Editing Up and Off We Go!


Hello, 2026 and a whole new year of writing and editing challenges. I know it’s been a while since I updated here, but I’m back! I’m also raising my editing and coaching rates to be more inline with current standards and demand; new rates will go into effect on January 15 of this year, so get your queries in right away!

Meanwhile, I’m already committed for Norwescon over Easter weekend (April 2-5) and Squatchcon April 9-12 in Port Angeles WA. Come and see me!

 

Time change for Saltwater Books event:


Eee! I had the wrong time. This Saturday’s event with me and Tamara Kaye Sellman at Saltwater Bookshop in Kingston WA will start at 5 PM, not 3:30 PM as I had previously said. Still: a good time, a tasty bakery next door and plenty of writer shenanigans, I’m sure. Hoping to see you all there! Check out the Event Page for more info.

The Saltwater Bookshop logo: in a rubber stamp style, a narrow navy blue circle surrounds a few blue waved from which rise five tentacle—two of the tentacles hold up books. Below the navy blue waves is the word "Saltwater" in a turquoise ink, and below that in a smaller font is the word "bookshop" in navy

 

Sometimes Life Sucks:


I have had to withdraw from Norwescon this year for personal and family reasons. This is no reflection on the convention or the organizers. It’s just a thing. Sorry I won’t be able to see all of y’all and talk about books and related insanity.

isolated figure huddled in a corner of an empty brick-walled room

 

New Info and Changes


New information for Squatchcon, and Left Coast Crime has been posted to the Events Page.

Pretty exciting stuff for me: teaching a Magic Systems Workshop at SquatchCon, as well as hosting a Writers Meetup there and speaking on some cool panels. Some small changes to a reading at  Norwescon, and updates on the Left Coast Crime panels I’ll be on in April. Check it out!

 

Norwescon Reading (was March 29)


So, due to some personal stuff, I had to ask for a change to my reading schedule at Norwescon. I am still going to read an excerpt from Storm Waters, but it’ll be Thursday night instead of Friday afternoon.

Change info: Reading (Storm Waters novel excerpt) Thursday March 28, 7:00PM-7:30PM in Cascade 3. Because this is later, the reading will be R-rated so, now you know.

See the Event Page for additional information.

If you miss it and really really wanted to hear me read, drop a comment and I’ll see if I can work something out to create little “extra time with Kat” thing during the Con.