Katzen Hill
Paranormal Urban Fantasy Writer
My Writing
This is a listing of everything that was published including poetry, short stories, articles in newsletters, editing work, and where my novels will be listed...eventually.
Page under construction...Might take a while to get everything posted.
Poetry
Ah yes, here is the evidence of the bad teenage anxst poetry we all seem to write; mine happened in the eighties. These are the three poems that were published. I'll eventually scan them and post them here.
Hill, K. "Love." Reading Area Comunity College 15 Feb. 1988: 4. Print.
Hill, K. "Love." Treasured Poems of America. Sistersville, WV: Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Inc., 1989. 58. Print.
This poem was originally printed in a four page local community college newsletter on hot pink paper. I'm pretty sure that doesn't count as a professionally published poem, but it is an example of how much my mom liked the poem she found crumpled up in a ball when she cleaned my room one day. She flattened out the paper and showed it to one of her college friends who worked on their weekly newsletter. They wanted to know where I had copied it from and were both surprised that I was the one who wrote it. Three weeks later, my mom showed me the copy of the newsletter with my poem in it. Don't you just love how people in the eighties were oblivious to copyright laws?
Anyway, everyone raved about the poem so much that people encouraged me to submit it into one of the poetry contests that you always see in newspapers and magazines. At the time, we didn't know how much of a scam those contests were. You're chosen as a winner, but then you have to pay $80 to $100 bucks to buy each lovely hardbound edition. It didn't matter to me at the time. I was just so excited to be a published poet at thirteen years of age.
Hill, K. "Mom and Me." What Are You Reading? RACC 1.1 (1988): 6. Print.
This is another college publication, but this one was first official publication by the student government, so they made a big deal out of it. I was asked to submit a poem about my mom who had just been elected to the government board. See, nepotism is not all bad. It's a cute little ditty about mom and daughter relationships.
Hill, K. "Warmth of the Sun." Reading Eagle 6 Nov. 1988, Musings sec.: N. pag. Print.
The Reading Eagle newspaper was calling out for local poets to submit work for their Musings section. They picked mine and printed it. There's not really a fun story there. This was just an attempt at serious poetry writing. Ha!
Hill, K. "Love." Reading Area Comunity College 15 Feb. 1988: 4. Print.
Hill, K. "Love." Treasured Poems of America. Sistersville, WV: Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Inc., 1989. 58. Print.
This poem was originally printed in a four page local community college newsletter on hot pink paper. I'm pretty sure that doesn't count as a professionally published poem, but it is an example of how much my mom liked the poem she found crumpled up in a ball when she cleaned my room one day. She flattened out the paper and showed it to one of her college friends who worked on their weekly newsletter. They wanted to know where I had copied it from and were both surprised that I was the one who wrote it. Three weeks later, my mom showed me the copy of the newsletter with my poem in it. Don't you just love how people in the eighties were oblivious to copyright laws?
Anyway, everyone raved about the poem so much that people encouraged me to submit it into one of the poetry contests that you always see in newspapers and magazines. At the time, we didn't know how much of a scam those contests were. You're chosen as a winner, but then you have to pay $80 to $100 bucks to buy each lovely hardbound edition. It didn't matter to me at the time. I was just so excited to be a published poet at thirteen years of age.
Hill, K. "Mom and Me." What Are You Reading? RACC 1.1 (1988): 6. Print.
This is another college publication, but this one was first official publication by the student government, so they made a big deal out of it. I was asked to submit a poem about my mom who had just been elected to the government board. See, nepotism is not all bad. It's a cute little ditty about mom and daughter relationships.
Hill, K. "Warmth of the Sun." Reading Eagle 6 Nov. 1988, Musings sec.: N. pag. Print.
The Reading Eagle newspaper was calling out for local poets to submit work for their Musings section. They picked mine and printed it. There's not really a fun story there. This was just an attempt at serious poetry writing. Ha!
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Short Stories
Short Stories
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Magazine and Newsletter Articles
The RivenSTAR
I was the Baronial Chronicler and Newsletter Editor for the Barony of Rivenstar from 2003 to 2007. Copies of those newsletters can be found on The RivenSTAR News Archive page. Since I didn't want to make it obvious that I was doing the lion's share of the writing, I used several pen names. Lady Katalena Izmaragd Ivanova (or some variation of that name) was my serious news reporter persona. Kaitlyn MacLoed was the snarky hip journalist who was always looking for a bit of good gossip.
NOTE: some of the pdfs of the issues I published are not on the website. I have the originals on my harddrive.
Below is a jpg of my favorite article. It was an interview with Fifi the Sheep. Obviously, it's all fiction since Fifi was a stuffed sheep used as a prop for the heavy fighters years ago. Even though she was just a stuffed toy, everyone in the barony spoke about her with such reverence and joy. When Fifi was revived after all those years to be used in a fencing competion, I thought it would be amazing to do her memory justice and treat her as if she was real. Everyone loved the article. Enjoy!
I was the Baronial Chronicler and Newsletter Editor for the Barony of Rivenstar from 2003 to 2007. Copies of those newsletters can be found on The RivenSTAR News Archive page. Since I didn't want to make it obvious that I was doing the lion's share of the writing, I used several pen names. Lady Katalena Izmaragd Ivanova (or some variation of that name) was my serious news reporter persona. Kaitlyn MacLoed was the snarky hip journalist who was always looking for a bit of good gossip.
NOTE: some of the pdfs of the issues I published are not on the website. I have the originals on my harddrive.
Below is a jpg of my favorite article. It was an interview with Fifi the Sheep. Obviously, it's all fiction since Fifi was a stuffed sheep used as a prop for the heavy fighters years ago. Even though she was just a stuffed toy, everyone in the barony spoke about her with such reverence and joy. When Fifi was revived after all those years to be used in a fencing competion, I thought it would be amazing to do her memory justice and treat her as if she was real. Everyone loved the article. Enjoy!
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The Pale
As well as being the Baronial Chronicler, I was also for a brief time the interim Editor of the SCA Middle Kingdom newsletter The Pale. I had loads of fun working on these two issues while a full time editor was roped into the job. I don't have the links for the full newsletters since this is paid subscription magazine, but you can look at the pretty covers.
As well as being the Baronial Chronicler, I was also for a brief time the interim Editor of the SCA Middle Kingdom newsletter The Pale. I had loads of fun working on these two issues while a full time editor was roped into the job. I don't have the links for the full newsletters since this is paid subscription magazine, but you can look at the pretty covers.
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Novels
Work in progress.