Kristin Wolden Nitz


Kristin Wolden Nitz

  •  While waiting for a library visit to begin, I found this quote by the award-winning author Lois Lowry on the wall: “You don’t become a great cook if you never taste good food. The same is true for writing.” Now…

  • When I stepped up to home plate last Sunday night for a friendly game of softball,  I was a bit worried.  It had been almost six years since I’d faced an opposing pitcher.    Most of my practice swings since that…

  • I’ve never liked selling things.  In fact, I could hardly sell Girl Scout Cookies. I did try, but I usually felt physically sick as I climbed the steps to press someone’s doorbell.  As a writer, I have to sell my words. …

  • It was such a pleasure to spend a couple of days in Chicago at the ALA National Convention talking to people who love books.   Jeanie Franz Ransom and I kept returning to the Peachtree booth like a pair of homing pigeons.…

  • I’ve been struggling with a new first chapter for a novel revision.  It’s been a process of arranging and rearranging words instead of adding to the plot.   But it can be really difficult to draw the reader into the world…

  • I’ll be signing books at Peachtree’s booth in “The Stacks” during the ALA National Conference on July 11 at 12:30.  Please feel free to drop by and say hello. I’d be delighted to answer any questions about SAVING THE GRIFFIN or DEFENDING IRENE…

  • Late last week one of my writing friends sent out a notice. Somehow she missed the fact that she was supposed to bring a completed novel to a master class with Linda Sue Park at the SCBWI National Conference.  Clearly…

  •  I had completely immersed myself ina very nice mystery for kids when I crashed headlong into the following line:  “A symphony, that’s what the place is like–a complex Bach symphony that sharpens your mind even if you can’t comprehend every strand…

  • I’m afraid that I have a narcissitic habit of googling my books to see how they’re doing in the world.  Sometimes this can be depressing such as when a teacher or librarian is dismissive of my plot or characters in a…

  • Sometime in the next six months or so, I’ll be revising my YA mystery.  It’s current title is STAND-IN FOR MURDER.  (I’ve learned not to get too attached to titles.  I often think that Marketing–and yes, I did mean to capitalize…

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