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How I Plot my books

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

One thing I’ve always liked about how other authors do their newsletters is that they share their writing process! As a fan who is also a writer, this is always super interesting to me.

So I thought I’d share with you all how I plot my books. Here’s the thing. With every book it is significantly different. But I have one method that I’ll do no matter what I’m writ...

Wicked Fox cover reveal!

Hi all! If you follow me on social media then you probably saw me shouting from the rooftops about my cover reveal for WICKED FOX. If not, then here is me shouting about it!

I was so lucky to have my exclusive preview hosted on Entertainment Weekly! They also included an excerpt. Which I will give you some insider info on and let you know it is NOT from chapter 1, but rather the time that Jihoon and Miyoung meet for the first time!

If you’d like to see the full cover and read the exclusive...

2018 Wrap Up + 2019 Resolutions

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 year!

2018 has truly been a wild year for me! I got a book deal, I moved to NYC, I got a new job!

I was also lucky this year because I read and watched a lot of amazing things. So I thought I’d share some of my favorites with you all!

Favorites of 2018

Here is a list of my favorite reads (chosen from books I read this year, no necessarily all books that came o...

New Co-Host on Write or Die (WorD) Podcast!

Hi everyone! I wanted to write a post because I have a really fun announcement. My good friend, Claribel Ortega, has long been an up-and-coming voice in the publishing world. She started a podcast, Write or Die Podcast, this year to highlight the journeys of writers and their struggles to achieve their dream of being published authors.

Write or Die is a podcast that aims to share the real stories about what it takes to become an author – the gritty, infuriating, pull your hair out because it...

Own Your Own (Redux)

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

(I’m stealing and updating from an old post I wrote about finding my voice and my ownvoices stories)

This summer I had an awesome August full of things that give me such joy and hope as an Asian reader and creator! I grew up without seeing myself in mainstream media and I never knew how it affected my perception of myself until I went away to college and encountered...

Creating art during times of turmoil

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. It won’t be everything, just stuff that I think might be interesting to people and probably anything that is a record of my journey in publishing! So here we go!

This post originally appeared in the July 2018 edition of my newsletter Readiculous Musings. You can subscribe for it HERE.

Things are pretty hard these days. And it’s a time where I’ve seen a lot of...

Tips on tackling a big Revision

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 honest, I still live in revision land which I describe as a a town sitting on a giant cliff (good for screaming into the void), a cave of despair, and a fountain of wine.

So, without further ado, my main revision steps:

‣ “mulling” period/Absorb the critique – I usually take 1-3 days to just mull over the notes. (This time frame changes with when my deadlin...

Book Recs for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Hi all! I know that this blog is supposed to veer more toward my journey as an author, but I figure reading good books lands solidly in the realm of being a good author. After all, if we’re not reading widely then we’re missing out on the chance to be inspired by all the amazing stories out there!

So, since May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, I thought I’d give some recommendations for Asian American and Pacific American authors that I’ve been really into lately!

First, I’ll shamel...

Newsletter & New Website Design!

Hi all! Do you notice anything different about the website? If you answered, “It’s completely different Kat, duh. That’s so obvious.” Then you’re right! I got a brand new website design courtesy of the amazingly talented Tessa Elwood at ipopcolor. She was an absolute dream to work with and I owe all of the gorgeousness here to her!

Another thing I’ve finally started up is my author newsletter! I am hoping it’ll be a chance for me to share an in-depth view on my debut journey and beyond! If yo...

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 was busy figuring out my new life in NYC and selling my debut novel, GUMIHO! It will be published with Putnam Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House. You can add it on Goodreads HERE. I promise I’ll write more about my journey and other details soon, but I just wanted to share this exciting news with you!!!

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