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Hi! I'm Katie Rodante.

I'm an author of fantasy and romance novels, short stories, and poetry. Visit katierodante.com to learn more about my work.

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Fantasy Books & Minecraft

Happy Sunday! Oops! I thought this newsletter was sent out on Wednesday like it was supposed to, but it turns out it was stuck in my drafts. Apologies for sending this out a bit late, but I do have some great books to share with you. Since I'm adding in an apology, I wanted to add in a question: Did you watch Eurovision? If so, which song was your favorite? Reply and let me know. I liked the songs from Finland, Estonia, Austria, and Moldova the best. Here’s a photo from this month. My family...

12 months ago • 4 min read

Happy Wednesday! When I'm writing, everything's a mess. Binders on the floor, papers dragged out of who knows where and spread out for reference, not to mention the fact that dishes pile up for a bit longer than I'd like. The trade off is that I'm in the zone and productive, but dang, sometimes the messiness can really get to me (or my husband, who is a total neat freak). PS: this photo only shows one binder, and isn't an accurate representation of my writing mess! (I do love those YouTube...

about 1 year ago • 4 min read

Happy Wednesday! It was our dog Hamphrey's birthday over the weekend, so we took him to the park and to Petsmart to pick out some special treats. Here he is resting after a lap around the pond: Do you celebrate pet birthdays? I don't go all out (we've never thrown a party for him), but I like to do a little something to acknowledge that my dog is getting older. He's 9 this year, and it's wild to think we've almost spent a decade together! I miss the puppy years when he would dart around the...

about 1 year ago • 3 min read

Happy Friday! I had this newsletter all ready to go on Wednesday and then forgot to send it out, so here I am in your inbox on a Friday. :) First, thank you so much to everyone who preordered, read in Kindle Unlimited, or bought Thorn after its release! I appreciate y'all so much and I hope you enjoy the book. If you were waiting for a paperback, print copies are now available on Amazon! And if you want a preview of the paperback, check out my reel on Instagram. Now that Thorn is out, I'm...

about 1 year ago • 2 min read

Thorn is Here! I am so excited for you to read Prue and Kaleb's story, and I hope you love them as much as I do. :) Thorn will continue to have a special release week price of 99c through Sunday, so if you want to read it, this is the best time to buy it. :) Next week the price will rise to $2.99. Order Thorn for 99c If you preordered Thorn: While waiting for the release date to come around, I reread Thorn and found a few changes I wanted to make. I’ve made those changes and uploaded a new...

about 1 year ago • 1 min read

Happy Wednesday! It's spring break here, and so my kids are home for the week. We ended up getting Mario Party on Nintendo Switch which has been a lot of fun. I've never really played a Mario Party game before and was surprised that it has so many minigames! I highly recommend it if you're looking for a game to play with the whole family. Otherwise I've been working hard on the final touches for Thorn which comes out in 8 days! Read on for an excerpt from the book, and after you read that I...

about 1 year ago • 5 min read

What a busy week! Usually I send my newsletter out on Wednesday, but this week I've been so busy that I haven't had time until today (Friday). Sorry about that! Read on for an excerpt from Thorn, my Rapunzel retelling, which comes out on 3/23/23. Hope you have a great weekend! Thorn - Chapter One Excerpt Prue stood at the arched window of her tower, surveying the confines of the private realm in which she lived. Her tower castle was so tall that it almost touched the clouds, and if the...

about 1 year ago • 3 min read

Hi there, Hope you had a lovely Valentine's day! I spent mine at my kids' school parties which was cute. They made crafts, played games, and exchanged gifts, and I'm always glad for the opportunity to go to their school events. A huge thank you to everyone who has preordered Thorn! This Rapunzel retelling comes out on 3/23 and I'm so excited to share Prue and Kaleb's story with my readers. Preorder Thorn here if you haven't yet. PS: I still have review copies of Wreathbound available here if...

about 1 year ago • 1 min read

Happy February! North Texas is icy and cold these past few days, but fortunately my family and I have been able to stay warm and safe at home. Even our dog Hamphrey needed a sweater: As for writing updates, I have unfortunately had to push back the release date for Thorn, my Rapunzel retelling. A few things have come up which have made it difficult to stay on schedule with this project. The new release date for Thorn is 3/23/23 (the original was 3/2/23) so this gives me a few extra weeks to...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Do you like the fairy tale Rapunzel? It's one of my favorite fairy tales, and I'm nearly finished with my Rapunzel retelling called Thorn. Here's the book description: Prue’s mother locked her away in a private realm to keep her safe from a vicious decades-long war happening on the mainland… at least that’s what she said. What if that was all a lie? With only her mother’s love to keep her company, Prue passed the years woodworking, gardening, and practicing archery in the privacy of her very...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read
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