Click here for printable resume in html


Working with Words


Membership:
Writers of the Big Sky
Nashville Writers Alliance


Titles in Print and eBooks

Blood and Bond
Adventures of Elizabeth Fortune (2nd printing)
Spotted Flower and the Ponokomita
Kansas Dreamer: Fury in Sumner County
Dennis Banks: Native American Activist
Child of the Mist
Daughter of the Stone
On Promised Land (novella)
Lost News: Short Stories and Long Poems


Out of Print Books

  • The Best Way Out (HBJ), 1982 A TOP 50 Social Studies book for 1982
  • Bring Home The Ghost (HBJ), 1981
  • LIMITED SUPPLY FOR SALE: Life on a Cool Plastic Ice Floe (Westminster Press), 1978
  • First edition of Spotted Flower and the Ponokomita Westminster Press, 1977

Articles include

  • "A Word on Words," The Roundup
  • "Good Mental Attitude," Horsemanship column of American Cowboy magazine
  • "Black Women of the Old West," Portland Observer newspaper

Other articles

Kae has developed promotional materials, organized public activities, moderated panels and been a panelist at various conventions. In 2003 she was co-chair for the Western Writers of America 2003 Convention.
 
As a performing poet, historian and storyteller, Kae gives readings and workshops at venues that include all levels of academia, television, radio, as well as civic and public clubs.


In the Work Place

assistant editor
Athlon Sports Communications, Inc.
Whiskey Creek Press
copy editor
Falcon Press
Ridgehill Corporation
rewrite editor
Silver Moon Press
abridgements
Thomas Nelson and Brilliance Corporation
newsletters
American Red Cross
Franklin Photo Club
Wakina Sky Learning Circle & Library

Feelance Work

  • Book Layout design for various authors: 2002 - current
  • e-book formatting and cover design for various authors: 2009 - current
  • Lone Star Rodeo Program
    32 pages of text, photos and layout for the 1998 season
  • Poetry and short fiction in numerous national journals
  • More than twenty-five years critiquing for individual authors on fiction and poetry


Auxiliary Work

  • Presentations throughout Montana as a member of the Montana Committee for the Humanities Speakers' Bureau (through 2012).
  • Workshop director and featured speaker on writing, publishing, and American history for adult-ed programs, libraries and public schools in various Montana communities; at Murray State University (KY), Metro-Davidson County Public Schools (TN), The Cumberland Valley Writers Conference (TN); North Carolina Central University and others. 1978 - present.
  • Spur Awards judge, Western Writers of America: juvenile nonfiction category, 2003.
  • Presenter, "Using Weather as a Character," Helena Festival of the Book, Helena, MT, September, 2002.
  • Panelist, "Homesteading: Making a Home on the Range," Western Writers of American Convention, Wichita, Kansas, June 2002.
  • Presenter (with Tim Champlin), "Western Writing: The Southern Connection," Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN, October 14, 2000.
  • Spur Awards judge, Western Writers of America: juvenile fiction category, 2000.
  • Panel moderator, "Small Presses Today," Western Writers of America, Billings, MT, 1994
  • Spur Awards judge, Western Writers of America: Novel of the West category, 1992
  • Panel moderator, "Minorities in the Northwest," Western Writers of America, Portland, OR, 1989
  • Spur Awards judge, Western Writers of America: juvenile fiction category, 1989.
  • Poetry judge, Austin-Peay University Creative Arts Awards, March, 1988.
  • Poetry judge, Project Pencil, Metro schools, Nashville, TN. April 1987 & 1988.
  • Panelist, Southern Writers Symposium, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN. August, 1984.
  • Staff member, Cumberland Valley Writers Conference, Nashville, TN. 1979 & 1980.
  • Radio and TV appearances regarding/involving her works, including several appearances on PBS "Word on Words," 1979 - 2005

top