Kirk Rafferty ✨is editing✨ 📖
@kirkrafferty.com
Dad, husband, award winning author, killer of darlings (he/him)
Links: https://linktr.ee/kirkraff
Represented by @jessicaberg.me at Rosecliff Literary
Co-host of the podcast @badlitfriends.bsky.social
with @thecrumpet.bsky.social
Links: https://linktr.ee/kirkraff
Represented by @jessicaberg.me at Rosecliff Literary
Co-host of the podcast @badlitfriends.bsky.social
with @thecrumpet.bsky.social
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New BAD LIT FRIENDS podcast is up! 🔥💥🌶️🚸 (help we don't know how emojis work!)
This week on BLF, editing! Yay?! Also Penguingate. (not that Penguin) We're on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts #Writesky
open.spotify.com/episode/0aBf...
This week on BLF, editing! Yay?! Also Penguingate. (not that Penguin) We're on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts #Writesky
open.spotify.com/episode/0aBf...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
Oh hey! New BAD LIT FRIENDS podcast is up!
We're talking about editing in this episode. I love editing, Meagan...not so much. #WritingCommunity, where do you stand? Do you enjoy writing or editing more?
We're talking about editing in this episode. I love editing, Meagan...not so much. #WritingCommunity, where do you stand? Do you enjoy writing or editing more?
#amWriting hat on.
Politics aside (hard, I know) Farange could have said, "I am a better person now than I was then," and it would have been a 100% better response.
Your characters' responses to a question about their terrible past behavior would be revelatory to the reader.
#WritingCommunity
Politics aside (hard, I know) Farange could have said, "I am a better person now than I was then," and it would have been a 100% better response.
Your characters' responses to a question about their terrible past behavior would be revelatory to the reader.
#WritingCommunity
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#amWriting hat on.
Politics aside (hard, I know) Farange could have said, "I am a better person now than I was then," and it would have been a 100% better response.
Your characters' responses to a question about their terrible past behavior would be revelatory to the reader.
#WritingCommunity
Politics aside (hard, I know) Farange could have said, "I am a better person now than I was then," and it would have been a 100% better response.
Your characters' responses to a question about their terrible past behavior would be revelatory to the reader.
#WritingCommunity
New BAD LIT FRIENDS is up!!!!
And Spotify finally got its act together. Available now wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts #ReadingCommunity
And Spotify finally got its act together. Available now wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts #ReadingCommunity
Welp, Spotify done defecated in the bed and our RSS feed isn't updating BUT! We are available on all major platforms! (Phew!)
This week we wrap up our series on the bananabonkers choice to write a novel with a big THE END and discuss the worst flavor of socialism: parasocialism. Yuck!
This week we wrap up our series on the bananabonkers choice to write a novel with a big THE END and discuss the worst flavor of socialism: parasocialism. Yuck!
So You Want to Write a Novel — Really? Part 3: THE END (S01E16)
Podcast Episode · Bad Lit Friends · 11/21/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New BAD LIT FRIENDS is up!!!!
And Spotify finally got its act together. Available now wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts #ReadingCommunity
And Spotify finally got its act together. Available now wherever you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts #ReadingCommunity
The day that tech companies are required to make this kind of crap opt-in instead of opt-out will be a very happy day.
Not that I'm holding my breath.
(Thank you @writerlaurabee.bsky.social !)
#WritingCommunity
Not that I'm holding my breath.
(Thank you @writerlaurabee.bsky.social !)
#WritingCommunity
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The day that tech companies are required to make this kind of crap opt-in instead of opt-out will be a very happy day.
Not that I'm holding my breath.
(Thank you @writerlaurabee.bsky.social !)
#WritingCommunity
Not that I'm holding my breath.
(Thank you @writerlaurabee.bsky.social !)
#WritingCommunity
Me, coming up with names when I'm not writing: Zephyrine Flintwell
Me coming up with names when I'm writing: Bob...Smyth?
Me coming up with names when I'm writing: Bob...Smyth?
a dog looking under the hood of a car with the words " i have no idea what i 'm doing "
ALT: a dog looking under the hood of a car with the words " i have no idea what i 'm doing "
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Me, coming up with names when I'm not writing: Zephyrine Flintwell
Me coming up with names when I'm writing: Bob...Smyth?
Me coming up with names when I'm writing: Bob...Smyth?
Next Bad Lit Friends drops tomorrow morning!
Have questions or topics you want us to talk about? Drop us a DM or email [email protected].
#WritingCommunity
Have questions or topics you want us to talk about? Drop us a DM or email [email protected].
#WritingCommunity
New BAD LIT FRIENDS drops tomorrow! Part 2 in our 3 part series on "So you want to write a novel!"
We've got some ideas churning around our little noggins, but what would you like to hear us talk about next?
Bad Lit Friends podcast is on Spotify, Apple, and wherever else you get your podcasts!
We've got some ideas churning around our little noggins, but what would you like to hear us talk about next?
Bad Lit Friends podcast is on Spotify, Apple, and wherever else you get your podcasts!
Misocomplex Miso Complex GIF
ALT: Misocomplex Miso Complex GIF
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Next Bad Lit Friends drops tomorrow morning!
Have questions or topics you want us to talk about? Drop us a DM or email [email protected].
#WritingCommunity
Have questions or topics you want us to talk about? Drop us a DM or email [email protected].
#WritingCommunity
I'm very honored and excited to be one of the fifteen semi-finalists in The Writer's Sanctuary First Chapter Contest 2025!
Congratulations and best of luck to all of the other semi-finalists!
#WritingCommunity
Congratulations and best of luck to all of the other semi-finalists!
#WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm very honored and excited to be one of the fifteen semi-finalists in The Writer's Sanctuary First Chapter Contest 2025!
Congratulations and best of luck to all of the other semi-finalists!
#WritingCommunity
Congratulations and best of luck to all of the other semi-finalists!
#WritingCommunity
This is sad for many reasons, but Caine's quote:
“It’s not about replacing voices; it’s about amplifying them, opening doors for new storytellers everywhere,” said the 92-year-old British actor in a written statement.
The irony is lost on him/his publicists, isn't it?
tinyurl.com/34j6c7xf
“It’s not about replacing voices; it’s about amplifying them, opening doors for new storytellers everywhere,” said the 92-year-old British actor in a written statement.
The irony is lost on him/his publicists, isn't it?
tinyurl.com/34j6c7xf
Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey partner with ElevenLabs for AI voice cloning
Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs.
tinyurl.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is sad for many reasons, but Caine's quote:
“It’s not about replacing voices; it’s about amplifying them, opening doors for new storytellers everywhere,” said the 92-year-old British actor in a written statement.
The irony is lost on him/his publicists, isn't it?
tinyurl.com/34j6c7xf
“It’s not about replacing voices; it’s about amplifying them, opening doors for new storytellers everywhere,” said the 92-year-old British actor in a written statement.
The irony is lost on him/his publicists, isn't it?
tinyurl.com/34j6c7xf
Saw this Youtube comment on a #amwriting conference review, and it made me sad.
If you're a writer who is annoyed by "wannabe" writers, we can't be friends. There's enough gatekeeping in this pursuit without writers also gatekeeping.
#WritingCommunity
1/2 🧵
If you're a writer who is annoyed by "wannabe" writers, we can't be friends. There's enough gatekeeping in this pursuit without writers also gatekeeping.
#WritingCommunity
1/2 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Saw this Youtube comment on a #amwriting conference review, and it made me sad.
If you're a writer who is annoyed by "wannabe" writers, we can't be friends. There's enough gatekeeping in this pursuit without writers also gatekeeping.
#WritingCommunity
1/2 🧵
If you're a writer who is annoyed by "wannabe" writers, we can't be friends. There's enough gatekeeping in this pursuit without writers also gatekeeping.
#WritingCommunity
1/2 🧵
Ok so The Chair Company was entirely not what I thought it was going to be, but I should have expected as much from Tim Robinson. It's fantastically weird and I'm there for it.
a man in a suit and glasses holds his hands to his head with hbo max written on the bottom
ALT: a man in a suit and glasses holds his hands to his head with hbo max written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ok so The Chair Company was entirely not what I thought it was going to be, but I should have expected as much from Tim Robinson. It's fantastically weird and I'm there for it.
UMM THIS JUST HAPPENED
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS EP! 2 IN 1 WEEK! YES THIS SCHEDULE WAS ON PURPOSE!*
In this episode, we kick off a three part series: So You Want to Write a Novel—Really? (no really, why would you do this?) We talk reality checks, genre panic, POV disasters & some salty Hot Goss. #writesky #podcast
*it wasn't
In this episode, we kick off a three part series: So You Want to Write a Novel—Really? (no really, why would you do this?) We talk reality checks, genre panic, POV disasters & some salty Hot Goss. #writesky #podcast
*it wasn't
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A literary agent on TikTok convinced that a query letter was written by AI, and proceeds to read the offending lines to the world.
#WritingCommunity #amquerying
1/3 🧵
#WritingCommunity #amquerying
1/3 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A literary agent on TikTok convinced that a query letter was written by AI, and proceeds to read the offending lines to the world.
#WritingCommunity #amquerying
1/3 🧵
#WritingCommunity #amquerying
1/3 🧵
So your search engine can offer up an AI slop summary while providing links to AI slop mingled with AI slop ads.
#AIWriting sucks.
#AIWriting sucks.
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
So your search engine can offer up an AI slop summary while providing links to AI slop mingled with AI slop ads.
#AIWriting sucks.
#AIWriting sucks.
Y'know what I love about 🦋? I don't have to see an endless feed techsplaining that I'll be buried by a technology I refuse to use in my writing, that is ruining society and the planet. I don't need 🦋to be a sewer of sealioning. I'm happy to engage positively with my tribe.
I puffy ❤️ blocklists.
I puffy ❤️ blocklists.
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Y'know what I love about 🦋? I don't have to see an endless feed techsplaining that I'll be buried by a technology I refuse to use in my writing, that is ruining society and the planet. I don't need 🦋to be a sewer of sealioning. I'm happy to engage positively with my tribe.
I puffy ❤️ blocklists.
I puffy ❤️ blocklists.
Number one rule of #amquerying: follow the rules.
I've had 15 queries sent to my inbox today. I'm not open to queries via email. Which means that's 15 queries that have been deleted because people decided not to follow instructions. Why do this? I would have read them on QM.
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Number one rule of #amquerying: follow the rules.
Oh hey! New BAD LIT FRIENDS podcast is up!
We're talking about editing in this episode. I love editing, Meagan...not so much. #WritingCommunity, where do you stand? Do you enjoy writing or editing more?
We're talking about editing in this episode. I love editing, Meagan...not so much. #WritingCommunity, where do you stand? Do you enjoy writing or editing more?
New BAD LIT FRIENDS podcast is up! 🔥💥🌶️🚸 (help we don't know how emojis work!)
This week on BLF, editing! Yay?! Also Penguingate. (not that Penguin) We're on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts #Writesky
open.spotify.com/episode/0aBf...
This week on BLF, editing! Yay?! Also Penguingate. (not that Penguin) We're on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts #Writesky
open.spotify.com/episode/0aBf...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Oh hey! New BAD LIT FRIENDS podcast is up!
We're talking about editing in this episode. I love editing, Meagan...not so much. #WritingCommunity, where do you stand? Do you enjoy writing or editing more?
We're talking about editing in this episode. I love editing, Meagan...not so much. #WritingCommunity, where do you stand? Do you enjoy writing or editing more?
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Knickers
Knickers
Change one letter, ruin a candy
S&Ms
S&Ms
Change one letter, ruin a candy
TWIT
TWIT
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Knickers
Knickers
It is devastating to see publishing execs throw authors and books under the bus, to an unproven tech that undermines their own business. Imagine if banks had embraced NFTs in the same way publishers are embracing AI slop.
#WritingCommunity #AI
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#WritingCommunity #AI
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It is devastating to see publishing execs throw authors and books under the bus, to an unproven tech that undermines their own business. Imagine if banks had embraced NFTs in the same way publishers are embracing AI slop.
#WritingCommunity #AI
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#WritingCommunity #AI
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Messing with a scammer who claims to "strengthen my book's visibility" on Amzn (throwaway email). I sent a random link on an older book by an author who hasn't published in about 8 years. This is the free "report." 😂 Still trying to find out how much they want to charge.
@victoriastrauss.com
@victoriastrauss.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Messing with a scammer who claims to "strengthen my book's visibility" on Amzn (throwaway email). I sent a random link on an older book by an author who hasn't published in about 8 years. This is the free "report." 😂 Still trying to find out how much they want to charge.
@victoriastrauss.com
@victoriastrauss.com
Seen on Threads.
I would be very cautious about #amquerying an agent who wants to control your process. (Advise? Recommend? Yes please! Demand? No.) Your book should speak for itself, no matter how you arrived at the finished product.
#WritingCommunity
I would be very cautious about #amquerying an agent who wants to control your process. (Advise? Recommend? Yes please! Demand? No.) Your book should speak for itself, no matter how you arrived at the finished product.
#WritingCommunity
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Seen on Threads.
I would be very cautious about #amquerying an agent who wants to control your process. (Advise? Recommend? Yes please! Demand? No.) Your book should speak for itself, no matter how you arrived at the finished product.
#WritingCommunity
I would be very cautious about #amquerying an agent who wants to control your process. (Advise? Recommend? Yes please! Demand? No.) Your book should speak for itself, no matter how you arrived at the finished product.
#WritingCommunity
Not my usual genre. From a spooky short story I'm writing for a contest.
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #Halloween
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #Halloween
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Not my usual genre. From a spooky short story I'm writing for a contest.
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #Halloween
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #Halloween