Kristin Wolden Nitz

Category: Suspect

  • Review from NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

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    A reviewer from THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS had some nice things to say about SUSPECT: “Suspect is a quick and easy read that will satisfy lovers of mystery and suspense. The edgy romantic component will capture the imaginations of others who will certainly want to know, at the very least, how that particular…

  • Happy Release Day!

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    Sure, Amazon has been selling SUSPECT for weeks now.    But today, October 1, is the official release date of SUSPECT.  It’s a bit like the due date for a baby.  The little one may arrive early unless the author is a big name like J.K. Rowling or Suzanne Collins.

  • Letting Your Characters Talk

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    I wrote up a writing prompt for My Word Playground.  It shares my technique for putting two or more characters together and letting them interact without worrying about trying to build a scene complete with action and dialogue.   I enjoyed checking out writer Lynne Marie’s playground while I tried to figure out what I wanted to write about.  This…

  • Mix and Mingle

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    You’re invited to the launch party for SUSPECT at Literary Life! WHEN: Thursday, October 7 from 6:00 to 8:00 WHERE: 758 Wealthy Street SE   Grand Rapids, MI Things should be lively since the Wealthy Street Autumn Stroll will also be going on.  I’m hoping to have coloring pages available from SAVING THE GRIFFIN as well.  A…

  • Researching SUSPECT

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    Writers of historical fiction often spend months researching the various settings of their novels before they begin to write.  While I enjoy reading historical fiction, I’ve never really thought about writing it because I know how every detail needs to be supported. Writers of contemporary fiction often need to spend some time researching, but it varies from project…

  • The Clues that Whisper

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    Everything I ever needed to know about writing I learned at an SCBWI conference.  Okay.  That’s a bit of an exaggeration.  I’ve read some very good books on writing like Natalie Goldberg’s WRITING DOWN THE BONES and Christopher Vogler’s THE WRITER’S  JOURNEY.  But I tended to get these recommendations from people that I met at…

  • The First Draft of SUSPECT

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    Sometimes it can take a long time for an idea to become a book.  I remember that the initial idea for SUSPECT came to me in 1997 when I was reading about a winery in either Hermann or Augusta, Missouri. It was reopening some of its old cellars after years of disuse.  I remember thinking “What…

  • The Missouri Mentorship

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    I don’t remember how I heard about the Missouri Mentorship for the first time.  It could have been a mass email.  Or the announcement could have just come in an article for MO SCRIBBLES, Missouri’s newsletter for the local chapter of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators).  But when I found out about the opportunity…

  • “Don’t treat your characters like marionettes!”

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    The driver of the shuttle van rolled down the window and spoke rapidly in French.  Shortly after the answering squawk from the speaker phone, the gate swung open slowly, untouched by human hands.  Intellectually, I knew that a small motor was performing the work, but the grounds of the Abbaye de Royoument had already begun to…

  • Fifteen Rejections

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    There are plenty of legendary stories about how many times Dr. Suess’s MULBERRY STREET and Madeleine L’Engle’s WRINKLE IN TIME were rejected.  (Both were around forty!)  Such tales tend to give hope to struggling writers everywhere.  My friend Jeanie Ransom had a rather epic number of submissions for her divorce book, I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT…