Kathleen Haley is a romance writer hailing from Minneapolis. Besides writing, she loves spending time with her dog, hiking, biking, or playing the piano. While staying in the romantic world of writing, she has no desire, currently, to write fantasy elements in her writing as "it's too dreamlike".
Since age 5, she has been writing fun children’s stories and plays. Kathleen wrote plenty of plays for her neighborhood theater - At least 3 plays a year. During this time, she always thought she would be a screenwriter.
She began pursuing a teaching degree and taught in Brooklyn before moving to California.
National Novel Writing Month in 2021, she began writing 9-10 pages a day. The book she started was finished in mid-December and was a mental health journey and self-discovery.
Recently, Kathleen's been writing and releasing her ‘Senses’ series. The books in the series can be read separately, minus Book 2 and Book 3 - Taste of Deceit and Feel of Possession - are read together, and both were released on July 15, 2024.
And the push to keep writing and publishing? It's her purpose in life to be a writer as she's constantly thinking about her work.
Kathleen has published her books both through a hybrid company and on her own. However, she prefers the hybrid aspects as "it's good to be back by an agent" and having that team already available instead of going to look for one. The self-publishing aspect was hard in terms of marketing the books and finding an audience.
It's hard not to pressure yourself as a debut author but Kathleen has seen it all. Don't pressure yourself and don't compare yourself to other people.
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Check out Book 2 The Taste of Deceit on Amazon!
Check out Book 3 The Feel of on Amazon!
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