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Recent content by Katya Stead

  1. Katya Stead

    Looking forward to Pitchfest 2025!

    Awesome, thanks RJ!
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    Looking forward to Pitchfest 2025!

    Also so looking forward to my first-ever Pitchfest! Do we know yet when the lineup of participating agents and what they're looking for will drop?
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    Hello from Malaysia!

    Welcome Dorit! I am in South Africa on Central African time, if more tropical on the weather front :) I wish I were getting reams of writing done, but unfortunately my two children are in the same time zone as me...
  4. Katya Stead

    And the winner is...

    Seilann I loved your first lines - I need to know what happens next! What a well-deserved win (y) Thanks everyone, this was so much fun and provided some much-needed external validation on a hard writing day :giggle: Only 55400 words to go... :lolcrying:
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    SavvyAuthors Get Together Today @ 1pm CT!

    I'm so keen! Just wanted to check (because my time zone is wayy different from everyone else's) this is happening in like 2.5 hours, yes?
  6. Katya Stead

    Writing Craft Book Club

    Such a cool topic that I love to nerd out about! For me, I've read the Bird by Birds and On Writings just like I suspect everyone else has, but I have one or two lesser-known gems: - Story Before Structure is a fantastic craft writing book, even though I am definitely not a pantser. It really...
  7. Katya Stead

    Challenge! It's CONTEST TIME!

    My first three sentences from my current WIP:
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    First time here

    I so vibe with you Alexa... I have lost count of the amount of glazed expressions my poor loved ones get when I talk about 'midpoints' and how I'm struggling with exposition mechanics in a new WIP :giggle: Also, nice to meet you! Katya
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    We're all mad here...

    Hi writers! I'm new, and as the only weirdo who decided to been born an extroverted writer, I'm so glad to have found this community. I'm the author of two self-published fantasy novels (although that was some years ago) and am using the 'excuse' of maternity to finally try for my lifelong...