KT Reed
@ktreedwrites.bsky.social
Queer speculative fiction writer and reader. Roots in Montana and Seattle.
5 lessons from my 2nd draft: #3 Throw away copy + paste in favor of rewriting.
More good advice from @mdbell79.bsky.social!
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More good advice from @mdbell79.bsky.social!
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November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
5 lessons from my 2nd draft: #3 Throw away copy + paste in favor of rewriting.
More good advice from @mdbell79.bsky.social!
ktreedwrites.com/2025/11/02/f...
#writing
More good advice from @mdbell79.bsky.social!
ktreedwrites.com/2025/11/02/f...
#writing
5 Things I Learned While Completing the 2nd Draft of My Novel: #2 Don't do it alone. Find some expert advice that speaks to you.
For me, it was Matt Bell's Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. @mdbell79.bsky.social
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For me, it was Matt Bell's Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. @mdbell79.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
5 Things I Learned While Completing the 2nd Draft of My Novel: #2 Don't do it alone. Find some expert advice that speaks to you.
For me, it was Matt Bell's Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. @mdbell79.bsky.social
ktreedwrites.com/2025/11/02/f...
#writing 🪐 📚
For me, it was Matt Bell's Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. @mdbell79.bsky.social
ktreedwrites.com/2025/11/02/f...
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I feel like I’ve read and reread the first chapter so many times the words mean nothing 😵💫
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November 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I feel like I’ve read and reread the first chapter so many times the words mean nothing 😵💫
#amwriting
#amwriting
5 Things I Learned While Completing the 2nd Draft of My Novel: #1 Abandon your first draft long enough to rediscover it for your second. It was only in forgetting what the novel was about that I was able to rediscover the magic of the story.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
5 Things I Learned While Completing the 2nd Draft of My Novel: #1 Abandon your first draft long enough to rediscover it for your second. It was only in forgetting what the novel was about that I was able to rediscover the magic of the story.
ktreedwrites.com/2025/11/02/f...
#writing #booksky 🪐 📚
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It’s Novel November! How are you celebrating? I’m considering using it as an excuse to get back to the novel draft I’m supposed to be taking a break from.
#writing #novelnovember
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November 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It’s Novel November! How are you celebrating? I’m considering using it as an excuse to get back to the novel draft I’m supposed to be taking a break from.
#writing #novelnovember
#writing #novelnovember
I can’t commit to reading 2 hours a day, but in my dream life I would!
I am trying something in November. National novel-reading month, basically. It is the PERFECT month for reading (at least in the Western hemisphere).
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November is for reading
or: a month of sheer luxurious intellectual pleasure
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November 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I can’t commit to reading 2 hours a day, but in my dream life I would!
What kind of stories will you cross genres to read? I’m an 80% fantasy reader, but I was browsing the library and picked up this sci fi. Its premise of “one family and how technology divides them” reminded me of the the AI surge we’re seeing now.
#booksky 🪐📚
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October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What kind of stories will you cross genres to read? I’m an 80% fantasy reader, but I was browsing the library and picked up this sci fi. Its premise of “one family and how technology divides them” reminded me of the the AI surge we’re seeing now.
#booksky 🪐📚
#booksky 🪐📚
I’m in a bit of writing doldrums as I’m in between drafts. Help inspire me by sharing your writing excitement and energy please! What are you working on? What’s going well lately?
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October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m in a bit of writing doldrums as I’m in between drafts. Help inspire me by sharing your writing excitement and energy please! What are you working on? What’s going well lately?
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I finally did the thing and launched my author website! It’s very simple and very pretty and I’m quite excited about it. Check out my welcome post on www.ktreedwrites.com
#booksky #writing 🌈🪐📚
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KT Reed Writes
Queer speculative fiction writer sharing original works, fantasy novel updates, and insightful book reviews from the genre.
www.ktreedwrites.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I finally did the thing and launched my author website! It’s very simple and very pretty and I’m quite excited about it. Check out my welcome post on www.ktreedwrites.com
#booksky #writing 🌈🪐📚
#booksky #writing 🌈🪐📚
Very excited to share that I finished the second draft of my fantasy novel!!! It comes in at about 170K words, so I have some serious editing to do next round. But for now I’m just celebrating 🎉
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October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Very excited to share that I finished the second draft of my fantasy novel!!! It comes in at about 170K words, so I have some serious editing to do next round. But for now I’m just celebrating 🎉
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When you start a new med, and the only thing you can write is sad journal entries about the side effects….
#migraines #writing
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October 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
When you start a new med, and the only thing you can write is sad journal entries about the side effects….
#migraines #writing
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I’m reading this 1987 fantasy for a book club. The writing style is so different! I don’t read much from this era, but would be interested if others have 80s and 90s favorites?
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October 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’m reading this 1987 fantasy for a book club. The writing style is so different! I don’t read much from this era, but would be interested if others have 80s and 90s favorites?
#booksky
#booksky
One of my first stories was written in orange marker when I was 7 or 8. It’s about a young girl (with my same first name) who chases down an intruder and finds a fanged, red eyed rabbit and…she is never seen or heard from again. Apparently I was a dark child.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One of my first stories was written in orange marker when I was 7 or 8. It’s about a young girl (with my same first name) who chases down an intruder and finds a fanged, red eyed rabbit and…she is never seen or heard from again. Apparently I was a dark child.
#booksky 🪐📚
#booksky 🪐📚
Been trying to describe how the writing is going lately and the best I can come up with is it’s just…dripping along. Slowly but steadily, not a flood, not a drought.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Been trying to describe how the writing is going lately and the best I can come up with is it’s just…dripping along. Slowly but steadily, not a flood, not a drought.
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#writing
(Possibly) controversial opinion: if I listen to the first book on audiobook, I have to do audiobooks for the whole series. Murderbot Diaries was like this for me - the narrator was just so good.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
(Possibly) controversial opinion: if I listen to the first book on audiobook, I have to do audiobooks for the whole series. Murderbot Diaries was like this for me - the narrator was just so good.
#booksky 🪐📚
#booksky 🪐📚
This week I wrote 2336 new words, revised 4077 words, wrote 5 days, and only had one big, long, three day headache 🤕 I’ll take it!
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October 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This week I wrote 2336 new words, revised 4077 words, wrote 5 days, and only had one big, long, three day headache 🤕 I’ll take it!
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Ok my bookish tea friends, what’s your fall tea lineup look like? I’m trying to drink through all the nearly empty bags in the pantry but want to refill soon.
🪐📚🌈#booksky
🪐📚🌈#booksky
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Ok my bookish tea friends, what’s your fall tea lineup look like? I’m trying to drink through all the nearly empty bags in the pantry but want to refill soon.
🪐📚🌈#booksky
🪐📚🌈#booksky
My fantasy novel is set in a fictional world in the far north. The summer days are 18+ hours. I’m looking for reading recs that will give me an idea of the ecology, climate, and life of folks living in similar places. I’ll read fiction, nonfiction, folklore, poetry!
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October 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Going back through my notes for the novel, and damn I really love making charts, outlines, lists, character sketches, etc that I forget exist the moment I’m done making them. It must be the act that’s valuable, right?
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October 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Going back through my notes for the novel, and damn I really love making charts, outlines, lists, character sketches, etc that I forget exist the moment I’m done making them. It must be the act that’s valuable, right?
#writing
#writing
My weekly stats!
Words written: 6935
Hours written: 8
Rejections: 1
Headache days: 2!!!!!
Months since I last had a week with only 2 headache days: EIGHT
Feel free to let me know whatever numbers or milestones you reached this week, in whatever categories feel relevant!
#writing #disability
Words written: 6935
Hours written: 8
Rejections: 1
Headache days: 2!!!!!
Months since I last had a week with only 2 headache days: EIGHT
Feel free to let me know whatever numbers or milestones you reached this week, in whatever categories feel relevant!
#writing #disability
October 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My weekly stats!
Words written: 6935
Hours written: 8
Rejections: 1
Headache days: 2!!!!!
Months since I last had a week with only 2 headache days: EIGHT
Feel free to let me know whatever numbers or milestones you reached this week, in whatever categories feel relevant!
#writing #disability
Words written: 6935
Hours written: 8
Rejections: 1
Headache days: 2!!!!!
Months since I last had a week with only 2 headache days: EIGHT
Feel free to let me know whatever numbers or milestones you reached this week, in whatever categories feel relevant!
#writing #disability
October 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
October 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM