the background is of a garden gate surrounded by hydrangeas. The foreground has text that says "#meetcuteWIP research" and screenshots that say "How can I count the right number of staff for a hotel, according to the number of rooms?" "How to calculate your B&B's average room rate and other revenue metrics." and "what is hotel capacity?"
Guess who's already deep in research for her next romcom 🤭
A collage: a shadowed man facing away from the camera, a hand in a red glove, a field of flowers turned upside down, a woman with a bob, a moon with an eye, a woman swimming through the sky, a goblet filled with mist, and a teacup with a moon over it. In the center it says: "# paintingWIP. An adult fantasy novel. "Don't you fear what the painting could do if I stopped keeping watch?" and from the desk of Katie McNamee."
Okay, but I think the 📸 and ⏰ apps shouldn't be the ones who get to see this graphic.
The Word Count of a Google document. Words: 777 is highlighted.
I love the drama in this little chapter, and I just checked the word count for the first time. 👩🍳💋
I have a plot twist that can be best described as "a hot new bombshell has entered the villa," and it has me giggling. 🤭
Just got an email to my business with the subject "Query directed to Katie", and I was wondering why someone was sending me a submission package. 😂 It also took me back to my querying days in an instant.
Reposting this again bc like — I want to be able to respond in some productive way to every awful thing I see, but we are literally not built for that. So I picked an org in my lane and I’m offering up my skills. Spent an hour today working through the first piece of a new plan. And it felt good.
it feels impossible in these moments but we're going to keep going and keep helping each other because that's all we can do
Lately, I've been imagining fan edits for a TV show based on a book I haven't finished drafting yet.
We love a little delusion here. 😂
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I’m hosting an informal writing community event on TikTok called Jump Into June. If you want a little boost/an accountability buddy to start the month, you can check it out and participate as you please!
Here's the first daily check-in video where you can learn more ⬇️
You're so right; it's very embarrassing!!
Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine.
It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions.
The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.
Trying to use Pinterest for home decor ideas, and it's all AI images. Make it stop. 😫
Writing #PaintingWIP has been so interesting because I've had it plotted for 2+ years, and now that I'm finally drafting it, I'm finding all those magic places where the characters deviate from said plot and really bring it to life.
60K+ in and the third act is just ahead 👀
If you can spare a few seconds to repost this it'll help me greatly. I need help sharing this far and wide, please.
Thank you.
#WritingCommunity #MutualAid
A barred owl sits on a branch in a forest.
We had a visitor last night. 😍
I need help surviving this year.
If you're not in a position to donate, I understand.
Please help by reposting. Please share with your circles. Every little donation helps. Thank you.
gofund.me/19bc02b6
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
Photo of Cory Booker in a black suit and tie
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
Rebecca, I had THE SAME thought right after I posted this 😂
If you have questions about the Foundation or would be interested in supporting advocacy work, please reach out. You can also learn more on the advocacy page on my website: katiemcnamee.com/advocacy/ 7/7
My goal through my work with the foundation is to help advance personalized treatment options, advocate for IBD patients at a state and federal level, and one day see cures emerge for this generation of patients—and the next. 6/7
One of the reasons I'm so passionate about supporting this organization is because the fastest growing patient population is in children, and I was also diagnosed at a young age. 5/7
Fact #3: One of the Foundation's goals is to have early phase clinical trials testing treatments as possible CURES within the next ten years. 4/7
Fact #2: Since its founding in 1967, the Foundation has played a role in every major breakthrough in IBD research. This includes being a part of developing the medicine I've been on for 18+ years. 3/7
Fact #1: Out of every dollar given to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, ~80 cents goes directly to mission. This is incredibly efficient, and 40 of those 80 mission-cents goes to research for cures, treatments, and more. 2/7
Katie is standing in front of a Crohn's and Colitis Foundation backdrop with Indiana's Executive Director, Tatijana. They are both holding signs. Tatijana's says "Let's go there." and Katie's says "There may be an "I" in IBD, but we're all in this together!"
In March, I attended the Volunteer Leadership Summit for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. There were SO MANY takeaways, and our chapter won some awards! Here are a few key facts that stuck out to me: 1/🧵
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
A collage of images representing snippets of the newsletter. Text includes: As March comes to a close, I'm excited to be writing to you with a smattering of news. Below, I share three creative writing updates, two current day brighteners, and a partridge in a pear—wait, nope. I have IBD info from my time at the Volunteer Leadership Summit and more! There's an image of Katie holding a sign at the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Volunteer Leadership Summit. A picture that says: COLORADO WRITING RETREAT with a used bookstore's book shelf. A sketch drawing of a rabbit. "DAY BRIGHTENERS" and "Sign up at katiemcnamee.com/newsletter"
One more day until my March newsletter drops ☀️
katiemcnamee.com/newsletter
Spotify just told me that I was in the top 1% of Bon Iver listeners last week, and I'm not sure what to do with this information. Probably should go put If Only I Could Wait on repeat again.