Kristin Wolden Nitz
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Editors warn authors against putting things in their contemporary novels that will “date” the books unless a project is already anchored somehow in time. As I watched the Italians lose their final game of group playof th 2010 World Cup,…
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Grand Rapids Griffins
The Grand Rapids Griffin mascot posed with SAVING THE GRIFFIN and Diana Wynne Jones’ YEAR OF THE GRIFFIN. It was pretty fun to see my book next to one by DWJ even though the only real link was the fact…
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The Back Cover
My husband, who is fabulous at manipulating images, scanned in the catalog’s back cover. After removing things like my address and other things needed by the postal service, he sent me the following image:
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Peachtree
Whoa! I got some exciting news this morning. Peachtree decided to feature SUSPECT on the back cover of their fall catalogue! Very cool. I suspect that some of that ‘love’ has to come from the truly eyecatching look. This is one…
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Pronouncing Character Names
Pronouncing unfamiliar characters names is always a challenge. Part of the reason for this is that English is such a confusing language. For example, you can make the “ah” sound with an “o” or an “a”. After living in Italy…
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Forza Italia!
I’m cutting my personal writing time short today so that I can watch Italy vs. Paraguay in World Cup soccer. Ever since our family lived in Merano for about three and a half years, we always cheer for the…
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Chapter 12….Done!
Chapter 12 of Calyn’s story only needed a few tweaks here and there to reflect the new opening and the addition of new characters. I spent the morning reviewing and smoothing Chapters 11 and 12. I often do this a…
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Mission Accomplished
I met my self-imposed deadline to escape from Chapter 9. Then I discovered that it was actually Chapter 11. I don’t usually doublecheck my chapters for continuity until I’m prepping them to go out, but I’d been scrolling up and…
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Planning to Escape from Chapter 9
I probably spent a half an hour today trying to figure out when Calyn would hang up a lantern. Sure, this was coming at a rather tense moment for her, but I’d like to power forward and build a little…
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A New Address for Fuse #8
I always like checking the new book reviews from Betsy Bird’s blog at Fuse #8. It took a bit of scouting around today to find the updated site. If anyone else is looking for her, you can click on http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production
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