writing and other nonsense by Kit Walker
Periodic updates on new works published, projects I’m involved in, and events I’m going to be at.
A few days ago, a mutual of mine on Tumblr asked a pretty interesting question: “why do people get uncomfortable with political fanfic?” She went on to point out that “A lot of you love to boast that you love the dirtiest, nastiest smut ever, why can’t you handle someone… (keep reading)
Conventional publishing wisdom holds that you’re supposed to adopt a buzzy, overexcited tone when announcing the release of a new book, the better to build up hype. I’m not sure that wisdom holds when the book in question is about a very serious, very horrible thing that won’t stop showing… (keep reading)
Draft2Digital has just rolled out distribution through Bookshop.org, which means a bunch of my books are now available on Bookshop. However, it looks like Bookshop is blocking distribution for titles that are under a certain length. My short stories haven’t made it onto the site; neither have any of the… (keep reading)
A friend of mine, while reading over a draft of the next Casefile of Jay Moriarty story, said, “Love how angry you are in this one.” Which is maybe one of the highest compliments I’ve received on my writing. As I’ve explained to a few people before, I don’t see… (keep reading)
Heated Rivalry has pushed gay romance as a genre into the mainstream eye, which of course means we must now be subjected to an endless stream of video essays and thinkpieces about whether certain demographics (women, straight men, people who aren’t into hockey) are “allowed” to like it. I do… (keep reading)
Last week one of my books hit #1 on Amazon’s Free Transgender Romance bestseller list, which was a great way to find out that Amazon still doesn’t distinguish between works like mine and, uh, forced-feminization fetish erotica: I don’t have any particular moral opposition to forcefem erotica, but I do… (keep reading)
This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the I Will Fight You podcast. In celebration, my co-hosts and I decided to revisit the first movie we ever covered: The Swan Princess. I keep track of all the movies I own and watch via a website called Trakt, and when I… (keep reading)
Last week, one of my books got a recommendation on Bluesky from KJ Charles. For those of you unfamiliar with the name: KJ Charles is a prominent author in queer romance fiction. Within a certain niche, this is like Stephen King popping up to tell everyone I’m cool. As you… (keep reading)
If you’re a Letterkenny fan you may recognize the name Jacob Tierney; he’s a co-creator of the series and also plays the fantastically homosexual Pastor Glen. Tierney is now running a new show called Heated Rivalry, which is about two male hockey players having an affair with each other. (The… (keep reading)
The end of November marked the beginning of the Gävle Goat Livestream. It consists of a single camera pointed at a giant goat made of straw, with the surrounding environs pixelated out. There is no audio. The uninitiated may be confused as to why this livestream exists, so let me… (keep reading)