Entries by Kathryn Lane

Grab a Hotdog!

Happy 4th of July to Everyone! I was 25 years old, the mother of a precious five-year-old son, and I did not hold a college degree when I crossed the southern border to live in the US. I was leaving a really bad marriage in Mexico and starting a new life for my son and […]

So Many Novels to Read!

The novel – so abundant today was not always so readily available. In ancient times, novels were handwritten on papyrus paper, and they were super expensive. Before I continue though, I should share the definition most scholars use for a novel: It must be fiction. It must be prose. It must be a narrative. It must be at least […]

Readers Love Mysteries…

…and readers also love sleuths that solve mystery after mystery after mystery, such as Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous protagonist, Sherlock Holmes. The genius detective solved mysteries and crimes during Conan Doyle’s lifetime and today continues to be one of the most popular characters in TV crime series. Sherlock Holmes is the archetypal detective. He uses […]

AI Writes Novels?

Three years ago, I wrote a blog about the probabilities of writers being replaced by artificial intelligence apps that would write faster, better books. I cited an article in The Guardian stating that AI’s capability to write creative, coherent novels was still decades in the future. I slept well after reading that article. It now […]

Start the Year with a Cover Reveal!

Presenting a new cover to the reading public is like sending a baby announcement! It takes me nine months to write a fictional story unless research is required. Then it can take longer, like in the case of Stolen Diary. For most of my stories, ideas simply come to me. Ideas can come while I’m […]