Tag Archives: The Life of a Plodder

Reading (and Writing) Biographies

Posted on October 14, 2022 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing about reading (and writing) biographies. Like most girls of my generation, I grew up reading girls’ adventure/mystery series (Beverly Gray and Judy Bolton were my favorites, along with Nancy Drew and the rest), … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged A Who's Who of Tudor Women, biography, Daniel Stashower, Garteth Russell, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Landmark Biographies for young readers, Lucy Worsley, Nellie Bly, The Life of a Plodder, writing biography | 2 Comments

The Writer’s Life, 1977-1984

Posted on May 3, 2021 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. Recently I was rearranging some of the books in my office, including old record and day books, and randomly opened one of the earliest, the ledger I kept for the years 1977-1984. I started writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged A Who's Who of Tudor Women, early writing, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, rejections, The Life of a Plodder, The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle, typewriters, writing life | 6 Comments

Middle Grades Mysteries: Back at Last

Posted on October 1, 2020 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, again writing as Kathy. The Finder of Lost Things, my standalone historical mystery, will be released next Tuesday and I’ll blog more about that in my second post this month, but today I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged cover design, juvenile mysteries, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, out-of-print books, reissued books, self-publishing, The Finder of Lost Things, The Life of a Plodder, The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle, The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes | 9 Comments

“Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night . . .”

Posted on September 1, 2020 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, reprising and expanding on a blog I first posted here several years ago. It was called “The First RFD Carrier in Town” and was about my grandfather, Fred Gorton, who was the first RFD carrier … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged delivering the mail, early RFD carrier, Ferndale New York, Fred Gorton, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Liberty New York, post office, The Life of a Plodder | 6 Comments

Mikki Lincoln Edits a Memoir (and a giveaway)

Posted on June 30, 2020 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, on release day for A Fatal Fiction, the third entry in the Deadly Edits Mysteries. When this one opens, Mikki Lincoln’s freelance editing business is doing quite well. One of her current clients is eighty-six-year-old Sunny Feldman, … Continue reading →