4.4.2025

here is a novel I wrote a few years ago. I am super proud of it. the highest marks aka reviews of all my 7 publications. tale of survival. it is creative nonfiction. dual narrators face dangerous urban characters ...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42799793-ame-and-the-tangy-energetic

against a fire

i didn't want to I

was scared of you 

and all your power 

but if i didn't stop you now 

there was no telling 

what might happen 

so i spoke up 

when you crossed me 

and dug in 

like a fire line held 

in a rugged 

county

#katyamills

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book review

Review of Ame and The Tangy Energetic by Katya Mills

Reviewed by Kelly Marie Purdy

"Like the last book that I read by this author, this felt like a pretty intense read, but I liked it. I liked the fact that I had the perspective of both the protagonists, and I felt as though I got to know each character quite well, during the time I was reading.

For me, something about the narration felt intimate, as though I was reading someone's diary, or having a deep conversation with a friend. I think the author writes in a way that makes the reader feel connected to the characters, and aware of their emotions and experiences. While I was reading, I cared about these characters and their story."

Link to the review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6018445999#_=_

all u have

"you are two people again stumbling through life and pissing each other off. but it’s not so bad and you get through it and let it go. snuggling. because you are all you have". #katyamills

giveaway

e-copy of my new poetry book

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/343070-up-from-the-downtrodden

book of poetry (new release)

hello friends! this is Katya. i am happy to announce i released my first book of poetry yesterday. Up From the Downtrodden. thanks for all your feedback here as many of the poems i chose to include came by looking at my wp statistics and finding the poems that you all loved the most over the past several years. i have been primarily an author of fiction and creative nonfiction, and all of my 6 published works on goodreads.com (and amazon.com) are either novels and novellas. i am fully independent and do all my own editing and self-publishing. i use beta readers to ensure the content is highest quality.


i took every poem through additional edits over the past year as i built this collection up, so poems you find in the collection will be more fully realized versions of themselves. the only way i've been capable of publishing a poem a day for the last 9 years (the promise i made to myself for a daily spiritual practice and meditation) has been to work quickly yet carefully, revisiting each poem 1-4 times, before the commitment. this process has left some room for potential and actualization. i believe you will not be disappointed if you choose to purchase (or, if you have amazon prime, you can read the ebook for free) the paperback. thank you for supporting independent authors like myself!

 - Katya Mills

30 watts

30 watt lightbulb 

splashed across these

walls like lemon 

lemme see your face

up from these pages why

do you cry? they cannot hurt

you. lemme read you

these damn classics 

until we fall  asleep

#katyamills

MAZE

 HERE ARE SOME 

RECENT REVIEWS 

FOR MY BOOK

Alma Pettersonrated it really liked it
Sep 10, 2021

Amberrated it it was amazing
Sep 02, 2021

Aug 06, 2021Paula Cox rated it it was amazing

I really did enjoy this book. I really disliked the cliff hanger it ended on. Now I have to find the next book to read so i can find out what happened. UGH!

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Edenrated it it was amazing
Jun 26, 2021

Lamarrated it it was amazing
Jun 06, 2021

May 17, 2021

GRAND THEFT LIFE

HERE ARE SOME RECENT REVIEWS FOR MY BOOK 


Jessicarated it really liked it
Sep 12, 2021

Sep 10, 2021Paula Cox added it  ·  review of another edition

This seems really familiar. It seems to be like the book Maze I read. It was good. I liked it a lot. Would definitely recommend.

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Amandarated it really liked it
Sep 05, 2021

Kristenrated it liked it
Jan 01, 2021

Bianca Bettsrated it it was ok
Nov 17, 2020

Aaron Stroudrated it it was amazing
Nov 08, 2020

Apr 20, 2020Christi Massey rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition

Shelves: bought, kindle, finished-giveaways

I really enjoyed the grittiness of this book. Very atmospheric and engaging. Great read!

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YES#WIP

the story is taking shape finally after the last five months of writing and editing and struggling to understand which direction to go. trying to unravel and get some ground underneath this...i met a guy who is sitting on manuscripts he wrote years ago. i told him he might want to consider self-publishing. it can be a joyful experience.  #katyamills

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book status one

I have put 50 more hours editing into my novel over the past month. Meanwhile i have been inspired by and contributed to 4 chosen communities across this 3 year arc, to coincide with the journey of the lives of my characters. The Q+ Friends. The social workers. The creatives. And the community recovering from addiction. What a time it has been.

book.in.progress

i printed and read the latest draft of my book. the story holds together well. all is grammatically sound. i have spot checked for repetitions. what i studied this time around is how my story changes my mood from page to page. there's quite a bit of desperation in the lives of my characters. inevitably they find one another and find their way. well, not everybody. some of the mood flows alongside an adrenaline rush. some of the feelings get flooded. i wanna let the sun into some of the darker places. this is my hope as i continue on with my work. it's exciting. i think about the book all the time now.

Ame and the Tangy Energetic

Kell offers me a smoke.

What the hell’s wrong with vagrancy? she asks, after a deep drag on a Parliament. I think it’s becoming. You can simmer in this cesspool and really begin to inhabit it.

She lights me up and raps her knuckles behind my ear.

Thanks for your thick skull. I knew it was good for somethin’.

The tobacco’s on fire and I am filling my lungs with the last thing lungs were intended to be filled with, and I don’t give a damn!

- Ame

Katya Mills, 2018