Karen S. Chow

I will be at the Mesa Book Festival in conversation with and on Saturday, December 16 at 2-3pm!

Lots of great authors will be there, including the awesome , , , .fields, !
As well as a book donation bin with .

• One week from today in Mesa AZ! Join and me in conversation with Sharon Skinner at 10:00am in Gillett Hall.

12/10/2023

So cool when the clouds are like this.
Happy Sunday. The earth is beautiful.

12/04/2023

I was wallowing this weekend.
Because my book hasn’t made very few reader lists, or hopeful lists or best-of lists, or starred reviews. It hasn’t generated a lot of buzz or gotten a lot of attention. It is solidly a mid-list title.

And so, when ’s newsletter hit my inbox, I was desperately craving her words. So, I’m highlighting what she said because it’s helping me so much.

The bottom line: you can only control what you control!
Focus on that:
What are you proud of?
What did you learn?
What went well?
What was hard?
What was daring and you did it anyway?
What brought you joy and happiness?

The more I think about these things, the more I feel like myself (instead of wallowing).

I hope it helps you too.

12/03/2023

Missing the beach.
Happy Sunday. The earth is beautiful.

11/30/2023

If you’re local, stop by the Mesa Book Fair at Red Mountain on Saturday, Dec 2, from 12-4pm!
I will be there with my books!

11/29/2023

from: Patsy M.
Dear Ms. Chow,

I want to thank you for your book Miracle. Your book came to me through my daughter, who chose it. I am thankful for the librarian who set it out on the featured shelf. I don't believe this pick was coincidence.

Your words in the sections Winter and Spring of Miracle resonated with me. I loved your use of musical terms and analogies. Thank you for your book, for the time and the journey you took to write and publish it. Blessings that it may continue to carry resonance and invitation for wholeness to many more.

11/26/2023

Happy Sunday. The earth is beautiful.

11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. 🍁🦃🌵🥰💕

11/19/2023

Happy Sunday. The earth is beautiful.

11/14/2023

Posted • Happy book birthday to this week's !

Jennifer Chen's ARTIFACTS OF AN EX
Mariah Stillbrook's IN THE PINES
Maya Golden's THE RETURN TRIP

Kerry Fryar Freeman's SEDONA: A NOVEL
Stephen Ronson's THE LAST LINE
M V Melcer's REFRACTIONS

11/12/2023

The earth is beautiful. Happy Sunday.

11/09/2023

It was so great to talk with Shannon! Thanks for having me on the podcast!

Posted • Out now! On this episode, I talk with debut author Karen S. Chow about her debut middle grade book, Miracle. It's a book she drafted during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) so we talk about the fun of writing a first draft during NaNoWriMo, as well as addressing grief and death in middle grade, self publishing versus traditional publishing, and marketing for authors.

You can find Miracle in our curated list of books here: Bookshop.org/shop/middlegradematters
And on audiobook here: Libro.fm/middlegradematters

11/07/2023

Happy book birthdays!!

Posted • Happy book birthday to today's !

Bella Ellwood-Clayton's WEEKEND FRIENDS
E. A. Hendryx's SUSPENDED IN THE STARS
Emma-Claire Wilson's THIS CHILD OF MINE
Finley Turner's THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY
Holly M. Wendt's HEADING NORTH

Katharine J. Adams' TONIGHT, I BURN
Khalia Moreau's THE PRINCESS OF THORNWOOD DRIVE
Linda Cheng's GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES
Rhonda Roumani's TAGGING FREEDOM
Shelly Mack's LANDIS

11/05/2023

Happy Sunday. The earth is beautiful.

11/04/2023

New month, new author events!! Come out and say hi!!!

* November 11 (Sat) 1-3pm with
* December 2 (Sat) 12-4pm -Mesa Book Fair Red Mountain Branch
* December 16 (Sat) 2-3pm -SCBWI author panel with -Mesa Book Festival Benedictine University Downtown Mesa

Woohoo!

10/25/2023

Specail happy book birthday to ’s !!!

Posted • Happy book birthday to this week's !

Kate Anderson's HERE LIES OLIVE
Fiona Cook's WHEEL OF THE YEAR
Mallika Narayanan's IN THE DARK I SEE YOU mallika.narayanan.author

Jami Nakamura Lin's THE NIGHT PARADE
J. Dianne Dotson's THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN
Caitlin Coey's WITHOUT THE CLIFF

10/22/2023

Happy Sunday. The earth is beautiful (as is this little deer).

😊

10/21/2023

10/20/2023

(I missed Tuesday’s debut releases. Happy book birthday, !)

Posted • Happy book birthday to today's !

Alma Garcia's ALL THAT RISES
Chelsea Iversen's THE WITCHES AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Curtis Chin's EVERYTHING I LEARNED, I LEARNED IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT
DaVaun Sanders' KEYNAN MASTERS & THE PEERLESS MAGIC CREW

Kellie M. Parker's THIN AIR
Samara Yew's MURDER BY THE SEASHORE .yew.author
Sharon Wagner's THE LEVITATION GAME

10/19/2023

Jumping on the book writer stats train (started by ).

I wrote for about 16 years before I drafted Miracle (and then it took longer to get and agent and editor!). This is what perseverance looks like! (And psst! I would still be writing if I wasn’t published.)

10/15/2023

Happy Sunday! The earth is beautiful.

10/10/2023

Posted • Happy book birthday to this week's !

Ashley Wilda's THE NIGHT FOX
Clare Gilmore's LOVE INTEREST
Erin Cotter's BY ANY OTHER NAME
Isa Arsén's SHOOT THE MOON .prose

J.P. Takahashi's TOKYO NIGHT PARADE
Noreen Mughees' THE MIS-ARRANGEMENT OF SANA SAEED
Rachel Greenlaw's ONE CHRISTMAS MORNING

10/07/2023

Miracle was spotted in Powell’s Bookstore in Portland! THE BELOVED POWELL’S!!!!!!! 😱😭🤩

It’s such a surprise when I see my book in other parts of the country. Like, how did it get there?!?! Lol. I shouldn’t be surprised, yet every time I am. Thanks everyone for reading!

The other authors in the pic:

(And me )

Thank you, , for supporting my book!
And endless thanks to debut authors (this on by ) for always looking for each other’s books!!!!!