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5 Young Adult Writers Talk About Writing & Books & Bad Boys Part II

Katie Davis May 23, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #179 If you’re a listener, would you please help the show by clicking here to fill out this short anonymous survey? In this week’s episode…

5 Young Adults Writers Talk About Writing & Books & Bad Boys

Katie Davis May 16, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #178 Click here to tweet this week’s episode In this week’s episode you’ll hear How to sign up for the Kindle Ninja Webinar (click here…

High Wattage Promotion Power | Writers on Wattpad

Katie Davis May 9, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #177 Click here to tweet this week’s episode In this week’s episode you’ll hear me correct a mistake in an answer to a question in…

Brain Burps About Books Lunch 'n Learn with Katie Davis

Katie Davis May 2, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #176 Click here to tweet this week’s episode In this week’s episode you’ll hear answers to listeners’ questions from Brain Burps About Books Lunch ‘n…

New York Public Library Podcast Panel | The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter

Katie Davis April 25, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #175 Pictures from The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter and the New York Public Library Podcast Panel podcast In this week’s episode you’ll hear…

How to Create a Mailing List

Katie Davis April 18, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #174 Thank you to the MFA program at Hamline for sponsoring the podcast. Hamline is the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts…

Julie Falatko Interviews Katie for her YA Debut of Dancing with the Devil

Katie Davis April 11, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #173 Thank you to the MFA program at Hamline for sponsoring the podcast. Hamline is the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts…

Why Small Publishers Rock | A Bird on Water Street

Katie Davis April 4, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #172 Thank you to the MFA program at Hamline for sponsoring the podcast. Hamline is the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts…

Google Hangouts For Business with Brandee Sweesy

Katie Davis March 21, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #171 Thank you to the MFA program at Hamline for sponsoring the podcast. Hamline is the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts…

Seven Stories with Laurel Snyder

Katie Davis March 14, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #170 Thank you to the MFA program at Hamline for sponsoring the podcast. Hamline is the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts…

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Welcome! I'm Katie Davis, a children's book author with a passion for helping writers bring their stories to life. Here you'll find tips, tricks, and tales from my twenty years in publishing.

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