Interview With Author Katie Holtmeyer
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live, write, and teach in a small town in Missouri. I have written about three books total, but debut published book, She Asked Me Where, will be out with Unsolicited Press in early 2024.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a poetry collection titled She Asked Me Where. It was inspired by the various ways in which darkness and pain, both of ourselves and of others, manifest in our lives, particularly by the binaries innate to our human experience: pain and triumph, fear and power, longing and overcoming, the perfect and the flawed.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I implement some play-based process strategies into my writing (with influence from Roseanne Bane’s Around the Writer’s Block). Setting aside a few minutes before a writing or revising session to tap into creative playful state, whether it’s through coloring, molding with clay, or painting, helps my writing and writing-related anxieties quite a bit.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Olivia Gatwood, and Ada Limón are just a few of the authors that have influenced me.
What are you working on now?
I’m in the process of drafting a few new poems and revising a few other ones.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Having your own website and word of mouth have been most helpful for me.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read as much and as widely as you can, and carve out plenty of time to live life as fully as possible. Remember that writing, like life, has its own seasons.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be both a participant and an observer in life. This will help your life, and your writing.
What are you reading now?
Right now, I’m reading Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry and rereading Olivia Gatwood’s Life of the Party.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’ve got several half-finished poems and first drafts that I’m hoping to focus on more in the near future.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Oh, that’s tough. I’d say Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers, Jodi Picoult’s Leaving Time, Ada Limón’s The Hurting Kind, and Donna Lynch’s Choking Back the Devil.
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