This is an updated version of a post that originally appeared in the December 2019 edition of my newsletter Readiculous Musings. You can...

This post originally appeared in the February 2019 edition of my newsletter Readiculous Musings. You can subscribe for it HERE. One thing...

Time for an end-of-the-year post where I talk about all the things that have happened this year and all the things I hope for the new...

Hi everyone! I wanted to write a post because I have a really fun announcement. My good friend, Claribel Ortega, has long been an...

This post originally appeared in the September 2018 edition of my newsletter Readiculous Musings. You can subscribe for it HERE. (I’m...

So, I am stealing an idea from my writer BFF, Claribel Ortega and posting some of my content a month after it appears in my newsletter....

So, I was inspired by my own revisions to write out a quick post based on my methods and path toward shiny happy manuscript town. To be...

You guys, I’m going to be published! Okay, it’s been a MINUTE since I posted and I’m so sorry about that, but it’s for a GOOD reason. I...

I’m back! Hello strangers, remember me? I’m the person that’s supposed to keep this blog updated, even though I haven’t posted in MONTHS....

Hey guys, I am so excited to share the first ever podcast interview I’ve ever done! It was with 88 Cups of Tea one of my ABSOLUTE FAVES!...

The Real Reason We Need Diverse Books Eight kids show Matt de la Pena the the real reason We Need Diverse Books. *mic drop* Visit our...

In honor of Author Mentor Match, I made ANOTHER vlog. I know, I know. You’re thinking, “Kat, can you calm down on these vlogs?” And my...

I want to write an honest post about something that has always worried me and probably will always worry me as I keep writing about my...

Hey guys, I know I haven’t written in a bit, and that’s partly because I didn’t have too much to write about. My day job has been really...

I already wrote a step-by-step querying guide HERE. But I left out the biggest piece of the puzzle: Writing the query letter. So here you...

So, I just went through the journey we call querying and I thought I’d write about it since I love step-by-step guides. This post...

Dialogue is a funny thing. It is the voice of your characters, but it is not necessarily always the voice of your narrative (especially...

I present to you my story of how I got my agent (Warning: This post is LONG and full of GIFs): I started my professional writing journey...

Next up in Adventures in Revising…Deleting WHOLE scenes.These are my lessons in mapping out my story (this can happen either before or...

So, I don’t know about you guys, but when I decided to write in earnest I just opened a Word Document and let myself go. When I felt like...