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How To Be An Author: What You Don't Need

Hello Friends! In our continuing series on How To Be An Author, I'm excited to talk today about what you DON'T need to reach your writing goals. In this season of it's time to buy everything! and surprise everything is more expensive! I'
Kate McKean 09 Dec 2025
In the foreground, an hourglass in a wooden stand. In the background, some bare trees and the ocean, out of focus.

Q&A Thursday

Kate McKean 04 Dec 2025
Every Question Answered

Every Question Answered

Kate McKean 02 Dec 2025

How To Be An Author: How (and Why) To Make a Graphic

Kate McKean 28 Nov 2025
Q&A Wednesday: Make Up Edition

Q&A Wednesday: Make Up Edition

Kate McKean 26 Nov 2025
A white woman in a white blouse and black hat holding an old telephone receiver to her ear. A still from a black & white movie from the 1930s.

What I Think About When I Think About Saying Yes

Kate McKean 25 Nov 2025
A blue book titled The New Idea Self Instructor: A Home Book of Knowledge, embossed in copper and blue ink with red leaves and blue filagree.

How To Be An Author: What's Your Next Book About?

Kate McKean 18 Nov 2025
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