Author: katesheawrites

Happy new year! I’ve refreshed this site, with new intention to move my writing forward this year. I’m excited about a few new efforts: That said, I remain a full-time employed mom who spends most of her days commuting to work, shuttling kids to activities, and trying to figure out where to squeeze in a…

“There is no cure for PTSD.” I know this. And yet every time I hear those words–every time I read them–they reaffirm my (incorrect) belief that I am my diagnosis. I’ve had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since 2013. Since then, I’ve seen three therapists. Thanks to them, I know how to de-escalate panic attacks and…

Audiobooks transformed my life as a reader. Particularly once I had children, I struggled to carve out time to sit and read. Most nights, my brain was simply too tired to decipher words on a page. But there was this one book with a beautiful cover – The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo – that…

I’d never intended to stop blogging with the release of my debut novel. In fact, I’d planned to write book reviews, articles about how authors can use the cloud to help them write, and tidbits about my own book. But– Since the start of the pandemic, every scrap of my mental energy is already accounted…