Katherine Knight Tuttle

Social psychology PhD. Mom of three. Aspiring author. Hoosier at heart.

[Katherine Knight Tuttle @KatiTuttle]

My beloved Colts’ season has officially transformed into a movie plot.

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With Daniel Jones out for the year and Riley Leonard week to week with a strained knee ligament, the Colts will work out QB Philip Rivers on Tuesday, as NFL Network reported.

It is Rivers’ birthday today; he turned 44 years old and last played in the NFL in 2020.

[Katherine Knight Tuttle @KatiTuttle]

@LisenbyAnnie Yes, the bathrooms are one of my favorite features as well 😂

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@JessicaKFoster @sarareadauthor Waiting is so hard!

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@RebeccaMinelga @sarareadauthor I like how you describe it as developing a callus. It's hard, but necessary, given the sheer volume of rejection that can happen.

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@HeatherWalrath @sarareadauthor R.L. Stine is coming to our local library today, and my daughter (who loves to write and read scary stories) gets to hear a talk by him. I'm so excited for her! It's amazing to me how popular Goosebumps still is.

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@sarareadauthor Reading "The Amityville Horror" in the fifth grade may have put me off any horror-adjacent novels for life 🤣 I loved scary stories as a kid, but I don't tend to read them now. (Though "The Haunting of Hill House" is next on my TBR pile for October.)

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@sarareadauthor Rejection. I developed a tougher skin from (unsuccessfully) querying my first novel; I know now not to take it personally. Rejection happens for all kinds of reasons, but it is also an opportunity for growth. Just because you don't have a "yes" yet doesn't mean you won't.

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@sarareadauthor Querying in all its painful, subjective, often silent glory 😅

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@sarareadauthor You can always go back to it! Fresh eyes can make all the difference. Also, sometimes your skills as a writer need to develop before you're ready to tell a particular story, and that's okay. We all have areas where we can grow as authors.

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@sarareadauthor Hi! I'm Kate, mom to three and currently working on a woman's fiction/mystery WIP. I love Halloween generally, so it's hard to pick a favorite memory. I love the vibe of the whole season!

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@authorjesspayne I would love a code if anyone has one!

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@Jill27118981 @sarareadauthor I don’t write specifically for book clubs. Rather, my general genre is upmarket or book club fiction, which means I aspire for my work to be good fodder for a book club.

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@AuroraCaelo @sarareadauthor It does! One of the orchards in my hometown has them, but I’ve been known to make a do-it-yourself version in a blender at home.

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@tracygrant @sarareadauthor More than once I’ve flipped forward in a book to check on an animal I’ve grown attached to.

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@MicheFalardeau @sarareadauthor That is a key point! There is a big difference between books that are long because they need to be vs. the ones that needed heavier editing.

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@AuroraCaelo @sarareadauthor It’s delicious in all its forms! One of my favorite fall treats is an apple cider slushy!

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@sarareadauthor “Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft” by Janet Burroway. It has great explanations and short story examples for different elements. Also, “The Emotional Craft of Fiction” by Donald Maass.

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@sarareadauthor Plot holes, plots built on repeated coincidences that strain believability, and repetitiveness.

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@sarareadauthor Compelling, believable characters (who act in ways that are consistent with what the reader knows about them) combined with a tight, well-crafted plot (plot holes drive me crazy). I love when, at the end of the book, I can look back and see the threads coming together.