I’m happy to announce that I’ll be hosting a monthly query and first pages critique giveaway to help aspiring authors hone their submissions. The giveaway will be held on the first of every month starting in February 2020, and the details are as follows. What? The first 10 queries I […]
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Podcast episode number 2 up! The amazingly talented Trish Doller talks about her new book with Simon Pulse, START HERE, effective writing procrastination techniques, and relief work happening in the Bahamas right now. Here are the links to the Bahaman relief efforts Trish mentions during the episode. Red Cross HeadKnowles […]
It’s release day for Rebekah Crane’s POSTCARDS FOR A SONGBIRD! Be sure to pick up this beautiful YA contemporary story about the ache to belong and the joy of feeling understood. Everyone eventually leaves Wren Plumley. First it was her mother, then her best friend, and then her sister. Now […]
I’m sharing with you my top five favorite reads of 2017! It was a year of some amazing books, but the ones I loved the most are: THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas FROSTBLOOD by my dear friend, Elly Blake A PROPERLY UNHAUNTED PLACE by William Alexander CROSSING EBENEZER […]
Anonymous asks: Thoughts on querying with self published projects in your history? I realize the self published things wouldn’t be query-able, also these things would be self-pub for business reasons (ie short story collection) not “no one else wanted it”. Should you mention it in your author bio for the new […]
Daphne took a tour through the archives, and thought you might want a refresher on the categories I use here. Or, ok, if I’m being honest, the Web Monkey told me I was using a category tag incorrectly, so I had to go through and retag something like a hundred […]
I still have a cold — which may be the flu, but I cannot yet say if I have any certain strain of the flu. Anyway, I’m back in the office now, but feeling pretty bad, so I’m going to get some sleep, see a doctor, and try to feel […]
Thanks to the WebMonkey’s hours and hours of hard work (and yes, I did some, too!), I can now unveil our exciting SEKRIT project. Drumroll, please…. We’re moving! But not very far. Ktliterary.com is migrating over to WordPress from Movable Type. What does this mean for you, my devoted readers? […]
