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Inside a Beloved Story: Little Women Retellings, Creativity, & Sisterhood with Katie Bernet (E190)

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In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Katie Bernet. Katie is an author living in Dallas, Texas. She’s an award-winning creative director, a long-standing member of the DFW Writer’s Workshop, and the director of the 2025 DFW Writer’s Conference. The oldest of three sisters, she’s a diehard fan of Little Women. We are here today to discuss her debut novel, Beth is Dead.

Episode Highlights:

Writing Beth is Dead while living with her sisters, and how those real-life dynamics quietly found their way onto the page.

A simple but powerful writing exercise that helped her move past…

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