← All published writers
Kathleen Donnelly

Kathleen Donnelly

  • Mystery/Thriller
Author website

Award-winning author Kathleen Donnelly writes the National Forest K-9 series and is a K-9 handler for a private narcotics dog detection company. She enjoys using her K-9 experience to craft realism into her fictional stories. Her debut novel, Chasing Justice, won a Pencraft award, Best Books award and was a finalist for the Silver Falchion suspense and readers' choice category. Kathleen lives near the Colorado foothills with her husband and her four-legged co-workers.

I love Dabble! I write all of my first drafts in Dabble. I discovered Dabble after "winning" NaNoWriMo in 2017. A discounted subscription to Dabble was one of the prizes and I'm so glad I bought it! I love writing my first draft in Dabble for several reasons. I love the format of each chapter and scene along with how I can bring my outline into Dabble to stay on track. I love the focus mode where I can just write and not see anything else on my computer. The goals and stats are fantastic and keep me motivated as I write my books. There's nothing better than the celebration confetti when I hit my word count. I've even filmed it on my phone when I've finished my book just to remind myself to celebrate the "big wins." The daily word count congratulations keeps me going. Usually after I get my first draft done, I bring the manuscript into Word to edit, but only because this is how I'll need to send it to my editor. I always look forward to clicking that "+" button on the dashboard, because that means I'm writing another book and living my dream! Thanks Dabble! :)
Kathleen Donnelly on writing with Dabble

Books

  • Chasing JusticeChasing Justice
  • Hunting The TruthHunting The Truth