by Kristin | Jan 29, 2019 | Editing, Publishing Process, This Book is a Disaster, writing lessons, Zombie Love
I don’t find it too difficult to write a first draft of a novel. It’s a fun challenge to explore the story and characters, and the feeling of writing 50k+ words is incredible. If fact, I’ve now written 3 first drafts, but none of my books are...
by Kristin | May 28, 2018 | writing lessons
This is my second post about WhedonCon. You can find my first post here. In terms of the other panels and events, there were three main takeaways in terms of creativity (I learned a bunch more unrelated to writing, but that’s, well, unrelated.) 1)...
by Kristin | May 21, 2018 | writing lessons
A week ago, my husband and I attended WhedonCon as vendors, hawking my etsy jewelry / key chains. (If you haven’t seen my store, check it out here.) This basically entailed sitting in my booth for two and a half days and chatting with people, occasionally...
by Kristin | Apr 30, 2018 | Creative Writing, writing lessons
I love writing poems. They are self contained and generally come easy to me. I began seriously writing poetry back in college, and was even part of a poetry writing group. I went through a personal challenge in 2012 to write a poem at least once a week, so...
by Kristin | Apr 19, 2018 | Creative Writing, writing lessons
Hey! You might love poetry or you might hate it, but there are a few things to know about reading poems I write. When you read poetry, only pause at punctuation – NOT at the end of lines. Sometimes (especially with poems with end rhymes), the thought will run...
by Kristin | Apr 8, 2018 | Editing, writing lessons
For Easter my husband gave me a copy of Elements of Fiction Writing: Conflict and Suspense by James Scott Bell. Confession: I’d always thought that I’d done a pretty good job with my characters: I had a clear picture of them in my head, and knew how...
