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North Carolina Author Katey Schultz Named Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards Close on the heels of her recent Foreword INDIES Book of the Year recognition, Loyola University [...]

Hang with me for this one, readers, because I’ve been holding my tongue on this topic for far too long. I’m going to come at you with a lot of don’ts right up front, but I promise that by the end [...]

North Carolina Author Katey Schultz Wins 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award  June 22, 2020—Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press is pleased to announce that Katey [...]

It’s true that my first book, Flashes of War, was rejected over 40 times before being accepted by Loyola University Maryland, and going on to win IndieFab Book of the Year in 2013. It was even [...]

I first started teaching about the “creative imagination” and the “technical imagination” after reading Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook. In short, Vandermeer explains, the creative imagination is [...]

A collective grieving. A constant vacillation between anxiety and gratitude. A riot of spring. An abundance of giggles. The gift of a hug. The gift of a virtual hug. These are the kinds of [...]

Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is relax in the sun when you’re “supposed” to be doing 10,000 other things. [Although I’ve no doubt our healthcare workers are far braver than I right [...]

Three things I need to do less of—Looking at my phone (normally not an issue for me), making lists of things to do, trying to anticipate needs for the near future (rather than meeting the current [...]

Every day I fail and don’t fail. And there on the heels of FAIL is FLAIL, two words close enough to infect. What use is that kind of thinking? Ooph. Flip the narrative. Every day I try and don’t [...]

Today I got quiet with 30+ writers as we shared poetry readings and letter-writing, virtually, in solidarity. Some of us journaled or worked on short stories, too. ALONE TOGETHER. It’s a thing. [...]