Kate McMurray

@katemcmwriter

Romance writer, grammar evangelist, cat herder, baseball fan, overachiever, history nerd, plus-size fashionista, she/her. Rep'd by

Brooklyn, NY
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Joined August 2009
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    Feb 9

    House flipper Brandon is a cable TV and tabloid star. Now he's got a new show restoring old mansions, with scheming network execs, a house that probably should have been condemned, and distractions from a dead sexy contractor. Domestic Do-Over is out now:

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    6 hours ago

    ✨ WNDB's 2021 Internship Grant application is OPEN! ✨ Are you of a diverse background & looking to work in children's OR adult publishing? We're offering $3,000 grants, at least 20 for children's publishing & at least 10 for our NEW adult program! Info:

    Graphic featuring the WNDB logo, the hashtag #InternshipGrants, and a square with a backdrop of tiled diverse book covers. Superimposed on the square is text that reads, "Applications for the 2021 WNDB Internship Grants Are Open!"
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    Mar 25

    What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire? in 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist factory burst into flames—killing 129 women and 17 men. The tragedy galvanized women across class divisions to fight for better working conditions.

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  4. Mar 24

    Nerd out about grammar with me in April! (Actually learn a few tricks for cleaning up your manuscript before you send it out.)

    Beyond Spellcheck: Self-Editing Before Submission with Kate McMurray Apr 5 - 18 4
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    Mar 23

    i’m so excited to *officially* announce DiverseVoices, Inc, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization: ! we’re so excited to bring more programs into publishing to make the industry more inclusive of marginalized authors/illustrators!

    headshots of Norma Perez-Hernandez, L.D. Lewis, Kat Cho, Beth Phelan, and Claribel A. Ortega, with the logo for DiverseVoices, Inc cutting through the middle.
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    Mar 23

    It's quite literally a Jim Crow relic. The filibuster as we know it today, with the ability to impose a de facto supermajority threshold, was forged by self-avowed white supremacist senators during the Jim Crow era, for the express purpose of blocking civil rights bills.

    Sasse: Democrats weren't racists when they used the filibuster rule to defeat Tim Scott's policing bill last year; Says Democrats should stop calling it a Jim Crow relic. "Stop with the nonsense rhetoric"
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  7. Mar 23

    If you believe that the right to buy an assault rifle (that no one needs) somehow outweighs the rights of people to live and go about their business without fear, then something is seriously wrong with you.

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  8. Mar 23

    For the day job, I'm working on a high school language arts program, and last week wrote a lesson on slippery slope arguments and how they are invalid. Please see GOP senators as Exhibit A: 10 people just died, Ted Cruz is out here yelling about Dems taking away guns.

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    Mar 23

    After Sandy Hook shooting in 2012 bipartisan legislation requiring background checks for gun sales was supported by 86% of Americans & 54 senators but blocked by 46 senators representing just 38% of country This is why we need to abolish filibuster

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  10. Mar 20

    As one of my friends pointed out when I mentioned this, if I were a mediocre white dude, I’d probably just hold my hand out for that cash.

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  11. Mar 20

    I’ve only been teaching writing workshops in exchange for money for a couple of years, so I still do that, “This is my speaker fee, I hope it’s okay?” thing, and I need to knock it off.

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  12. Mar 20

    Maybe 5 years ago, a friend of a friend ghosted me when I sent her an invoice. We hadn’t done a contract, bc friend of friend, so I had no recourse. And I vowed, Never again!

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  13. Mar 20

    I’m better about this as an editor. I don’t edit a ton of fiction, but when I do, I make everyone sign a contract and pay me for my time, even if they are friends and family. Free work takes time away from paid work.

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  14. Mar 20

    I hate that women/creative people's time is so undervalued that I still hesitate before telling people my fees. But we all deserve to get paid for our work!

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  15. Retweeted
    Mar 20

    The story is always in the SPECIFIC, something we can see, feel, experience. It's never the conceptual. Because, sheesh, the conceptual does not exist. We made it up.

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  16. Mar 18

    Everything about this is amazing.

    I was just reminded of the amazing Mary Ellen Mark photos from this 1981 Life Magazine article about romance writers, so we simply must. I've rarely seen a group of authors so accurately captured.
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  17. Mar 17

    Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community

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  18. Mar 17

    Happy St. Patrick's Day! Erin go bragh! 🇮🇪🍀

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    Mar 16

    Trading this for the ability to actually pass bills like voting rights seems like an easy call. If McConnell's tactics become truly onerous, Dems can always pass further reforms to end obstruction. McConnell's goal is to make government fail, Dems' goal should be to make it work.

    McConnell on preserving the filibuster: "Nobody serving in this chamber can even begin, can even begin to imagine what a completely scorched earth Senate would look like." So much Senate work, he points out, requires UC that could be denied in a "post-nuclear Senate"
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  20. Mar 15

    Exuberant New 'In The Heights' Trailers Are What We Need Until Its June 18th Release via

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  21. Mar 14

    I just splurged and bought a cute dress online. I'm viewing it as aspirational. Someday soon, I will change out of my sweatpants and venture into the world looking fabulous!

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