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New Year, New Name, Full Series

New Year

Happy new year everyone. I'm sorry it's been so long since I'v blogged, but I've been busy writing the Falling in Love Series.

New Name

For those of you that don't know, I write nonfiction children's books under Kathy Coatney and contemporary romance under Kate Curran. I made a decision a few weeks ago to write all my books under Kathy Coatney instead of Kate Curran. I'm still the same author, just under one name.

Free Book

Kathy CoatneyTo kick off the series, I'm offering you a chance to get book 1 of the Falling in Love Series for free, but the offer is good for three days only, January 1-3, 2018! Just click on this link to get your copy Read More

Developing Grit

If you’ve been following my blog you’ll know I’ve been on a grit kick. I first got tuned into grit after listening to the Freakonomics Radio podcast about grit and reading Angela Duckworth’s book, Grit, the Power of Passion and Perseverance. From this podcast I discovered how gritty people become great in anything from spelling bees to athletics. What Duckworth discovered was, years of hard work and practice are more of a factor than natural talent.

Do I Have It

If you asked me if I had grit when it came to writing, I would have immediately said yes. I do have it, but not for the reasons I thought I did.grit I’ve written over 35 books in the… Read More