A note that may be of interest: @torbooks.bsky.social has placed the ebook of The Calculating Stars on sale this month for $2.99. If you're interested in diving into The Lady Astronaut books, this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
We are delighted to announce a new Six-Week Workshop scholarship for Trans writers. The Sea Star Scholarship, an annual full-tuition scholarship for the Six-Week Workshop, has been offered by an anonymous donor and will be available for the first time this year.
If you don’t have a library card, go get one today. They’re free!
My dad had us watch It’s A Wonderful Life every Christmas Eve growing up and I didn’t connect with it. Fast forward to adulthood and it makes me cry every time!
For those who are scrambling to make last-minute recommendations for the Bram Stoker Awards:
"In Excess of Dark" is eligible for recommendation in the long fiction category.
Wrote a new #bookreview of Story Engineering by Larry Brooks. An oldie but a goodie! Perfect for #writers looking to nail the fundamentals!
www.kateota.com/blog/is-it-w...
An agent's guide to Thaw. 102,000 words. Adult fantasy
Pitch: Famka, an unlicensed magic user, must thaw her frozen father without being caught illegally wielding magic, or she’ll be conscripted and shipped to the border, from which no soldiers have returned.
Comps and vibes: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Jade City by Fonda Lee Eyes Closed by Ed Sheeran The Good Witch by Maisie Peters Cold as You by Taylor Swift Sailor Moon Frozen (how could I not?)
Tropes and themes: Cozier fantasy Dutch secondary world 1950s aesthetic Messy family Secret workplace romance Fighting evil by moonlight/winning love by daylight Murder mystery Revenge on an abuser Burnt out former gifted kid
If any agents happen across my account, here's an agent's guide to my manuscript, THAW. #agentsguide #amquerying #fantasy
Just in time for Halloween, I wrote a #blogpost about an experience we all dread: I didn't finish a book. Rather than let it haunt me, I decided to write about #writing lessons to take away from it.
My new blog post is about writing lessons to take away from Asimov's I, Robot. Writing Community, if you're writing about robots, cyborgs, or AI and haven't read I, Robot, now is the time!
A pink hairless cat sits beside a paperback copy of Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
New #blogpost #bookreview for the popular Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. I decided to see if it was worth the hype! www.kateota.com/blog/book-re...
Check out my review of the #PNWA #writing conference. Is it worth the price? Well, I certainly plan to go again!
Inspired by fall and spooky season, I wrote a #blogpost about writing lessons from Mary Shelley's classic, Frankenstein.
www.kateota.com/blog/writing...
What's this? A BONUS EPISODE of Judging More Than Just the Cover Book Club #podcast ! We discussed my #scifi short story and James's #cozymystery novella. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jud...
New #podcast episode from Judging More Than Just the Cover Book Club. We discussed Murder Your Employer, a reverse murder mystery with puns galore!
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I have a new #bookreview on my blog for Sophie Lark's Starlet, a #historical #mystery for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. www.kateota.com/blog/book-re...
Yes it is! I figured a writing retreat landscape photo for a mostly-writing (for me anyway) social media made sense. Good eye!
Fresh to blue sky from the old bird app and slowly rebuilding my following list!
