Episode 11: Kaylie Smith
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Kaylie Smith is a writer and lover of all things magical and fantasy. She grew up in Louisiana where she frequently haunted bookstores and practiced her writing craft. After getting her degree in graphic design, she decided to fully pursue her dream of being an author, and the first book in her YA fantasy series, A RUINOUS FATE, debuts in January 2023 from Disney Hyperion. When she isn’t writing or reading, she can be found at home with her menagerie of animals, fussing over her houseplants, or annoying people about astrology.
In this episode:
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Courtney Kae + Courtney’s LitTea Podcast Episode
Kai, Ophelia, and Delphine - Kaylie’s Australian Shepherds
Monte Carlo (film)
RosalynArts (Rosita Popova)
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, with a special mention of Blue and Gansey
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Microsoft Excel
The Thesaurus of the Senses by Linda Hart
Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Windwitch by Susan Dennard
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Accelerated Reader Bookfinder (a really great aid to look up kidlit wordcounts)
Scrabble
Monopoly
‘Maneater’ by Nelly Furtado
The Vampire Diaries, with a special mention of Damon, Stefan, and Elana
The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis
Books of Wonder (bookshop)
Tubby and Coos (bookshop)
Beausoleil Books (bookshop)
A Ruinous Fate
January 3, 2023
Fate does not choose the weak. Fate chooses the ready.
Calliope Rosewood is a witch with a long streak of bad luck. Like all witches in Illustros, her fate is directly tied to Witch’s Dice―powerful artifacts that have blessed her kind with limitless magic but also set them on a path toward destruction. Cursed with unspeakable powers that terrify even the most dangerous witches and fae, Calla deserted her coven four years ago and has been in hiding with her two best friends since. But Calla is also hiding a grave secret: She is only three Rolls away from becoming the last Blood Warrior and starting the Fates' War that will decimate her people and eradicate their magic.
After a betrayal from her ex leads her one step closer to fulfilling that age-old prophecy, Calla is desperate to do whatever it takes to reset her fate . . . even if that means journeying into the deadly Neverending Forest with said ex and his enigmatic older brother to find the one being who can help her forge her own path. As Calla ventures farther into the enchanted woods, she finds her heart torn between her past desires and alluring new possibilities. But she soon learns that choosing your own destiny may come with dire consequences.