Kristin Wolden Nitz
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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…
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“Don’t treat your characters like marionettes!”
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…
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Chapter 21. Not done, but I’m moving forward.
Usually, I do have to have everything in pretty good shape before I go on. Chapter 21 is pretty ragged. I need to work on descriptions of towns, towers, clothing, food and one creature. I now have new links on…
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Fifteen Rejections
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…
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Reverse Chronological Order/Explanation of Dedication Page
One thing about blogs is that people will generally read things from newest to oldest. So I’m going to work my way backwards from my decision to submit SUSPECT to Peachtree to how I came up with the original idea for…
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“O Light the Heart that Lingers in Merano”
I first heard the songs from the musical CHESS back in college. One of the guys in my Douglas Houghton Hall dorm at Michigan Tech was demonstrating the astonishing clarity that his new CD player brought to the music. (And yes,…
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Historical Fantasy
I ran across a new fantasy designation today. Of course, it could have been knocking around for awhile, but here is how Elizabeth C. Bunce, author of CURSE DARK AS GOLD, put it: “Historical fantasy” means my work is inspired…
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Chapter 20? Done. At Least for Now
I know that Chapter 20 is a bit on the short side, but I decided to declare it done for the time being. It will undoubtedly need tweaking after this draft is finished anyway. And I’m pushing forward into the…
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It’s Out There
SUSPECT has now appeared in a few libraries, so I guess it is officially out there even though my launch party won’t be until the first Thursday in October. But I guess that makes the release of my book as a…
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A Sparkly, Sparkly Review
SUSPECT’s first review came in from Kirkus, and it’s a good one! In fact the title of this post was also the subject line from my editor when she sent me the review. She noted that it can be hard…
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