Kristin Wolden Nitz
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I used to buy into the assertion that picture book writers have to be much more selective in their word choices than novelists. In fact, I still believe that in general. But if I went back to see how much time I spent…
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Back-to-School Writing
Buy one! Get the second one half off! That’s what a good percentage of the signs seemed to read at the mall today. I didn’t study them very carefully though. My college-age daughters were doing their back-to-school shopping. I came along to…
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I Second that Emotion
“Feel what your characters are feeling, Kristin! Don’t treat them like marionettes.”
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Sampling Words
While waiting for a library visit to begin, I found this quote by the award-winning author Lois Lowry on the wall: “You don’t become a great cook if you never taste good food. The same is true for writing.” Now…
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Practice Swings
When I stepped up to home plate last Sunday night for a friendly game of softball, I was a bit worried. It had been almost six years since I’d faced an opposing pitcher. Most of my practice swings since that…
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Peachtree Publishers: People Who Share Books
I’ve never liked selling things. In fact, I could hardly sell Girl Scout Cookies. I did try, but I usually felt physically sick as I climbed the steps to press someone’s doorbell. As a writer, I have to sell my words. …
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ALA National Conference
It was such a pleasure to spend a couple of days in Chicago at the ALA National Convention talking to people who love books. Jeanie Franz Ransom and I kept returning to the Peachtree booth like a pair of homing pigeons.…
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Letting Go For Awhile
I’ve been struggling with a new first chapter for a novel revision. It’s been a process of arranging and rearranging words instead of adding to the plot. But it can be really difficult to draw the reader into the world…
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Chicago Bound!
I’ll be signing books at Peachtree’s booth in “The Stacks” during the ALA National Conference on July 11 at 12:30. Please feel free to drop by and say hello. I’d be delighted to answer any questions about SAVING THE GRIFFIN or DEFENDING IRENE…
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NaNoWriMo in July
Late last week one of my writing friends sent out a notice. Somehow she missed the fact that she was supposed to bring a completed novel to a master class with Linda Sue Park at the SCBWI National Conference. Clearly…
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