Kate Willis's Blog, page 18

The Sunshine Blogger Award

I was nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award by RoseQAddams! Thanks so much, Rose! This looks like a ton of fun. 1. Do you prefer your books in hardback, paperback, ebook, or audiobook? Ooo, I love this question. I mostly buy paperbacks for ease of reading and lower cost, but I enjoy a good hardback...Continue reading »

i’m obsessed with our library

I’ve been on a requesting books spree. With three branches of our library, I can’t always find what I want at our location so I often use the holds request option to “shop” their books. (I also go in person a lot and browse the shelves too.) I didn’t expect almost all of my holds...Continue reading »

why do you read?

Do you read to visit other worlds? Feel things? Learn about other people and their lives? Absorb information? Improve your life? Know God and His word? Be entertained? Share with me the reasons you read.

a brief rundown of my many projects

I took the month of December off from writing, and I started January without much going on except planning and brainstorming and a little bit of taking notes. I thought it would be fun to take stock of where I’m at with my many projects. In the Publishing Queue Lore in Love (originally published in...Continue reading »

thoughts on the word “woke”

I have a pet peeve, and I know how I’m going to sound sharing it, but it’s true. I don’t like how the English language changes sometimes, and oftentimes I don’t think it should. There, I said it. My most “get off my lawn” take, lol. It really comes down to the word “woke”. I’ve...Continue reading »

my favorite books for the fourth quarter

This post is a little late since I spent time reflecting on last year, welcoming the new year, and launching a new book, but here is the final installment of my favorites for 2024. Of the 100+ books I read, the best of the best have the honor of being added to my Goodreads “favorites”...Continue reading »

I Write MG/YA blog tag (round two)

I was looking through old posts and I ran across this blog tag and thought it would be fun to answer it 8 1/2 years on, now that my life has changed so much and I’ve published eleven (and counting) books. I’m not sure who the original creator of the tag is, unfortunately. Who are...Continue reading »

my goals for 2025, man alive

(“Man alive” is a very old expression of excitement, and it rhymed so I’m using it. Just go with it. 😉 ) Happy New Year! How is it treating you so far? 😉 For the past few several now, I’ve been setting hopeful, bookish goals for the upcoming year, and I’m so excited to share...Continue reading »

the. book. is. out.

We interrupt our usual end-of-one-year-beginning-of-next to say… THE BOOK IS OUT! A Dream of Flight is available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. Thank you all for your support and excitement for this book. It means the world! ❤ Also, HAPPY NEW YEAR! 😉

my year in books according to Goodreads

My Goodreads Year in Books is always a big highlight for me, and this year they sent a cute little email too. 😉 It came before I was done reading, so not all the graphics are accurate, so I’m just using some of them. To see the full (accurate) year in books complete with a...Continue reading »