writing Archives - Mary Kit Caelsto

Moving Into A New Genre #YA #Fantasy #Academy

Mar 9, 2021 | writing, young adult

When I was a young adult, reading the Arrows of the Queen trilogy was as close as it came to academy fiction. As an older adult, I still love Buffy the Vampire Slayer and hope to dive into Legacies on the CW app (now that we have internet I can stream with). As an...

Wall Bangers and DNFers (IWSG Monthly Post)

Jan 6, 2021 | writing

This month’s question: Being a writer, when you’re reading someone else’s work, what stops you from finishing a book/throws you out of the story/frustrates you the most about other people’s books? This is a tough one, because while I try very...

Writing With the Seasons #IWSG

Dec 2, 2020 | writing

This month’s question is: Are there months or times of the year that you are more productive with your writing than other months, and why? For me there aren’t any months or times of the year when I’m more productive, probably because I set my writing...

I Write for Me and for You

Nov 4, 2020 | writing

Albert Camus once said, “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” Flannery O’Conner said, “I write to discover what I know.” Authors across time and distance have had many reasons to write. Why do you write what you write? My escape was...

The Farm Girl and the Working Writer

Oct 7, 2020 | life, writing

When it comes to a working writer, movies portray the author as either some sequestered away in a small cabin somewhere, doing nothing except writing books and fussing over story lines or they’re Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City, taking New York in stilettos...

What Author Would I Like To Have For A Crit Partner? (ISWSG)

Sep 2, 2020 | writing

I met my husband at a writer’s group run by a published author. The rest of us were still “aspiring” authors, and when I was published with a small digital-first publisher, she basically asked me when I was going to write “real” books....