Podcast appearances and mentions of katie proctor

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are sharing their favorite reads of 2024. This year, we have two lists: favorite reading experiences and favorite books. With so many great reading experiences of… not so great books, we had to differentiate. We had some very surprising mentions, and no overlaps this year! *Reading experiences are interspersed throughout the episode this year, and those are labeled with “RE” Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  3:20 - Our Yearly Reading Overview 3:36 - Meredith Read 137 books total, 11% were 5 star reads 6:15 - Kaytee read 230 books total, 10% were 5 star reads 6:52 - 25% non fiction for Kaytee, 14% non fiction for Meredith 10:30 - Both read 60% backlist for the year 14:10 - Kaytee's biggest recommendation source was Katie Proctor 15:05 - Meredith's number one recommendation source was Elizabeth Barnhill 15:17 - @mother.horror on Instagram 16:25 - Kaytee's top publishing houses were Berkely and W.W. Norton 16:38 - Meredith's top publishing house was Minortaur, followed by Tor and Atria 19:05 - Currently Reading Patreon 20:00 - Our Top Reads of 2024 21:02 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Meredith RE) 21:13 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 23:07 - Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner (Kaytee RE) 23:33 - Currently Reading Patreon 24:36 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Meredith #10) 25:35 - River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Kaytee #10) 25:30 - CR Season 7: Episode 10 26:35 - The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden (Meredith #9) 26:52 - The Booker Prize 28:10 - High Tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee #9) 28:22 - CR Season 6: Episode 44 29:34 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Meredith RE) 29:36 - The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan 31:47 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Kaytee RE) 32:46 - The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland (Meredith #8) 34:14 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman (Kaytee) 34:17 - CR Season 7: Episode 14 35:02 - The Mars House by Natasha Pulley (Meredith #7) 36:39 - Charter Books 36:44 - A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (Kaytee #7) 36:48 - CR Season 6: Episode 36 40:31 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes (Kaytee's Favorite protagonist) 41:11 - The Odyssey by Homer (Kaytee's Least Favorite protagonist) 42:42 - The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller (Merdith's Least Favorite protagonist) 44:10 - Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (Meredith's favorite protagonists) 44:27 - The Stand by Stephen King 46:19 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett (Meredith #6) 48:21 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett 48:34 - Family Family by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee #6) 48:50 - CR Season 6: Episode 34 49:48 - The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Meredith #5) 51:24 - The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon (Kaytee #5) 53:41 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett (Meredith RE) 55:22 - “In person bookish delight” (Kaytee RE) 55:32 - Roscoe Books 55:40 - Boswell Books 55:48 - The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher 55:50 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley 56:38 - Confessions by Kanae Minato (Meredith #4) 58:38 - James by Percival Everett (Kaytee #4) 58:40 - CR Season 6: Episode 39 58:43 - National Book Award 58:50 - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 1:00:03 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith #3) 1:02:58 - An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (Kaytee #3 - The whole series) 1:02:58 - A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir 1:02:58 - A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir 1:02:58 - A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir 1:03:06 - CR Season 7: Episode 5 1:05:42 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Meredith RE) 1:06:25 - “Letting myself get swept away by series: (Kaytee RE) 1:06:36 - Swift and Saddled by Lyla Sage 1:06:38 - Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage 1:06:39 - Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage 1:07:25 - The Stand by Stephen King (Meredith #2) 1:09:35 - Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel 1:10:12 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune (Kaytee #2) 1:10:15 - CR Season 6: Episode 35 1:12:34 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Meredith #1) 1:14:44 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Kaytee #1) 1:18:31 - Currently Reading Patreon Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. January's IPL is a special episode in partnership with All Things Murderful and a total mystery and thriller stack from Fabled Bookshop in Waco, Texas! Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing: An Ask Us Anything Episode!: You asked, and we answered! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  2:30 - Ask Us Anything What was the first book that got you hooked into reading? 3:00 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Mary) 4:59 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (Roxanna) 7:07 - Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle (Kaytee) 7:39 - The Witches by Roald Dahl (Kyatee) 8:26 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Meredith) If you could only recommend one book to read for the rest of your life, what book would that be? 10:09 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher (Roxanna) 10:17 - Circe by Madeline Miller (Mary) 10:29 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle (Kaytee) 10:36 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman (Meredith) What is the book you ACTUALLY recommend the most to people? 11:03 - This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Mary) 11:10 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Kaytee) 11:19 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (Meredith) 11:32 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Roxanna) 11:44 - The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers (Roxanna) If you were to do a podcast about something unrelated to books, what would it be? 12:26 - Homeschooling (Kaytee) 13:13 - The joy of being a novice (Mary) 15:11 - Style in the everyday (Roxanna) 17:52 - All things Enneagram (Meredith) What is your favorite beverage to have while reading?  19:55 - I'm a seltzer girlie (Mary) 20:27 - Very cold ice water with crunchy ice (Kaytee) 21:45 - Masala Chai (Roxanna) 22:18 - Coffee, preferably Texas Pecan (Meredith) How many hours a week do you spend reading? 23:36 - I aim for an hour a day (Mary) 26:09 - Ideally an hour or two a day, but sometimes it's 15 minutes at that's ok (Roxanna) 28:38 - Around 10 hours a week (Kaytee) 29:23 - Between 90 minutes and 2 hours on the weekdays, and 4 hours total on the weekends (Meredith) If you could only read one genre for the next year, which would it be? 30:33 - Romance (Kaytee) 30:51 - Women's Fiction (Roxanna) 32:27 - Mystery - but not gory or true crime (Mary) 33:47 - Historical Fiction (Meredith) 34:50 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett What turns you off of a book almost immediately? 36:22 - Second person narration (Meredith) 35:35 - The miscommunication trope. Go to therapy. (Mary) 36:43 - The lack of quotation marks (Kaytee) 36:55 - Characters that make bad decisions but everyone thinks its fine (Roxanna) How do you feel about books people recommend to you? 38:29 - I feel like I always do. If you rec it, I won't read it. It's all in my head. (Kaytee) 40:08 - IRL I don't have many bookish friends so I get a lot of “hot” book recs which I don't read. So I just say “Oh yeah maybe I'll pick that up!”... and never do. (Roxanna) 40:55 - If from bookish friends or CR listeners, I will take it under advisement and check Goodreads to see if I'd like it. (Mary) 42:44 - I love when people send recommendations. (Meredith) 44:03 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Where are you when recording an episode of Currently Reading? 45:03 - In my small walkin closet because the audio is the best here. I'm located in Toronto. (Roxanna) 45:39 - At my basement therapy office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Mary) 46:05 - Normally i'm in my bedroom in Gilbert, Arizona but today I am in Colorado for a family reunion in a guest bedroom/office. (Kaytee) 44:46 - I always record on the floor of my closet. (Meredith) What are the mechanics of us scheduling recordings? 48:09 - SPREADSHEETS! (Kaytee) How do you come up with deep dive topics? 49:55 - A mixture of places. Some come off mic in conversation. Some get emailed or dm'd. Some get brought up in the bookish friends group. If we think of one ourselves, we just pop them into the spreadsheet. (Meredith) What is your number one bookish recommendation source? 51:57 - A single person would be Katie Proctor but a broader source is the Indie Press List (Kaytee) 52:28 - Instagram (Mary) 53:20 - Backlist podcasts (Roxanna) 54:03 - Elizabeth Barnhill with 19% of my recs so far this year (Meredith) Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. July's IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia! All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

First-time guest Katie Proctor joins us to kick off our coverage of Eurovision 2024 Semi Final 2! We explore the full range of revamps with this week's set, including lyrics tweaks, remastering, and translation. Were the changes made by Czechia, Albania, Norway, Malta, and Latvia successful? Oops! All Revamps Summary Welcome, Katie Proctor! (0:42)

Awesomes, have you noticed that 2023 is just killing it when it comes to amazing new book releases?! Meg is joined by Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor, and they have so MANY books to discuss! From memoir to essay collections to literary fiction and all kinds of genres in-between, there's something on this list for every reader. Not a Super Star yet? Today is a great day to become one! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: *Green Chef: Go to GreenChef.com/60AWESOME and use code 60AWESOME to get 60% off plus free shipping *Rocket Money: Cancel unneccessary subscriptions with Rocket Money today. Go to RocketMoney.com/awesome.  SHOW NOTES: Meg's AotW: The Dating Detectives podcast Katie's AotW: Sex Education on Netflix KATIE'S LIST Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Congratulations, the Best is Over! By R. Eric Thomas Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan Shark Heart by Emily Habeck The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Tom Lake by Ann Patchett MEG'S LIST Tough Titties by Laura Belgray Failure is not NOT an option by Patrick Hinds True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren The September House by Carissa Orlando Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea MORE EPISODES FROM SORTA AWESOME: Ep. 408: The books that shaped who we are Ep. 461: The AWESOME LIST for Fall 2023 Ep. 456: Midlife with Mindy and Meg: The Ultimate Bittersweet Ep. 396: Beach reads round-up! You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to order her latest book Color Coded! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! This post may contain affiliate links, which means we receive a tiny commission from the seller at no additional cost to you, if you purchase from them. We only share products and services we have used, tested, and love ourselves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore the best books to read this summer with Meg and Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor, from buzz-worthy novels to inspiring non-fiction! If it's hot on TikTok's BookTok, you know Meg knows about it, and Katie brings selections for every kind of reader that you definitely want to check out in the summer months ahead. Looking for MORE Sorta Awesome? It's a great time of year to become a Super Star! Get ad-free versions of Friday episodes, plus many, many hours of ad-free exclusive episodes created just for our Super Stars that you can download and binge right now! Plus text with Meg and the team and join our Super Star community on Facebook! Check it out at patreon.com/sortaawesome We've done your spring gifting season shopping FOR YOU! Check out the idea lists for Graduation 2023 in our Sorta Awesome Amazon store! Did you know Sorta Awesome is on YOUTUBE? You can watch full-length episodes on the Sorta Awesome YT channel! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: *OneSkin: Get 15% off with code AWESOME at oneskin.co *Caraway: Visit Carawayhome.com/AWESOME for 10% off your next purchase (or use code AWESOME at checkout) *Babbel: Get up to 55% off your subscription when you go to BABBEL.com/awesome SHOW NOTES: Awesomes! Find ALL the books mentoined in today's episode on Amazon or on Bookshop! Or use the individual affiliate links included below! Meg AotW: Can We Read? newsletter by Sarah Miller Katie's AotW: The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D Schmidt Amazon | Bookshop LibroFM audiobook platform  MEG'S LIST: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Amazon | Bookshop What I Carry, Jennifer Longo Amazon | Bookshop Icebreaker, Hannah Grace Amazon | Bookshop Twisted Games, Ana Huang Amazon | Bookshop Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros Amazon | Bookshop KATIE'S LIST: Literary Books That Will Make You Feel Things: Go As a River by Shelley Read Amazon | Bookshop Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Amazon | Bookshop Pure Fun: The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley Amazon | Bookshop Nonfiction on the Lighter Side for Beach Reading:  Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May Amazon | Bookshop (also mentioned Wintering by Katherine May Amazon | Bookshop) The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine Amazon | Bookshop YA Goodies: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Amazon | Bookshop (also mentioned Lovely War by Julie Berry Amazon | Bookshop) Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley Amazon | Bookshop Fun, Frothy, and Spicy: Happy Place by Emily Henry Amazon | Bookshop (also mentioned Book Lovers by Emily Henry Amazon | Bookshop)  Yours, Truly by Abby Jimenez Amazon | Bookshop The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen Amazon | Bookshop What Else I'm Looking Forward To: The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate Amazon | Bookshop The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Amazon | Bookshop The Asventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty Amazon | Bookshop The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro Amazon | Bookshop MORE EPISODES FROM SORTA AWESOME: Ep. 442: Say this, not that! Ep. 441: DNG angst: the dreadful feeling of abandoning books Ep. 430: What to do when your reading life feels broken Ep. 408: The books that shaped who we are You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to order her latest book Color Coded! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! This post may contain affiliate links, which means we receive a tiny commission from the seller at no additional cost to you, if you purchase from them. We only share products and services we have used, tested, and love ourselves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you feel like your enthusiasm for reading has gone into a downward spiral, creating an un-awesome urge to turn away from books? Don't worry - we get it! This week, Meg is joined by books and reading regular Katie Proctor who is here to help lift your spirits and show you how book-lovers can avoid the dreaded reading slump. So grab your favorite reading snack and journey with us down this literary rabbit hole of tips, tricks, and inspiration! This is the PERFECT time to become a Super Star Awesome! Earlier this month, Super Stars Live featured a Spicy Book Show & Tell and hilarity ensued. You can catch up with the video and audio replays PLUS get access to hundreds of hours of bonus material, an exclusive Facebook group, and the texting number to reach out to the Sorta Awesome team! It's a GREAT day to become a Super Star! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: *Prose: Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today! Go to prose.com/awesome! *Babbel: Get up to 55% off your subscription when you go to BABBEL.com/awesome SHOW NOTES: Katie's AotW: The Source of Self Regard by Toni Morrison Inciting Joy by Ross Gay One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul Meg's AotW: AD Open Door Celebrity Home Tours on YouTube Liv Tyler's home tour BOOKS The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser (whole series) Cinder by Marissa Meyer (whole Lunar Chronicles series) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schafer A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The Salt Path by Raynor Winn AUDIOBOOKS Sign up for audiobooks.com using our link and get 3 audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Amazon | Audible Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile Amazon | Audible I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt Amazon | Audible Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir Amazon | Audible Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Amazon | Audible Daisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid Amazon | Audible MORE EPISODES FROM SORTA AWESOME: Ep. 408: The books that shaped who we are Ep. 385: Ten favorite middle grade reads Ep. 366: Best in books & reading in 2021! Ep. 279: The Enneagram explains your reading life You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! This post may contain affiliate links, which means we receive a tiny commission from the seller at no additional cost to you, if you purchase from them. We only share products and services we have used, tested, and love ourselves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From picture books read to us as children to our first visits to the public library to the school-assigned reading that ended up changing out lives, all of us can point to books that have made us the people we have grown to be. This week, Meg welcomes Sorta Awesome regular for books and reading Katie Proctor back to the show, and they each bring a list of books that have shaped the people (and the readers) they are today. Don't miss this conversation about their most meaningful reads! Come be a part of our Patreon community and join in our FIRST book club discussion of Tabitha Carvan's This Is NOT A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: the joy of loving something - anything - like your life depends on it.! You'll get exclusive content every month plus hundreds of hours of Super Star episodes to download and binge right now! And bonus - get our texting number so you can send us your thoughts anytime! Go to patreon.com/sortaawesome to become a Super Star Awesome! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: *Rocket Money: Cancel unneccessary subscriptions with Rocket Money today. Go to RockeyMoney.com/awesome. *Foria: Get 20% off your first order by visiting foriawellness.com/AWESOME or use code AWESOME at checkout SHOW NOTES: contains affiliate links Katie's AotW: Liquid IV Meg's AotW: Sephora #LIPSTORIES Lipstick Katie's list: Babysitter's Club Series by Ann M Martin Amazon | Bookshop American Girl Series Amazon Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech Amazon | Bookshop The Iliad by Homer Amazon Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Amazon | Bookshop One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Amazon | Bookshop The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares Amazon | Bookshop The Hurried Child by David Elkind Amazon | Bookshop A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Amazon | Bookshop Daring Greatly by Brené Brown Amazon | Bookshop Inspired by Rachel Held Evans Amazon | Bookshop The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Amazon | Bookshop Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Amazon | Bookshop Meg's list Face on the Milk Carton by Carolyn B Cooney Amazon | Bookshop The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Amazon | Bookshop The Road from Home by David Kherdian Amazon | Bookshop Beloved by Toni Morrison Amazon | Bookshop Complete Poems of ee. Cummings Amazon | Bookshop The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Amazon | Bookshop Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw Amazon Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning Amazon | Bookshop Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey Amazon | Bookshop Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosch Amazon | Bookshop Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr Amazon | Bookshop You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fire up those library cards, gather up those bookstore gift cards, and charge up your earbuds because if there's one thing we know our Awesomes love, it's summer reading - no beach required! This week, Meg is joined by books and reading regular Katie Proctor, and Katie has a whole list of readerly delights to look forward to reading, discussing, and loving in summer 2022! Looking for a summer podcast binge? It's a great time become a Super Star and get access to HUNDREDS of hours of exclusive, never-heard-before episodes! It's super easy to sign up at patreon.com/sortaawesome and bonus - get our texting number so you can send us your thoughts anytime! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Thrive Market: Join Thrive Market today and get $80 in free groceries. Go to thrivemarket.com/awesome! Fabric: Apply today in just 10 minutes at meetfabric.com/awesome Fuzzy: Go to yourfuzzy.com/awesome for a FREE 7-day trial membership Organifi: Go to organifi.com and use code AWESOME for 15% off any item in the store SHOW NOTES: contains affiliate links Katie's AotW: Native Sensitive Deodorant in Rose Meg's AotW: Rare Beauty Universal Strokes mascara Contemporary Fiction with Great Characters, Themes, and Representation: True Biz by Sara Novic Amazon | Bookshop Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Amazon | Bookshop The Guncle by Stephen Rowley Amazon | Bookshop Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Amazon | Bookshop MG: Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman Amazon | Bookshop NF Essays: These Precious Days  by Ann Patchett Amazon | Bookshop Love that Story by Jonathan Van Ness Amazon | Bookshop World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Amazon | Bookshop NF Memoir: I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt Amazon | Bookshop Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott Amazon | Bookshop V SPICY Romance: Book Lovers by Emily Henry Amazon | Bookshop A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera Amazon | Bookshop Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez Amazon | Bookshop You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What book whisked you away into the wonderful world of reading when you were younger? What book written for young teens do you find yourself recommending over and over? This week, Meg is joined by Sorta Awesome's books and reading regular Katie Proctor, and they are here to shout out ten of their favorites from the middle grade genre of reading! From monkeys in Oklahoma to a magical harmonica and all kinds of beautiful, heart-soaring themes in-between, Meg and Katie will get you excited to check out a middle grade book for your family or for yourself! Want to join Meg and Rebekah in the 22 Tropes in 2022 Romance Reading Challenge?! Come join the Super Star Awesomes and get the reading challenge plus hundreds of hours of ad-free episodes you can binge-listen to right now. PLUS! Get full access to texting privileges with Meg and the Sorta Awesome team! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Olive and June: Visit oliveandjune.com/awesome for 20% off your first Mani System! Framebridge: Go to framebridge.com and use promo code AWESOME to save an additional 15% off your first order Care/Of: For 50% off your first Care/of order of $40 or more, go to takecareof.com and enter code “awesome50” Billie: Go to mybillie.com/awesome to get the best razor you will ever own and for free shiping always! Zocdoc: Go to zocdoc.com/AWESOME and download the Zocdoc app for FREE then start your search for a top-rated doctor. Factor: Head to go.factor75.com/awesome120 and use code awesome120 to get $120 off SHOW NOTES: AOTW: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir Amazon | Bookshop Foodbelly.com MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Amazon | Bookshop Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech Amazon | Bookshop Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier Amazon | Bookshop A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat Amazon | Bookshop All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat Amazon | Bookshop Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan Amazon | Bookshop The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera Amazon | Bookshop Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls Amazon I Bookshop Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson Amazon I Bookshop Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Amazon I Bookshop When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson with Omar Mohamed Amazon I Bookshop Pony by RJ Palacio Amazon | Bookshop You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: too busy to read and leaning into non-fiction Current Reads: When Meredith finished edits on this episode, she called it a spicy meatball, and that's certainly true for our current reads. Deep Dive: What we do about backlist books that don't have the same standards as our modern sensibilities. Book Presses: a few middle grade gems that you don't want to miss As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:36 - Bookish Moment of the Week 4:26 - My Life in France by Julia Child 5:29 - Current Reads 5:45  - Isaiah Dunn is my Hero by Kelly J. Baptist (Kaytee) 5:55 - Novel Neighbor Bookstore 6:57 - My Storied Year by Katie Proctor 7:42 - Anthem by Noah Hawley (Meredith) 7:54 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley 8:08 - An Unlikely Story Bookstore 12:49 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam 15:15 - The Library At Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 19:06 - Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron (Kaytee) 23:02 - The Fine Print (amazon link) by Lauren Asher (Meredith) 28:41 - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb (Kaytee) 28:57 - Fabled bookshop 32:50 - Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard (Meredith) 33:00 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard 33:01 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard 36:18 - Deep Dive: When Backlist Gets “Cringey” 36:26 - Holli's Instagram @shelfsisters 37:14 - Birds, Beasts and Relatives by Gerald Durrell 39:06 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 39:42 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 41:13 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 44:02 - Forever by Judy Blume 44:35 - Are You There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume 45:44 - Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben 52:28 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 52:58 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 53:18 - Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene 55:42 - email us at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com 55:51  - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 56:05 - My Storied Year by Katie Proctor (Kaytee) 56:21 - Isaiah Dunn is my Hero by Kelly J. Baptist 57:28 - The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty (Meredith) 1:00:31 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

What was your favorite read this year? A novel you couldn't put down? A collection of poetry that challenged or comforted you? A memoir you can't stop thinking about? Join Meg and Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor as they relive 2021 through the books that stood out from the rest! From children's books to non-fiction selections to romance to books worth the buzz, they bring you the best from the year, cover to cover!Wanna get in on that texting fun with Meg and the Sorta Awesome team? Come join the Super Star Awesomes and get the texting perk along with bonus episodes, ad-free episodes, a Super Stars-only Facebook group, and more!THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:ThirdLove: Go to thirdlove.com/AWESOME for 20% off your first purchaseBest Fiends: Download Best Fiends FREE on the App Store or Google PlayHeadspace: Go to headspace.com/AWESOME for a free one month trialLinkedIn: Post your first job for free at linkedin.com/AWESOMESHOW NOTES:Katie's AotW: Vanilla Bourbon CoffeeMeg's AotW: Reading journal set-ups from Cassie's Bookish Corner, mochibujo, A Clockwork Reader, readxchraKATIE'S LIST:NONFICTIONspiritual: Wholehearted Faith by RHE Amazon | Bookshopmemoir: A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K Barnett Amazon | Bookshopessays: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John green Amazon | Bookshophistory: How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith Amazon | BookshopFICTIONcontemporary: The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot Amazon | Bookshophistorical: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Amazon | Bookshopmythology: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Amazon | Bookshoprom/com: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Amazon | BookshopYA: This is My America by Kim Johnson Amazon | BookshopMG: Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk Amazon | BookshopLOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honoree Jeffers Amazon | BookshopThe Sentence by Louise Erdrich Amazon | BookshopA History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw Amazon | BookshopMEG'S LIST:NONFICTIONWhat is God Like? Rachel Held Evans, Matthew Paul Turner Spiritual: The Universal Christ, Fr Richard Rohr Amazon | BookshopMemoir: Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile Amazon | BookshopEssays: Broken (in the best possible way), Jenny Lawson Amazon | BookshopLet's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Amazon | BookshopSociological: The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker Amazon | BookshopFICTIONWomen's Contemporary: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Elle Cosimano Amazon | BookshopAlso in contemporary fiction: How Lucky, Will Leitch Amazon | BookshopHistorical: Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid Amazon | BookshopScience Fiction: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir Amazon | BookshopRomantic: The Stand-In, Lily Chu Amazon YA: Any Way the Wind Blows, Rainbow Rowell Amazon | BookshopMG: Starfish, Lisa Fipps Amazon | BookshopLOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022Finding Me, Viola Davis memoir (April 2022) Amazon | BookshopFinlay Donovan Knocks Em Dead, Elle Casimano (Feb 2022) Amazon | BookshopYou can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand!Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Emmy B and Kristen Smith discuss two newer middle grade novels by author, mother, and educator Katie Proctor. All three of us are passionate about the impact a meaningful middle grade book can have on young readers, as they navigate a diverse world and try to grow into great humans. Both of these books offer powerful characters and create an opportunity for increased empathy and understanding of the many life circumstances and stories we will encounter in our lifetimes. They help us remember to "just be kind."Connect with Kristen Smith:IG: @kristens.reading.nook

This is the time of year for freshly sharpened pencils, brand new backpacks, and books! And if we are talking books and reading, you know that Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor is back! This week, Meg and Katie have a whole list filled with inspiration for that back to school mood. From middle grade books that can't stop gushing about to young adult picks of all kinds to the books from their own school days that they remember fondly, they have something for EVERYONE in this conversation!We are THRILLED to announce that our latest Super Star perk is texting with us! Through the Community app, we are able to send texts to our community and communicate back and forth via texting. No bots, no AI, just your friends at Sorta Awesome texting you!When you sign up to become a Super Star supporter of Sorta Awesome on Patreon, you'll get access to texting, over 150 bonus episodes to download and binge, new monthly episodes created just for our Super Stars (including our Sorta Spicy series!), and access to our exclusive Facebook group. All for $5/month!Sign up to become a Super Star Awesome here!THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:Headspace: Go to headspace.com/AWESOME for a free one month trialGrove: Get a FREE starter set with your first order at grove.com/AWESOMEZocdoc: Go to zocdoc.com/AWESOME and download the Zocdoc app to sign up for free and book a top-rated doctor.LinkedIn: Post your first job for free at linkedin.com/AWESOMEAmerican Girl: Get a one time 15% off your order of Bitty Baby products with promo code AWESOME at americangirl.comSHOW NOTES:Katie's AotW: Broken Horses (memoir by Brandi Carlile) Amazon | BookshopMeg's AotW: Chameleon: High RollersClassics:Harry Potter Amazon | BookshopAnne of Green Gables Amazon | BookshopThe Hundred Dresses Amazon | BookshopA Separate Peace Amazon | BookshopMiddle grade: Nevermoor series by Jessica Townsend Amazon | BookshopThe Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt Amazon | BookshopOkay for Now by Gary D Schmidt Amazon | BookshopJust Like That by Gary D Schmidt Amazon | BookshopRestart by Gordon Korman Amazon | BookshopThe Unteachables by Gordon Korman Amazon | BookshopTrack series by Jason Reynolds Amazon | BookshopThe Crossover by Kwame Alexander Amazon | BookshopOther Words for Home by Jasmine Warga Amazon | BookshopStarfish by Lisa Fipps Amazon | BookshopEl Deafo by CeCe Bell Amazon | BookshopMy Storied Year by Katie Proctor Amazon | BookshopYA:Simon Vs the homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli Amazon | BookshopThe poet x by Elizabeth Acevedo Amazon | BookshopWith the fire on high by Elizabeth Acevedo Amazon | BookshopLegendborn by Tracy Deonn Amazon | BookshopBellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia Amazon | BookshopThe Extraordinaries Amazon | Bookshop and Flash Fire by TJ Klune Amazon | BookshopThe Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness Amazon | BookshopAdult:Rush - Lisa patton Amazon | BookshopHouse in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune Amazon | BookshopYou can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand!Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's episode, Heidi interviews her bookstagram friend and author Katie Proctor about her new book, Hand in Hand. They cover the book and how it both tells a story and teaches middle grade readers a beginning lesson on civil rights, as well as chat about being moms and fitting all their writing and reading into busy days. Enjoy!Stuff We MentionThe Currently Reading Podcast, where both Heidi & Katie are Patreon supporters and love it.Puffin Rock on Netflix...the baby's favorite show!Books We MentionFind all the books we mention on this episode through this link.Shadow and Light: A Journey Into Advent, by Tsh OxenreiderMy Storied Year, by Katie ProctorHand in Hand, by Katie ProctorProject Hail Mary, by Andy WeirSouls of Poor Folk, by Alexander IrvineMy Lady of the Chimney Corner, by Alexander IrvineFour Hundred Souls, edited by Ibram X Kendi & Keisha N BlaineThe Movie Heidi Was Talking About...is called No More Baths, and while she can't vouch for whether it's problematic, outdated, or even if the acting is good, in her very fuzzy memory it was a great introduction to civil rights, property rights, and race relationships for a young student.Read more of Katie's writing on her blog, or get in touch with her @katieproctorwritesandreads on Instagram. Order a copy of My Storied Year or Hand in Hand from your local Indie bookstore, or on Bookshop.org.Get in touch with us to talk books @westmorelandpodcast, or email westmorelandpodcast@gmail.com.Our next episode is scheduled for July 9th. Happy reading!Affiliate disclaimer: all our affiliate links are for abebooks.com...your cost stays the same, but the little kickback from your purchases through our links supports the podcast and helps us keep recording!

Eat the storms Reuters for a new season with a special Pride Poetry Party featuring Anne Walsh Donnelly, David Hanlon, Ciara Ní É, Jeremy Dixon, Katie Proctor, Jude Marr, Sue Finch, Day Matter, Simon Maddrell, Mark Ward, Paul Stephenson and Elizabeth Gibson. With host and producer Damien B Donnelly

Summer reading season is in FULL SWING, and that means you are probably hearing about great books everywhere you turn. But how many of those books live up to the hype? This week, Meg is joined by Sorta Awesome Regular and author Katie Proctor, and they are here to give you the rundown on which recent books getting lots of buzz actually live up to all the hype! Plus a fun summer beauty pick and vicarious travel in Awesome of the Week! BECOME A SORTA AWESOME SUPER STAR! This summer, treat yourself to our exclusive Patreon content and catch up on our latest Sorta Spicy series, enjoy monthly Awesome Overflow episodes and hang with other Super Stars in our Facebook community!THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:Moink: Go to Moinkbox.com/AWESOME to get FREE bacon for a year Bombas: Go to bombas.com/AWESOME and get 20% off your first purchaseBrightside: Go to brightside.com/AWESOME and take your free mental health assessment and get up to one hundred dollars credit on your first month of treatmentZocdoc: Go to zocdoc.com/AWESOME and download the Zocdoc app to sign up for free and book a top-rated doctor.SHOW NOTES:Katie's AotW: Thrive Causemetics Brilliant Eye BrightenerMeg AotW:Vicarious VoyagerWeDoFunThings on TikTok @rooftopreviewsAdult contemporary fiction:A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Amazon | BookshopSong of Achilles by Madeline Miller Amazon | BookshopCirce by Madeline Miller Amazon | BookshopOlympus, TX by Stacey Swann Amazon | BookshopMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Amazon | BookshopThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Amazon | BookshopDaisy Jones and the Six also by TJR Amazon | BookshopOne, Two, Three by Laurie Frankel Amazon | BookshopProject Hail Mary, Andy Weir Amazon | BookshopThe Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave Amazon | BookshopNon-fiction:Broken, Jenny Lawson Amazon | BookshopLive Your Life, Amanda Kloots Amazon | BookshopMiddle Grade:Hand in Hand, Katie Proctor Amazon | BookshopAmari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston Amazon | BookshopJust Like That by Gary D. Schmidt Amazon | BookshopMentioned:The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt Amazon | BookshopOkay for Now, Gary D. Schmidt Amazon | BookshopYoung Adult:A Pho Love Story by Loan Le Amazon | BookshopFirekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Amazon | BookshopTokyo Ever After, Emiko Jean Amazon | BookshopYou can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand!Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter!Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

How excited are we? Pretty dang excited! Today, Mindy & Rachel present the first Bookend Homeschoolers Summer Reading Guide! We have so many fantastic books for you: Middle Grade and Young Adult! As usual, we start with our Homeschooling Moments of the Week… this week has a gross one to lead off. You've been warned. In our Make It Personal section, we give the teachers their summer books! Episode 38 ends with some encouragement and a hack! Don't forget to download your Summer Reading Guide Part 1 PDF! 1:19 Homeschooling Moments of the Week 3:38 (skip Rachel's gross HSMotW) 5:12 Topic Talk: Summer Reading Guide (Part 1) Middle Grade 6:05 Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston 7: 10 Warrior Cats #1 Into the Wild by Erin Hunter 8:08 Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld 8:58 Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez 9:15 Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan 11:25 Hand in Hand by Katie Proctor 12: 40 Book Scavenger by Jennifer Bertram 14: 27 High School/Young Adult 14:31 Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald 15:46 Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 17:21 Cinder by Marissa Meyer 18:56 Scarlet by Marissa Meyer   19:23 Wizard for Hire by Obert Skye 20:38 The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon 24:10 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 25: 20 Synopsis of Project Hail Mary… we think you should skip this, but… your call 25:46 Back to Project Hail Mary raving 26:02 Make It Personal 26:13 Near Bookends 26:28 Marley and Me by John Grogan 26: 56 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 28:19 Far Bookends 28:39 The Chosen by Chaim Potek 30:25 What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 32:00 Part 2… of our Summer Reading Guide in Ep 39! 32:20 Take This With You Bookend Homeschoolers on Instagram Mindy at gratefulforgrace Rachel at colemountainhomeschool Get your PDF Bookend Homeschoolers site Come back for Episode 39 for our Part 2 Summer Reading Guide! (Amazon links are affiliate links to help cover the cost of producing the show. We are grateful for EVERY click!)

Pop the popcorn and grab a box of Junior Mints because summer movie season is here! This week in Watch, Read, Listen, Lifestyle updates, we have a mini-preview of movies coming out in June on both streaming platforms and in theaters! Plus the Awesomes showed up with some GAME-CHANGERS for your life. The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything, Fr. James MartinHand in Hand, Katie Proctor(@katieproctorwritesandreads)Done Playing By The Rules podcastCarpenter Creek Cellars (Sara loves the Sunset Rosé)SMARTAKE parchment paperConscious Crop Bra, AthletaFitOn appFace shaverGiveInKindFree Assembly shorts(Go check out the Summer 2021 Capsule Wardrobe from Outfit Formulas!)FrSara neck cooling fan

We are thrilled to have Katie Proctor as our guest for episode 30! Katie is an author of two middle grade books, My Storied Year and Hand in Hand, and is currently homeschooling. Hear some great advice, tips, and insight into teaching reading! As usual, we also bring you Homeschooling Moments of the Week, ways to Make it Personal, and we end with encouragement. 1:29 (Some of) Our Favorite Read Alouds Ep 14 Bookend Homeschoolers 1:46 Sorta Awesome Show 2:05 My Storied Year 2:16 Homeschooling Moments of the Week 2:18 Waffles and Mochi 4:37 Topic Talk: Teaching Writing (from an author and homeschooling mom’s perspective) 8:20 Brave Writer 10:44 Story Cubes 14:15 (See Katie’s draft photo on our site!) 27:27 Hand in Hand 28:00 Make It Personal 29:35 Encouragement Mindy at gratefulforgrace on Instagram Rachel at colemountainhomeschool on Instagram Bookend Homeschoolers at bookendhomeschoolers on Instagram Katie Proctor at katieproctorwritesandreads on Instagram Sorta Awesome Show at sortaawesomeshow on Instagram

If there's one thing we never shy away from on Sorta Awesome, it's spilling the tea on our secret confessions! Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor is back this week, so she and Meg thought it would be fun to tell all of their bookish confessions, and they are sharing some from the Awesomes, too. Listen in to hear about the book that almost caused a break-up, judging books by their covers with no shame, and questionable sex ed. All of that plus an Awesome-authored new release and a documentary packed with nostalgia in Awesome of the Week!BRAND NEW SORTA SPICY ALERT! In March, Super Star Awesomes got the next installment in the Sorta Spicy series: Kelly breaks down purity culture! This episode is exclusively available for our Super Star Patreon supporters!THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:Billie: for 10% off of your new favorite razor, go to mybillie.com/awesomeLinkedIn: Post a job for free at linkedin.com/AWESOME EveryPlate: Get started with EveryPlate for just $1.99 per meal plus an additional 20% off another 2 weeks by going to EveryPlate.com and entering code awesome199Moink: Go to Moinkbox.com/AWESOME to get FREE ground beef for a year SHOW NOTES:Meg’s AotW: The Last Blockbuster documentary (Netflix)Katie’s AotW: Dear White Peacemakers, Osheta MooreSorta Awesome Ep. 279 The Enneagram Explains Your Reading Life 10 Things to Tell You: Ep. 17 Revisiting Flowers in the Attic Sorta Awesome Ep. 261 The secret things we learned from booksCurrently Reading podcastA Prayer for Owen Meany50 Shades of GrayRed White & Royal BlueWhere the Red Fern GrowsBridge to TerabithiaYou can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her book My Storied Year!Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter!

You know we are all about helping you understand YOU a little better here on Sorta Awesome! This week, we are exploring how your Enneagram type impacts your reading life! Join Meg and Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor for a DEEP DIVE into how the Enneagram might influence the books you read, the ways you read, and how much time you spend reading. All of that plus an incredible leggings discovery and a newfound podcast delight in Aweosme of the Week!AND! If you want even more conversation with the four original Awesomes, go check out the Sorta Spicy series on Patreon. The newest episode in the series is called "Covid Confessions," and in it, you'll hear Meg, Kelly, Rebekah, and Laura share their most heartfelt confessions of how the Covid pandemic has impacted their private lives. This episode is exclusively available for our Super Star Patreon supporters!THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:Billie: for 10% off of your new favorite razor, go to mybillie.com/awesomeBombas: Give a pair when you buy a pair, and get 20% off your first purchase at bombas.com/AWESOMEFirst Leaf: For six bottles of wine at $29.95 and free shipping, go to tryfirstleaf.com/awesomeSHOW NOTES:Meg AotW: Madness Madness! podcastBeyond Yoga Spacedye Out of Pocket leggingsPast Enneagram episodes on SA:Episode 12: Oh the Enneagram? It's awesome!Ep 194 Enneagram Q&AEp 132 Why are you like that? Enneagram and relationshipsThe Honest Enneagram, Sarajane CaseThe Complete Enneagram, Beatrice ChesnutCurrently Reading podcastYou can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her book My Storied Year!Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter!

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Westmoreland Podcast!In this episode, we  introduce ourselves by recapping our reading in 2020 as well as share some of our personal stories as readers. Spoiler alert: we have seven kids in our family and grew up overseas, so we have lots to talk about. We also recommend one book each and let our listeners in on what we're planning to read next. Don't forget to stick around for the outtakes...you never know who might show up!Stuff We MentionHeidi's reading journalsLisse's reading journalBooks We MentionArtemis, by Andy WeirPersuasion, by Jane AustenThe Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCulloughMy Storied Year, by Katie ProctorThe Wingfeather series, by Andrew PetersonHis Majesty's Dragon, by Naomi NovikAt the Back of the North Wind, by George MacdonaldLittle Fires Everywhere, by Celeste NgThings We ForgotHeidi forgot to mention that My Storied Year was written by her Bookstagram friend, Katie Proctor! Get in touch with Katie on Bookstagram @katieproctorwritesandreads.Our next episode is scheduled to release January 8th, 2021.Affiliate disclaimer: all our links are Amazon affiliate links...your cost stays the same, but the little kickback from your clicks and purchases through our links helps us keep recording and provide fun things (in the future!) for our listeners too!

Musician Ethan O'Mahony and actress Katie Proctor join us to discuss Ethan having not seen the film, fathers helping sons, Thomas Sangster, My Girl, the funniest line in the film, Ant and Dec, I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!, Strictly Come Dancing and top scenes from the film.

Today’s spoiler-free minisode includes a conversation between Kaytee and author Katie Proctor. Katie is the author of My Storied Year, her debut novel about a middle grade boy with dyslexia. This is the first time I’ve gotten to have an interview with someone I am already friends with, and it was a delight! Tune in to hear about: Creating characters from a collection of people Cover design and desires Middle grade authors who make us cry NaNoWriMo Writing groups for obligers Found family stories Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse. These are affiliate links, which kick back a small percentage of your purchase to the podcast, which helps support the show! My Storied Year by Katie Proctor Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart Captain Fantastic on Amazon Prime Clean Getaway by Nic Stone The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by Kate O’Shaughnessy A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman Connect with Katie: on Instagram at @katieproctorwritesandreads, on Facebook, or at her website Contact the show at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com. You can find Kaytee on Instagram @notesonbookmarks and Meredith @meredith.reads. You can visit our website at www.currentlyreadingpodcast.com

Each season of your life requires something different from your business. Each season of your business requires something different from your life.   Assessing your capacity in each season and setting up your systems and strategic hires to support your life + business in that season is what Clockwork helps you do.   This week on the Run Like Clockwork podcast, Clockwork rockstar, Katie Proctor, shares a tale of 4 maternity leaves. Before Clockwork, Katie Proctor and Elle Queen, Co-Founders of Wellevation HQ, each took a maternity leave. Now they are each taking their second maternity leave back to back after having Clockworked their business through the Accelerator program. Their experiences during their first and second maternity leaves are drastically different...for the better now!   Topics Katie + Adrienne discuss in this episode: How the experience of their first maternity leaves differs from their second How the right hire can change everything Taking capacity into consideration when defining the vision for your company and future growth Making the decision to focus on one bottleneck at a time The importance of metrics and the data-driven approach of Clockwork   We are so honored that Clockwork is “sanity-saving” (Katie’s words) for Ellie + Katie and played such a vital role in helping them feel confident during their maternity leaves, knowing their business + team is running without them while they enjoy their baby snuggles.   What is this season of your life requiring of your business right now? How can you take into consideration your capacity to inform what systems + hires you need right now? Let us know! Tag us on Instagram @rlclockwork   And as always, we’re continuing the conversation over in our free Run Like Clockwork Community! We’d love to hear your Clockwork questions and see your digital declutter projects!   JOIN THE CONVERSATION INSIDE THE COMMUNITY

This week’s episode of the poetry podcast is a celebration of everything pride with poets from the LGBTQ+ community sharing their voices. David Hanlon, Erin Russell, Grace Alice Evans, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Katie Proctor, Ryan Norman, Peach Delphine and Andreena Leeanne

Former guests Katie Proctor, Helen Mae Austin, Johann Joseph, Bryon Lockhart, Curtis Bloes, and Reece Ord join us again to look back at a few randomized minutes of About Time.

Today’s episode of Eat the Storms features 7 poets from The Hedgehog Poetry Press sharing their poems: Nigel Kent, Patricia M Osborne, Gaynor Kane, Zoe Siobhan Howarth-Lowe, Brendon Booth-Jones, Katie Proctor and Margaret Royall and of course I will also share poems from my debut collection Eat the Storms

Welcome to the Dare to Design Podcast with Karen Hilsinger.  In my first episode, I chat with Katie Proctor a UK based designer. She has built her business from scratch while still studying at university and has built a platform of over 3,000 followers in just a couple of months. She has worked with a variety of brands from beauty salons to food brands all over the world. Her motto is creating badass branding for female businesses and she is most definitely a badass. In this episode, we talk all about how she built her freelancing career while still completing her design degree, her sudden change in post-grad plans, switching her mindset from corporate to freelance, and how she balances the life of a freelance designer! Follow Katie here: @katieproctordesign --------------------------------- Where to Find Me Instagram: @daretodesign.podcast | @karenhdesigns | @karenhils --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daretodesign/support

Happy Pride Month! We made it just under the wire! Our special guest for this episode is Katie Proctor, proprietress of Portland's own Books With Pictures, a comics shop designed from the ground up to be LGBTQ/POC/women/newbie-friendly and inviting to all (even old nerds like us). While we prep Season 4, Katie was kind enough to make time to talk about 2000's X-Men for the second of our pre-MCU Marvel movie bonus episodes. How does the film that relaunched the superhero blockbuster hold up? What didn't age quite as well? And what does happen to a toad when it gets hit by lightning? Listen and find out! We support the following organizations, and we hope that you will consider doing so as well: Black Resilience Fund TransActive Gender Project Q Center Outside In Basic Rights Oregon Visit Books With Pictures online at bookswithpictures.com or in person at 1401 SE Division St in Portland (open hours vary depending on proximity to apocalypse). "Marvel by the Month" theme by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com.

País Reino Unido Dirección Ken Loach Guion Paul Laverty Música George Fenton Fotografía Robbie Ryan Reparto Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor, Nikki Marshall, Harriet Ghost, Linda E Greenwood, Alfie Dobson, Mark Birch, Ross Brewster, Julian Ions, Charlie Richmond, Brad Hopper, Mark Burns, Stephen Clegg, Norman Sansom, Jack Berry Sinopsis Ricky (Kris Hitchen) y su familia han estado peleando para salir adelante económicamente desde la crisis de 2008. Un día se presenta una nueva oportunidad cuando aparece una brillante furgoneta antigua, ofreciendo a la familia la posibilidad de crear su propio negocio. Sin embargo, la tarea no será fácil, especialmente debido al trabajo de su mujer (Debbie Honeywood) como cuidadora. Aunque los lazos de la familia son muy fuertes, pronto aparecerán las primeras fisuras...

With great father-son banter, Tim learns that he can travel in time. And we are joined by special guest Katie Proctor.

We are counting down the days when we can see our friends at Planet Comicon in Kansas City, but before that, we have another con to tell you about.  With the postponement of Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, originally scheduled for March 12-15, the comic community in the Pacific Northwest was left wondering what to do next? For many creators and vendors, they were counting on ECCC as a source of income. For fans, this was an event that they had been planning on attending for some time. So the brilliant team at PDXComicsArts.com decided to put on a comic convention in Portland, hosted at different comic book stores around the city. Within hours of the ECCC announcement, PDX Pop Up Con was up and running. We sat down with Indigo Kelleigh from PDXComicsArts.com and Katie Proctor with Books With Pictures to discuss what it takes to put together a city-wide con in just one week. While we cover a lot of content on the show, this is a fast-moving con, so please click the link above to get the most up-to-date info for the PDX Pop Up Con. As a reminder, make plans to attend the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! panel at Planet Comicon on March 20 at 7:30 PM. We will be in 2505A talking comics, playing games, and giving away great prizes. We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you've been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

Season Two of Marvel by the Month ends with an interconnected story that sends shockwaves throughout every corner of the embryonic Marvel Universe! Marvel Comics guru Douglas Wolk joins us live at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR to untangle the threads of an epic that includes the dissolution of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Fantastic Four's worst defeat, and the complete transformation of The Avengers! Special thanks to: Douglas for joining us on stage; Katie Proctor for hosting us at her incredible comics shop; JL Watkins for audio production and engineering; Sara and Jack Stratton for merch tabling; Barb Allen, Katie, and Douglas for the live musical performance. Subscribe to Douglas Wolk's incredible Marvel Unlimited daily book club and forum, The 616 Society, at https://www.patreon.com/douglaswolk Reading List: Fantastic Four #38, Avengers #16, Tales to Astonish #67, Tales of Suspense #65, Journey Into Mystery #116, Amazing Spider-Man #24, Sgt. Fury #18, Strange Tales #132, X-Men #11, ©1965 Marvel Comics. "Marvel by the Month" theme by Robb Milne. Performed live by Barb Allen, Robb Milne, Katie Proctor, and Douglas Wolk. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com.

You Missed it? Podcast is at the 38th annual Vancouver International Film Festival. Jack and Zach are once again back VIFF; Today's episodes they discuss the drama, "Sorry We Missed You." Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, The film follows a delivery driver, Ricky and his family living in Newcastle, as they struggle to pay off increasing debt, dealing with unforgiving working conditions, and a family that's drifting farther apart. Directed by Ken Loach, written by Paul Laverty, and starring Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, and Katie Proctor. For more access to You Missed it? content, visit: Facebook: www.facebook.com/YouMissedIt/ Twitter: twitter.com/ymi_podcast Instagram: YMI_Podcast Soundcloud: @youmisseditpodcast Apple Music: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/you-m…-it/id1300461379 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4tp0AdTgfZR…_YTvOkBCfy-ikLQw Visit: www.viff.org for tickets and showtimes at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

This episode features the owner and operator of Books with Pictures Comic Book Shop based in Portland, OR. Shes a queer single mom rocking an MA in Science and Technology from Cornell, and shes also had a colorful career of different jobs. We will be diving into what Books with Pictures is as comic show and community space... Katie Proctor. My first time in the shop was for the one year anniversary. Then I followed that up with an event and eventually asking you to carry my comic in your indie creator section. These trips we becoming a regular thing to the comic shop for meet ups and for the environment. I've been lucky enough to meet new friends and collaborators from the meet ups and events at Books With Pictures . So I want to personally thank Katie and say how grateful I am to have been apart of the community that her store attracts and I'm so happy I got to experience that with my time in Portland. Books with Pictures - Comic Book Shop Books with Pictures is creating a store & community space for diverse comics. Backers get original artwork, pins, totes, & more! Books with Pictures is a new comics shop in Portland, OR, opening June 2016. Kickstarter:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bookswithpictures/books-with-pictures-great-big-move?ref=user_menu Website:  https://bookswithpictures.com/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BooksWithPicturesPDX/ SHOW NOTES  Follow us on: ► The Podcast:  ConversationswithCreators ► Twitter: @creatorswith ► Website: http://www.geeksrising.com Follow the hosts: LOGAN NAUGLE  Twitter:  @thatlogan Instagram: @thatlogan Comics: thatlogan.com ZACHARY ROSS JACKSON Twitter: @BossRossJackson  Instagram: @boss_ross_jackson MALCOLM RUSSEL-NELSON Twitter: @capnmalcolm     

We love supporting projects from our friends, so it was a big thrill for us to sit down to discuss the Books With Pictures Kickstarter. Cullen and Jerry spoke to Katie Proctor with BWP and Sean Wynn with Strange Solutions about the project. Books With Pictures is a mainstay in the Portland comic scene, providing a wide selection of books promoting inclusivity and diverse representation. With weekly events, BWP is more than just a bookstore - it's an anchor in their community. An opportunity presented itself for Katie to relocate BWP to a larger historic building just down the street from their current location. That part is done, but the real work comes with finishing the store relocation. The Kickstarter will cover the remodel costs, new store fixtures and other relocation expenses. In return, there is some INCREDIBLE reward packages, from enamel pins to original art to a custom-made Captain Marvel sweater. Tune in to find out all of the details and how YOU can help support this project, which runs until May 7.  But before you can tune in to the interview, we have our Pick 3 selections for books coming out next week. John and Jerry try to guess Cullen's pick for next Wednesday. Much like the classic TV show Name That Tune, we see how few guesses we can use to name that book.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you've been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

In this week's episode of Off Panel, comics retailer Katie Proctor comes on to talk about the experience of running her comic shop, Books with Pictures. Proctor discusses why she wanted to open a comic shop, the influence of other stores, her store's layout, creating an inviting space, inclusivity, her unique product offerings, what sells for her, how 2018 has been for her shop, figuring out ordering, what's working and what isn't, the impact of Fresh Start at Marvel, the loss of Saga, what she's looking forward to in 2018, what someone looking to open a shop should know, and more.

As the realm of influencer marketing expands and deepens, content creators and brands alike are no longer quite as satisfied with one-off reviews of small ticket items; they are looking to expand and deepen their relationships and campaigns as well. Deeper connections and integrated, longer-term campaigns mean increased value for brands, influencers and readers in terms of exposure, authenticity and education, which generally translates into better compensation. Winning all around! So how can influencers cultivate better relationships with brands, particularly the brands they most align with? For this week's episode of the Businessese Influencer Marketing Podcast, we're pleased as punch to sit down and chat with Katie Proctor and Elle Queen of Wellevation HQ about building meaningful, mutually beneficial brand relationships. Wellevation HQ is a niche consulting group that supports influencers and brands in the wellness industry. Along with other services, they act as agents for influencers— allowing busy creators who prefer to dedicate their time to crafting their content to pitch proactively and build mutually beneficial partnerships with their dream brands. You want to create not just a transaction, but a true relationship. -Elle Queen Tune in to hear Katie and Elle talk about: their work as agents for health & wellness influencers, and who they generally represent tips for crafting better pitches - how to stand out in a brand's inbox the social channels brands prefer current trends in influencer marketing recommended practices for influencers looking to build up their business how to report back on campaign results to establish ROI for brands We'd love to hear your tips and pain points when it comes to building relationships with brands—click on over to Businessese HQ and join the conversation! Resources: How to Land Better-Paying, Longer-Lasting ​​​​​​​Brand Partnerships (free webinar) The Influencer MBA Katie & Elle's website, Wellevation HQ Application for representation (applications are reviewed quarterly) Wellevation HQ on Instagram @wellevationhq and the WHQ Insiders Facebook group The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight If you liked this episode, you should check out: Master the Media Kit with Melissa Culbertson The Power of Pitching: An Interview with Jenny Melrose 4 Tools Every Blogger Needs to Market Their Business Closing Strong: Campaign Reporting for Influencers

Katie Proctor, Influencer Marketing Strategist and Co-Founder of Wellevation HQ, joins me for a radically honest conversation on running an online business. But don't be fooled, you don't have to be a small-business owner to love this conversation. We talk self-esteem, putting your creative self and heart out into the world, authenticity, handling rejection and so much more. I can't wait for you to hear it! Learn more about the show & join the facebook group at CorinneDobbas.com/HeartSpace

In this episode, I’m interviewing Katie Proctor all about influencer marketing, what it is, and how you can implement it, whether you identify as an influencer or a brand, we look at both sides and how you can use this method of marketing to elevate your existing business.   See the show notes

Katie Proctor, RDN and MBA, is on the show today! She joins us from Colorado, where she started her own business to help BA dietitians raise the bar. She's a marketing and communications guru, and took many nontraditional RDN job routes. She's real about easy is it to provide tips but how hard it can be to follow them yourself. We talk a lot about being an entrepreneur, connecting with brands and consumers through social media, and of course, real talk moments.  RD Real Talk Round Table announcement! Check out the RD Real Talk weekly newsletter for first dibs on promotions, and the new events page to register: heathercaplan.com/events  First up: Dietitians Taking the Anti-Diet Approach (10/5/17) Featuring Anne Mauney (Fannetastic Food), Christy Harrison (Food Psych host), Kim Hoban (KH Nutrition), and Robyn Nohling (Real Life RD) Listener question: With social media being so over saturated with various nutrition/ wellness accounts, how do you make yourself stand out? Katie provides a totally different perspective on this one, which I learned so much from! She's been on the marketing side, working with influencers (including dietitians) What do they look for and how can you catch their eye? She's on it.  If you do nothing else after this episode, follow her on Instagram! You get almost daily business tips and get to connect with a real-talking business strategist. It's good stuff.  Katie Proctor: elevatewithkatie.com | @elevatewithkatie (Twitter and Instagram)

In this week's Courage story, Katie Proctor shares her journey from a corporate marketer, to health & fitness coaching to where she is today -- helping fellow Registered Dietitians create thriving businesses. In this episode, Katie shares:How she faced the harsh realization that corporate wasn't for her, even after spending lots of time & money getting her MBAHow incorporating her own fitness transformation into her coaching powered her businessExactly how to get your partner on board with your business dreams, and the key to handling personal relationships as an entrepreneur The importance of sharing ourselves authentically, and what's at risk if we don't start hitting publish In addition, Katie and I jam on the idea of being brave for just 5 seconds at a time, and how we've both found our entire lives have shifted when we push ourselves to publish scary things.There's so much to learn here from Katie's ability to recognize she was "chasing next" -- next job, next degree, next pat on the back for doing a "good job". Today, instead of seeking praise and significance from large companies that may or may not validate her, Katie has built her own platform for sharing her message and she's carved out a space where she can be an influencer. It's a great story -- and next up, Katie joins me in Episode 23 to talk about finding your strengths and using them to create a business that's as unique as you are. SHOW NOTES:Fizzle - 5 weeks freeKatie's websiteKatie on instagramSteph on instagram

Have you ever found yourself wondering with questions like: "How do I figure out what I'm really good at?""What are my strengths?""How do other people see me?""How do I create a business that's uniquely me?"We've all asked these questions a million times over because it's hard to see ourselves as others see us. Sometimes when we're really good at something, when it comes easily to us, it doesn't even feel like a strength. The truth is, other people can't do that thing like you can. So in today's Clarity episode, we talk about exactly how to leverage "your thing". Here's what we get into today, and guys, it's a juicy one:Why getting better at your weaknesses is bad advice, and what you should do instead to grow exponentially Where burnout REALLY comes from, and how knowing + using your strengths prevents itHow to figure out what you're even good at in the first placeHow to use your unique strengths to differentiate your businessHow to take your top strengths & translate them into actual revenueWe also talk about a real example of one of Katie's big strengths, and how she made a shift in her business model to capitalize on that. After you listen, I'd love to hear from you on instagram: Do you think you should try to improve your weaknesses? OR is it better to cut your losses and go all in on your strengths? SHOW NOTES:Freshbooks - free trialKatie's websiteStrengths Finder 2.0 by Tom RathGive What Grows -- How to Avoid Burnout (Fizzle Show 200)

Do you feel like your constantly busy, but not sure if you are focusing on income producing activities? All too often on the online space, we get sucked down rabbit holes of time consuming tasks that don't drive any income in our businesses. How can we hold ourselves accountable?Katie Proctor of ElevatewithKatie.com has worked on both sides of sponsored posts as a brand campaign manager as well as a fellow influencer so she brings a unique perspective to the discussion of working with brands. Plus, her time management strategies focusing on income producing activities will blow your mind.Be sure to grab her free download HERE.Topics Discussed:Introduction of Katie Proctor of Elevate with Katie.Explanation of role of a pr agency when working with brands.What does a brand look for in an influencer.How can an influencer become an advocate for the brand.Do your due diligence and know what the brand is working on.Best time to send over a media kit.Importance of customization when reaching out to a brand.Know your audience by understanding your analytics.Expectations of pr companies when it comes to reach and pageviews.Best tip EVER on how to deliver on every single campaign.Importance of prioritizing within entrepreneurship.Time management strategies focusing on income producing activities.Projections for 2017Resources Mentioned:I make a portion of any sales made as an affiliate.Income Producing WorksheetWorking with Brands e-CourseInfluencer Entrepreneurs Masters ProgramClick to view: show page on Awesound

In this episode Katie Proctor, RD talks about how she has grown her business as an RD and brand strategist. Links: Show Notes Facebook Community Click to view: show page on Awesound

Katie Proctor's vision for a more inclusive experience in a brick and mortar comic book store. Her shop, Books With Pictures, is the latest iteration of a national discussion about women as readers and vendors.