by Katie | Oct 4, 2017 | Creative Writing, Hollywood Lights Series, My Books
There’s been some news on the writing front for me: I had a new book come out in September, and I have another new one coming out in two weeks. I haven’t made much of a ruckus about it around here because I’ve been busy with this. My new book, How to...
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...
