Kell’s Blog

5 Ways to Make Me Want to Read a Book

This post should be subtitled “and why you don’t probably want to do any of these things,” because I have WEIRD TASTES — and I’m...

Resting in God & Other Things I Dislike Doing

Once upon a time there was a girl named Kellyn Roth. Well, really, her name was Kelly Lyn Garrett, but sometimes it was hard for...

Excuse Me, You Got Some Feminism in My Regency Romance

[Note: this is an old blog post. The takes in this post may no longer apply to what the author currently believes and/or the information...

February 2020 Dares & January 2020 Wrapup

The expression on my face = Give up, January. You can’t win. I’ve got Jesus and Ian and Bailey. *shrug* Okay, I always say this...

Why Authors Shouldn’t Mention Their Negative Reviews

I know people have discussed this before. However, this is such a big pet peeve with me that I want to talk about it—and it...

The Dressmaker’s Secret Events – Everything You Might Have Missed

The Dressmaker’s Secret is now out into the world. You can purchase it on Amazon and review it on Amazon and … yeah, no, that’s...

Introducing the Characters of The Dressmaker’s Secret

Hi there, readers! So I’ve never been one to talk over someone, and I think characters have a right to a voice, too. So instead...

My Top 5 Writing Distractions (and how I avoid them)

I’m not the only easily-distracted writer, am I? It’s so easy to let distractions take away from my writing time, especially since I have not-ADHD-because-we-don’t-want-to-randomly-say-people-have-ADHD-when-they-don’t-but-focus-issues-for-sure....