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Kate Larking

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Kate Larking works for an independent SFF publisher. Off hours, between binge-watching anime and leveling-up game characters, she writes speculative fiction for both YA and adult markets. Her comic with Finn Lucullan, Crash and Burn, has been a multi-year finalist for the Prix Aurora Awards.

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Kate Larking's Blog: Anxiety Ink

Goals Check-in: 2018, The Third

In this goals check-in, I have failure to report, as well as progress, and some extras!

Failing

First, the failures: blogging. I haven’t gotten better, only worse. Having a baby to run after is hard, folks. (And these days, I certainly do have to run!) This means that all my great plans have amounted to exactly nil, including the sharing of work that I love. And my intentions for that YouTube projec

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	Fight Like a Girl: A Short Story Anthology by April Steenburgh (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christy Lennox (Editor), Freya Marske (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queens & Courtesans: A Sirens Benefit Anthology by Jessica Corra (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Adam (Goodreads Author), Kate Larking (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crash and Burn Volume 1 by Kate Larking (Goodreads Author), Finn Lucullan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Hannah Bradshaw Lozier 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witches & Warriors: A Sirens Benefit Anthology by Jessica Corra (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Adam (Goodreads Author), Jessica Aelwood 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novel Marketing: Making Your Author Brand Work for You & Your Books 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crash and Burn Volume 2 by Kate Larking (Goodreads Author), Finn Lucullan (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crash and Burn: Prologue by Kate Larking (Goodreads Author), Finn Lucullan (Goodreads Author), Hannah Bradshaw Lozier 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Follows by April Steenburgh (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C. Lennox (Editor), Sarah Lyn Eaton (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jul 11, 2009 04:56AM

Hello Kate,

How are you? Thank you for accepting my friend-request. I wish you all the best.

Please visit these groups when you have a chance: Happy & Brainy Group, To the Glory of Man, Reason Reigns, and Goodreads Tea Party. Have a marvelous summer. Warmest regards.

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