Kate Bracy

Writer, Author, Mother, Friend, Nurse, and Other Roles Yet to Be Discovered

MediKate Health Communications
Whidbey Island, WA

MediKate Health Communications

Fiction

That Crazy Little Thing

The story of my novel is a great tale all by itself. Once upon a time, I was approached by an agent to turn a personal blog into a memoir. I called this"My Dirty Little OS Secret" because it happened through my blog on Open Salon.

But the memoir, we discovered, was hard to sell, so my agents suggested I fictionalize it and give it a different spin. When I sat to write the new version, my narrator ran off with the story and typed fast to keep up with her. She took me on a whirlwind trip through love and tragedy, and I think you'll agree she ended up with a regular page-turner. Check it out for yourself at the right.

Medical Writing

MediKate Health Communications is my freelance medical writing business. Using my background in nursing and in English education, I have developed a specialty service of bringing health and medical information to readers at all levels of understanding.

Medical writing is a field that can include many types of work and documents. I particularly like to translate medical information into easy-to-understand language that a general audience can relate to. (I know -- I ended that with a preposition. I did that on purpose.)

I also like to write scholarly articles in the nursing or medical field. I enjoy taking your study (or program, or medical innovation) and helping you present it to your colleagues in a journal article. In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a statistician or bench scientist, so the numbers are not the part I can supply.

What I can supply is clear, readable prose to communicate with your audience in a way that won't have them snoozing halfway through. (Everyone with a college degree thinks they can write clear, readable prose, but many of these people are wrong. Pick up any medical journal. I rest my case.) I do not do ghost writing or ghost authoring, but I am happy to collaborate on bringing your work to a specific audience.

I have experience with, and enjoy working on:

Books
Journal Articles
Grants
Patient Education Materials
Continuing Education
PowerPoint Presentations

Fees

My typical fee for freelance medical writing is $90.00/hour. Usually I estimate the project as a total cost, based on this rate.

If you have a project in mind, and you would like to contact me, click HERE.

I am also available for teaching and public speaking. I have done numerous classes and presentations on topics such as:

Communication -- particularly how to communicate in clinical teams or as a nursing supervisor
Writing
Adolescent Development
Women's Health
Whatever captures me at the moment -- feel free to ask

Some of My Work

Essays

My newest essays are available on my blog.

Fiction

That Crazy LIttle Thing is the award-winning story of a small-town woman with about as much life as she can handle, and the courage and humor to take it on. Click HERE or on the picture above to read the Amazon summary.

If you have ever had a friend you wanted to help, were raised a Catholic, have teen-aged kids, or thought your days of finding love were over, you'll find something to delight you in this book. It started as a memoir, but the narrator, Melanie, took over and made it her own.

Non-Fiction

The Everything Health Guide to Menopause is a friendly, accessible guide through the mine field of the menopausal years. It is, above all, an invitation to being healthy and emotionally well, even when the hormones wreak havoc.

For a review of this book by the North American Menopause Society, go HERE.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sexual Health and Fitness is a guide for staying sexually healthy, and as fit as you want to be to fully enjoy your sexual side.

It's full of good, sensible advice for making the most of a very good thing! Bottom line: Have fun, be safe.

HERE'S the review from the Fit Bottomed Girls website.

MediKate Health Communications
Whidbey Island, WA