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Kate Krake

Kate Krake writes fantasy fiction, poetry, and personal and creative development for writers. Kate lives in Perth, Australia.

Self-Sabotage In The Writer’s Life

We all have subconscious habits limiting our creative potential, but we might not all know how to identify these habits, let alone change them. Here’s how to do both.

Categories Writing Practice

How To Stop Wasting Time As A Writer

Stop wasting time as a writer by ditching waiting. Discover how holding out for the perfect conditions is holding your writing life back.

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When To Keep Writing And Resist The Urge To Quit

Sometimes there are excellent reasons to quit a writing project. Sometimes it is best for us to push on through and finish a novel or a story, even though everything inside is begging us to quit.

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The Best Way To Market A Book

Marketing is actually really simple, not gross, and can be fun. But to understand how that works, we first have to understand what book marketing truly is.

Categories Author Mindset

What Does ‘Creative Authenticity’ Mean?

What does it mean to live and work in alignment with your authentic creative nature? What even defines creative authenticity?

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Read This Before You Buy More Writing Courses

Writing courses can only teach so much. The real learning that all writers need to go through comes from actually writing.

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How To Be More Creative? Try Kaleidoscopic Creativity

Kaleidoscopic Creativity is combining different creative practices, patterns, processes and tools in order to create a rich, infinitely detailed, ever changing and always astoundingly beautiful creative life.

Categories Creativity, Writing Practice

Write What You Know? Write What You DON’T Know

Write what you know is valuable writing advice to a point. Writing what you DON’T know is the gateway to discovery, creativity, and growth.

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What’s The Biggest Writing Mistake?

All writers make mistakes, but there is one huge mistake that’s often hard to see that all too many writers make.

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How to be Original: A Lesson from David Bowie

Creative super nova, David Bowie was a walking lesson in how to be original. And he was a total imitator.

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