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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Ned, the little niddle in Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern. He may be a bit of a know-it-all but there’s no one better to adventure through worlds and time with. #booksky 📚💙 #fantasybooks #middlegrade

The image is of nearsighted, purple fuzzball Ned the niddle.

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hi #booksky friends! I’m starting a newsletter. It’ll be delivered quarterly and contain all kinds of things like: info about upcoming book events, release dates, River City Siren Press news, and exclusive Kingdom of Nern Content! Sign up in the link below: docs.google.com/forms/d/1HMT...

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

$67M is a lot but not nearly enough for the dangerous lies they spread.

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Never thought I’d hear my favorite baseball team #chisox name checked on my favorite podcast @theresthistory.bsky.social! Especially in an episode that included pedestrianism 😆

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

August Goals…what are you up to this month? #writersky #booksky 📚💙

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I’m so sorry I’ve been away a minute! I’m moving and I have FEELINGS about it. Is a new place fun? Sure! Is the packing and organizing and worrying about everything fun? Omg no. I’m an exhausted ball of stress and anxiety. Please send chocolate. #moving #lifeupdate

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Hi #book friends! Some exciting news about the upcoming #audiobook for Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern! @rivercitysiren.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

#writerupdate I’m past the halfway point in the first draft of book two! 🎉🎉🎉 #middlegradereads #booksky #amwriting 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I can’t believe it but Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern has been given a 5⭐️ review by #readerschoice and is a finalist for the awards this May! Beyond humbled by this review and so excited that people are connecting with the world! #booksky #writersky 💙📚

Silver Sticker with 5 stars. Denotes 5 star review from Reader’s Choice

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

As a Midwesterner, can confirm cheese has always been woke

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Yesterday at work a vendor sent an email stating they were imposing tariff increases effective 4/28. Today they sent a follow up “April Fool’s” 😐 Sir. Read. The. Room. #tariffs

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Writerly Update! Added about 1200 words to book 2! #wordcount #booksky #authorsky 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Hi friends! I got my first review from #kirkusreviews for my debut novel, Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern 🩷 #booksky 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Our feet are in the right place. Stand strong. Boycotts are working. Progress is frustratingly slow and we are up against real evil, but we can make real change. #resist #boycott #standagainstfascists

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

AHH I AM SO CLOSE TO ✨ 100 SALES ✨ OF MY NEWEST BOOK 👀👀👀 If you like fantasy romance, check it out! 🐺🤍 mybook.to/aBMB

Kdp stat bar showing 99 sales of The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden

Ebook cover for The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden; cover shows a shadow of a grey wolf above a forest that's dark green and black and foggy. text is gold and greyish-white.

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

What am I up to on a Saturday night? Oh, I’m just sitting here with my cozy blankets writing about mermaids. I love this #writerlife 💙📚

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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Might save a life.

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Growing up in a matriarchal family helmed by strong, confident women was and is a blessing. To all the powerful women who make the world a better, brighter place, I’m profoundly grateful for you and strive to be a force as brilliant and liberating as you are everyday. #internationalwomensday

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I’m on a bit of a #writing roll…1300 words added tonight! Let’s go!!! 🎉🎉🎉 enjoying this momentum while I’ve got it 😊 here’s hoping it sticks around awhile! #booksky 💙📚

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Email list for all DOGE employees Please ReSkeet!

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

#writing accountability post!! After tonight, I’m about 1/3 into this first draft of book two! 🎉🎉🎉 #booksky 💙📚

Picture showing updated word count at 15k

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

It may just be me, but has anyone else noticed a shift to the right on LinkedIn? I’m not on there all that often, but I checked it randomly this morning and saw more right wing propaganda than I have seen on FB in a while. What’s going on over there?

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Spent the weekend with my bestie in ATL. There were bad movies, belly laughs, and Bomb Biscuits. Also, trivial pursuit and bellinis because that’s very us. Just a couple of nerds doing nerd things. 😆

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 27/02/2025

Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business. We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Sunset over my city. The view from the plane was stunning 🤩 #chicago #homesweethome

View of Chicago skyline at sunset from an airplane

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

St Charles, IL area people - next time you’re in the area check out #TownhouseBooks! It’s an adorable shop and you can pick up your copy of Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern while you’re there! I’m thrilled to be on their shelves! #supportindiebookstores #booksky 💙📚

Announcement that Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern is going to be stocked at Townhouse Books

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Three cheers for independent bookstores!

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Mel B @feministmelb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Bring back kindness, decorum and manners, I beg.

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Hi friends! Had the honor of being invited as a guest on The Wandering Scribe! Check out the interview below youtu.be/OAlCjK7H6Ik?...

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The Wandering Scribe Author Interview: Middle Grade Fantasy Author Kate Mathos

YouTube video by Gabriel Garcia-The Wandering Quill

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

My hometown library is going to purchase my book to add to their collection! I wish I could go back and tell 8yo me that I’d be able to find my book at my library 🩷 It’s a dream come true. Libraries are magic #booksky 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Anyone else watching #Severance? Because I need to discuss immediately 🤯 To say the relationship statuses of those characters are “complicated” would be the understatement of the century

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Spending tonight #writing and contacting booksellers and libraries about potentially stocking my work 🤞 Wish me luck! #booksky 📚💙

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We fought a war to remove a monarch once. We may not have to line up with muskets or freeze at Valley Forge this time around, but we must fight a legal, moral, and political war to do it again. I will serve no king.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20/02/2025

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Hi friends! I had the pleasure of doing an interview for Indie Author Book Spotlight! It was so fun! Check it out below #booksky 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

My best piece of advice I can give to any new writer: Find your people. It’s hard and not every group you show up in will be the one for you, but don’t give up. Find that support and I promise this crazy book thing gets 1000x easier. To my #writer people, you know who you are, I’m so grateful 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Wrote 1200 words tonight. Finished chapter 8 and well into chapter 9. Not bad progress! #writersky #booksky 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I got my first ever book mail today and it included these ✨GORGEOUS✨ stickers that were in the pre-order box for Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern. Created by the incomparable @rivercitysiren.bsky.social and amazing artist Pilar Morfin. #booksky #bookmail 📚💙

Stickers from Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern.

Georgie & Sam & Lizl & Ned sticker on a water bottle

Adventures are better with friends sticker

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Had a very productive #writing hour this evening! Finished chapter seven of book two and things got way more feminist than I’d expected. Oh well. Gotta channel that rage somewhere even if I’m writing middle grade 🤷‍♀️#booksky 💙📚

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Napping as an adult goes one of two ways for me: 1. I can’t fall asleep. Still tired after I give up. 2. I slip into a coma-like state for hours and come out the other side…tired. And yet, I persist. Perfect nap I will find thee!

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Work travel is not my favorite thing - I’m often low energy for a few days afterwards. BUT I do love little moments like this sunset I saw from the airplane ❤️🧡🩵💙💜

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Kate Mathos | Author @katemathos.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

So I know it’s probably cringy to share a reader review here on my page, but this one made me cry (in a good way) today. Thank you to everyone who is reading and loving my work. I’m humbled and beyond grateful 🥹 a.co/d/0WXAPoQ #booksky 📚💙 #readerreview

5 Star Review of Georgie Karras and the Niddle of Nern from a reader

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