Kristin Wolden Nitz
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Today as I was mowing the lawn, I thought of a way to bring all of plot lines together for the darkest moment. And I figured out when to have my character come to a truly horrible realization. There’s a…
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Preparing Summaries
One of the challenges of promoting a book is figuring out how to descrbe it for various venues. Peachtree was responsible for the following summary for the Library of Congress listing: As the family gathers at her grandmother’s bed-and-breakfast for…
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Writing the Scene that Doesn’t Want to Be Written
Usually, when I’m having trouble moving ahead with a novel, I use a variation of Natalie Goldberg’s cafe writing that she shared in WRITING DOWN THE BONES. But yesterday, I decided that I wanted to write on patio of our…
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Thief!
Megan Whalen Turner has updated her website. In it, you can find pictures, podcast and interviews. But this link will take you directly to a short story out about a much younger Gen.
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Link to an Interview with Peter Dickinson
I’m afraid that I didn’t discover the fantastic writer Peter Dickinson until Robin McKinley married him. Since then, I’ve enjoyed his novels like THE ROPEMAKER and the story collections that he’s written with his wife. You’ll find a lovely interview…
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Chapter Breaks
It’s not always easy to know where to end a chapter. Naturally, you need a strong hook that will make readers want to turn the page even if if they’ve promised themselves that they’re just going to read one more…
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Soccer in any Language
I’m sure that it’s difficult for World Cup soccer players to hear each other over the vuvuzelas. When the words do make it through that drone, they probably have a difficult time understanding their own teammates. In many matches, they can only guess at what their…
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Back to Chapter 13
Sometimes events can take a bit of time to settle when you’re in the middle of a major revision. As I dove into Chapter 15, I suddenly realized that Calyn would have told the Master of Horse and Hounds about the…
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Suspect at ALA
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…
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Chapter 14….Done!
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…
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