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Kate Islay

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I write and read original m/m romance, after several years of writing fanfiction. In a former life I studied and taught western religious history and culture, but for now my focus has been on writing and working as a freelance writer in Baltimore.

I like power dynamics, historical settings, and nuanced characters and plots. I published my first novel, In Allegiance, as an online serial; it's now available in a significantly revised version. I have more novels and stories in the works, which I'll post about here.
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In Allegiance

3.72 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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M/M Romance Members' Choice Awards Nomination

In Allegiance was nominated in the M/M Romance Members' Choice Awards for Book of the Year and Best Enemies to Lovers! And Gold Tithings was nominated for Best Short Story. You can vote for all of your favorites here.

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Published on December 18, 2016 05:17
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“My brother and I once rode to a ruin north of my father's castle, filled with statues made by the ancients. Nothing like this--most of them were unrecognizable, but some had the form of the old gods, twisted and shaped like nothing I've seen. The villagers said the ruin was haunted, but Ansel wanted to see."

For Reve it was practically a speech. "Was it?"

Reve shrugged. "Ansel's curiosity was sated when no ghosts appeared."

"And yours?"

"I thought we had disturbed it enough.”
Kate Islay, In Allegiance

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message 7: by Stacy (last edited Feb 11, 2015 05:20AM)

Stacy I've bought a few books from Createspace already, I know Josh Lanyon sells there...


message 6: by Kate

Kate Islay Stacy wrote: "Excellent news about all the projects! I'll try to be a bit more patient :)
...would really love to get IA in a PB!!!!"


I hadn't thought about doing a paperback, but I'll look into it! I know Amazon has CreateSpace, so I'll check it out and hopefully make it happen :).


message 5: by Stacy

Stacy Excellent news about all the projects! I'll try to be a bit more patient :)
...would really love to get IA in a PB!!!!


message 4: by Kate

Kate Islay Stacy wrote: "So, I'm still anxiously awaiting the edited "In Allegiance", along with more of "The Kings Son" and the sequel to "Finding Bigfoot"...Hopefully soon????"

I know, I've been really slow! I've actually been doing a lot of work on the IA revisions and adding to The King's Son these past couple of weeks, since I've had some free time from work. I'm about 75% done with IA and hoping to get it out this spring, so then I can start posting on The King's Son again. I have definitely not abandoned either of them!

For Finding Bigfoot, I'd like to rewrite what I wrote and add more to it, so it may be a bigger project than a quick sequel. So hopefully later this year :).

It's always awesome to know that readers are out there - thanks! :)


message 3: by Stacy

Stacy So, I'm still anxiously awaiting the edited "In Allegiance", along with more of "The Kings Son" and the sequel to "Finding Bigfoot"...Hopefully soon????


message 2: by Kate

Kate Islay Rachel wrote: "Really enjoyed In Allegiance. Is it still planning on being released in e-book form?"

Hi Rachel, I've been revising it for e-book publication - making some fixes, fleshing out some plot points, and generally getting it into shape - so I'm still expecting to have it out this year. Like everything, it's taking longer than I expected :), but it's still definitely in the works.

Thank you for the review, btw! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It's great to hear that you did.

Kate


message 1: by Alice

Alice Really enjoyed In Allegiance. Is it still planning on being released in e-book form?


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