Kate Stuart

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Lessons Learned: Writing an "unstable" e-book banner
March 15, 2021

Lessons Learned: About Writing an “Unstable” E-book

I can’t believe that it’s almost three months since Shifting Sands was first published! And you know what that means, right? Despite a catastrophic…

Book review banner for S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst
February 8, 2021

Book Review: S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst

For many readers, Shifting Sands might seem original – like it’s doing something new – and in some ways it is. I haven’t found…

The Evolution of Storytelling: The Secret Garden case study
February 1, 2021

The evolution of storytelling: The Secret Garden case study

I’ve been trying to read more classics lately. It’s part of my on-going writerly self-improvement journey, which includes reading more diverse fantasy, reading more authors of colour, and reading more classics….

December 14, 2020

The hopes of an indie author

There were a couple of interesting Twitter discussions this week. The first post I saw argued that any author claiming not to care about…

December 8, 2020

Shifting Sands Excerpt – Prologue

As we race ever closer to the publication date of Shifting Sands – which you can see announced in the book trailer on Twitter…

November 23, 2020

Rambling About… How things are going

It’s been a busy week for me and, while I’d normally prep the week’s blog post by Sunday at the latest, here I am…

November 18, 2020

Revealing the Shifting Sands Covers

Ready to see the Shifting Sands book covers? I’m excited (and a little terrified) to finally show them to you. If all you’re here…

"Difficult" books. S. on top of scattered pages from Composition No. 1
September 21, 2020

Author intention and “boring” books

This week’s post is vaguely a follow-on from last week’s discussion about R. F. Kuang’s The Poppy War and fantasy/familiarity. The whole review situation…

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