I’ve often talked and written about The Screaming Divas, a novel set in underground 1980s Columbia, South Carolina. The novel was inspired by the all-girl groups of the early 1990s, such as Bikini Kill, and also by my nights hanging out at a club called The Beat. I have a certain fondness for this novel and all that it evokes. It was once represented by a big-time agent, who, alas, couldn’t sell it. The timing was off, I guess, and I’m not sure that it’s publishable now. I think most editors would want me to make the main character nicer, or to set it in the present, and it just won’t work that way. But I’ve published bits of it here and there, and readers have said that they’d like to read more, so I went ahead and uploaded a Kindle version. If you’d like to read it, you can find it here. I’m thinking I’ll create a better cover later, but for now, I think the DIY vibe fits the story.
Just bought it! (I am unwrapping my new Kindle tomorrow morning, and now I will have something new to read on it as well!
Thanks, Kate. It’s really different from anything I’ve written since becoming a mother. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts.
I’m a different Kate (ha), and I looked at the preview on amazon and I want to read this book so bad! But I don’t have a kindle
is there any other way to get it?
Thanks so much, Kate! How would you prefer to read it? I could make it available in print (via Amazon), or, if you like, I’d be willing to send you a PDF file (for free!). Although this book was revised many times, and my spelling is stellar, it was never professionally edited. If you like, you can write to me at my email address: sue kamata (at) msn (dot) com.