Kristin Wolden Nitz

Author: Kristin Wolden Nitz

  • Suspect at ALA

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    While my friend and fellow writer Sondy Eklund was at ALA, she took a picture that included the ARCs (advanced reader copies) of SUSPECT.  I’m hoping to get permission to post soon.  It’s just so exciting for me to know that some librarians out there are going to be sitting down with all my characters for a few hours.…

  • Chapter 14….Done!

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    Chapters 13 and 14 were revisions.  Certain things needed to be tweaked because of new events, but the skeletons could remain essentially the same.  Chapter 15, though, will be new material.  A lot of what used to be there will have to be dumped.  But part of being a writer is the willingness to “kill your…

  • Contemporary Fiction

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    Editors warn authors against putting things in their contemporary novels that will “date” the books unless a project is already anchored somehow in time.  As I watched the Italians lose their final game of group playof th 2010 World Cup, I wondered whether DEFENDING IRENE had made the jump from contemporary sports fiction to historical sports…

  • Grand Rapids Griffins

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    The Grand Rapids Griffin mascot posed with SAVING THE GRIFFIN and Diana Wynne Jones’ YEAR OF THE GRIFFIN.  It was pretty fun to see my book next to one by DWJ even though the only real link was the fact that we both had the word “griffin” in the title. 

  • The Back Cover

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    My husband, who is fabulous at manipulating images, scanned in the catalog’s back cover.  After removing things like my address and other things needed by the postal service, he sent me the following image: 

  • Peachtree

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    Whoa!  I got some exciting news this morning.  Peachtree decided to feature SUSPECT on the back cover of their fall catalogue! Very cool.  I suspect that some of that ‘love’ has to come from the truly eyecatching look.  This is one of the times when I’m really hoping that potential readers judge my book by its cover.   I…

  • Pronouncing Character Names

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    Pronouncing unfamiliar characters names is always a challenge.  Part of the reason for this is that English is such a confusing language.  For example, you can make the “ah” sound with an “o” or an “a”.    After living in Italy for three years, I got into the habit of using their much simpler system.  a:…

  • Forza Italia!

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    I’m cutting my personal writing time short today so that I can watch Italy vs. Paraguay in World Cup soccer.    Ever since our family lived in Merano for about three and a half years, we always cheer for the Azurri on the international stage.   In fact, my son wanted to play for them when…

  • Chapter 12….Done!

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    Chapter 12 of Calyn’s story only needed a few tweaks here and there to reflect the new opening and the addition of new characters.  I spent the morning reviewing and smoothing Chapters 11 and 12.  I often do this a the beginning of a new writing week to remind myself of exactly what’s been going…

  • Mission Accomplished

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    I met my self-imposed deadline to escape from Chapter 9.  Then I discovered that it was actually Chapter 11.  I don’t usually doublecheck my chapters for continuity until I’m prepping them to go out, but I’d been scrolling up and down and noticed the discontinuity.   Chapter 12 only needs tweaks.  Maybe I can get through…