Today I get to FINALLY do a tag I was tagged for quite a while ago by the creator herself, who’s none other than the amazing Riley @ Nerd of the Arts! Rules: All righty, that was easy. Now for the fun part. Questions: That is… a very good question. E...

Hi folks! Brief note from Katja here. I asked Anna Rose Johnson to share about her writing process/research for her WWII books, which I have very much enjoyed. Take it away, Anna Rose! After publishing two novels set in the 1910s—The Star That Always...

*TW: This post discusses depression & suicidal tendencies. Please note it only pertains to my experience and not everyone has the same. Someone told me today that my book saved their life. That crazy, terrifying little thing I almost didn’t write...

I came across this tag on both E.G. Bella’s blog and then Kate’s, and it looked so fun I just had to do it! The Rules: – Mention the creator (Deanna @ The Comfy Reader) and link back to the original post! – Thank the blogger who tagged you! (Both gir...

Hiiiii… I’m back with another summery tag from Instagram, this one apparently created by @cozypageswtina! 🏝️ a fictional character you’d bring to the beach Hm… that’s a REALLY good question. I’d definitely want someone who’s both a good companion and...

IT’S AUGUST?! Where did July go??? I feel like it absolutely blitzed by. Like, I didn’t do half of what I wanted to do… sigh. Oh, well. August is here to enjoy. What’s that Morgan Harper Nichols piece about letting August be August? I fought with it...

Today’s tag is courtesy of Instagram, being created by @haileesbooks. I don’t know her or her account but I love this tag, so let’s dive in! 🌊Ocean Waves: a long book series on your TBR Imma go with Tricia Mingerink’s Blades of Acktar, because I rea...

Hi guys! Katja here with the first-place winner of our Q2 contest, “Danny’s Peaches” ©2026 by Anna Myer. Please enjoy it with me! TW: grief following a death She stood at the counter, cutting peaches. Outside the grass was green and the breeze soft....

Ooo, I finally get to do this one! Let’s dive in. Rules: Questions: I feel like there are a thousand good answers to this, but I’ll go with In Freedom’s Cause: A Story of Wallace & Bruce by G.A. Henty. This book became my entire personality for a...

This email will be a little different, because I just sent off a newsletter a little while ago and don’t have much new stuff to put in the categories, but I had to send this new one out right now due to the contents of this letter. There’s a lot of e...

There is a reason why I haven’t picked a set date to send my newsletters out on. Maybe I should. I have not forgotten you, dear cupcakes. Quite the opposite; I’ve been haunted by the knowledge that I needed to get this newsletter written. But April h...

I started out this morning planning to write—it’s the King’s Daughters’ Writing Camp March camp, and I'm determined to finish 4 WIPs this month—but as I tried to figure out what this new story was, I began writing something that I knew was actually f...

If you're here for the gift, scroll to the end of the News section :) I came across a Thread (on Threads, naturally) earlier this year that said they bought themselves an ice-cream cake just because they were an adult and had the money, and instantly...

Okay, that may be a bit of a stretch for the title, but it's the first thing that came to mind. Sue me for knowing Anne of Green Gables too well. This is not the regular monthly newsletter, which is incoming, but merely an announcement that my debut...