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Bubble bath ’cause you deserve it!

I   (Update on the first give-away… The lucky winner is Sammi P.!  Check in for another spring present!)   think it’s about time for a give-away, a little swag to say thanks! Through writing, I’ve met amazing readers on Facebook and Twitter and Amazon and Goodreads… whew! did I leave anything out? Oh, yeah, and in person [...]

Bubble bath 'cause you deserve it!

I think it's about time for a give-away, a little swag to say thanks! Through writing, I've met amazing readers on Facebook and Twitter and Amazon and Goodreads… whew! did I leave anything out? Oh, yeah, and in person in my classes and workshops! And now, I've got the inspiration for The Do-Over… the bath products that started it all, [...]

10 Reasons Everybody Needs a Spring Break!

It's 34 degrees here in Montana, and it's Spring Break. Yep, the vacation that centers around warm weather and all things beachy has begun with SNOW. So, to celebrate, here are 10 reasons we all deserve a little warmth.  It's past the official first day of spring, so bring it! My backyard looks like this…   [...]

A Bestseller, A Freebie, & a Newbie!

So a funny thing happened to me in February… Because of all your great support and encouragement, The Do-Over made its way up the Amazon Kindle Bestseller list! The Amazon Top 100 seemed an impossible dream for an indie author like me, but we did it! Thank you especially to everyone who posted a review [...]

A bestseller, a freebie & a newbie!

Happy Valentine's Day & Happy e-Reading!

A bestseller, a freebie & a newbie!
So a funny thing happened to me in February...

Because of all your great support and encouragement, The Do-Over made its way up the Amazon Kindle Bestsellers list!


The Amazon Top 100 seemed an impossible dream for an indie author like me, but we did it!

Thank you especially to everyone who posted a review on my Amazon page or clicked on the thumbs up button to encourage other readers to find a Montana writer who's done it all from her tiny home office.

I'm always looking for that sentence or two of support that leads new readers to give my books a try!

This Sunday to celebrate (and because it's almost Valentine's Day!) I'm giving away FREE downloads of Plan On It.


I gave away over 20,000 copies of The Do-Over, so don't hesitate to pass this on to friends. The more the merrier! (Plus it may count as a gift from you even if it's a Freebie!)

And finally the Newbie which is also a Freebie...

If all the Amazon stars align... My newest novel, Back To U, will be available on Valentine's Day and FREE!

As a writer and a teacher, I've had some really great years. But as an author, this is already the most amazing year ever, and it's only February!

Thanks for coming along on the ride!
Kathy











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A bestseller, a freebie & a newbie!
So a funny thing happened to me in February...

Because of all your great support and encouragement, The Do-Over made its way up the Amazon Kindle Bestsellers list!



The Amazon Top 100 seemed an impossible dream for an indie author like me, but we did it!

Thank you especially to everyone who posted a review on my Amazon page or clicked on the thumbs up button to encourage other readers to find a Montana writer who's done it all from her tiny home office.

I'm always looking for that sentence or two of support that leads new readers to give my books a try!

This Sunday to celebrate (and because it's almost Valentine's Day!) I'm giving away FREE downloads of Plan On It.



I gave away over 20,000 copies of The Do-Over, so don't hesitate to pass this on to friends. The more the merrier! (Plus it may count as a gift from you even if it's a Freebie!)

And finally the Newbie which is also a Freebie...


If all the Amazon stars align... My newest novel, Back To U, will be available on Valentine's Day and FREE!

As a writer and a teacher, I've had some really great years. But as an author, this is already the most amazing year ever, and it's only February!

Thanks for coming along on the ride!
Kathy











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A bestseller, a freebie & a newbie!
So a funny thing happened to me in February...

Because of all your great support and encouragement, The Do-Over made its way up the Amazon Kindle Bestsellers list!



The Amazon Top 100 seemed an impossible dream for an indie author like me, but we did it!

Thank you especially to everyone who posted a review on my Amazon page or clicked on the thumbs up button to encourage other readers to find a Montana writer who's done it all from her tiny home office.

I'm always looking for that sentence or two of support that leads new readers to give my books a try!

This Sunday to celebrate (and because it's almost Valentine's Day!) I'm giving away FREE downloads of Plan On It.



I gave away over 20,000 copies of The Do-Over, so don't hesitate to pass this on to friends. The more the merrier! (Plus it may count as a gift from you even if it's a Freebie!)

And finally the Newbie which is also a Freebie...


If all the Amazon stars align... My newest novel, Back To U, will be available on Valentine's Day and FREE!

As a writer and a teacher, I've had some really great years. But as an author, this is already the most amazing year ever, and it's only February!

Thanks for coming along on the ride!
Kathy

Happy New Year & Thanks for the Best Birthday Ever!

1965 was a great year for buying a car… average cost? $2,650. Rent? How about $118. It was also the year the Sound of Music was released; Wham-O Super-balls were everywhere (and if you ever had one you know how "everywhere" they could go); the Beatles sang "I Feel Fine";   TV added Get Smart, I [...]

Happy Holidays!

As always it's a crazy-busy time of year, but I'd like to share a pair of holiday inspired songs (only vaguely inappropriate) and offer you TWO PRESENTS! ( No, really, it's okay if you didn't get me anything) The first song is for my writer friends out there… Sing to "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" Write [...]

E-Publishing 101

This is for the Montana writers…  Resolve to Publish Your Book in 2012 Workshop! Roxanne McHenry, who helped me launch The Do-Over, will present the technical aspects of e-publishing and the specific tools for online marketing.  www.eroxanne.com I'm going to cover the author's job in the process. It's a bit overwhelming at first, but the [...]

Babies, Books, and Finding My People

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The first time I attended the Flathead River Writers Conference, I was partially trying to get away from a toddler.



When I look back now at the photos of that dear toddler, Ava, I almost can't stand how sweet that time was. But when you're home nearly 24/7 with an active child, and the northern fall is bringing clouds and darkness, and you have almost given up hope of ever seeing the light of day again, escape is not unreasonable.

So I went to the local writer's conference to spend two days drinking coffee with grown-ups and enjoying the privilege of closing the door all the way when I went to the restroom.

The Plan
I met a literary agent there who liked the concept of my novel that I was only about 30 pages into. That novel, The Plan, about a biology professor who makes a science experiment out of looking for a man to father her child, will be available this fall, but at that moment in time, it was a long way from grown, just like Ava.

I attended the next year. The combination of an interested agent and, more importantly, privacy in the bathroom, was well worth the admission price. I had another great weekend, complicated only by having another great baby. Yes, that fall, I had a toddler and her two-month-old sister, Grace. My mother brought the baby to me during my breaks, and I was exhausted and exhilarated in equal measure.
Flathead River Writers Conference
I continued to attended the conference year after year, and as my children grew, so did my stack of manuscripts. I suffered near misses with agents, and a success or two. I certainly won the lottery when it came to amazing daughters, and I won and placed in several writing contests. But over time, the conference came to mean something to me beyond the break from domestic life, and even beyond the amazing instruction and opportunity the professionals there give so freely. I came to find my people.

I am a writer and so are the 125 people who gather there every year.

We take two days from our lives to talk about our shared love of words, the desire to write that drives us to stay up late or get up early or try to scribble down a bit of dialogue with a baby on one hip and another asking for a juice box.

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And this year, my teenage daughters will tell me to have fun as they run out the door to see their friends, and I will run out the door to see mine.

10 Reasons Moms Need a Vacation from Summer Vacation!

It's the countdown for back to school and as fun as summer has been… I'm finding myself in need of a break. In my novel, The Do-Over, Mara Jane Mulligan takes a 30 day vacation from her life, and what mom doesn't deserve one of those?!

Here's my top ten reasons why moms need a vacation from summer vacation!

1. After a road trip, you do laundry for the exact number of days you were "relaxing."
2. You've had way too much mini-van time with extra children, damp towels, and if you made a truly questionable decision… a wet dog.
3. Because unlike the school year, eating and messing things up can and does occur between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
4. If you have young children, your lazy summer day begins around 6 a.m. If you have teenagers, their lazy summer day begins at noon. If you have both… someone is always asleep at your house, and it isn't you.
5. No matter how many towels you have, they're dirty. No matter how many bottles of sunscreen you own, they're missing. And no matter how many children are near, the mosquitoes only bite you.
6. While school supplies can be costly, summer fun starts with an inexpensive pool pass but ends up with a doctor's bill and antibiotics for an ear infection.
7. The refrigerator is always empty, but somehow the dishes are still covered with half-eaten food.
8. The bathtub sports a permanent black scum from flip-flop feet.
9. The hotdogs and s'mores are beginning to affect your cholesterol levels.
10. As much as you love summer and love your children… you deserve a chance to relax a little before you have to shop for enough supplies to start your own school!

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This is for all the moms out there who made summer fun and now seriously deserve a nap!