Category Archives: Writing

From the Ground Up

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Katherine J. Scott

My debut novel is now available. Launched on September 14, 2024, it’s the first novel in a new historical mystery series. In Elizabethan England, stonemason Robert Smythson is hired by the tyrannical Sir John Thynne to rebuild the great house … Continue reading →

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Creativity in the time of Covid

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Katherine J. Scott

If you will give yourself to study, you will easy every burden of life, you will neither wish for night to come or for the light to fail; neither shall you be worried or preoccupied with other things. Seneca During … Continue reading →

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Story Magic

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Katherine J. Scott

Several months ago, I sat in a writing workshop put on by the wonderful Writer’s League of Texas, and the instructor had us do some quick writing using the skills we were learning about. I wrote about a mailman who … Continue reading →

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Pilgrimage

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Katherine J. Scott

The year is 1568. Queen Elizabeth sits on the throne of England. Mary, Queen of Scots, has fled Scotland seeking refuge with her cousin Elizabeth. Instead, she finds herself imprisoned and turned over to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury. … Continue reading →

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Trees, continued

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Katherine J. Scott

I first mentioned my current obsession with trees here. Please, allow me to continue to ramble on. My current WIP takes place in a dense forest, similar to or based on the dense forests in southwest Germany or the Alsace … Continue reading →

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