Kerrigan Legend
@kerrielegend.bsky.social
💭 writer / designer, author of “WHAT IS THIS FUCKERY?” #SkyWriters 📝 hobby: journaling, calligraphy
🌌 Star Wars nerd
🖊️ Scrivener weirdo & Pinterest expert
🖍️ redhead, GenX, sarcasm, introvert
KerrieLegend.com #tiktokrefugee
🌌 Star Wars nerd
🖊️ Scrivener weirdo & Pinterest expert
🖍️ redhead, GenX, sarcasm, introvert
KerrieLegend.com #tiktokrefugee
Day me: structured outline, research notes, professional writer. Night me: *whiskey glass in hand* “What if I just burned the whole manuscript and started over with a COMPLETELY different angle?”
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Day me: structured outline, research notes, professional writer. Night me: *whiskey glass in hand* “What if I just burned the whole manuscript and started over with a COMPLETELY different angle?”
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Sometimes I write to process. Sometimes I write to scream. Sometimes I write because if I don't, the silence feels like surrender.
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sometimes I write to process. Sometimes I write to scream. Sometimes I write because if I don't, the silence feels like surrender.
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Market your book like you're leaving breadcrumbs through a dark forest. Not billboards. Not neon. Subtle, deliberate, irresistible to those meant to follow.
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Market your book like you're leaving breadcrumbs through a dark forest. Not billboards. Not neon. Subtle, deliberate, irresistible to those meant to follow.
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Good thrillers make you turn pages. Great ones make you check your locks.
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Good thrillers make you turn pages. Great ones make you check your locks.
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Jeanne de Clisson, 14th century: When France executed her husband, she sold everything, bought ships, became a pirate. Hunted French nobility for 13 years. Revenge arc GOALS. #Medieval
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Jeanne de Clisson, 14th century: When France executed her husband, she sold everything, bought ships, became a pirate. Hunted French nobility for 13 years. Revenge arc GOALS. #Medieval
Anxiety: What if everything you write is bad? Muse: *sipping rosé* Bold of you to assume I’d give you bad ideas. Me: Can you two stop fighting in my head I’m trying to work here.
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Anxiety: What if everything you write is bad? Muse: *sipping rosé* Bold of you to assume I’d give you bad ideas. Me: Can you two stop fighting in my head I’m trying to work here.
My book has 87 footnotes and a 12-page bibliography. My Flashes bio has to explain it in 150 characters. This is why I have trust issues.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My book has 87 footnotes and a 12-page bibliography. My Flashes bio has to explain it in 150 characters. This is why I have trust issues.
My writing process: Open document → Write sentence → Immediately Google “am I even qualified to write about this” → Spiral → Close document → Muse texts “you coming back or what”.
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My writing process: Open document → Write sentence → Immediately Google “am I even qualified to write about this” → Spiral → Close document → Muse texts “you coming back or what”.
Plot twist: The best paragraph I’ve ever written happened at 11:47pm with a glass of whiskey and zero memory of writing it. Morning me found it like a gift from drunk Santa.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Plot twist: The best paragraph I’ve ever written happened at 11:47pm with a glass of whiskey and zero memory of writing it. Morning me found it like a gift from drunk Santa.
They say write drunk, edit sober. I say write with whiskey at midnight, edit with coffee and shame at dawn, publish with anxiety forever.
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
They say write drunk, edit sober. I say write with whiskey at midnight, edit with coffee and shame at dawn, publish with anxiety forever.
Wrote 300 pages about media literacy. Have to market it using the same social media algorithms I’m critiquing in the book. The irony is not lost on me. The book sales are though.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Wrote 300 pages about media literacy. Have to market it using the same social media algorithms I’m critiquing in the book. The irony is not lost on me. The book sales are though.
The nonfiction hustle: Writing the book is 30% of the job. Marketing is 70%. Except you’re not good at marketing. And you have no budget. And your degree is in research, not personal branding. Good luck!
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The nonfiction hustle: Writing the book is 30% of the job. Marketing is 70%. Except you’re not good at marketing. And you have no budget. And your degree is in research, not personal branding. Good luck!
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Writing subject lines is easy: Would YOU open this? If you hesitate even slightly, rewrite it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Writing subject lines is easy: Would YOU open this? If you hesitate even slightly, rewrite it.
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You know it's a good writing day when you look up and it's dark outside and you forgot to eat. Or blink.
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
You know it's a good writing day when you look up and it's dark outside and you forgot to eat. Or blink.
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Writing advice that actually works: finish bad drafts. You can't edit what doesn't exist. Perfection is a revision problem, not a drafting problem.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Writing advice that actually works: finish bad drafts. You can't edit what doesn't exist. Perfection is a revision problem, not a drafting problem.
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Twenty minutes a day equals 121 hours a year. That's a book. That's your book. The one you keep saying you'll write someday.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Twenty minutes a day equals 121 hours a year. That's a book. That's your book. The one you keep saying you'll write someday.
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Anne Chamberlain single-handedly piloted a ship through a typhoon when the entire crew was sick. She'd only learned navigation by watching. #CelesteAnchor #Instinct
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Anne Chamberlain single-handedly piloted a ship through a typhoon when the entire crew was sick. She'd only learned navigation by watching. #CelesteAnchor #Instinct
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That moment when you realize your 'feminist dystopia' is just... Tuesday in a red state. Back to the manuscript.
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
That moment when you realize your 'feminist dystopia' is just... Tuesday in a red state. Back to the manuscript.
My muse drinks oat milk lattes and wears vintage band tees. My therapist drinks black coffee and wears concern. They’ve never met but they both have a lot of opinions about my productivity habits.
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My muse drinks oat milk lattes and wears vintage band tees. My therapist drinks black coffee and wears concern. They’ve never met but they both have a lot of opinions about my productivity habits.
Real conversation: “How do I get my nonfiction book noticed?” Expert: “Be on the news as a subject matter expert!” Me: “How do I do that?” Expert: “Write a book!” Me: *screams into void*
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Real conversation: “How do I get my nonfiction book noticed?” Expert: “Be on the news as a subject matter expert!” Me: “How do I do that?” Expert: “Write a book!” Me: *screams into void*
Nothing says “serious literary artist” like spending 3 hours designing a Photoshop graphic with a stock photo sunset and an inspirational quote you wrote in a caffeine fugue.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Nothing says “serious literary artist” like spending 3 hours designing a Photoshop graphic with a stock photo sunset and an inspirational quote you wrote in a caffeine fugue.
The author pipeline: Write book → Rewrite book → Edit book → Spend 10x more time marketing book → Wonder why you didn’t just become a brilliant attorney.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The author pipeline: Write book → Rewrite book → Edit book → Spend 10x more time marketing book → Wonder why you didn’t just become a brilliant attorney.
Pitched my meticulously researched nonfiction book to 15 agents. Got rejected. Watched someone’s unhinged conspiracy thread go viral. This is fine. Everything is fine.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Pitched my meticulously researched nonfiction book to 15 agents. Got rejected. Watched someone’s unhinged conspiracy thread go viral. This is fine. Everything is fine.
Me: I’m going to write 2000 words today. The news: lol no you’re not. The group chat: absolutely not. My brain: have you considered doomscrolling instead?
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Me: I’m going to write 2000 words today. The news: lol no you’re not. The group chat: absolutely not. My brain: have you considered doomscrolling instead?
Traditional publishing once gave me a $26,400 advance for 2 years of work. I spent $3,400 on coffee while writing it. The math was not mathing but the caffeine dependency was real. Independent publishing rocks.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Traditional publishing once gave me a $26,400 advance for 2 years of work. I spent $3,400 on coffee while writing it. The math was not mathing but the caffeine dependency was real. Independent publishing rocks.