by Katie | Jun 19, 2017 | Book Reviews, Creative Writing
Authors depend on book reviews written by readers. If you read a lot of books, and you don’t know this yet, you can read about why here, and here, and other places too. It’s good information to have. Writers and readers have always had a close...
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 | 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 | 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 | Oct 7, 2016 | Creative Writing
This post originally appeared on the Tall Poppy Writers blog. Learn more about the Tall Poppy Writers, an awesome group of women writers that I’m a part of, at TallPoppies.org. “Your words are as important to an author as an author’s words are to you.” Those...
by Katie | Sep 26, 2016 | Authors We Love, Creative Writing, Disability
Alt text: a photographic image of a fractal in brown and gold tones, spiraling counter-clockwise. Image via Pixabay. Post Last Updated: September 26, 2016. This list was inspired by my panel presentation at the Creative Writing Studies Organization Conference in...
