To celebrate Andrew and my fifth wedding anniversary (I know, it’s wild it’s been so long!), I published my first book! It’s a collection of love poems I’ve written over the past six years of our relationship. The ebook is available on Amazon now, and in extra celebration of our anniversary, it’s FREE on Kindle today and tomorrow! (August 18-19) The paperback version should be available on Amazon sometime next week. It would mean so much to us if you…
The following may contain affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and make a purchase, you’re supporting me and my writing without spending anything extra. Thank you! Hello, my lovely people whom I have been neglecting. I’m still alive, in case anyone was wondering. I was going through my notes app this week to organize it when I found a note that said, “What I Learned Spring 2021,” and I realized…I haven’t even posted my spring updates…
The following may contain affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and make a purchase, you’re supporting me and my writing without spending anything extra. Thank you! I’ve had some exciting opportunities lately to share my work and my voice and I realized I don’t think I have shared them with you! The most exciting thing that happened lately was that I got published in a magazine for the first time ever! iola is a magazine that’s…
I am the sort of person who would rather stay in the background than step out and be seen. To be seen is to be vulnerable, but in the background, I can blend in. No one would question my thoughts, my actions; there is no judgment because if you’re not thought of, if you’re not seen, how would anyone know you’re there to be judged? I know biblically, we aren’t to judge people. But that doesn’t stop us from doing…
The following may contain affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and make a purchase, you’re supporting me and my writing without spending anything extra. Thank you! I feel like I’ve been stuck in this weird universe where weeks fly by, but days go slowly. In particular, this season was more bizarre than even spring was with its pandemics and new schedules. Perhaps I’ve gotten too used to not having anything to do quickly or seeing tomorrow…
The last time I wrote one of these updates, the world was a completely different place. Now, I find myself trying to even remember writing those words, feeling those feelings, and realizing the new things I learned then. I just went back to look at what I wrote about all those years ago that was actually only three months ago, and I WROTE ABOUT FACE MASKS, Y’ALL. I. Wrote. About. Masks. BEFORE. It. Was. Cool. and I can’t get over…
I’m currently writing about poems I’ve been writing during this time, a series of prompts called “Pieces in the Pause” by Indelible Ink Writers. To see more, see this post. April 17th was supposed to be my little sister’s first formal, but (surprise, surprise) it was at postponed until June. The next day, we were to go to a For King & Country concert with our church family, but that too was cancelled. In light of all the cancellations and disappointments,…
I’m currently writing about poems I’ve been writing during this time, a series of prompts called “Pieces in the Pause” by Indelible Ink Writers. To see more, see this post. This one has a different feel to it than others I have written lately. It’s one with as many meanings behind it as one can imagine, and that’s the beauty of poetry. It can mean one thing to me, and something completely different to every person who reads it. The more…
I’m currently writing about poems I’ve been writing during this time, a series of prompts called “Pieces in the Pause” by Indelible Ink Writers. To see more, see this post. Do you feel it too? The way the days all run together like a train that’s looked on from afar. You know there are spaces between it, but it’s hard to see, similar to how a lot of us feel right now. Easter came and went without much ado. It was…
I’m currently writing about poems I’ve been writing during this time, a series of prompts called “Pieces in the Pause” by Indelible Ink Writers. To see more, see this post. The second prompt of the first week was “Though the Days Are Long” and I am sure that resonates with a lot of us. I couldn’t help but think about the to-do lists everyone seemed to have, at least at the beginning of this, and my own list and how…
This was a writing prompt with a group I’ve become a part of, Indelible Ink Writers. The prompt was “Buried Beneath the Piles” and other writers had amazing things to say along with this. I found my inspiration in some jars that have been collecting dust on my bookshelf unopened, unexplored for over a year and a half, but were probably untouched for another year and a half before they got moved to their current home. I distinctly remember writing…
I have the most Katherine excuse ever for not posting anything here lately. If you know me personally, you are probably familiar with my fingernails. If not, perhaps you should know I take great pride in my nails since my hair won’t grow much past my shoulders. Unlike my hair, my nails are oddly strong and grow to great lengths. However, long nails and keyboards do not get along. This is probably why I don’t play the piano very well,…