Katie Grant Watson

#Writer. Born Clevelander. Former Chicagoan. Current Londoner. Fluent in GIF. #SCBWI #SCBWI-BI. She/Her.

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"No matter what I’m writing, it’s never a waste of time." Wise words from the incomparable @jamiattenberg. #writing #writingcommunity

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@ebonylynnmudd @msdebbieallen Ebony, that’s AMAZING. I have chills just thinking I internet-know someone who was that close the icon.

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@acraftyarab Congrats!!

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@SueFliess @ffxwriter @MonicaAcker1 I feel so seen.

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It is summer (ish; I am in the UK). Time is ample, days are long, the libraries are now (more comfortably) available for browsing and borrowing. Feeling like writing again. Finally. #amwriting #kidlit #summer

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@thushponweera Skype once a week. My mom still works, so it’s one of those only times she gets to see her grandkids!

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@StorySpinner15 Have you tried joining/creating one through their Facebook group (I believe it’s called SCBWI Critique Group Finder)? Since everything’s been virtual anyway, that’s how I found one of mine and formed another one.

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@lara_d_writer This is excellent. Well done, and keep going!

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@thushponweera My eldest is learning to read/write, and I was so happy when she spelled “something” as “sumping”, because that’s how she says it, and it broke my heart to tell her how it’s actually pronounced.

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This “will they/won’t they?” game London rubbish collectors play is a real emotional rollercoaster, I tell ya. #london #amwriting

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@GinaUrso Me! 👋

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@GoGirlsGoBooks @MaureenP_Writes SO MUCH wandering around on my own when I was very, very little.

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@sikes_kaitlin TOTAL hard pass! I was in the middle of a great short story by a writer I love and had to stop and skip the rest when I could see where the story was heading.

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@bernardkmensah This is going to be in my head for the rest of the day! 🤣

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@dazzleng @LJAmstutz Yay, Dazzle!!! 🎉🎊

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@bernardkmensah Cabin in the Woods
It Follows (which I totally discounted as I was watching it as “not that scary”, yet here I am, 5 years later, still thinking about it)
The Conjuring

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“Because mom writers write hard. We query hard. We mother hard. We don’t have time to obsess over agent responses or refresh our inboxes.”
#kidlit #amquerying #picturebooks

Are You a Mom Writer Thinking of Quitting? Read This First. https://t.co/gRkFit45Lb

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My 5-year-old called pant/trouser legs “knee sleeves” just so you all know how to refer to them from now on. 👍 #amparenting #amwriting #WritingCommunity #kidlit

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@FinkHernandez Too loud is better than too quiet.

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@GinaUrso I’m a fan of The Balvenie Doublewood; it’s very smooth and has a maple syrup-like finish.