by Katie | Jan 17, 2019 | Authors We Love, Creative Writing, Feminism, Poetry, Teaching
:: I am a writer because, when I was a sophomore in college, I lucked into a 6-person poetry writing workshop with Mary Oliver. She forced me to reckon with every word I put down on the page. I didn’t understand what words were until that writing workshop. I was...
by Katie | Jan 12, 2019 | Creative Writing, Disability, Family
:: You can choose to write nothing about your kids, which is a fine choice, or you can write about your kids with utter kindness, respect, and gratitude. And even then, you must be careful. I have a deadline looming for my monthly column about motherhood, and I hit a...
by Katie | Jun 22, 2018 | Creative Writing, Family, Poetry
:: Family history can mean a lot more than what you write on your medical forms. CW: Child Abuse, Animal Abuse I’ve been having a lot of medical tests recently to try to figure out some medical weirdness. Nothing too serious, just weirdness that keeps...
by Katie | May 22, 2018 | Creative Writing, Disability, Poetry
:: A bipolar diagnosis can create a new kind of loneliness. When I was in my early twenties, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. That’s when you’re diagnosed, if you’re lucky. BD manifests in most people then, but if you’re not lucky like I...
by Katie | May 8, 2018 | Creative Writing, Disability, Hollywood Lights Series
:: Fallout Girl is the hardest novel I’ve ever written. I’ve written four novels. The three full-length novels of the Hollywood Lights series (check out the whole series of books listed below), and the fourth that’s with my agent now, something...
by Katie | Apr 8, 2018 | Creative Writing, Essay, Family, Life is Long, Sports, Travel
:: Every bluefisherman dreams of the bluefish blitz. It is our holy grail. Note: This is an original essay that I’m publishing for the first time here on my blog. This essay is dedicated to my father. My father is smart to bring a sleeping bag for me. He is...
