Writing and Publishing | Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Medical Tests, Family History, and Toxic Men

by Katie | Jun 22, 2018 | Disability, Poetry, Writing and Publishing

:: 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...

A Story and a Poem: Dora Maar and Bipolar Disorder

by Katie | May 22, 2018 | Disability, Poetry, Writing and Publishing

:: 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...

Welcome to the World, FALLOUT GIRL

by Katie | May 8, 2018 | Disability, My Books, Writing and Publishing

:: 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...

Don’t Ever Let Go

by Katie | Apr 8, 2018 | Essay, Life is Long, Sports, Travel, Writing and Publishing

:: 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...

On Writing, On Disability, On Mothering, Briefly

by Katie | Mar 4, 2018 | Disability, Essay, Writing and Publishing

:: 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)...

FALLOUT GIRL and Using Fiction to Witness Mental Illness

by Katie | Feb 3, 2018 | Disability, Writing and Publishing

:: It was very important to me to have the reader be in my hero’s POV when she is in crisis or witnessing her mental illness. 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...