by Katie | Jan 28, 2017 | Law, Social Justice
What does it mean for a presidential administration to declare itself at “war” with the U.S. media, to declare the U.S. media an “opposition party” and then endorse fringe media that cater to its whims? I was getting my doctorate in rhetoric when George W. Bush...
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...
