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On Protecting Our Stories
Protect Our Stories: Join the Protest Against Meta’s Unauthorized Use of Authors’ Works Dear Readers, Creators, Parents and Educators,...
Kathryn Kettle
Apr 32 min read
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On Pitching: It's easy as A, B, C
Perfect, Pitches! Friday Fringe for SCWBI15 and I helped the wonderful @emmajgreenwood run a workshop on pitching to agents. A smattering...
Kathryn Kettle
Nov 9, 20231 min read
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On editing: agility
Book 2 editing update : nerd version TLDR: I use spreadsheets and a tech delivery process call ‘agile’ to help me meet deadlines to avoid...
Kathryn Kettle
Jul 6, 20222 min read
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On the way: things amazing and tough
2021. What a strange and long year. We may be towards March 2022, now, but today is the first day that feels like a new year for me. The...
Kathryn Kettle
Feb 24, 20222 min read
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On the way: looking out over the world
*** adapted from a letter written as part of the amazing Wildest Dreams ‘What if?’ Jan’21 Box *** I’m so excited for those of you who...
Kathryn Kettle
Mar 5, 20212 min read
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On honkferencing
What a perfect way to end my launch month! It was a huge privilege to take part in this year’s inaugural ‘honkference’ put together by...
Kathryn Kettle
Feb 14, 20213 min read
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On launching, expectations, spangly dresses and pouring your own champagne
You go through so many moments on the writer’s journey: the moment you decide to, and then finish, an actual book, with characters, and...
Kathryn Kettle
Feb 6, 20214 min read
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On Authors: Melvin Burgess Interview
Christmas has come early! Join me at 19.30 on Twitter for a Q&A with @Melvinburgess Today’s #GEAQA guest is the AMAZING writer Melvin...
Kathryn Kettle
Nov 1, 20201 min read
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On Mentoring
One of the amazing parts of the Childrens’ writing community is how supportive so many are when others looking to get their stories into...
Kathryn Kettle
Feb 18, 20202 min read
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On editing: a beginning's end
2018 was a crazy year, everything moved fast and then the real work started. I thought it was about time I posted an update on the...
Kathryn Kettle
Jan 27, 20203 min read
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On writing: thickening plots
Late last year the amazing team at SCBWI Words & Pictures magazine asked if I would pull together a few blog posts for their KnowHow...
Kathryn Kettle
Jun 11, 20191 min read
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On using *that* little voice
There are lots of great resources online, places where you are encouraged to ask fun questions, help others in the writing community and...
Kathryn Kettle
Nov 15, 20184 min read
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On Publication: 15 amazing words
Disclaimer: There aren’t many moments in my life which have rendered me speechless. This is one of those moments. * Stripes Publishing...
Kathryn Kettle
Jul 10, 20181 min read
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On Giving Back
*Please share and promote this opportunity within your networks so that there is great diversity taking advantage of the funds!*...
Kathryn Kettle
Jun 18, 20182 min read
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On Representation: Wonderful monsters
While I was dealing with my first agent rejection, an amazingly successful writer I know, sitting in the summer light on the vast table...
Kathryn Kettle
Mar 13, 20181 min read
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On the way: giving up to get to where you need to be
The moment I decided I wanted to write I was failing to draw. My family are quite talented artists, and no matter how much I tried I...
Kathryn Kettle
Feb 22, 20183 min read
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On Shortlisting: Undiscovered Voices 2018
I am incredibly humbled and excited to have been selected as one of eleven amazing authors in the Society of Children's Book Writers and...
Kathryn Kettle
Jan 16, 20181 min read
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On Publication: Bath Flash Volume 2
The Lobsters Run Free Total published words tally: 283 As a longlisted participant of the Bath Flash Fiction Award this year (2017) I’m...
Kathryn Kettle
Dec 7, 20172 min read
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On longlists: SCBWI Undiscovered Voices 2018
My Oh My, you fabulous lot you…I’m shaking with excitement! For a number of years now some of you have been following my writing...
Kathryn Kettle
Dec 5, 20171 min read
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On Libraries
#librariesweek My life has been punctuated by libraries. The little local high street library that was huge, it’s corridors endless as a...
Kathryn Kettle
Oct 10, 20173 min read
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