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 BAD LIT FRIENDS is in the universe!!! You have GOT to listen to our interview with indie author Jessica Lunt. Her novella about a marriage unraveling during the Salem Witch Trials is 🔥🔥🔥
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You're really going to enjoy our interview with author Jessica Lunt, especially if you're an indie author. Give us a follow, we've got a lot more great interviews in the pipeline!
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#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #WriteSky #Booksky #podcasts
New episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS is here, where we warn you of the very real and present danger of SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION! Also writing stuff, if you're in to that.
Ad-free! Broccoli-free! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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Ad-free! Broccoli-free! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts #SPONTANEOUSHUMANCOMBUSTION
Season 2 of BAD LIT FRIENDS is here! And in our first ep of the new year, we're using our inside voices VERY LOUDLY to talk about when your book starts off in the wrong place, why it matters, and how to fix it. Also a lot about spontaneous human combustion. Very normal! #writesky #booksky #podcast
Right Book, Wrong Place (S02E01)
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January 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
New episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS is here, where we warn you of the very real and present danger of SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION! Also writing stuff, if you're in to that.
Ad-free! Broccoli-free! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts #SPONTANEOUSHUMANCOMBUSTION
Ad-free! Broccoli-free! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #podcasts #SPONTANEOUSHUMANCOMBUSTION
I read that in GLaDOS's voice 😂
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I read that in GLaDOS's voice 😂
He immediately blocked me, so I guess I struck a nerve. I was even nice about his books. 😄
January 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
He immediately blocked me, so I guess I struck a nerve. I was even nice about his books. 😄
"As an author..." might be more descriptive here. Tagonist Knights Publishing appears to be a personal self-publishing imprint. And there is zero things wrong with this. In fact, these books look like good reads. But saying, "as a publisher" conveys, imho, more authority than is warranted.
January 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
"As an author..." might be more descriptive here. Tagonist Knights Publishing appears to be a personal self-publishing imprint. And there is zero things wrong with this. In fact, these books look like good reads. But saying, "as a publisher" conveys, imho, more authority than is warranted.
I'm busted. I don't think I have enemies either. I'm sure there are people who don't particularly care for me. 😂
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I'm busted. I don't think I have enemies either. I'm sure there are people who don't particularly care for me. 😂
That my enemies won't see my book in an airport bookstore and thus not burn with envy their entire flight.
What's your worst fear if you ever become a famous author?
Mine: It's a toss between theory crafters reading between lines that aren't there and getting roasted for an errant typo.
#WritingCommunity #Authors
Mine: It's a toss between theory crafters reading between lines that aren't there and getting roasted for an errant typo.
#WritingCommunity #Authors
January 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
That my enemies won't see my book in an airport bookstore and thus not burn with envy their entire flight.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this episode of the Bad Lit Friends #podcast would not have happened without the timely reporting of @victoriastrauss.com, specifically:
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w...
Thank you!
#WritingCommunity
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w...
Thank you!
#WritingCommunity
January 2, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this episode of the Bad Lit Friends #podcast would not have happened without the timely reporting of @victoriastrauss.com, specifically:
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w...
Thank you!
#WritingCommunity
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w...
Thank you!
#WritingCommunity
In classic Bad Lit Friends fashion, our holiday extravaganza episode is post-holidays. BECAUSE WE ARE EDGY! 🕶
In this ep: A publisher who made a conscious decision to turn authors into indentured servants while simultaneously professing their love for authors.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #podcast
In this ep: A publisher who made a conscious decision to turn authors into indentured servants while simultaneously professing their love for authors.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #podcast
🎆✴️BAD LIT FRIENDS HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA IS HERE!!!✴️🎆
They said we couldn't do it, so we did. Actually, 𝘸𝘦 said we couldn't do it, but whatever. Join us for an hour of ranting about a cuckoobananas publishing contract as you come down from the holidays! #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast
They said we couldn't do it, so we did. Actually, 𝘸𝘦 said we couldn't do it, but whatever. Join us for an hour of ranting about a cuckoobananas publishing contract as you come down from the holidays! #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast
BLF Holiday Extravaganza!!! (S01E21)
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January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
In classic Bad Lit Friends fashion, our holiday extravaganza episode is post-holidays. BECAUSE WE ARE EDGY! 🕶
In this ep: A publisher who made a conscious decision to turn authors into indentured servants while simultaneously professing their love for authors.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #podcast
In this ep: A publisher who made a conscious decision to turn authors into indentured servants while simultaneously professing their love for authors.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #podcast
Thanks! Yeah, it's so predatory. The audacity just blew me away.
January 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Thanks! Yeah, it's so predatory. The audacity just blew me away.
Did you hear about that publisher with the batshit crazy indentured servitude contract? We have a very nuanced take on it. Actually no we don't. We yell and scream and gnash teeth. Because it's our super spectacular HOLIDAY SPECIAL! New BLF drops Friday!
#WritingCommunity #podcast #Writesky #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #podcast #Writesky #Booksky
BAD LIT FRIENDS loves you so much during the holiday season that we're putting something extra special in your stockings with our HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA EDITION! Dropping Friday 1/2/26 (!), it's about the sexiest writing topic EVAR. Contract law, anyone? #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity
a woman says " you just made a deal with the devil " in a youtube originals ad
ALT: a woman says " you just made a deal with the devil " in a youtube originals ad
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January 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Did you hear about that publisher with the batshit crazy indentured servitude contract? We have a very nuanced take on it. Actually no we don't. We yell and scream and gnash teeth. Because it's our super spectacular HOLIDAY SPECIAL! New BLF drops Friday!
#WritingCommunity #podcast #Writesky #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #podcast #Writesky #Booksky
Something something monkeys typewriters
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Something something monkeys typewriters
I was in a Borders book store in Monterey, CA, about 15 years ago. I turned down a row of books, and came to a full stop. Clint Eastwood was browsing one of the shelves. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I moved along without going full-on fanboi. I'm sure he often thinks of that moment.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I was in a Borders book store in Monterey, CA, about 15 years ago. I turned down a row of books, and came to a full stop. Clint Eastwood was browsing one of the shelves. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I moved along without going full-on fanboi. I'm sure he often thinks of that moment.
It's The Spectacular by Fiona Davis. Historical fiction, highly recommended!
December 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It's The Spectacular by Fiona Davis. Historical fiction, highly recommended!
Seriously. Remember when writers absolutely hated word processors? Me neither.
December 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Seriously. Remember when writers absolutely hated word processors? Me neither.
Cool, I'm a Rockette.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Cool, I'm a Rockette.
As a Gen-X kid...accurate. 😂
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
As a Gen-X kid...accurate. 😂
We're as shocked as you are! Our little podcast that could, averaged a rating higher than 75% of other shows, was more popular than 73% of other new shows, and was shared more than 89% of other shows! You all are amazing, THANK YOU!
#podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
#podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
Hey listeners, you made us a Fan Fave for 2025, an Instant Hit Show, and a Most Shared Show on Spotify, and we cannot thank you enough! 🥇👏🙌🫶🔥
Special end of year episode dropping soon, and of course more BAD LIT FRIENDS coming in 2026! 🥂✨
#podcasts #WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadingCommunity
Special end of year episode dropping soon, and of course more BAD LIT FRIENDS coming in 2026! 🥂✨
#podcasts #WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadingCommunity
December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We're as shocked as you are! Our little podcast that could, averaged a rating higher than 75% of other shows, was more popular than 73% of other new shows, and was shared more than 89% of other shows! You all are amazing, THANK YOU!
#podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
#podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
I was going to post a reply thread to Erin Underwood's defense of AI in writing, but Chuck's response nails it. Go read it.
#WritingCommunity #noAI
#WritingCommunity #noAI
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
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December 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I was going to post a reply thread to Erin Underwood's defense of AI in writing, but Chuck's response nails it. Go read it.
#WritingCommunity #noAI
#WritingCommunity #noAI
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How I'm walking out of 2025
I've run into the same thing with family. The best I can ever hope for is they concede on the one single point we're talking about. But it never changes how they consume information. I've stopped trying at this point.
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I've run into the same thing with family. The best I can ever hope for is they concede on the one single point we're talking about. But it never changes how they consume information. I've stopped trying at this point.
This shit really is made up.
The piece was written by Annie Holmquist, author of articles like, "Books Your Kids Should Read to Combat Wokeism," and "Ten Books Turning Our Freshmen into Social Justice Warriors."
But sure. Straight white men really have it bad in publishing. 🙄
#WritingCommunity
The piece was written by Annie Holmquist, author of articles like, "Books Your Kids Should Read to Combat Wokeism," and "Ten Books Turning Our Freshmen into Social Justice Warriors."
But sure. Straight white men really have it bad in publishing. 🙄
#WritingCommunity
This shit is made up, actually
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This shit really is made up.
The piece was written by Annie Holmquist, author of articles like, "Books Your Kids Should Read to Combat Wokeism," and "Ten Books Turning Our Freshmen into Social Justice Warriors."
But sure. Straight white men really have it bad in publishing. 🙄
#WritingCommunity
The piece was written by Annie Holmquist, author of articles like, "Books Your Kids Should Read to Combat Wokeism," and "Ten Books Turning Our Freshmen into Social Justice Warriors."
But sure. Straight white men really have it bad in publishing. 🙄
#WritingCommunity
Thank you! 💥
December 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thank you! 💥
New Bad Lit Friends! This was a very fun walk through the tropey landscape, and we had THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS!
#WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky
#WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky
💥📚🚨NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS EPISODE 🚨📚💥
Just in time for the holidays, we roast and toast as many literary tropes as we had time for. From grumpy/sunshine to sudden amnesia, we got a little something for everyone to think we're wrong about. Love us anyway!
#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast
Just in time for the holidays, we roast and toast as many literary tropes as we had time for. From grumpy/sunshine to sudden amnesia, we got a little something for everyone to think we're wrong about. Love us anyway!
#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast
Tropes: Love Them or Leave Them? (S01E20)
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December 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Bad Lit Friends! This was a very fun walk through the tropey landscape, and we had THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS!
#WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky
#WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, did not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, blew up the Death Star.
December 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, did not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?