The Author Life With Kathryn Hawke

It's been a minute since Kathryn's given a writing update, so listen in to hear about all the writing happenings!

In honor of Valentine's day, Kathryn shares her top ten YA romance tropes! Be sure to share your favorite romance tropes with Kathryn by either directly messaging her or commenting on her podcast announcement post of her Instagram and Pinterest <3

If you're a writer you've likely heard the following pieces of writing advice:Work on only one thing at a time, Start in the middle, Kill your darlings, Vary your word choice, Read famous authors, Write short paragraphs, Short sentences are more powerful than longer sentences.But do these hold pieces of advice hold any value?In part two of common pieces of writing advice, Kathryn will go over these 7 pieces of writing advice and share her raw thoughts and opinions on them. Will she agree, disagree, or be somewhere in the middle? Listen now to find out.

In today's episode, Kathryn will cover all the writing shenanigans that have gone down over the past two months. This includes exciting news regarding MCR as she looks toward publication, an update on writing the first draft of MCR 2, lots of different writing struggles (she's had lots these last two months), and other random things like music she's been enjoying. You know, the normal things ;)

Most writers have heard of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) where writers all over the country come together to write a 50k-word novel in the month of November. Kathryn was planning on participating this year. However, Kathryn recently found out that the non-profit organization that runs Nanowrimo stands for things that go against her core beliefs. In today's episode, Kathryn will explain in depth why she will never again participate in Nanowrimo.

If you're a writer you've likely heard the following pieces of writing advice:Show don't tell, Write what you know, Don't use a long word when a short one will do, Don't edit as you go, Write every day, Write for yourself, and Think of the worst thing you could do to your protagonist and do that. But do these hold pieces of advice hold any value?In today's episode, Kathryn will go over these 7 pieces of common writing advice and share her raw thoughts and opinions on them. Will she agree, disagree, or be somewhere in the middle? Listen now to find out.

In today's episode, Kathryn brings to you the very first update on her recent writing. You'll hear an in-depth review of all that's been going on with her three writing projects, the struggles she's been facing, fun facts from each WIP, new things that have changed her writing, and the music she has been listening to recently. Enjoy the first of many future writing updates!