Blog — Katherine Locke

We Are All Reconstituting Home (Text of a Speech)

We are always leaving home to reconstitute home. We are always going into the woods, and there are always wolves.

UncategorizedKatie LNovember 6, 2018Comment

Feeling Adrift in Your Sophomore Year? Same.

Maybe I am the only 2017 YA debut feeling lost this year. Maybe I’m the only one feeling despondent. Maybe this is just me, and depression, and a tough second book sinking in the ocean all by myself.

Writing LifeKatie LSeptember 6, 2018honesty, transparency, Writing Life Comment

Smells Like Teen Spirit (And The Ocean)

A little tiny bottle of shampoo transported me away this morning.

UncategorizedKatie LMay 10, 2018Comment

How Writing Dance Changed How I Wrote Relationships

When I write characters now, and their relationships, I almost always think about the choreography in my head.

UncategorizedKatie LMay 3, 2018 Comment

January 2018 Recap

Balancing a dayjob with freelancing and obligations to the writing community and your own work isn't easy.

personal, Writing LifeKatie LJanuary 31, 2018beta reading, editing, exhausted, freelance, so tired, Writing Life Comments

A Busy Week for The Girl with the Red Balloon

The Girl with the Red Balloon is a 2018 Sydney Taylor Honor Book! It's like getting a silver medal in the annual Jewish children's literature awards.

A Year in Review: Personal

It’s hard to balance sometimes all the things we’re asked to juggle.

personal, Writing LifeKatie LJanuary 3, 2018 Comments

A Year in Review: Reading

This year, I was the chronic non-finisher of books. I have--and I counted--43 books I picked up and did not finish and I would say for over 30 of those books, it’s on me, not the book.

UncategorizedKatie LJanuary 1, 2018 Comment

A Year in Review: Author Life

I don’t think I’ll ever get used to people I’ve never met before saying they’ve read my book.

Writing LifeKatie LJanuary 1, 2018Comment