Note from Kate: Enjoy this guest post from Samantha while I'm still recovering from surgery! Did you know that almost 80% of Americans think they have a book inside ... Read the Post...
Myths about Going Gluten-Free
After feeling pretty icky for several months, I was willing to try anything. I'd been experiencing joint pain, and exhaustion, and what sure felt like a gallbladder attack. My ... Read the Post...
Tips for Working from Home
Working from home can be a blessing, for sure. You don't have to deal with a commute, you can work in your PJs until you have a Skype meeting, and your pets make great ... Read the Post...
Hacks for Living with Chronic Conditions
Last weekend, I asked on Instagram if you wanted to read a post about my surgery or my chronic illness hacks, and while the winner was my surgery, a lot of people also wanted ... Read the Post...
31 Historical Fiction Novels To Take You Back in Time
I was thinking about it and I'm pretty sure the genre that I read the most is historical fiction. Because of this, I have many recommendations for anyone interested in the ... Read the Post...
On My March 26 Ankle Surgery
Over the weekend, I asked you guys on my Instagram stories if you wanted to see an overview of my upcoming surgery or my chronic illness hacks in today's post, and it was ... Read the Post...
How To Promote Your Blog Posts: Sharing How I Promote Mine
If you've read my blog traffic reports, you know that I always link to a post explaining how I promote my posts. But I realized recently that the most recent post about it was ... Read the Post...
Resources for the Freshly-Diagnosed Chronic Illness Patient
If you're at this blog post, you or someone you know has probably recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness. It can be scary but freeing - you finally have an answer, but ... Read the Post...
6 Tips for Finding Story Ideas
One of the most important parts of being a novelist or short story writer is finding story ideas to write about. Some people are overwhelmed by ideas, while others are not. ... Read the Post...
What To Do if You’ve Wrecked Your New Year’s Resolution
We're officially 1/6 through 2018 and are heading towards the 1/3 mark! We have most of 2018 ahead of us, which is great if you made a New Year's resolution and didn't stick ... Read the Post...
February Blog Traffic Report
After The Never-Ending Month (January), February flew by. And now we're in March! This will be a short month for me because my surgery is on the 15th and will then be on ... Read the Post...
Currently [Vol. 17]
Considering how short this month has been, I'm surprised just how much I managed to fit into February. I read a ton of books, watched a lot of TV (due to a virus and weather ... Read the Post...
Problems from My Inflammatory Arthritis + How To Deal with Them
Living with a form of inflammatory arthritis like rheumatoid can be an adventure, let me tell you. I was diagnosed in 2010 and have been through a lot since then. And that ... Read the Post...
My 2018 TBR List
I feel like my TBR (to be read) list gets longer every day. Between the book bloggers I follow and all the good book suggestions from Instagram and Amazon, there are so many ... Read the Post...
Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis: What I’ve Learned
It's hard to believe that it has only been 7.5 years since I got my seronegative rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis. It feels like I've been diagnosed forever! But it was only in ... Read the Post...