Kit MacAllister
@kittrick.bsky.social
Portland based writer of speculative and literary fiction. Lead Technical Artist at Magic Leap. 🌲 📖 🌑
https://linktr.ee/kittrick
https://linktr.ee/kittrick
Y'all. I finally read This is How You Lose the Time War, and it was so freaking good. What I learned 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Y'all. I finally read This is How You Lose the Time War, and it was so freaking good. What I learned 🧵
A very insightful overview of the acquisitions processes from the editor's point of view:
open.substack.com/pub/kesialup...
open.substack.com/pub/kesialup...
How are books acquired by editors?
Lifting the curtain on the acquisitions process at a big 5
kesialupo.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A very insightful overview of the acquisitions processes from the editor's point of view:
open.substack.com/pub/kesialup...
open.substack.com/pub/kesialup...
First draft of a new short story is done and I like it a lot!
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
First draft of a new short story is done and I like it a lot!
Beautiful day for the Portland Book Festival!
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Beautiful day for the Portland Book Festival!
Oh snap, what's the lore of Odlaw?
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Oh snap, what's the lore of Odlaw?
Magic Mountain
Hollow Ship · Future Remains · Song · 2020
open.spotify.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Look what came in the mail! Honored to receive a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future. This is the first professional recognition I've received for my fiction. It's really nice to get something in the mail that's not a rejection! 😅
#WritersOfTheFuture
#WritersOfTheFuture
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Look what came in the mail! Honored to receive a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future. This is the first professional recognition I've received for my fiction. It's really nice to get something in the mail that's not a rejection! 😅
#WritersOfTheFuture
#WritersOfTheFuture
My top editing abbreviations:
P.V. — Passive Voice
W.C. — Word Choice
W.B. — World Building
FCK. — Fact Check
P.P. — Past Perfect (It can be pretty passive as well)
ADV. — Adverb (Often worth noting)
STET — Never mind this note
PLOT — Plot Hole
KYD — Kill your darlings, cut this
P.V. — Passive Voice
W.C. — Word Choice
W.B. — World Building
FCK. — Fact Check
P.P. — Past Perfect (It can be pretty passive as well)
ADV. — Adverb (Often worth noting)
STET — Never mind this note
PLOT — Plot Hole
KYD — Kill your darlings, cut this
October 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
My top editing abbreviations:
P.V. — Passive Voice
W.C. — Word Choice
W.B. — World Building
FCK. — Fact Check
P.P. — Past Perfect (It can be pretty passive as well)
ADV. — Adverb (Often worth noting)
STET — Never mind this note
PLOT — Plot Hole
KYD — Kill your darlings, cut this
P.V. — Passive Voice
W.C. — Word Choice
W.B. — World Building
FCK. — Fact Check
P.P. — Past Perfect (It can be pretty passive as well)
ADV. — Adverb (Often worth noting)
STET — Never mind this note
PLOT — Plot Hole
KYD — Kill your darlings, cut this
An incredible sentence from Tidal Lock by Lindsay Hill. This book cuts very deep.
October 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
An incredible sentence from Tidal Lock by Lindsay Hill. This book cuts very deep.
An awesome folk horror piece from Tif Robinette. Gorgeous, evocative descriptions, delicious dialogue, seriously good stuff.
www.feignlit.com/featured/add...
www.feignlit.com/featured/add...
October 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
An awesome folk horror piece from Tif Robinette. Gorgeous, evocative descriptions, delicious dialogue, seriously good stuff.
www.feignlit.com/featured/add...
www.feignlit.com/featured/add...
Quite pleased to have received a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers & Illustrators of the Future this last quarter! Hoping this story finds a good home soon so I can share it with y'all!
writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-t...
writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-t...
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Quite pleased to have received a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers & Illustrators of the Future this last quarter! Hoping this story finds a good home soon so I can share it with y'all!
writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-t...
writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-t...
Lovely short piece by Elijah Mears www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw
1.8 billion miles from the sun, my roots dig deep into the soil of a small garden.
www.apexbookcompany.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Lovely short piece by Elijah Mears www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Draft 3 starts today!
September 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Draft 3 starts today!
Reposted by Kit MacAllister
As a nurse practitioner: my recommendation is that you ask for this if you have any interaction with someone medical in these states. Urgent care, your PCP, the ER, if you have to go to any of these, ask us for a prescription. Most of us would be happy to give it to you.
The go get your Covid vaccine messages are great and they come from a place of extreme privilege because 16 states won't allow you to even make an appointment at either CVS or Walgreens without a prescription from your physician.
September 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
As a nurse practitioner: my recommendation is that you ask for this if you have any interaction with someone medical in these states. Urgent care, your PCP, the ER, if you have to go to any of these, ask us for a prescription. Most of us would be happy to give it to you.
I think I accidentally chose hard mode for my novel. Where are the settings?
June 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I think I accidentally chose hard mode for my novel. Where are the settings?
Every few months I discover a song that is a vibe keystone to my novel. It's always something surprising. Whenever this happens I think about Dumbledore's quote:
"Ah, music," [...] "A magic beyond all we do here!"
"Ah, music," [...] "A magic beyond all we do here!"
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Every few months I discover a song that is a vibe keystone to my novel. It's always something surprising. Whenever this happens I think about Dumbledore's quote:
"Ah, music," [...] "A magic beyond all we do here!"
"Ah, music," [...] "A magic beyond all we do here!"
33 submissions and counting for the year so far. I think I can hit 100 by years end, especially now that I have my awesome ATOMPUNK story to shop around.
Pew pew. Pew pew.
Zoooooom.
I may be losing my mind.
Pew pew. Pew pew.
Zoooooom.
I may be losing my mind.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
33 submissions and counting for the year so far. I think I can hit 100 by years end, especially now that I have my awesome ATOMPUNK story to shop around.
Pew pew. Pew pew.
Zoooooom.
I may be losing my mind.
Pew pew. Pew pew.
Zoooooom.
I may be losing my mind.
Reposted by Kit MacAllister
Best sentence I've read all year:
"Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life?"
Stephen Crane, The Open Boat, 1898
"Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life?"
Stephen Crane, The Open Boat, 1898
February 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Best sentence I've read all year:
"Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life?"
Stephen Crane, The Open Boat, 1898
"Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life?"
Stephen Crane, The Open Boat, 1898
Y'all ever have an existential crisis and then buy a bunch of writing craft books?
February 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Y'all ever have an existential crisis and then buy a bunch of writing craft books?
With 6k worth of high-end optics hardware, a shared network, and a quick environment scan, you too can play chess with a friend. Make sure to buy an extra headset for anyone who wants to know what the hell is going on!
February 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
With 6k worth of high-end optics hardware, a shared network, and a quick environment scan, you too can play chess with a friend. Make sure to buy an extra headset for anyone who wants to know what the hell is going on!
Reposted by Kit MacAllister
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
www.apple.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Just a free plug for Chilsubs. It's a great tool if you're submitting poetry/fiction. Duotrope has more data, which I like, but chill-subs is like 99% free. It's a great tool if you're not using it.
www.chillsubs.com
www.chillsubs.com
Chill Subs
Free database of 3000+ literary magazines, 1200+ writing contests, a submissions tracker, and other tools to make your writing life not so freaking exhausting.
www.chillsubs.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Just a free plug for Chilsubs. It's a great tool if you're submitting poetry/fiction. Duotrope has more data, which I like, but chill-subs is like 99% free. It's a great tool if you're not using it.
www.chillsubs.com
www.chillsubs.com
Reposted by Kit MacAllister
The amount of energy that millions of people I'll never meet have put into keeping me safe from things I'll never think about leaves me in an awestruck state of gratitude.
After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.
February 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The amount of energy that millions of people I'll never meet have put into keeping me safe from things I'll never think about leaves me in an awestruck state of gratitude.