). Listen now!
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February 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Have you heard about this nifty little podcast where a couple writers who have no idea what they're doing, try to convince you that they know what they're doing? Fellow kids all say it slaps.
Give a listen to BAD LIT FRIENDS wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity
Give a listen to BAD LIT FRIENDS wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity
Name a book from a Black author.
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson. A historical Cold War spy novel about a brilliant intelligence agent navigating the FBI's old boys' club. Very worth your time to read.
#ReadingCommunity
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson. A historical Cold War spy novel about a brilliant intelligence agent navigating the FBI's old boys' club. Very worth your time to read.
#ReadingCommunity
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Name a book from a Black author.
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson. A historical Cold War spy novel about a brilliant intelligence agent navigating the FBI's old boys' club. Very worth your time to read.
#ReadingCommunity
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson. A historical Cold War spy novel about a brilliant intelligence agent navigating the FBI's old boys' club. Very worth your time to read.
#ReadingCommunity
These awful AI commercials just reinforce that they're going to keep forcing this garbage down our throats ad nauseam, hoping that someday we forget what non-garbage tasted like.
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
These awful AI commercials just reinforce that they're going to keep forcing this garbage down our throats ad nauseam, hoping that someday we forget what non-garbage tasted like.
Happy to count myself among the petty and mean-spirited haters.
I’m watching a lot of petty, mean-spirited haters dunking on Kid Rock on every platform and seriously you all rock.
February 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Happy to count myself among the petty and mean-spirited haters.
Reposted by Kirk Rafferty ✨is editing✨ 📖
This here is my baby writer self, so terribly misunderstood. A true ARTISTE! This week on BAD LIT FRIENDS, Kirk & I yabber on about what we wish we'd known when we started our writing journeys. I got plenty to say to my adult writer self, but this girl? She was PERFECT. #writingcommunity #writesky
February 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This here is my baby writer self, so terribly misunderstood. A true ARTISTE! This week on BAD LIT FRIENDS, Kirk & I yabber on about what we wish we'd known when we started our writing journeys. I got plenty to say to my adult writer self, but this girl? She was PERFECT. #writingcommunity #writesky
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
It could have either been a great comedy-horror, or a great "so bad it's good" horror movie. Instead, it's just bad. So very, very, very bad.
It could have either been a great comedy-horror, or a great "so bad it's good" horror movie. Instead, it's just bad. So very, very, very bad.
Name a movie that has a great concept but poor execution
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
It could have either been a great comedy-horror, or a great "so bad it's good" horror movie. Instead, it's just bad. So very, very, very bad.
It could have either been a great comedy-horror, or a great "so bad it's good" horror movie. Instead, it's just bad. So very, very, very bad.
New BAD LIT FRIENDS is up!!!!!
What do you wish you knew when you started writing, instead of having to learn the hard way?
For me, it was not to trust the monkey's paw. Yes, I'm a great writer now, but only in second-person-plural future conditional.
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
What do you wish you knew when you started writing, instead of having to learn the hard way?
For me, it was not to trust the monkey's paw. Yes, I'm a great writer now, but only in second-person-plural future conditional.
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
🚨NEW BLF EP ALERT🚨
We get all nostalgic and stuff as we talk about the things we learned the hard way so you don't have to. (You'll probably still have to learn them the hard way. Sorry.) Plus Hot Goss: what the ever-lovin' HELL is speed editing??? LISTEN NOW! #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
We get all nostalgic and stuff as we talk about the things we learned the hard way so you don't have to. (You'll probably still have to learn them the hard way. Sorry.) Plus Hot Goss: what the ever-lovin' HELL is speed editing??? LISTEN NOW! #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
It's a Hard Knock (Writing) Life: What We Wish We’d Known When We Started (S02E04)
open.spotify.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
New BAD LIT FRIENDS is up!!!!!
What do you wish you knew when you started writing, instead of having to learn the hard way?
For me, it was not to trust the monkey's paw. Yes, I'm a great writer now, but only in second-person-plural future conditional.
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
What do you wish you knew when you started writing, instead of having to learn the hard way?
For me, it was not to trust the monkey's paw. Yes, I'm a great writer now, but only in second-person-plural future conditional.
#WritingCommunity #podcast #WriteSky
If you think you'll ever be signing a publishing contract, read this.
#WritingCommunity #Authors
In publishing, no agent is better than a bad agent. And no contract is better than signing a bad contract.
#WritingCommunity #Authors
In publishing, no agent is better than a bad agent. And no contract is better than signing a bad contract.
Apropos of the rights licensing discussion that has blown up here over the past day, I'm re-upping my blog post on some of the ways writers act against their own interests when faced w/ a publishing offer. It's about publishing contracts, but it applies to TOS too writerbeware.blog/2020/05/29/e...
Evaluating Publishing Contracts: Six Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself - Writer Beware
(A version of this post was originally published in 2014.) Several years ago, a now-defunct literary magazine called The Toast gained notoriety by demanding that its writers surrender copyright. In th...
writerbeware.blog
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
If you think you'll ever be signing a publishing contract, read this.
#WritingCommunity #Authors
In publishing, no agent is better than a bad agent. And no contract is better than signing a bad contract.
#WritingCommunity #Authors
In publishing, no agent is better than a bad agent. And no contract is better than signing a bad contract.
Name a 70s song.
Go Your Own Way.
I hate that I adore this song, because Stevie Nicks most definitely did (and does) not. The personal strain between the members of Fleetwood Mac created some of the best music ever made, and I continue to be in awe at what came out of that pressure cooker.
Go Your Own Way.
I hate that I adore this song, because Stevie Nicks most definitely did (and does) not. The personal strain between the members of Fleetwood Mac created some of the best music ever made, and I continue to be in awe at what came out of that pressure cooker.
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Name a 70s song.
Go Your Own Way.
I hate that I adore this song, because Stevie Nicks most definitely did (and does) not. The personal strain between the members of Fleetwood Mac created some of the best music ever made, and I continue to be in awe at what came out of that pressure cooker.
Go Your Own Way.
I hate that I adore this song, because Stevie Nicks most definitely did (and does) not. The personal strain between the members of Fleetwood Mac created some of the best music ever made, and I continue to be in awe at what came out of that pressure cooker.
We get rejected by literary agents so you don't have to!
In case you missed it, this episode is up now, wherever you listen to your podcasts. Come listen to the ONLY podcast that's been nominated for the FIFA Peace Prize! (We did it. We're the nominators)
#WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky
In case you missed it, this episode is up now, wherever you listen to your podcasts. Come listen to the ONLY podcast that's been nominated for the FIFA Peace Prize! (We did it. We're the nominators)
#WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky
Dream agents--who needs 'em? What if it's a case of mistaken identity? Hey we're BAD LIT FRIENDS, of course we have a hot take! Listen to our latest ep about handling rejection and...maybe you'll feel like less of a reject? (No promises.) #writesky #writingcommunity
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February 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
We get rejected by literary agents so you don't have to!
In case you missed it, this episode is up now, wherever you listen to your podcasts. Come listen to the ONLY podcast that's been nominated for the FIFA Peace Prize! (We did it. We're the nominators)
#WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky
In case you missed it, this episode is up now, wherever you listen to your podcasts. Come listen to the ONLY podcast that's been nominated for the FIFA Peace Prize! (We did it. We're the nominators)
#WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky
Brandon Sanderson's keynote is worth a watch, especially if you're an #indie #writer considering (or currently) using AI art or prose for your writing, illustrations, or book covers.
#WritingCommunity
youtu.be/mb3uK-_QkOo
#WritingCommunity
youtu.be/mb3uK-_QkOo
We Are The Art | Brandon Sanderson’s Keynote Speech
YouTube video by Brandon Sanderson
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Brandon Sanderson's keynote is worth a watch, especially if you're an #indie #writer considering (or currently) using AI art or prose for your writing, illustrations, or book covers.
#WritingCommunity
youtu.be/mb3uK-_QkOo
#WritingCommunity
youtu.be/mb3uK-_QkOo
Just Reddit doing Reddit things. And it supports an #indieauthor, so bonus!
#Booksky #WritingCommunity
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#Booksky #WritingCommunity
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From the Fuckthealtright community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Fuckthealtright community
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January 31, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Just Reddit doing Reddit things. And it supports an #indieauthor, so bonus!
#Booksky #WritingCommunity
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#Booksky #WritingCommunity
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We're talking rejection letters on the new episode of Bad Lit Friends! Do they not see the genius in your 287,000-word cozy mystery!?!? Give a listen wherever you get your podcasts!
What's the worst #amquerying rejection you've ever had? What's the best?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts
What's the worst #amquerying rejection you've ever had? What's the best?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts
Dear writer: YOU SUCK! A new episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS is up and it's all about everyone's favorite part of querying: rejection letters.😐 But what if "it's not your book, it's me?" is an undercover blessing? PLUS in Hot Goss: Agents behaving badly. Very badly. #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
Rejection Letters: When They're Just Not That Into You (S02E03)
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January 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We're talking rejection letters on the new episode of Bad Lit Friends! Do they not see the genius in your 287,000-word cozy mystery!?!? Give a listen wherever you get your podcasts!
What's the worst #amquerying rejection you've ever had? What's the best?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts
What's the worst #amquerying rejection you've ever had? What's the best?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Authors - drop ONE unhinged fact about your WIP with zero context.
Cassidy using a Gibson J-45 as an inflatable raft paddle.
#writesky #writers #writingcommunity #writergames #plotpoints #unhinged
Cassidy using a Gibson J-45 as an inflatable raft paddle.
#writesky #writers #writingcommunity #writergames #plotpoints #unhinged
Authors - drop ONE unhinged fact about your WIP with zero context.
Humans and Cerunan are not the only intelligent species in Ommadiell, and neither of them know it yet.
#writesky #writers #indieauthor #writingcommunity #writergames #worldbuilding #plotpoints #unhinged
Humans and Cerunan are not the only intelligent species in Ommadiell, and neither of them know it yet.
#writesky #writers #indieauthor #writingcommunity #writergames #worldbuilding #plotpoints #unhinged
Authors - drop ONE unhinged fact about your WIP with zero context.
Even archangels can get drunk. It takes a very special kind of ale, but it happens!
#writesky #writers #indieauthor #writingcommunity #writergames #worldbuilding #plotpoints #unhinged
Even archangels can get drunk. It takes a very special kind of ale, but it happens!
#writesky #writers #indieauthor #writingcommunity #writergames #worldbuilding #plotpoints #unhinged
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Authors - drop ONE unhinged fact about your WIP with zero context.
Cassidy using a Gibson J-45 as an inflatable raft paddle.
#writesky #writers #writingcommunity #writergames #plotpoints #unhinged
Cassidy using a Gibson J-45 as an inflatable raft paddle.
#writesky #writers #writingcommunity #writergames #plotpoints #unhinged
Reposted by Kirk Rafferty ✨is editing✨ 📖
I just read a post that said
‘Mistakes are education, not identity’.
If you needed to hear that today, this is your reminder.
‘Mistakes are education, not identity’.
If you needed to hear that today, this is your reminder.
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I just read a post that said
‘Mistakes are education, not identity’.
If you needed to hear that today, this is your reminder.
‘Mistakes are education, not identity’.
If you needed to hear that today, this is your reminder.
Truly we are the podcast that has no idea what it's doing. But sometimes we stumble onto stuff. (Meagan stumbles onto stuff. I am hopeless.)
It's comps week at Bad Lit Friends, have a listen wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #podcasts
With @thecrumpet.bsky.social
It's comps week at Bad Lit Friends, have a listen wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #podcasts
With @thecrumpet.bsky.social
We... did not know we could make clips that made us look like we almost understand marketing but you learn something every day! Listen to our latest episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube (when we remember to enable the episode) and all the usual places. And unusual ones. #booksky #writesky
People, I do not claim PR skills. But I am 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 to cajole y'all into listening to BAD LIT FRIENDS' latest episode about comp titles. I mean, agents hate this one simple comp trick... wait, no, that's not it. Listen anyway! #writingcommunity #writesky #podcast
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January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Truly we are the podcast that has no idea what it's doing. But sometimes we stumble onto stuff. (Meagan stumbles onto stuff. I am hopeless.)
It's comps week at Bad Lit Friends, have a listen wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #podcasts
With @thecrumpet.bsky.social
It's comps week at Bad Lit Friends, have a listen wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #podcasts
With @thecrumpet.bsky.social
What's your hottest/worst/lamest/silliest/saltiest/persnickety take on comps, #WritingCommunity?
We know it's late but this is 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵. This week we're illuminating the mysteries of comp titles: what they are, how to find them, and why maybe your Aunt Sue might be the superhero you didn't know you needed. Plus in Hot Goss: buy my book or we're not friends.😤 #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
Comp Titles and Other Humiliating Experiences (S02E02)
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January 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
What's your hottest/worst/lamest/silliest/saltiest/persnickety take on comps, #WritingCommunity?
NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS IS UP!
Comp titles. I had to do them, so you have to do them too. That's how this works.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts #AuthorCommunity #BadLitFriends
Comp titles. I had to do them, so you have to do them too. That's how this works.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts #AuthorCommunity #BadLitFriends
We know it's late but this is 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵. This week we're illuminating the mysteries of comp titles: what they are, how to find them, and why maybe your Aunt Sue might be the superhero you didn't know you needed. Plus in Hot Goss: buy my book or we're not friends.😤 #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
Comp Titles and Other Humiliating Experiences (S02E02)
open.spotify.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS IS UP!
Comp titles. I had to do them, so you have to do them too. That's how this works.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts #AuthorCommunity #BadLitFriends
Comp titles. I had to do them, so you have to do them too. That's how this works.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts #AuthorCommunity #BadLitFriends
If you don't "bom! bom! bom!" during Sweet Caroline, we can't be friends.
January 25, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If you don't "bom! bom! bom!" during Sweet Caroline, we can't be friends.
If anyone's planning on attending the Pike's Peak Writers Conference in April, hit me up for a $50 discount code. (And say hi if you see me!)
#PPWC2026 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#PPWC2026 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
January 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If anyone's planning on attending the Pike's Peak Writers Conference in April, hit me up for a $50 discount code. (And say hi if you see me!)
#PPWC2026 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#PPWC2026 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Spammer book marketers who think I'm the author of The Seduction of Lucy. 60+ emails in my inbox this morning, all wanting to "market" my book. Sure Jan.
Anyway, I am not the author. But happy to take the bullet for you, author Kris Rafferty. 😂 Check out her book if you read in the genre.
#booksky
Anyway, I am not the author. But happy to take the bullet for you, author Kris Rafferty. 😂 Check out her book if you read in the genre.
#booksky
January 19, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Spammer book marketers who think I'm the author of The Seduction of Lucy. 60+ emails in my inbox this morning, all wanting to "market" my book. Sure Jan.
Anyway, I am not the author. But happy to take the bullet for you, author Kris Rafferty. 😂 Check out her book if you read in the genre.
#booksky
Anyway, I am not the author. But happy to take the bullet for you, author Kris Rafferty. 😂 Check out her book if you read in the genre.
#booksky