Kate Willis's Blog, page 26

5 reasons i love my beta-readers

I’ve written a few posts about beta-reading (including this one “for the love of beta-reading“), but I thought it was high time I wrote one about my beta-readers. ❤ Here are just five reasons I’m so happy to work with them! 1. They volunteered their time to read my book! And it’s not just reading,...Continue reading »

i’m in therapy

I’ve been doing therapy this year. For the past 3+ months, actually. It’s been terrifying and tear-inducing and good and growing and delightful all at once. We talk about a lot of stuff. How to deal with negative thoughts, how to live my own life and not others’ for them, what has happened and is...Continue reading »

what have i been doing?

I’ve been… Reading In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh (it’s pretty cool) and Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland (learning so much!). Writing this blog post. 😛 Processing beta-reader feedback for “Letters for Victory” and for “A Dream of Home” (love my teams!). Crying over the Bluey special. Playing with covers for “Letters...Continue reading »

just popping in to say…

I finished my draft of “Letters for Victory”!!! ❤ ❤ (If you haven’t heard of this project, it’s my middle-grade WW2 homefront story I wrote eight years ago and decided to pick up again.) It’s been so fun to see my growth as a writer, and I just love these characters. ❤ I can’t wait...Continue reading »

a happy book haul ;)

With my book-buying ban over, I treated myself to some books. Then my husband took me to Barnes and Noble for my birthday and bought me a couple more and I snagged a couple while I was there, and basically, I had an epic book haul I thought I’d share with you all. 😉 First...Continue reading »

the I’ll Get Around to It tag

I found this on Rachel Kovaciny’s blog The Edge of the Precipice and thought it looked like a ton of fun. 😉 The Rules  A classic book that you have been meaning to read forever but haven’t yet  I don’t read many classics, but I’ll go with something by Jane Austen. I was pretty sure...Continue reading »

all the project updates (some good, some bad)

It’s hard to update you all on my writing projects when they’re at such funny stages. Or when I feel like I’m disappointing someone when I don’t get to the project they want. *grimaces* But I do have some exciting developments in the works, so I might as well update you all. 😉

things I learned from my book-buying ban

I went on a book-buying ban for the past month and a half, and believe me it was harder than I was expecting. 😉 The only exceptions were author copies of my latest release and a book I was assigned in therapy. Otherwise? Nada. (Not even when I went to two library sales. *cries*) (I...Continue reading »

A Very Bookish Romance & Celebration go away soon!

Have a badly lit picture of two very cute books! I just got my copy of Celebration last week, so excuse my screaming and pride for my fellow authors! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Aren’t they lovely?! You have just five days left to grab your copy of five Valentine’s Day novellas by Sarah Holman, Abigayle Claire, J. Grace...Continue reading »

sci-fi novella beta-readers needed!

So, it’s true I’m working on (er, more like procrastinating on) three projects at once, but my sci-fi novella is ready for beta-readers! Anyone interested in reading my 6,000 word little baby before everyone else? If ya are, sign up here! I can’t wait to work with you!