Kimothy
An End in Sight: Looking back on teaching through a pandemic
I gave my last final exam on Friday, 5/28, at 10:15 am, from my kitchen counter. I passed by the screen to check in on my one student in...
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Kimothy
- May 24, 2021
- 9 min
How I (Mostly) Survived Querying
Querying sucks. It just does. It’s a deeply vulnerable and emotional process in which you expose yourself for judgement and...
Kimothy
- Jan 30, 2021
- 5 min
You Can't Ride the Dingoes: What I learned about rejection from a childhood obsession with Australia
Thanks to the book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-good, Very Bad Day," I had, lets say... an affinity for Australia as a...
Kimothy
- Jan 12, 2021
- 6 min
OCD During a Pandemic, and Other Things I Hate
In 2014, I started a new job teaching ninth grade Literature at a school for advanced STEM students. It was (And still is, for the...
Kimothy
- Apr 19, 2020
- 5 min
On Revising: Don't Fear the Reaper
As we know from THIS POST, I was once revision-averse. I was also incredibly arrogant and felt nobody had the right to tell me how to...
Kimothy
- Feb 17, 2020
- 4 min
Welcome, Write Mentor Hopefuls!
Hi there! So you're considering applying to Write Mentor? FANTASTIC! This program is such an incredible opportunity to grow your craft...
Kimothy
- Jul 25, 2019
- 1 min
Wish Reviews... THE SHADOW KEEPERS by Marisa Noelle
Marisa is an incredible mentor and writer, and her novel THE SHADOW KEEPERS comes out 7/30/2019. Buy it here!
Kimothy
- Mar 31, 2019
- 2 min
Past, Present, and Future
On the first day back from mid-winter break, I asked my students to take a few minutes and think about what they did for themselves...
Kimothy
- Feb 24, 2019
- 5 min
31 Years in Books
It's February! Love month! Except I missed out on doing a Valentine-themed post... BUT the love doesn't end yet because February is my...
Kimothy
- Jan 15, 2019
- 1 min
Wish Reviews... DREAM KEEPER by Amber R. Duell
I was lucky enough to receive an E-ARC of this awesome book, so consider this some early advertisement! It comes out January 29, and you...
Kimothy
- Dec 3, 2018
- 3 min
Blogmas Holiday Drinks Book Tag
And now for something completely different... I was tagged by Ariel from wavesofpages.com to do this Holiday drinks book tag! Check out...
Kimothy
- Nov 18, 2018
- 5 min
To Teach a Mockingbird
As an English teacher, I’m biologically programmed to love certain books. Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, and Shakespeare...
Kimothy
- Nov 8, 2018
- 1 min
Wish Reviews... QUINSEY WOLFE'S GLASS VAULT by Candace Robinson
I had the honor of working on my novel with Candace through the Write Mentor program. Here is my review of her book Quinsey Wolfe's Glass...
Kimothy
- Sep 16, 2018
- 0 min
Kimothy
- Aug 12, 2018
- 3 min
Share the Weird
As a lonely youngest-child with imaginary friends and an invisible flavored air dispenser in my backyard, it’s no secret that I was a bit...
Kimothy
- Oct 10, 2017
- 5 min
Imposter
Fun fact: My world is full of incomplete journals because I can’t keep a commitment to writing. I have finished a journal before, but for...
Kimothy
- Jun 21, 2017
- 3 min
Make it Work
I. Love. Tim. Gunn. He is by far the best part of Project Runway, next to the incredible artistry, of course. When I saw his name as a...
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