Valentine’s Day. That name tends to strike fear in the bosom of single women everywhere. I don’t have any words of wisdom for you. Just my own experiences. I’ve struggled with singleness for several years. It was always my hope and dream—(except when...

Did you ever have strep?I thought I did. So did the nurse in the mobile clinic. What does this have to do with a book release?I spent my release week in bed, very sick. Hence why I am behind in announcing that SPRINGTIME IN SURREY HAS RELEASED!!!Spri...

MY BOOK AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW COPIES!!!Excuse my screaming. I’m just a bit excited. If you’ve been wanting to read our beautiful collection—or just ONE book in it—then this is your chance!!The launch team signups for Springtim...

Hello, hello, hello! Long time no see…! Someday I will be consistent with this newsletter, but today is not the day. I come bearing great news!! I’ll keep it short and sweet:In case you didn’t hear, the amazing Kellyn Roth launched a new publishing b...

So sorry about the mistake in the previous newsletter with the wrong links. Here’s the proper Goodreads link and the real download link.Thanks for your patience & understanding! ~Katja

I’ve always been the type to obsess, but I obsess in seasons. All I want to think, read, listen, or talk of in a certain season will be one thing, and then the next month I’m all a-rage over another and the first thing is forgotten. I still care abou...

I got my permit several years ago, as a nineteen- or twenty-year-old (really, those years seem light ages away now, thanks to everything that’s happened since…). Of course, that wasn’t my idea. My parents signed me up for the classes, knowing otherwi...

(First off, an apology to anyone from Ontario for any remarks I may make. Please remember it applies mostly to the Trans-Canada part of Ontario. I love other parts, like Ottawa). Last time I promised you the rest of our travelling story. July has bee...

In the immortal words of the great Sherlock Holmes, “Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.” I believe I’ve lived that quote out this month.Everything was rather commonplace in late May/early June, and then my s...

Bonjour, bonjour! Has it seriously been ... *counts on fingers, starts to type, forgets number & recounts* ... 7 months since I sent out a newsletter?? Let’s pretend not.It has been a crazy time of teaching, preparing to move, and a lot of growin...