Full Throttle Kate

My brain never shuts the fuck up. Between work, writing, money worries, imaginary arguments, and a thousand responsibilities competing for attention, there's always something demanding another piece of me. Riding and the woman I love are the only things that quiet the noise. But somewhere in the chaos of Full Throttle Kate, I'm realizing that being capable of carrying everything doesn't mean I fucking should.

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Writing Life, Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand Writing Life, Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand

What the Fuck Am I Trying to Say?

I'm finally getting serious about publishing Undertow, my collection of short stories. But somewhere between thinking about cover art and waiting for my fucking omelet, I started questioning what the collection actually says. These stories are fictionalized versions of very real experiences from my life as a transgender woman. They're painful, uncomfortable, and not particularly happy. But does a collection need a happy ending to have meaning? After dying three times in 2022 and nearly dying again in a motorcycle crash in 2025, I've become obsessed with impact and legacy. I'm not writing simply to publish another book. I'm writing because I need my life, and my words, to fucking matter.

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Thanks for the Material, Asshole

The danger of putting your work into the world is that everybody has a fucking mouth, and the internet gave everybody balls. One anonymous asshole decided to make fun of a tooth I’m still dealing with after nearly dying in a motorcycle crash. Unfortunately for him, he picked on a fucking writer.

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