by Katie | Jan 15, 2017 | Life is Long, Racial Justice, Social Justice
I woke up this Sunday morning worried about money—making enough of it, selling enough stories to make enough of it, saving enough of it for my kids’ school and for retirement and for emergencies, having enough of it for our monthly budget. I was worried that I...
by Katie | Jan 12, 2017 | Creative Writing, Giveaway, Hollywood Lights Series, Life is Long, Monthly Letter
My latest monthly letter, Writing Isn’t Sexy, is out now, and even if you don’t subscribe, you can read it here. This month’s title is “Hauling Up That Hill.” An excerpt: Sometimes when things seem blissful and idyllic, you can still...
by Katie | Jan 6, 2017 | The Periscope Project
The post is part of The Periscope Project. The Periscope project is a co-blogging project created by photographer Laura Collins Britton (who took that photo up there) and writer Katie Rose Guest Pryal (hey that’s me). In the south, as everyone knows, trains...
by Katie | Dec 20, 2016 | Creative Writing, Hollywood Lights Series, Life is Long
When my publisher told me they wanted me to write a love story set around the winter holidays, and “Oh, it needs a happy ending”—I felt like I was standing barefoot and under-supplied at the bottom of a very tall, very rocky mountain that I had to climb if I ever...
by Katie | Dec 9, 2016 | Law, Textbooks
I write a lot of things: novels, essays and journalism pieces, and, as you might not know, nerdy books on nerdy things like legal reasoning, writing, argumentation, and citation. My latest nerdy outing, The Complete Legal Writer, is one of my proudest accomplishments....
by Katie | Nov 24, 2016 | Creative Writing, Poetry
Shower Could this heat wipe me away from yellow tiles and parquet floors and doors I struggle to keep closed? Could I be swept away entirely? I watch water form rivers down my belly, electric red streaks. I stand strong under the barrage, let the mounting pressure...
by Katie | Nov 14, 2016 | Life is Long, Racial Justice, Social Justice
I’ve kept quiet on the election for about a week, mostly to give those who are far more eloquent than I am a chance to talk first. Here are my thoughts, in no particular order. (1) I’m not surprised that so many people voted for a racist, sexist, ableist,...
by Katie | Oct 27, 2016 | Feminism, Sexual Assault
Alt text: A woman in shadow is standing in front of a video projection of four women’s faces. Three faces are blurred. The standing woman’s own face is not blurred. Note: Read the original post regarding this art exhibit here. Recently, an artist videoed...
by Katie | Oct 26, 2016 | Giveaway
I just ran a giveaway of the award-winning novel LEMONGRASS HOPE, and there was so much interest that I’m doing it again. I’m giving away 2 Kindle copies of the novel to folks who enter the giveaway. This time, though, everyone’s a winner....
