by Katie | May 22, 2018 | Creative Writing, Disability, Poetry
Banner Image Alt Text: A photograph of a tall gray sculpture by Picasso located in Kristinehamn, Sweden, with blue skies beyond. When I was in my early twenties, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. That’s when you’re diagnosed, if you’re lucky. BD...
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 entirely...
by Katie | Apr 8, 2018 | Creative Writing, Essay, Family, Life is Long, Sports, Travel
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 correct to figure that his nine-year-old daughter doesn’t share his...
by Katie | Mar 4, 2018 | Creative Writing, Disability, Essay, Family
I’m emergency-homeschooling my kids. I’m emergency-homeschooling my kids because twice now the disability services in the schools they were enrolled in failed us. This fall, we will enroll them in a third school, and try again. I never (not really) write...
by Katie | Feb 3, 2018 | Creative Writing, Disability
Update 3/26/2018: Fallout Girl is available for Pre-Order now. Here it is on Amazon: bit.ly/falloutgirl. I have a new novel coming out in May, FALLOUT GIRL, and like my last novella (or short novel, whatever), HOW TO STAY, it deals with mental illness head-on. Thank...
by Katie | Jan 9, 2018 | Creative Writing, Essay, Life is Long, Travel
[Alt Text for banner image: A sunset photograph of Camden Yards from the 18th Floor of an adjacent hotel.] I lived in Baltimore many years ago. I earned my master’s in creative writing here. When I was riding in from BWI, my Lyft driver, who is relatively new to...
