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News about Katie and her books

Guest Blog Post

My blog tour has officially begun, and the first guest post is now live! Check it and get your chance to win a free copy!

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My First Editor

I remember my first dispute with an editor. She changed something in my manuscript without consulting me, and when I complained she refused to change it back. I yelled that she shouldn’t have changed it in the first place and was subsequently sent to the naughty corner because eight year olds aren’t supposed to shout… {read more}

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The Usual Questions

A new interview with yours truly! I will also be shortly embarking on a blog tour to promote The Drachengott, so stay tuned! http://festivale.info/questions/katie_taylor2.htm

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Broken Prophecy is Out!

My satirical novel, Broken Prophecy, is now on sale! Buy it now on Amazon Kindle, or Kobo – and for a very reasonable price. And yes, the coin flipping story is %100 true.

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Drachengott: Wind – free on iTunes!

I’m proud to announce that Wind is currently the iTunes Book of the Month, and available for free for a limited time only. Grab your copy while you can!

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My First Novel

  People often talk about how young I was when I started out with the “author” thing, but in fact I started out much earlier than they think! Not only was I making my own picture books as a kid, but I took the trouble to come up with imaginary publishers for them. Clearly, I… {read more}

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Broken Prophecy

Meet Ambit Afterman, the protagonist of my upcoming book Broken Prophecy. …ladies. Ambit is a lot of fun to write about. He’s an irresponsible, beer-swilling womaniser who’s supposed to be saving the world but won’t, because who needs all that noise? And yes he is naturally blue, and he’s happy to show you the proof… {read more}

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My First Contract

Recently, my father unearthed this picture of me with my agent, signing my first publishing contract back in 2004. I was only 18 at the time, and I remember how excited and happy I was – you can see it easily enough in this picture! 🙂

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The Southern Star

  When we were editing The Shadow’s Heart, the editor asked me why Kearney “Red” Redguard and Kraego, son of Skandar, were in the book since neither of them did very much. My answer? “They’re there because they’re the protagonists of the next trilogy”. And now I can finally reveal that I have just signed… {read more}

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Wind

Here is the cover of my new book, Wind, which is coming out on the 1st of May through the Voyager Impulse e-book publishing program. It will be available on all the major platforms, never fear – plus as you can see it has a really awesome cover! Wendland is a land of dragons, and… {read more}

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