Author Archives: Katherine Montalto

Straight From The Author 27: Deborah Goodrich Royce Reef Road

A Podcast I produced for MIWarren.org.

Listen as author Deborah Goodrich Royce discusses her new book, Reef Road.

When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two women—a lonely writer obsessed with the unsolved murder of her mother’s best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with their children—collide as the world shutters in the pandemic lock-down of 2020.

Recorded live at The Civic Center Library on May 18, 2023

Edited for time and clarity

2023 05 Sketchbook

abstract color pencil illustrations inspired by sliced fruit

2023 04 Newsletter

Some Highlights from April 2023.

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I will be making a zine of bird art based on the birth bird for each month this year. Here is the bird artwork for April and the bird art zine for April.

I’ve been writing poetry based on a mastodon  community of writers who share haiku prompts everyday. Read the haiku here. Print out a zine of the poems here.

Here is a flash fiction story I wrote called Klaxon based on a prompt of the same name. Print out a free zine of it here.

Zine libraries are welcome to print out my zines and put them in their collections. Please contact me to let me know.

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It’s spring here in the northern hemisphere. Get my art on t-shirts in my redbubble store.

Here are my newest Redbubble  designs:

2023 04 Birds 01
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/144154544

2023 04 Birds 02
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/144153336

2023 04 Birds 03
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/144202887

You can also find my art on stuff in my TeePublic and Society6 stores.

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Subscription Package
Here is the subscription box for April 2023.

If you’d like to support me on a continuous regular basis you can set up a monthly donation to my art supply fund. There are levels of regular donation you can contribute, everything over a dollar comes with rewards. If you’d like to make a one-time contribution go here.

All of my original artwork, writing, and music are available for purchase and for licensing. I am available for other creative services as well. See them here. If interested please contact me here.

 

2023 05 Haiku

penalty
missed by a minute
from a dollar to fifty
pay the parking fine

bear
if I were a bear
I would eat lots of honey
and sleep all winter

thaw
disappearing ice
from mountain tops and tundras
exposing dangers

sparse
minimalism
empty space filled with money
wealthy aesthetic

fasting
it’s not a life hack
it’s an eating disorder
with a PR team

renewal
forgotten again
subscription paid one more month
an unused service

2023 03 Newsletter

Some Highlights from March 2023.

I will be making a zine of bird art based on the birth bird for each month this year. Here is the bird artwork for February and the bird art zine for February.

I made sketchbook art this month with an xp-pen using fire alpaca. Print out a free zine of the art here.

I’ve been writing poetry based on a mastodon  community of writers who share haiku prompts everyday. Read the haiku here. Print out a zine of the poems here.

Zine libraries are welcome to print out my zines and put them in their collections. Please contact me to let me know.

It’s spring here in the northern hemisphere. Get my art on t-shirts in my redbubble store.

Here are my newest Redbubble  designs:

2023 03 bird 03
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/142173360

2023 03 sketchbook 02
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/141959155

2023 03 sketchbook 03
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/141876108

2023 03 sketchbook 01
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/141876108

You can also find my art on stuff in my TeePublic and Society6 stores.

During this weird time, new items have become available. . .

and you can now get my art on masks in my redbubble store and my teepublic store.

Redbubble now has fitted masks.

Subscription Package

Here is the subscription box for March 2023.

If you’d like to support me on a continuous regular basis you can set up a monthly donation to my art supply fund. There are levels of regular donation you can contribute, everything over a dollar comes with rewards. If you’d like to make a one-time contribution go here.

All of my original artwork, writing, and music are available for purchase and for licensing. I am available for other creative services as well. See them here. If interested please contact me here.

2023 04 Haiku

myopic
up close it is clear
distant objects appear blurry
light is misguided

quantum
minimum amount
a single quantum of light
discrete energy

seed ship
ghosts on a spaceship
tiny packages of life
who is left to tend

Faraday cage
block radio waves
better than a tinfoil hat
protective current

crater
a shallow puddle
now six feet under water
lost in a sinkhole

Artemis
forty thousand miles
sends real time information
from earth to the moon