✍️ “Learning when to quit and pivot was the most important lesson I learned.”
Novelist, video game narrative designer, and Substack Bestselling writer Kat Lewis shares how she built a career across mediums — and why flexibility is her greatest superpower.
When I was first coming up as a writer, I had the impression that the journey to publishing my first book would be linear. I couldn't have been more wrong. I graduated from college in 2016, finished the first draft of my novel, GOOD PEOPLE, in 2017, and signed with my agent in 2019. But we didn't sell GOOD PEOPLE to Simon & Schuster until 2024. Needless to say, my journey to becoming a professional writer has been anything but predictable and linear.
This week, in collaboration with Amy Suto's FROM THE DESK series, I wrote about all the things I learned between graduating from college and selling my first book to a Big 5 publisher. I'm excited to share the interview (and concrete takeaways from this decade-long journey) in full below. -
📚 Editor’s Note: Meet Kat Lewis, Writer Across Worlds
Kat Lewis’s work moves between worlds — novels, video games, classrooms, Substack — but what ties it all together is her fearless approach to storytelling.
I first connected with Kat through our From the Desk Substack community, and immediately loved how she combines deep craft knowledge with a real-w…
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