Kristin Wolden Nitz

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  • Off to the Printer

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    Well, that’s it.  Earlier this afternoon, I had to approve two final sections of prose.  Once I did, my editor told me, we could Push. That. Button.   I checked them.  I even read them out loud again even though I was sure my editor and the copy editor had been extremely careful to make sure…

  • In the Gap

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    Calyn’s story, my work-in-progress, is set in the mountains.  So I’m getting excited for our trip to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.    Since I often like to work from pictures when I’m moving my characters, I know that photos of its old growth timber and second growth forests will be extremely helpful.

  • Tracing Calyn’s Story

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    I made a new category for my current work-in-progress: Calyn.  That’s the name of the  main character.  It shows some of the issues that sometimes come with a massive rewrite.

  • The Hobbit

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    Fuse #8’s unscientific poll featuring the Top 100 Chapter Books featured another one of my favorite books today: THE HOBBIT.   It was ninth on my list, but on another day, I might have put it higher.   It created a deep and abiding love in my heart for Gandalf the Grey.  The day that the Fellowship…

  • Setting up Obstacles

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    I was stuck for well over a week in a key scene for my current manuscript.  But after pounding  head and fingers against the keyboard, I finally made my way through it.  The next few pages flew by, largely intact.  But then I found Calyn musing on a set of circumstances that had now changed.  I’ll be helping her adjust to…

  • Skype Visit

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    I did a brief Skype visit for Peachtree’s Author Mingle and 2010 Spring Book Look today.  For a few minutes, I talked to the visiting teachers about my books and the topics of my school visits.   I did have to explain at one point that I hadn’t done any Skype school visits up to this point,…

  • Conspiracy of Kings

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    When I scheduled the dentist appointment last fall, I clearly didn’t know this would be the day that Megan Whalen Turner’s CONSPIRACY OF KINGS would be coming out.  But thanks to good flossing habits, it was a rather quick and painless  appointment this morning. From there, I went directly to the bookstore.   I had already read the…

  • Smacking Characters

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    Sometimes characters do stupid things.  These stupid things often complicate the life of the protagonist.  That’s often all to the good.  But here’s something to think about with story.  It’s fine for characters to make mistakes, but the reader has to fully embrace that mistake as a completely reasonable option at the time.  Let me share…

  • Locked-in on the Olympics

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    I am endlessly fascinated by the Olympics.  I will watch almost any event.  This afternoon it’s been Nordic combined, biatholon, and luge.  And yes, I will be tuning in for the more popular figure skating tonight.  While I love watching these people step onto the world stage and give it everything that they have, I am…

  • Reading Every Word Out Loud

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    I still don’t know a better way to find mistakes in my writing than reading each word out loud. It keeps my eye from skimming over my all too familiar words. Of course working my way through 51,000 words takes awhile….