Author · Historical Fiction
Writing for the ones that history tends to forget.
I’m Kayden Etter. I write quiet stories about the people the record books never quite held space for — and, between chapters, I stream games on Twitch. Books, history, games, and whatever I’m getting myself into next.

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Changing Your Mind Shouldn’t Be This Embarrassing
At some point, a change of mind made you look untrustworthy. We call it hypocrisy. Backpedaling. Flip-flopping. Getting exposed. The internet has receipts, and God help you if some…
Read post →Do We Have the Right to Invent the Lives History Did Not Record?
History loves paperwork. Birth certificates. Marriage licenses. Census records. Passenger manifests. Court documents. Newspaper clippings. Military records. Death certificates. If somebody wrote…
I Know My Biology: Part 2
I have been thinking about how I describe my transition, and I realized something that might seem strange at first. I didn’t transition into a man; I transitioned into a trans man.
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Between chapters, I stream games — chill playthroughs, story-heavy RPGs, and the occasional writing session.
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