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Kat is a novelist and short story writer. She writes every day and can seem to stick to a genre, having dabbled in historical fiction, contemporary family drama and romance, as well as speculative fiction. Kat is the creator of the Pencils&Lipstick podcast, a podcast for writers with author interviews, craft talk and insight into the publishing world. She is also a trained fiction and nonfiction book coach.

In between conducting interviews for her podcast and writing, you can find Kat traveling the world, reading, or volunteering with her church always with a cup of cold brew close by.

You can find out more about Kat on her website https://katcaldwell.com and follow her on Instagram @author_katcaldwell on Facebook @katcaldwellauthor and on TikTok at @katcaldwell.author.

Kat's historical romance: Aurora's Dilemma, Stepping Across the Desert, Across the English Channel (Coming May 2025)

Kat's Speculative fiction: An Audience with the King

Kat's contemporary fiction: Coffee Stains (closed-door new adult romance), Bended Loyalty (contemporary sports come-back story), Bended Love (closed-door small town romance).

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Can her marriage live up to the meringue test?

This short story was part of a short story challenge. The story had to be less than 500 words long, be a romance and include the action of sweating and the waxed paper as the object. When I got it back, I changed it a bit. I think it’s better a little longer.

And I had 48 hours to write it.

This is what I came up with.

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Can her marriage live up to the meringue test?

And I had 48 hours to write it.

This is what I came up with.

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