Kate Brauning

Author of queer YA & adult romance. Ballad of Dinah Caldwell, How We Fall. Editor in publishing. Bi af.

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

heyyy it's been forever but I'm once again freelance editing! Love adult romance (including dark), queer fiction of any genre, thrillers, suspense, YA, & MG. DM or email: katebrauning(at)gmail(dot)com https://t.co/BBuPyPQocL

[Kristin Chirico @KristinChirico]

What I've learned from Heated Rivalry discourse, it's that women are fucking SAD. Like in a bone-deep, trenchfoot-of-the-heart kind of way — there's a hopelessness that has been buried in the backyard of our minds for years, and it feels like the dog just dug it up, so to speak.

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

@moniza_hossain Same

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

Heated Rivalry just achieved something no show has managed to do in the last 12 years https://t.co/qFQN1eDYrC

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

Jesse is letting me show him ep 1 of Heated Rivalry. Cross your fingers for meeeee

[African Writers Conference @AWC_2026]

29 Days to African Writers Conference 2025.

Will you 🫵🏽 be there?

#AWC2025
#countingdown
#Lesotho

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

How We Fall’s ebook is $1.99 today on Amz and Barnes & Noble! This is the cheapest it has ever been and a great chance for it to find new readers, so if you’ve been wanting a juicy YA romantic suspense/taboo romance, now’s your chance! (Please RT?) https://t.co/WqBfnurgmv

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

And here's the AMZ link-- How We Fall, my first cousins YA romance, is $1.99 today!
https://t.co/npz22ph76K

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

And here's the AMZ link-- How We Fall, my first cousins YA romance, is $1.99 today!
https://t.co/npz22ph76K

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

How We Fall’s ebook is $1.99 today on Amz and Barnes & Noble! This is the cheapest it has ever been and a great chance for it to find new readers, so if you’ve been wanting a juicy YA romantic suspense/taboo romance, now’s your chance! (Please RT?) https://t.co/WqBfnurgmv

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

My dehydrator is full of Pink lady apples drizzled with honey and dusted with cinnamon, grated nutmeg, and allspice. Apple pie snacks!

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

After a bunch of research on budget-friendly pro-grade stand mixers, I finally got the one from Instant and I LOVE it

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

This show is so good.

Slow Horses writer explains biggest challenge with upcoming season 5

https://t.co/5WzsdkW6Ey

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

This is adorable and heartfelt and made my day better:

In Conversation: Julie Murphy and Jonathan Van Ness https://t.co/msmkF6C4VQ via @publisherswkly

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

@AuthorAmberC @_smromero Wonderful! Congratulations!!

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

People don’t understand the rage of hearing the term “daddy issues” knowing those were never your issues.

They were his.

May we all heal from the father wound.

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

Some old but relevant #subtips

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

It's #subtips time! 3 golden rules of the first page, from an editor:
1) Give us a burning question. What will happen? Are we right about our dangerous suspicion? What is this incredibly intriguing situation? Why are they doing this very odd thing? We will read to get the answer.

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

It’s #subtips time! Here’s an editor plot tip challenge that may significantly tighten your plot, stakes, & pacing.

Make your main character the antagonist of your antagonist.

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

#mswl for woman/LGBTQ+-driven romance, YA, WF, & cozy mystery with big hooks & snappy pacing

[Kate Brauning @KateBrauning]

Agents friends: I'm aggressively building the library for MyFiction at Crazy Maple. Do your YA/romance/book club/WF/mystery authors have self-pub books? I want them and would love to talk. [email protected]