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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 02/09/2026

Poor Willow has a wasp sting.

A blue-eyed white Siberian husky looking distressed with a teal bandage on her front paw

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 30/11/2025

We’ve gotten about 10 inches of snow so far today. The dogs are having the time of their lives

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 24/09/2025

I need to get myself a good one! Yep I rented one for a personal writing retreat and it was so peaceful

View from inside a dome house over a deck and the mountains

External view of a white dome house on a large deck

Night time view of an LED candelabra with a white Siberian husky and a woman’s legs stretched out on a bed

A white Siberian husky on a deck at night

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 24/09/2025

Pumpkin spice doggy muffins going into the oven! Swirl on top is blackstrap molasses, agave, and cinnamon #baking #authorswhobake #pumpkinspice

A muffin tin filled with pumpkin batter and a swirl of molasses and cinnamon on top

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 17/09/2025

Espresso machines are very good at that. Willow feels your pain

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 17/09/2025

I made some homemade strawberry marshmallows

White square marshmallows topped with freeze-dried strawberry slices

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 23/07/2025

Pecan fudge and unicorn fudge for the farmers market

Brightly colored fudge pieces in a floral box

Dark chocolate fudge pieces in a floral box

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 14/07/2025

So I’ve been looking into budget-friendly pro-grade stand mixers and finally got the one from Instant. And I LOVE it.

New gray stand mixer sitting on an oak countertop

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 10/07/2025

Stitch is ready for errands

A brown and white shepherd mix pants and watches eagerly from between the front seats of a minivan

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 10/07/2025

You can also make candied lemon, lime, and orange wheels! They’re so gorgeous for decorating cakes, giving as gifts, and making cocktails

A candied lime wheel in foreground with a baking rack of lime wheels behind it

A candied lemon wheel in foreground with a glass platter of candied lemon wheels behind it

A two-tier cake on a glass cake stand overflowing with whipped cream and decorated with candied orange peel

A top-down view of a margarita with a candied lime wheel and a candied orange peel spiral

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 09/07/2025

I zested 19 lemons yesterday to make lemon curd. I love my lemon curd process because it gives me fresh juice, curd, candied lemon peel that I dip in real white chocolate, and pectin! Anyone interested in learning as I do it? #lemoncurd #canning #bakers #lemonzest #sconesandjam #lemonmeringuepie

A whole lemon on a black surface with a zested lemon and a whole lemon in the background

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 10/03/2025

It's up!! I'm acquiring at Crazy Maple now across their imprints. I'm looking for all YA, adult romance & erotica, & big-hook adult fiction centering women on a mission. Needing ebook, first serial, video game, &/or vertical video rights! Want to chat? katebrauning@crazymaplestudio.com

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 06/02/2025

Stitch did this in one hop. Not even trying. 😂 And now he’s like, what

Brown and white dog standing on top of a kitchen table

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 31/01/2025

Willow continues to sit recklessly

White Siberian husky basking in the sun, sitting on the edge of a cement wall on a roof

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 31/01/2025

This is making me laugh so hard

Image of post that says:
@jamiOmckay
It is the 7 year anniversary of the most beautifully written paragraph in the history of the English language

looks ok:
I hate the muppets buz of the Pig girl, she was 7K disgusting, i hate her with my life, she doesnot leave the lizard alone

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 26/01/2025

Willow and Stitch are not actually dogs tho they are cats 🐈

A white Siberian husky sleeping on the top cushion of a couch by a window

A brown and white spotted dog sleeping on the top cushion of a couch by a window

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 26/01/2025

They chose these seats themselves by the way because I’m on the other couch 😂 They did finally all look at me.

4 big dogs all sitting on one couch looking at the camera

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 26/01/2025

When u try to get a good picture of the kids

4 big dogs sitting on a couch, two looking bored at the camera, one staring sideways at the wall and one yawning

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 21/01/2025

Kirkus and Booklist liked DINAH. It was a Bisexual Book Awards nominee--& the finalists were never awarded because of Covid. I think it's a good book. If you want to support a queer YA book, reviews & sales will make ALL the difference right now. Maybe the publisher will decide to keep it in print.

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 18/01/2025

Another entry in “Willow sits like a bisexual”

A white husky sitting with her hind feet on the arm of the couch and her front paws on the couch seat

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 13/01/2025

I'm finally using Bluesky for real! I write YA suspense about queer teen girls someone underestimated. I'd love to be friends with anyone passionate about fiction, baking, dog training, neurology, & trauma, esp. if you're a #LGBTQartist Photos: my dogs & hobbies! My stuff: www.katebrauning.com

Woman standing in the middle of a large collapsed cavern filled with red mud and water. Collapsed and broken boulders lay around her.

Author Kate Brauning, a blond woman standing in front of a bookshelf, holds up a copy of the novel The Ballad of Dinah Caldwell. An inclusive LGBTQ flag hangs in the corner.

A Scandinavian celebration cake, pale golden brown disks set on top of each other in descending size, makes a tower on a glass cake plate. Red and white icing decorates the cake tower.

A white Siberian husky in a service dog harness looks up at the camera with a passport and plane ticket in the foreground

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 11/01/2025

We are loving the Mexico weather

Large black and white husky on a roof patio sniffs the air, looking relaxed and happy

A white husky and a white and brown dog peer onto a neighborhood street from a rooftop patio

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 10/01/2025

Late lunch 😂 but good lunch

A red plate filled with sliced fruit, vegetables, and cheese on a black table

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 08/01/2025

Why is she sitting like this 😂

A white Siberian husky sits on a couch with her front paws braced on an end table

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 10/12/2024

Willow says she would like to tell you good morning ☀️

White Siberian husky smiles over the top of a computer on a desk

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 18/11/2024

I’m here! YA 🏳️‍🌈 suspense author & editor in publishing! Love talk nerdy with anyone who loves dog training, baking, intersectionality, travel, service dogs, books, reading, indie bookstores, libraries, all book things! And huge bonus if you’re supportive of LGBTQ people, polyamory, & trauma recovery!

Shelf of books with a copy of How We Fall by Kate Brauning centered—a green cover with a silver charm bracelet falling through water

Kate Brauning holding up a copy of The Ballad of Dinah Caldwell beside the inclusive LGBTQ flag standing in front of a bookshelf.

A white Siberian husky in a service dog harness sitting by her handler’s feet in an airplane

Three smiling people in dressy black clothing standing in front of a photography backdrop

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