Thank You!

Thank you *so much* for all the well wishes (on the blog, via twitter, FB, email, etc.). We're very stoked, though there's been an adjustment period (I'm just not used to being this tired, quite frankly). I'm normally happy to tackle a million things at once. 

Anywho. I promise this will not become a pregnancy blog. You wouldn't have to worry about that anyway, since, if I let that happen, most of my posts would be about food. 

Because food is all that matters. Chocolate food, and salty food, and dairy food. . . .

Just FOOD. Because it's good.

I am a Bottomless Pit.

In the meantime, I'm working on cover photos and getting a summary together, and I'll probably begin formatting this weekend, so . . . Yes! New Release! Coming Soon!

Enjoy your weekend!  :)

~K~

News that is News but not Book News

I know! I know!

I promised book news in the "coming weeks" weeks ago, and then more weeks passed because things kept happening, and I do--I really really do have a project to release very very soon--but some things got in the way. . . . 

And I should probably just come out and say that:

I am pregnant!

And this wasn't a surprise surprise . . . not like my first, who is now seven. . . . But I found that, instead of reading and writing and working on book releases, I was just trying to DEAL.

And by DEAL, I mean my grandmother passed away the week I found out, and suddenly I was exhausted and emotional, and then I started feeling wretched--nauseous twenty-four hours a day--

**breaking here to say that I was horribly ill for seven weeks with the first**

And so I became horribly ill again. And it was bad. And then I was eleven weeks along, so I thought it would end soon.

And then I went to the doctor again and SURPRISE! I'm not eleven weeks pregnant, I'm only nine!!

WTF!?!?

So I was nine weeks pregnant, and then ten, and then eleven. . . . And then I was nine weeks, and ten weeks, and eleven weeks all over again! (Which was psychologically damning, let me tell you).

Good news is, when I was BACK to nine weeks for the second time, the nurses hooked me up with a vitamin/med combo to keep me from puking all day every day. So . . . I could sit up again! And I could stand! And walk! And I didn't feel like I was going to die anymore! And life was pretty good!

Unfortunately, the reading and the editing and the trying to prepare this book for release fell to the back burner.

(I felt like you guys might understand, though.) :)

So, I'm twelve weeks, and getting pretty fat, and drinking a LOT of milk--which I can't seem to get enough of. I'm jacked up on so many vitamins it's not even funny, but it beats the alternative (which looks a lot like "bed-ridden"). And bedtime is like, 11 o'clock now--which is strange, because I'm more of a 1am kind of gal. 

But that is me. And that's what's happening in my life. And that's why blog posts and tweets were kind of sparse for a while, and that's why--though it's so close I can FEEL it--there is no new release.

But the new release is coming. . . .

I Promise! 

And then there will be ANOTHER release to prepare for--one I'm guessing will debut in late September. But first thing's first. New book. Some time to bake. Some time to mellow. Some time to let Mr. Klein do all the cooking and cleaning and actually get away with it. . . . And lots of milk to drink, apparently, because if I don't drink milk, I will die. Of this, I am certain. :)

That is all. :)

~Katie~

Indie Life: Keepin' it Real

Being indie is about being true to yourself and your story. It's about owning your characters and the choices they make. 

It's not about re-writing an ms every time a new agent rejection comes in. Or changing the ending (again) because it doesn't speak to this editor or that one. It's about telling the story you feel compelled to tell.

Not that feedback isn't a good thing, but there's this saying:

too many cooks in the kitchen. . . . 

Don't spoil your vision because of the whims of others. 

You will never be able to please everybody, so make sure you're happy, first.

Indie = Keepin' it Real.

Because being Indie doesn't have to mean going it alone.

JOIN US FOR INDIE LIFE!

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Guest Post!

Hey y'all!

I'm over at the Indelibles Blog today talking Editing. I even give away one of my super secret no-fail editing strategies. Okay, it's not really super-secret, but it *is* super time-consuming. It works for me, though. 

And I realize it's all subjective, and not everyone connects with every writer's voice and style, but it's reviews like this (From The Guardian) that tell me I must be doing something right for someone: 

"Katie Klein's writing style is simply fantastic. There are segments in The Guardian that I've highlighted and noted just because of how beautifully written it is. Love love love her prose."

So now you know: I work hard on that prose and trying to get the characters' voices just right. These are always my favorite kinds of reviews. And, while I know I'm not perfect, and there's always room to improve, this is what makes that 2-4 months spent on "non-linear editing" worth it. 

Anyway, the post is here if you're interested. 

~Katie~