Kath Rothschild Author
@kathrothschild.bsky.social
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Author | WIDER THAN THE SKY (SoHo Teen) and forthcoming books | PhD teach @ Stanford 🌲
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an upmarket adult romcom YOU’RE MY KIND OF GUIDE!
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Gentle reminder - pitch events are a great way to build writing community, even more than to interest an agent or publisher!
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Rival haunted New Orleans tour guides compete for a once in a lifetime opportunity and fall in love YOU’RE MY KIND OF GUIDE 76K
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Over on TikTok, I do a series called Perfect Pitch, where I help you come up with a perfect single sentence pitch! One day only-drop your pitch and I will perfect it! Make sure to tell me your genre đź–¤
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Rival haunted New Orleans tour guides compete for a once in a lifetime opportunity and fall in love in YOU’RE MY KIND OF GUIDE
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I’m
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an upmarket adult romcom YOU’RE MY KIND OF GUIDE!
about 1 month ago
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midnight, in the garden of good evil… but make it a romcom set in the first New Orleans above ground cemetery….
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Writers interested in a retreat! This is my seventh year hosting! July 9-12 in NorCal, all meals and the most glorious spaces to create. Find out more here:
www.katherinerothschild.com/general-clean
3 months ago
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If no one wants my “rival tour guides compete for a prestigious job and fall in ❤️” book maybe it’s time for my “football player rehabs with dance and falls in ❤️ with a ballerina” book
5 months ago
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Want to make your manuscript shorter? Look for the word “is”- “Is going” = “Goes” or “went” Now do that 500 times.
7 months ago
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Just a gentle reminder that you need a finished manuscript to query… and a query letter, a separate 10 pages, 3 ch, first 50, a log line, a market, and comps.
7 months ago
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Gentle writing reminder that your work isn’t for everyone but it is for someone.
over 1 year ago
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Play unparalleled misalignment: Pet cemetery/Grave diggers Collect call/Pay phone Baby bump/ ???
over 1 year ago
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Linguist moment: Let’s shift “mailman” to “mail carrier” and then repeat it once a day, just like the mail, so that we can make it pattern our minds.
over 1 year ago
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Linguist moment: Let’s shift “hey you guys“ to the more inclusive “hey you all.”
over 1 year ago
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Linguist Moment: Let’s shift “you’re gonna go far” to “you’re going to get wherever you want to go.”
over 1 year ago
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A (mid list) writer’s journey and 2024 reads I loved:
www.katherinerothschild.com/single-post/...
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A Writer's Journey
I have only had one book published in fifteen years of writing. To some that may sound like a success, to others a mild failure. To me, it's neither, because the reward for writing is the writing, not...
https://www.katherinerothschild.com/single-post/a-writer-s-journey
over 1 year ago
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The word of the day is world-craft (n): from old English, this term means someone who is experienced in the art of living. Share your example sentences below!
over 1 year ago
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At this point, my feed is the greater book, writing, teaching, and library community and I could not be happier.
over 1 year ago
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Why do our writer expectations get so ridiculous at the holidays? It’s like: I have seventy five more things to do than normal and the kids are out of school but I’ll definitely finish this draft before new years no problem.
over 1 year ago
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Writers! What’s a podcast that helps you be a better writer? Recommending NPR’s A Way with Words.
waywordradio.org
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A Way with Words – A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language
Language examined through family, history, and culture: new words, old sayings, slang, word origins, linguistics, dialects, and more.
https://waywordradio.org
over 1 year ago
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I spent the day making future Ugly Holiday Sweater ornaments. No regrets.
over 1 year ago
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You can’t control things like going on submission or how many people buy your books. But you can control how much you write and how much effort you put into the writing community. Those gains might not be quantitative, but they’re so rewarding.
over 1 year ago
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A gentle reminder that every writer feels like they completely suck sometimes. And maybe we’re right about that first draft…. But after that we can reframe to “not too sucky.”
over 1 year ago
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Gentle writing reminder: if you are a pantser, it may help to write down who, what, when, where, want, action, and change for each scene as you write.
over 1 year ago
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In case you don’t know me, I’m Kath and I write kissing books and I teach writing at a college and I walk this dog.
over 1 year ago
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Gentle writing reminder- if you set a goal today, it will become an accomplishment tomorrow. Or sometime next week. Or maybe…next year. You know. Someday.
over 1 year ago
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A gentle reminder that it might seem like everybody has written a book but actually only about 3% of the population has written and finished a book. You’re just that special.
over 1 year ago
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Me: *sends my husband a link to an expensive mop* Also me: if you buy me a mop for Hanukkah you will be down a testicle.
over 2 years ago
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A gentle reminder that your characters are burning your effigy while you’re away from them so get back to it.
over 2 years ago
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There is no story without the storytellers. Support authors!
over 2 years ago
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I give a small amount to @Everytown for gun safety every month. Join me. Give every month to @Everytown for every kid scared to go to school.
about 3 years ago
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Take a moment for the generation that didn’t have Spotify and had to guess the lyrics.
about 3 years ago
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Okay is Fade to Black Romance a thing? If not what’s that called?
over 3 years ago
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What’s your signature candy? I’m a Red Vines girl.
over 3 years ago
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Other aussies doing tricks. My aussie:
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over 3 years ago
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Am I missing something or is White Lotus on Hulu serious misogyny?
over 3 years ago
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A woman once referred to a big Cowboy belt buckle as “a tombstone for a dead penis” and I have never forgotten her.
over 3 years ago
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There are people I’ll never get over. It’s the last way you love someone: you never get over them.
over 3 years ago
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Writing a book isn’t reading a book, it’s living inside a book. And even the books that don’t make it to print—I love living in.
over 3 years ago
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Men trying not to “seem weak” is toxic masculinity.
over 3 years ago
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A gentle writing reminder that wherever you are, there you are.
over 3 years ago
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If there’s a book where 3 women are unknowingly dating the same guy and they don’t end up bonding as they dig his grave it’s just not what I’m looking for, you know?
over 3 years ago
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What’s the most petty reason you’ve chosen not to date someone?
over 3 years ago
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@Trycaavviarr has a terrible biz model. Food constantly never shows up. Other options you favor?
over 3 years ago
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What’s made you end a friendship?
over 3 years ago
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A gentle reminder that genre is flexible and if you want to mix forms, go right ahead.
over 3 years ago
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Bay Area mutuals-4 other kidlit authors and I are hosting an invite only-event-if you’re interested and local let me know!
over 3 years ago
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A gentle reminder that writing books is 99% about loving writing, and 1% about being published.
over 3 years ago
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It’s so awful when you get into a book but then you have a day job.
over 3 years ago
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@onepeloton where did JUST WORKOUT go????????????
over 3 years ago
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