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 14, 2016 | Life is Long, Racial Justice, Social Justice
I’ve kept quiet on the election for about a week, mostly to give those who are far more eloquent than I am a chance to talk first. Here are my thoughts, in no particular order. (1) I’m not surprised that so many people voted for a racist, sexist, ableist,...
by Katie | Sep 14, 2016 | Creative Writing, Life is Long
Alt Text: A photograph of my MacBook keyboard with the A key broken off and resting askew. For the past few weeks, I’ve had writing angst. Most writers get it. If you’ve had it, you know what I mean. Symptoms include lack of desire to write; feelings of...
by Katie | Aug 7, 2016 | Creative Writing, Freelance Academic, Life is Long
Image Alt-Text: Monochrome photograph of grass stalks coated in ice crystals. Image credit: Laura Collins Britton. lcbritton.com Writing is both easy and hard. For some people, one of my children, for instance, writing can be very, very hard. One of my children has a...
by Katie | Apr 27, 2016 | Creative Writing, Lauren-Katie Letters, Life is Long
This is Lauren. We write letters to each other. Note to readers: This post is part of a series of letters between me and my friend and author Lauren Faulkenberry. I publish our letters here on my blog, and she also publishes our letters on her blog. You can read...
