Kat Spada 🖼️ is querying
@katexmachina.bsky.social
Writer & podcaster (@femfreq.bsky.social)
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I #AmQuerying my book club-ready speculative fiction novel PAINTED FLOWERS NEVER DIE. Here's my #AgentsGuide in case you're looking for a story about fame and grief and art and the feeling of being alive!
This was an absurdly fun episode to record...
To wrap up our season of Musical Mayhem, we traveled all over the world with EMILIA PÉREZ. This full-length #FemFreqRadio episode is available on Patreon only at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-bo...
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This was an absurdly fun episode to record...
I can't hear any of the music from Phantom without thinking of that little elephant shrew video
It's Andrew Lloyd Webber week in our Musical Mayhem season, and to turn the volume all the way up, we've selected Joel Schumacher's most renowned superhero flick, The Phantom of the Opera. Listen to #FemFreq radio at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-26...
October 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I can't hear any of the music from Phantom without thinking of that little elephant shrew video
I have to say, this may have been the most fun I've had recording an episode of FFR...
Halfway through our season of Musical Mayhem, we decided to dive deep into the shallow waters of 2021's DEAR EVAN HANSEN. This full-length episode is a special bonus available on Patreon only at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-bo...
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I have to say, this may have been the most fun I've had recording an episode of FFR...
Rewatching even a single episode of the most Obama-era cultural artifact is a psychologically challenging exercise.
Never has the micro-generational divide between Kat and A.C. been sharper than in their relationships to Glee, arguably the most influential musical series ever on television. Listen to the latest episode of #FemFreqRadio Musical Mayhem at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-26...
September 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Rewatching even a single episode of the most Obama-era cultural artifact is a psychologically challenging exercise.
(This episode was recorded before the Creative Arts Emmys were held, so we didn't yet know that Julianne Nicholson would, in fact, win an Emmy for playing Dance Mom on Hacks.)
ICYMI, in last week's #FemFreqRadio bonus episode we talked about the #Emmy nominations. Are you watching the #Emmys tonight?
You can listen to this bonus ep with a Patreon subscription or one-time purchase at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-bo...
You can listen to this bonus ep with a Patreon subscription or one-time purchase at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-bo...
September 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
(This episode was recorded before the Creative Arts Emmys were held, so we didn't yet know that Julianne Nicholson would, in fact, win an Emmy for playing Dance Mom on Hacks.)
I had so much fun talking about ~the self-destruction of masculinity~ for this episode! I can't wait until I get the chance to watch ALL THAT JAZZ on the big screen some day.
Is Bob Fosse's ALL THAT JAZZ the first *perfect* movie we've ever covered on this podcast? Even though the ending is foreshadowed from the opening scene, it still made our jaws drop... Listen to the latest episode of #FemFreqRadio on your favorite podcast app or at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-26....
September 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I had so much fun talking about ~the self-destruction of masculinity~ for this episode! I can't wait until I get the chance to watch ALL THAT JAZZ on the big screen some day.
Finished another revision on my novel and submitted to SmoochPit. Now, back at work on something I haven't looked at in over three months. Going from editing one day to drafting the next is so strange!
September 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Finished another revision on my novel and submitted to SmoochPit. Now, back at work on something I haven't looked at in over three months. Going from editing one day to drafting the next is so strange!
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For the first full ep of our new "Musical Mayhem" season, we watched (or rewatched) GUYS AND DOLLS. The gender dynamics in this movie feel like they'd be right at home in today's "trad wife" resurgence... Listen at patreon.com/posts/137177....
September 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
For the first full ep of our new "Musical Mayhem" season, we watched (or rewatched) GUYS AND DOLLS. The gender dynamics in this movie feel like they'd be right at home in today's "trad wife" resurgence... Listen at patreon.com/posts/137177....
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ICYMI: #FemFreqRadio is returning for a new season! In addition to the Musical Mayhem main feed episodes, Patreon supporters get weekly bonuses, like our latest chat about #FantasticFour and this year's summer blockbusters. Subscribe and listen at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-bo...
August 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
ICYMI: #FemFreqRadio is returning for a new season! In addition to the Musical Mayhem main feed episodes, Patreon supporters get weekly bonuses, like our latest chat about #FantasticFour and this year's summer blockbusters. Subscribe and listen at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-bo...
WAY too many things postponed the recording of this new season of #FemFreqRadio, but I'm so glad to be back podcasting again after all these months!
We're back from an extended hiatus in the Heavyside Layer to bring you an all-new season of #FemFreqRadio! Listen to a preview episode of the Musical Mayhem to come at www.patreon.com/posts/ffr-26...
August 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
WAY too many things postponed the recording of this new season of #FemFreqRadio, but I'm so glad to be back podcasting again after all these months!
As part of my library volunteering, I wrote a book for adult literacy learners through the CA State Library. They're not cheap, because they're made to be durable for use by tutors at the branches, but if you want one, you can scroll through and pick up a copy here: www.mixbook.com/photo-books/...
June 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As part of my library volunteering, I wrote a book for adult literacy learners through the CA State Library. They're not cheap, because they're made to be durable for use by tutors at the branches, but if you want one, you can scroll through and pick up a copy here: www.mixbook.com/photo-books/...
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With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of:
TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
June 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of:
TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
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In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
I don't *love* this bit of website traffic...
May 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I don't *love* this bit of website traffic...
I was having a great daydream about being rich and having a backyard with a pizza oven and having people over to make pizzas, and then I remembered that my dad won't be there (at the fictional pizza party), and then I started to cry. This was like, fantasy to grief sads in under 60 seconds.
May 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I was having a great daydream about being rich and having a backyard with a pizza oven and having people over to make pizzas, and then I remembered that my dad won't be there (at the fictional pizza party), and then I started to cry. This was like, fantasy to grief sads in under 60 seconds.
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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There is no literary world. There is, however, this interconnected mass of people who made similarly poor choices to pursue their dreams and are now pitching the emotional damage as art
May 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There is no literary world. There is, however, this interconnected mass of people who made similarly poor choices to pursue their dreams and are now pitching the emotional damage as art
Excited to be Currant Jam & Gelée zine's taste maker for the month of May. Check out the spotlight at www.instagram.com/p/DJcWRTtRH1F
May 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excited to be Currant Jam & Gelée zine's taste maker for the month of May. Check out the spotlight at www.instagram.com/p/DJcWRTtRH1F
#AmQuerying update... got my first R&R request from an agent today! It doesn't seem like a huge lift, so I'm definitely going to give it a try. It would involve a drastic change to the opening chapters, which of course throws me into a tailspin thinking about all the other queries out there. Nerves!
May 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#AmQuerying update... got my first R&R request from an agent today! It doesn't seem like a huge lift, so I'm definitely going to give it a try. It would involve a drastic change to the opening chapters, which of course throws me into a tailspin thinking about all the other queries out there. Nerves!
A #QuestPit peek at one of my WIPs… I've been deep in research on my historical romance, but currently #AmWriting a novelization of this pilot inspired by my own career shift from Hollywood to the zoo! ANIMAL INSTINCTS: this rom-com is much simpler and more grounded than my previous novel!
#W #A #R
#W #A #R
ANIMAL INSTINCTS: After a red carpet outburst a publicist loses her job and has to build back her reputation through community service & anger management. When she’s assigned to clean up poop at the zoo, she has to get down and dirty, bringing her unique skills to help the animal kingdom. #ScreenPit
May 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A #QuestPit peek at one of my WIPs… I've been deep in research on my historical romance, but currently #AmWriting a novelization of this pilot inspired by my own career shift from Hollywood to the zoo! ANIMAL INSTINCTS: this rom-com is much simpler and more grounded than my previous novel!
#W #A #R
#W #A #R
For #QuestPit I'm sharing part of the Agent's Guide for PAINTED FLOWERS NEVER DIE, plus an excerpt from @theblcklst.bsky.social's professional manuscript evaluation, which described the novel as having "strong commercial appeal."
I #AmQuerying this book club-ready spec fic w/ romance.
#Q #A #S #R
I #AmQuerying this book club-ready spec fic w/ romance.
#Q #A #S #R
![A text graphic that reads:
The Black List
PAINTED FLOWERS NEVER DIE by Katherine Spada
Professional Evaluation Excerpt
PAINTED FLOWERS provides an interesting perspective on how we memorialize and remember those we've lost, and what moving on means for different people; watching Maria interact with other [crash] victims' loved ones offers some deeply humanizing context.
The world of high art is painted with delicious specificity—the posturing, the inflated sense of self-importance!
The paintings are magical and exciting, so lush and sensory-driven, especially with the built-in game of trying to identify the paintings before the book itself does.
[Spoiler]'s cameo in particular is entertaining yet thematically relevant, without being too in-the-weeds so as to alienate the reader.
The prose operates in two modes: more familiar, commercial-leaning women's fiction, and then these detailed, immersive descriptions. This is also illustrative of what the book is doing as a whole: offering a simple, emotional, book club-friendly narrative, and layering magical realism over it.
This novel straddles the worlds of contemporary and fantasy fiction in a similar way to Matt Haig's mega-bestseller THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, or V.E. Schwab's equally popular THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, though the magic here operates on a smaller scale.
Magical realism has been gaining momentum since these comparative novels were published, and PAINTED FLOWERS' unique combination of both adventure novel and character-driven healing novel give it strong commercial appeal.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zw7aq27q3iased7dvij63rpy/bafkreibub47wd4jzkfiv7rq2de25pjavhyo4jfuioufs3xkkxtviatwbei@jpeg)
May 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
For #QuestPit I'm sharing part of the Agent's Guide for PAINTED FLOWERS NEVER DIE, plus an excerpt from @theblcklst.bsky.social's professional manuscript evaluation, which described the novel as having "strong commercial appeal."
I #AmQuerying this book club-ready spec fic w/ romance.
#Q #A #S #R
I #AmQuerying this book club-ready spec fic w/ romance.
#Q #A #S #R
Trying to watch Taskmaster for the first time, bc Zouks...
(idgi)
(idgi)
May 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Trying to watch Taskmaster for the first time, bc Zouks...
(idgi)
(idgi)
Her self-titled CD was so important to me when I was growing up. The song "The Jig Is Up" transported me through time when I listened to it. 💔
Shocked beyond words to learn of the passing of Jill Sobule, a great friend and frequent guest of FOW www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Jill Sobule, Singer of History-Making 1995 Single 'I Kissed a Girl,' Dies in House Fire at 66
Singer Jill Sobule, who made history with "I Kissed a Girl," which became the first openly gay song to break the Billboard chart's Top 20, died at 66.
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May 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Her self-titled CD was so important to me when I was growing up. The song "The Jig Is Up" transported me through time when I listened to it. 💔
I just love sequels!
May 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I just love sequels!
Recommend NORTH OF NORTH on Netflix for a sweet new sitcom!
April 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Recommend NORTH OF NORTH on Netflix for a sweet new sitcom!