Category: Kathy Holmes

• July 21, 2021

  Episode 4 of “She’s Not That Good” Live on #Kindle #Vella

   “In that moment, I knew I could no longer listen to those who whispered ‘She’s not that good.’ “ From now on, I knew I was a normal, every day, real woman, and real women were good enough. – Brandi from She’s Not That Good, a “Real Women” series. I’d gone back and forth about […]
• July 18, 2021

  “She’s Not That Good,” 1st 3 #Free Episodes on #Kindle #Vella, Are Live

  Kindle Vella is Amazon’s new episodic fiction series (similar to Radish and WattPad), and nobody really knows how this thing is going to work. But I do know this: the first 3 episodes are free and after that, if you’d like to keep reading the series, you download them with tokens you purchase. I decided […]
• April 9, 2021

  Words to Live By

  I’m often torn between focusing on writing novels and producing music. As if I must make a choice. And even though I know I don’t have to choose, not choosing does present a challenge of focus. Sometimes it’s difficult to be good at anything if you’re not focused on one thing. However, my husband reminded […]
• April 8, 2021

  “Everybody Lies” – Sneak Peek Short Story and Song Now on Amazon and YouTube

  After my “Everybody Lies” House Remix, I created a video highlighting the song and the short story called “Everybody Lies,” which is a peek into a novel called Everybody Lies. The short story that kicks off the novel was super hot with agents. When I was making the submission rounds, that opening often garnered full […]
• April 5, 2021

  Taste of Knott’s Berry Farm Boysenberry Festival and More of “The House That Built Me”

  Interesting thing about that song “The House That Built Me” – it took, I think, 9 years before it became a hit. It was originally written for a male singer but none of the male artists in the Nashville scene were interested in recording it. It wasn’t until a woman (Miranda Lambert) recorded it (with […]
• April 2, 2021

  “Real Women Wear Red” Excerpt Podcast

  Real Women Wear Red Chapter One Cyn “Dear Abby, I’m over 40 and my life sucks.” I sipped my Hazelnut Roast in the break room of TGI Graphics, placed my cup on the table, and continued reading from the Los Angeles Times to my co-worker Maggie. “Dear Abby, I’ve been divorced for five years, and […]
• March 30, 2021

  Scooter’s Big Adventure, a Picture Book Podcast

  Funny, I’ve been dreaming about making an audio version of this picture book I wrote a few years back, inspired by Skipper, our Burmilla cat (sometimes called “Scooter.”) At 18, he joined his sweetheart, Lovey, on the Rainbow Bridge just a little over 2 years ago. I miss him every day. Now that WordPress has […]