Kristin Wolden Nitz
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Every year the Bank Street College of Education Book Committee reviews over 6000 titles. They put 600 of those books into their Best Children’s Books of the Year publication. The Bank Street College of Education recently put out a list of…
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Escape From Chapter 8!
I did it. I found a way out of Chapter 8 when the right combination of words finally clicked into place. The lock opened. Escape.
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Still Stuck on Chapter 8
Just over two weeks ago, I was pretty optimistic about wrapping up Chapter 8 and moving onto the introduction of two new characters in Chapter 9. Well, I did manage to pull together a scene to open Chapter 9. But…
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Off to the Printer
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…
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World Cup Fever!
ILBNH, otherwise known as InsertLiteraryBlogNameHere, included DEFENDING IRENE in their list of soccer books to read in preparation for the World Cup. My book certainly shows why Italians are so passionate for the Azurri. Soccer isn’t just the national game…
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Done? Really done?
A week ago I got the “final interior” of SUSPECT. My editor let me know that this would be my last chance to make any comments. Another attachment held the last few comments from the copy editor along with some…
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Mowing the Lawn
About three weeks ago, my editor called me. We were in the middle of copy edits for SUSPECT. Usually, this is a matter of tweaking sentences and fixing mistakes. A few continuity issues will pop up here and there. But…
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Self-censorship?
Sometimes books are challenged in libraries. There might be a word, phrase, character or situation that people object to. But one parent really took objections to the next level when he paged through a book by Dan Gutman. Mr. Gutman wrote…
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Finding the Way Back into a Novel II
During my family’s spring break to the Smokies, I had plenty of time to meditate on Calyn’s story. I climbed steep trails and hiked through gaps that led from one valley to another. I had a good feel for the…
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Back to Back Writing Retreats
Ordinarily, I wouldn’t plan on abandoning my family for writing retreats on back to back weekends. But this was a special case. I committed to the Missouri SCBWI retreat last summer as one of their presenters. Then word came down that…
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