Kimberly Karalius's Blog

I’m really hating this blogging trend I seem to be on regarding, uh, saying that every year is the worst year ever. Surely this time I’m not over-exaggerating. 2020 takes the cake. You all know why.

Writing pretty much (almost) made up for the horrors of 202o. This ...

The general consensus seems to be that 2019 was the WORST. For me, it’s felt like one of the most challenging years I’ve had.

As I write this post, I’m staring at my MST3K calendar with relief. Only a few more days before the new year. I made it. And I’m ready for what the shiny new decade ahead of us will bring.

I had started January watching Tidying Up with Marie Kondo; it set the mood for my 2019. Of course I learned how to fold my socks better after watching her show, but I also rolled up...

2019 is almost here. I unwrapped my new calendar for the coming year, thrilled and yet baffled by my choice this time. For the past few years, I’ve learned that buying fancy calendars makes me ridiculously happy. I’ve been getting Parisian calendars because the photographer featured was Irene Suchocki, and after, Georgianna Lane, and they made Paris way more charming than I remember it being. Which made my room that much more charming. Then I moved on to patisserie calendars, making me drool...

At the end of college, my friends were either getting ready to belly flop into the world of Reality with jobs (or not) or tying the knot with their sweethearts for future wedded bliss. But me? I had been trying all year long to secure myself a job before graduation in case Plan A failed, and no bites. It could have been depressing if I didn’t get The Call one Spring evening while I was running across campus with my friend Lauren, on our way to the Communications building on some errand I can’...

I'm so thrilled to announce that the Love Charms and Other Catastrophes book trailer is live on both YouTube and Vimeo! The magic and charm of Love's favorite town shines through. I'm kind of getting a little emotional over here. Hold on. Lemme just dab my eyes with a tissue... okay. I'm good now.

This book trailer would have never been created had it not been for the immensely talented E.R. Womelsduff. I sat down with her over the interwebs and asked her what it was like making the trailer b...

Today literally marks the last day of this year's Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. Unlike previous years, I didn't get to cover as much ground because of the unusual level of heat.

Florida is ALWAYS hot in September, October, and November. But 100 degrees at high noon without even a sliver of a breeze? Good god, it was brutal.

So I did what anyone would do. I refused to overeat in the hot weather, so I only stopped at one or two booths during each visit to the festival. I drank a lot (water, s...

Behold! I have emerged from a month of not blogging with big news:I just submitted my third manuscript to Swoon Reads this past week! I also noticed that there's a major blue theme going on with the photos I took of the process...

This is not intentional. But it totally makes sense. Yes. Secrets.

After going through the whole submitting-my-manuscript-to-my-editor-for-the-first-time process a few times, I've noticed some patterns. Have you finished a writing project and felt/experienced the sa...

You've probably read the blurb for Love Charms and Other Catastrophesby now. And no doubt, this particular part has caused you pause:

"Concerned that its favorite charm maker has given up on finding a boyfriend of her own, Love takes matters into its own hands and delivers the perfect boyfriend to her in a giftwrapped box...literally."

Literally.

I don't know how I would react if I found a boyfriend wrapped in a nice box on my doorstep. Nope. No idea.

But as I did some shopping this month, I fo...

Hello readers! We survived our first week of February. Or maybe it's just me because, after getting hit with a stomach virus at the end of January, I now finally feel well enough to eat... normal food. No more toast, rice, and saltines. Hurrah!

AND JUST IN TIME! Because I have had Big Plans for this month. If I have anything to do with it, the rest of February is only going to get better.

I'm excited to announce that I will be hosting a few giveaways this month...and they all start TODAY!

No m...

2015, ooooooh, 2015. You were both nightmare fuel and a pastel daydream for me. Adieu. Go away now.

Over the past few days, I've read blog posts written by friends and chatted on the phone with family about this past year.We all seem to agree that it was a challenge. And by "challenge," I mean soul-shattering, life-changing, #toomanyfeels.

My lovely writer friends wrote amazing blog posts.I can't possibly be as eloquently rallying as Sam or as bravely honest as Lydiaor as bittersweet and hop...