Kat Ellis
@katelliswrites.bsky.social
YA author of Harrow Lake, Wicked Little Deeds/Burden Falls, and other creepy stuff. The Devouring Light coming this Oct. She/her. https://linktr.ee/katelliswrites?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
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Huge thank you to @katelliswrites.bsky.social for a great #ukteenchat! Can't wait to scare myself up a copy! And of course to our host-mistress extraordinaire @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social 😊
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November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Huge thank you to @katelliswrites.bsky.social for a great #ukteenchat! Can't wait to scare myself up a copy! And of course to our host-mistress extraordinaire @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social 😊
Thank you for joining in! #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Thank you for joining in! #ukteenchat
And just keep going! #ukteenchat
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November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And just keep going! #ukteenchat
Also read as much as you can, in whatever format you prefer, because it works your story muscles even while you’re not actually writing. #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Also read as much as you can, in whatever format you prefer, because it works your story muscles even while you’re not actually writing. #ukteenchat
(Yes, that is a cat asleep in my desk drawer.) #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
(Yes, that is a cat asleep in my desk drawer.) #ukteenchat
Totally understandable. #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Totally understandable. #ukteenchat
I think it took me one book of pantsing to realise I wasn’t built to write that way! 😂 People who can write without an outline have my utmost respect but they also baffle me completely. #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I think it took me one book of pantsing to realise I wasn’t built to write that way! 😂 People who can write without an outline have my utmost respect but they also baffle me completely. #ukteenchat
Ellen Ripley is a lifelong fave of mine 🥰 #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ellen Ripley is a lifelong fave of mine 🥰 #ukteenchat
100% agree! And it’s so fun to create a world where anything you can imagine can happen. 😈 #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
100% agree! And it’s so fun to create a world where anything you can imagine can happen. 😈 #ukteenchat
The house is almost a character in itself, and seems to have a mind of its own… and Haden & co won’t like what it has planned for them. #ukteenchat
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November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The house is almost a character in itself, and seems to have a mind of its own… and Haden & co won’t like what it has planned for them. #ukteenchat
The bulk of the story takes place in a swamp at the bottom of a ravine, and within that there’s a dilapidated house called The Light, where MC Haden and the others find themselves trapped. #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The bulk of the story takes place in a swamp at the bottom of a ravine, and within that there’s a dilapidated house called The Light, where MC Haden and the others find themselves trapped. #ukteenchat
That’s interesting! I can’t even have a ticking clock in my house while I’m writing, I’m so easily distracted 😂 #ukteenchat
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That’s interesting! I can’t even have a ticking clock in my house while I’m writing, I’m so easily distracted 😂 #ukteenchat
My Name is Human by Highly Suspect makes me think of Deacon, one of the central characters (I based his description loosely on how singer Johnny Stevens looks in the video for that song). #ukteenchat
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November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My Name is Human by Highly Suspect makes me think of Deacon, one of the central characters (I based his description loosely on how singer Johnny Stevens looks in the video for that song). #ukteenchat
But there are definitely songs I associate with the story: thematically, Hotel California by The Eagles works perfectly.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
But there are definitely songs I associate with the story: thematically, Hotel California by The Eagles works perfectly.