Karin Kallmaker's Blog

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October 26, 2025

The Tsunami of Thievery

Highlighting a new report from Writer Beware about the MASSIVE increase in marketing scams aimed at writers and musings on what easy fakery can mean.

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Published on October 26, 2025 04:32

August 30, 2025

Temporary Discontinuation of All International Shipping

Due to the chaos unleashed by the US Government on worldwide trade and small business, I temporarily discontinuing shipping paperbacks outside of the United States.

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Published on August 30, 2025 16:24

August 11, 2025

You Have FIVE Minutes, People! – Adapting Prose for Author Live Reading

What does it mean to adapt a passage from a larger work to a live reading of perhaps five minutes? Karin Kallmaker has an example.

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Published on August 11, 2025 18:10

July 9, 2025

Me: the GCLS Albany Edition

Friends. Colleagues. Readers. Comrades in arms. That means so much life-sustaining laughter and joy - because they're not taking that away from us. My schedule for #GCLS2026.

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Published on July 09, 2025 09:32

June 29, 2025

The Cupcakes are Everywhere!

Frosting on the Cake 3 is available everywhere. Aren't we all still crazy after all these years?

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Published on June 29, 2025 02:00

June 20, 2025

The Dysfunctional Family Reunion

It was a hugely dysfunctional family reunion, and I had no one to blame but myself.

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Published on June 20, 2025 14:34

May 25, 2025

Bunny Screaming – Thoughts I Am Finding Comforting

Sometimes you have to grab your bunny and scream, "There are four lights!" Yes, that's mixed fandoms and I don't care.

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Published on May 25, 2025 17:42

May 23, 2025

Black Velvet and a Little Boi Smile – The Linkapalooza

Black Velvet and a Little Boi Smile celebrates desire and discovery in a one night to forever short story. Now available everywhere!

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Published on May 23, 2025 02:34

March 5, 2025

Dandelion Times: Our Heads Explode

These times are unprecedented. Yes. And no. Regardless, what's ahead is not going to be fun for anyone whose living is made from "luxuries."

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Published on March 05, 2025 15:11