Kristin Wolden Nitz
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It’s official! SUSPECT, my YA mystery, will be released October 1! Here’s a description from the publisher: Seventeen-year-old Jen is scheduled to spend the summer helping Grandma Kay run the Shoenhaus, a Victorian bed and breakfast. But Grandma Kay’s plans include…
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Finding the Way Back into a Novel
I was in the middle of a major rewrite of a middle grade fantasy when the revisions for my YA mystery landed on my doorstep. I had every intention of spending ten or fifteen minutes a day with the fantasy…
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Locked-in on the Olympics
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…
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Naming Characters II
In an earlier post, I wrote about some of my naming problems for a protagonist. When I ran my list of new names for that person past my various critique groups, I got a wide variety of answers. Elisa was…
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First click of the day
Fuse #8 continues to be one of my first clicks of the day as I check out her unscientific poll of the top 100 chapter books. Sometimes I kick myself that I didn’t add a book to my list. Today, I…
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Fuse #8’s Top Hundred Countdown Begins
I have a feeling that I’ll be checking the blog of librarian Betsy Bird quite regularly as she counts down the top 100 chapter books. This morning she had 91-100. Ms. Bird not only lists the books, but also puts…
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Naming Characters
Naming characters is always a challenge, but often trying to change the name at a later date is even worse. Characters can be stubborn. In fact, one named Werner in DEFENDING IRENE refused. I offered him at least twenty other options. …
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Top 100 Chapter Books
Librarian Betsy Bird at Fuse#8 is doing an unscientific poll of the Top 100 chapter books. It closes tonight at midnight if you care to participate. I probably would have seen this before if I hadn’t been so busy finishing the revisions…
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Pronouncing the Griffin
I’ve noticed on my blog stats that people have a few concerns about pronouncing Italian words from SAVING THE GRIFFIN. Here’s a quick guide. If you’re familiar with Spanish, it should be extremely easy because the vowels are similar. A: ah…
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Hitting the Send Button
Incoming! Thwump! That’s the sound of 51,000 words landing in my editor’s electronic inbox. My YA mystery is done, at least for the moment. It was a pretty major revision, so I’ll have to see what my editor thinks about…
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