Katiaesque

  • Are we there yet, story?

    So, here is another writing update for you. I basically have most of the manuscript back from my two loyal amazing friends who gave up such huge chunks of their time for me in the midst of their incredibly busy lives. So the verdict is — incredibly — they love it, with a few “buts,” of…

    Katia Raina

  • Who are you gonna call?

    When your characters refuse to talk to you, when words start running one into another, when your body goes on a no-writing strike and you fall behind in your own deadlines, who are you gonna call? Your writing buddies!!     They read your words, over and over and over and OVER, and STILL they believe in your work, sometimes more…

    Katia Raina

  • Working

    Hi there! Thanks for sticking around. I am still here — still working hard. Here is what my planner page for last week looked like: All those numbers in different  colors? Totally unrealistic estimates of the chapters I should be revising. (That’s why there are so many of them.) 🙂 After a few weeks of beating…

    Katia Raina

  • Dreaming Big in 1969: Interview with author Nan Marino

    It is always a thrill to find out you live practically next town over to an interesting, creative person. But imagine reading a book you love, then discovering its author is (a) basically your neighbor, and (b) is a writing maniac and a dreamer just like you. Imagine then, getting together with the said author, to…

    Katia Raina