Kate Willis's Blog, page 119

Adorable Excuses

I can sum up my day in two memes.

Slightly brain dead and not progressing much on my projects(although I did tackle emails)…

…and full of fantastic ideas I can’t wait to put into motion.

The Artist Colony

I am surrounded by so many amazing people.People to laugh, cry, study, brainstorm, and ordinary with. People that tell me not to end that last sentence with a preposition. People who send me excessively cheerful emails or “spam” me on Facebook.

They are so fantastic; I really think you should meet some of them.

Dad is my go-to for theological questions and advice. We’ve discussed everything from Anakim to the limited/unlimited atonement, Schrodinger’s cat to Revelation. He is very supportive...

Plate Update: Parties, Shakespeare, and Autumn

I manage to tackle some things on my ridiculously full plate then someone inevitablyoffers me seconds. Who cares when the “food” is so good? ;)Here’s an update on what I’ve been doing. This past month, I…

Beta-read:

You’ll Be Like Faye by J.C. Buchanan (four stars)

The Silent Blade by Jesseca Wheaton (four stars)

Operation Space Cats: The Rescue Mission by Lesa McKee (five stars)

Fitting In by Rebekah Morris (five stars)

I’m also reading someone’s work in progress.

New Short Story!

What do you get if you mix together…

a vintage diner complete with icecream and poodle skirts…

…a mysterious map drawn on the back of a menu…

…and a reminder of God’s love?

My newest short story!

The bedroom light flicked on, and I blinked awake. No storybook sunlight drifted in through the windows, just Aunt Julie standing in the doorway saying a cheery, “Rise and dine!” Faster than I could squeeze my eyes shut against the light, I remembered where I was and sat up quickly nearly banging...

Book Review: Rose of Prophecy!!

“She is afraid. Not because she is alone. Not because thick roiling clouds obscure the moon. Not because the wind rushes through the forest like a wild dragon. She is afraid because she is late. And to be late means death. Her life had been happy once. Despite the destruction wreaked by Tauscher, traitor to the King. Despite the distant war led by the Prince and fought with the help of her three brothers. Despite her own poorly-chosen nickname of Beauty, she’d enjoyed life. Of course, that wa...

While It Lasts…

I have something very important to tell you. *drops voice to a whisper* There are only 2 1/2 days left of Read-to-Win. Better slide into home plate and post those reviews!

And even if you won’t make itin time to enter the giveaway (though my book is remarkably short); it’s still worth it to get $0.99 books, right?

Library Hopefuls

Apparently I don’t haveenough books pining away for me to read them.Ihavefinished four books in the past four days,but that’s never enough.

No. I had to go to the library.

It was one of those “short trips” Mom declares. Just long enough for her to grab a stack of movies to help us survive this illness.

Fifteen minutes later, my two younger sisters and I were walking around with our arms full of books. FULL! So full we even dropped some, but fortunately that was the children’s section so we we...

How to Hide a Spoiler in Goodreads, Sweetie

Spoilers. Can’t read with ’em; can’t review without ’em.

It always makes me sad when I see that message on Goodreads, “This review has been hidden because of spoilers”. I always avoidthose reviews becausethey are advertising being spoiler minefields.

Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good spoiler. They’re absolutely tantalizing.I just want warningwhen I’m going to read one. I want to decide to spoil it for myself.

Scraps of Paper

I cleanedoff my desk today. It’s still not clean; but since it won’t ever be, I’m happy to have everything in nice tidy stacks.

There’s the my-friend-loaned-me-this-book-months-ago-and-this-letter-is-overdue stack. (Quite depressing. I try not to look at it.)

Then comes the makeup my mom bought for me, and I’m supposed to try soon. It’s not writing related in the least, but when something is waiting for a place to go–it lands on my desk. (Besides, my MC Kiera keeps her makeup on her desk and...

Book Review: The Silent Blade

“Dromiskin, Ireland. 925 A.D.

Eira has no greater desire than to see her life returned to what it once was—before her older brother Kevin’s sudden disappearance four years earlier. But the simple life she hoped for seems unattainable; on the contrary, her life is about to get all the more complicated.
When she suddenly finds herself and Willem, her twin brother, taken captive by someone who claims to be Kevin’s enemy, things go from bad to worse. It soon becomes clear that she and Willem are...