Author Blog
Trauma in SFF Update: the Project So Far…
A few years ago, I started collecting a giant list of fantasy/sci-fi books focused heavily on themes of trauma and recovery due to that being an area of passion for me and one I was focusing heavily on while working on my own writing. The list has gotten longer and longer, but I’ve been chipping…
2024 r/fantasy Holiday Charity MegaSale
Hi all!I am taking part in the 2024 Holiday Charity MegaSale on r/fantasy until Dec. 27th. Feel free to check out When We Walked in Memory for $0.99 here. All my proceeds will be donated to the Mary Cariola Children’s Center, and I highly encourage you to check the master sale list to see all…
An August Check-In
Hello, and I hope this post finds everyone reading it well. I wanted to post a few brief updates about what is happening writing/book-wise right now:
Hi!!!!!!!! 🙂
Hello all, I hope you are well. Here are my authorly updates since last time: Grad school is grad schooling, work is working, and internship is internshipping, so I honestly am not sure when I will be able to write again. That being said, I do have a couple of non-book projects in the works…
2023 Megasale for charity!!!!!!
Hi all! I am so happy to be participating in the 2023 Holiday MegaSale to benefit the Mary Cariola Children’s Center. Over 200 indie fantasy authors like me have gotten together and put our books on sale on Amazon to benefit this cause. My new book, When We Walked in Memory, is part of the…
NEW BOOK + looking forward + donation note
1. My new book, When We Walked in Memory, is out today!!!!!!!!!! I love this weird little book a whole lot and Frauke, Kaourintin, and Ado are going to remain in my heart even as they go out into the world. 🙂 2. I’ve decided to stop putting pressure on myself to be a “productive”…
End of 2022 updates
Hi all! I just wanted to check in really briefly with a couple of updates. 2. Unnamed Romance WIP is now in the hands of beta readers! I’m simultaneously surprised at how smoothly the writing and revision processes went this time, really proud of its current state, and 100% ready for critical feedback and more…
Writing update
YES that is actually something I Googled. It’s going well. Edit: last night I fully convinced myself that I had plagiarized the beach scene in Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier and had to rush for my paperback to check after work. What I had written was completely different, needless to say.
SA in SFF essay
I just wrote an insane rant essay called Historically Accurate and Miserable for the Sake of Misery: Common Arguments About and Critiques of Sexual Assault in Speculative Fiction. It’s currently posted on r/fantasy and there are some interesting conversations in the comments – if you’re interested in my thoughts about the most common talking points…
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Charlotte Kersten 