tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31712695030045433222024-02-19T09:19:38.680-05:00moving sidewalksKate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-18030491755570991632015-10-22T09:50:00.001-04:002015-10-22T09:50:27.143-04:00Asheville, NC I read at the Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar in Asheville, NC. I partnered up with local writer Catherine Campbell. The city was so incredibly welcoming. You can now find my books at Firestorm Cafe and Books and Downtown Books and News.<br />
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Katie Feild and I created a book. 100 percent of the profits will go to non-profits to benefit anti-poaching efforts. Visit<a href="http://www.landbeastnovel.org/" target="_blank"> www.landbeastnovel.org</a> for more info.<br />
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Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-50706032158199600982015-09-12T10:29:00.003-04:002015-09-12T10:29:55.223-04:00Omnidawn Semi-finalist!I got wonderful news about my manuscript, Girl, Cow. It's a semi-finalist for the Omnidawn 2014 Fabulist Fiction Chapbook contest!<br />
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It's essentially about a girl who cannot drown and her journey into the sea with a kidnapped cow.Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-79381326108688294292015-07-14T12:46:00.003-04:002015-07-14T12:48:22.966-04:00Reading in July and August (so far)<a href="http://bridgetonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kate-Wyer.pdf" target="_blank">Bridgeton Library </a> July 25th 2-4 PM <br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spiral-Bookcase/279686351884" target="_blank">The Spiral Bookcase</a> August 13th 7-8:30 PM <br />
PhillyKate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-24947019993350060322015-07-14T12:33:00.003-04:002015-07-14T12:33:24.517-04:00Exciting news! Yesterday I received the news that Black Krim has been selected as a finalist for the Debut-litzer from Late Night Library! Catherine Lacey and John Darnielle are also finalists. Wow, two huge books and my BK. Incredible. <a href="http://latenightlibrary.org/debutlitzerfinalists2015/" target="_blank">http://latenightlibrary.org/debutlitzerfinalists2015/</a>Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-79859208518698916642015-07-09T10:03:00.003-04:002015-07-09T10:03:58.742-04:00Two Fictions in HobartThese two pieces of mine went up on <a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/2-fictions--4" target="_blank">Hobart</a> last March. I named them "Booby is from Bobo", and "YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN THE DEAD." I'm super happy the editors picked them.Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-89005270474649148912015-07-09T10:00:00.001-04:002015-07-09T10:00:21.167-04:00I made a one minute book trailer <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-18949365277151903332015-03-12T12:43:00.002-04:002015-03-12T12:44:48.333-04:00Amazing, happy news for one of the rhinos who inspired Land Beast<br />
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Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-11894342235711314662015-03-12T12:39:00.001-04:002015-03-12T12:46:28.195-04:00Matt Bell Featured Land Beast on an Eco-Fabulism Panel at AWP<span style="font-family: inherit;">I couldn't be more flattered that Matt pieced my piece as one of the examples in his <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.2250003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fabulist Fiction for a Hot Planet! </strong><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.2250003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">panel.</span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.2250003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong></span><br />
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Click <a href="http://www.readerslane.com/kate-wyer/black-krim/" target="_blank">here</a> for a review from Readers Lane<br />
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I'm happy the book connected with both reviewers, and I'm especially happy it brought up memories of being outside in the dirt, in the elements.<br />
<br />Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-71510464196157369522015-01-06T11:26:00.001-05:002015-01-06T11:27:26.514-05:00Black Krim now available On Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Powell's.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.cobaltreview.com/shop" target="_blank">Cobalt site</a> remains the least expensive right now.Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-81487139745799602632015-01-06T11:25:00.001-05:002015-01-06T11:25:08.120-05:00Flyer for the party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-52640667519647004722014-12-03T17:00:00.001-05:002014-12-03T17:00:05.591-05:00Madison Smartt Bell's blurb <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #818b92; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;">
<span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kate Wyer’s <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Black Krim </i>is an elegant study of alienation and reconnection—with a warm human heart beneath the Zen-like detachment of its style.</span></div>
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Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-51961450691562429382014-12-03T16:56:00.001-05:002014-12-03T16:56:50.985-05:00NaNoWriMo 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was able to pull this off again. I love the challenge of writing 50,000 words in a month. It pushes everything else out of the way. I didn't play the drums at all, and didn't miss them except when I went to my weekly lesson and sucked. Oh well, my teacher is great and understanding.<br />
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This year I wrote about a homeless woman who had made one of those fenced in runoff basins you see in suburban developments her home. Her shelter, I guess. It's third person, which is a shift for me. Back in 2011, I wrote 50,000 words about a couple who became pregnant (intentionally) at the same time. I'm going to return to that soon and see what I do to revise it. I haven't read it since I finished it.Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-73465184440936562532014-11-19T16:12:00.002-05:002014-11-19T16:12:36.940-05:00The first chapter of Black Krim is up on Cobalt's website<br />
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"Heirloom tomatoes lack the hardiness of grocery store hybrid varieties. They are grown in an archaic, inbred fashion; and yet, for all their isolation, they surprise one with their dramatic shapes, colors, and intense flavors––kind of like the characters in Kate Wyer’s novel <i>Black Krim</i>. As the roots of their stubborn, closed systems slowly entangle, their surprising desires and tenderness bloom fiercely from these small, hard seeds."</div>
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Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-71198769350145959652014-11-12T10:29:00.001-05:002014-11-19T16:13:51.765-05:00Black Krim is available for preorder with a discount and free shipping<a href="http://www.cobaltreview.com/shop/">Cobalt Review's website</a><br />
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Here is the final cover! Katie Feild designed it. She also designed the inside, which has illustrations. I couldn't be happier with it. The central image is the drawing of a Black Krim tomato flower. Behind that is a manipulated photo I took of my own tomatoes. The bottom, textured white band, is snow with footprints.<br />
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Right now if you preorder, you get a five dollar discount and free shipping. This book's release date is still on schedule to be December 21st. My book release party will be sometime the week of December 15th though, to avoid the last minute holiday rush.<br />
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Please visit Cobalt Review's website and take a look around! The website got a complete overhaul several months ago and is really beautifully designed. The navigation is also improved.Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-39035655173417856772014-11-12T10:16:00.002-05:002014-11-12T10:16:49.411-05:00Interview about Radio Ferry, Tern Mouth<a href="https://unsaidmagazine.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/i-wanted-something-sharp-an-interview-with-kate-wyer/">Interview on Unsaid Blog</a><br />
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Brian Kubarycz asked me some very thoughtful questions. I had to take my time and really reengage with my story in order to answer them. I enjoyed this very much and his questions ended up giving me insight into my own process and how I can be perceived.Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-32540807810906144372014-10-21T12:56:00.001-04:002014-10-21T12:56:02.384-04:00October 1st Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Okay, this happened already, but I thought I'd put up the flyer anyway. It wasn't my book tour; I was asked to join Eric Shonkwiler as he made his way through the state. I'm grateful to Leah Angstman for putting it all together. I will have my own Artifact reading after the release of my book in December.<br />Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-88724142179638143582014-10-21T12:20:00.001-04:002014-10-21T12:20:25.289-04:00<a href="http://unsaidmagazine.wordpress.com/2014/08/31/unsaid-7-radio-ferry-tern-mouth-by-kate-wyer/">Radio Ferry, Tern Mouth</a><br />
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Please click to read my latest story in Unsaid. I'm grateful to be nominated for a Pushcart for it.Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-68407057997854230422014-10-21T12:13:00.003-04:002014-10-21T12:13:39.246-04:00People's Climate March NYC <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171269503004543322.post-319105918134526712014-06-02T11:24:00.000-04:002014-06-02T11:24:38.773-04:00Huffington Post interviews my publisher, Andrew KeatingAndrew was interviewed in the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/loren-kleinman/publisher-talk-andrew-kea_b_5361610.html">Huffington Post</a> as part of their Publisher Talk series. Loren Kleinman asks him some great questions about his vision and the direction the press is taking.Kate Wyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081294187461311466noreply@blogger.com0