On the television side, Boland is a prolific creator and has built an impressive slate of projects. As a series creator and pilot writer, she is currently working with...
Previous collaborators include…
Universal Content Productions
The CBC
Bell Media
Lifetime Networks
Long Story, Short a web-series Boland created and wrote based on her collection of personal essays premiered on Hulu.
SheKnows called Long Story, Short “The best new thing on the internet…a funnier, more relatable answer to HBO’s Girls.” SheDoesTheCity said, “You want proof that Long Story, Short is worth the hype? How about the fact that I just watched both available episodes back-to-back and am already craving the release of the next one? Boom, addicted.” TvGuide called it “Girls meets Toronto…one of the most entertaining and raw web series of this current summer.” Critic Rob Salem said, “Of all her current accomplishments, I think that the new web series is perhaps the most significant. Very much like Dunham’s Girls, Katie’s Long Story, Short revolves around the shared career angst and disastrous love lives of young 20-something girlfriends finding their way in an adult world.” Long Story, Short was one of five series nominated for Best Webseries at the Raindance WebFest in London, England.
As an author, Boland’s collection of short stories, Eat Your Heart Out was chosen by the Globe and Mail as one of three Hot Summer Reads.
“Actress-turned-writer Katie Boland is a notable new voice . Eat Your Heart Out is a vibrant collection, populated by well-drawn characters who are broken but bursting with life. Largely, it’s a book of chance encounters and reunions that tackles the ways people need, help and hurt each other, intentionally and unintentionally. Reminiscent of Hemingway’s sharp minimalism, paired with Kerouac’s verve, Eat Your Heart Out tackles being alive in the here and now, with sterling writing and stellar voices.”
Below are select personal essays:
Little Yellow Pill: On Antidepressants
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Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.