Kathryn Barrett

Alternative titles for Redemption

I got tagged on Facebook by Rumer Haven in a writing game called Eight Terrible Titles. The idea is to randomly let your cursor fall onto a spot within your manuscript eight times, and voila! Eight truly terrible title ideas. So of course I decided to change the rules a bit and use my recently released […] Read more…

In which I complain about tea at Tea and Strumpets

I was invited to write a guest post at Tea and Strumpets, maybe because they heard I was a fanatic about tea, or maybe because they heard I was a strumpet. Either way, I had fun writing about my favorite subject, and injecting a wee bit of writing advice in there too. What, you didn’t […] Read more…

Bitty booklets have arrived!

Look what came in the mail! I ordered these Bitty Booklets from Laron at Ninth Moon designs a couple of weeks ago. I decided I wanted something to show off the new cover of Temptation as well as promote Redemption, and these Bitty Booklets were perfect. Laron came up with the design, using a background […] Read more…

Adjustments

It’s been a little over a month since I packed up my bags and moved overseas. To be precise, a band of movers came and packed up everything I own, including my desk, put it all on giant crates, and that’s the last time I saw my earthly possessions. Except for my beloved iMac, which […] Read more…

REDEMPTION cover!

She learned long ago the difference between white lies and dark ones. White lies saved your skin; dark lies could damage your soul.” Add to Goodreads Read more…

REDEMPTION due October 7!

She learned long ago the difference between white lies and dark ones. White lies saved your skin; dark lies could damage your soul. I’m excited to announce my new book REDEMPTION will be out on October 7! It’s a real book of my heart, the first book I ever finished (it’s been revised many times since […] Read more…

Every journey has an end

You’ve caught me in the middle of a big move. After living in England for the last ten years, we’re moving back to the United States. Although I’m still as American as, well, apple pie, I’ve now got a whole new outlook on things like, well, pie. (Hint: Don’t order it for dessert.) Sometimes I […] Read more…

Temptation re-release: new cover

Recently my publisher re-released Temptation with a new cover. I wanted to share it here. It’s really striking, isn’t it? My first thought when I saw it was “What’s Reece Witherspoon doing on my book?” And no, I didn’t have her in mind when I wrote Temptation. I was thinking Sienna Miller. Read more…

More good news!

I got this email yesterday:    It‘s my pleasure to inform you that your novel, TEMPTATION, has been selected by our reader judges as the winner of the HOLT Medallion Award for Best Mainstream/Single Title. Congratulations! Also, TEMPTATION has been selected as an Award of Merit recipient in the Best First Book category. Double congratulations!  […] Read more…

Lucky Seven Snippet

I got tagged by Sara Thorn to play Lucky Seven Snippet. The rules: Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript. Go to line 7 Post on your blog the next 7 lines or sentences – as they are!! Tag 7 other people to do the same Since the current manuscript is a […] Read more…

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