Kristin Wolden Nitz
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I’m finally digging in again on PORTRAIT. This week I managed to pull together over a thousand words. It really shouldn’t be that difficult. I try not to get jealous when my Facebook friends manage to pull together three or…
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Finding a Way to Win
I”ve been watching the U.S. Women’s Soccer team with delight. Less than 10 minutes after this blog post goes up, I’ll be plopping myself in front of the TV to watch them take on Japan. Both teams arrived at this moment…
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Juggling Projects
Some writers out there are jugglers. They can easily switch from project to project. In fact, there are those who strongly feel that you should have more than one project out there so that you can jump to something else…
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Promoting the Backlist
Peachtree Publishers does such a lovely job of promoting the books on their backlist. My friend Sondy was at ALA and took a picture of SUSPECT being promoted even though it came out last fall. She also found SAVING THE GRIFFIN…
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Revising Again
I’m not sure how many times that I’ve finished Calyn’s story, but I might be able to work it out with a piece of paper and a pencil. I can say, however, that it’s gone through two major revisions. The…
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When It All Goes Down
Once again I can’t help thinking about how this is the weekend in June where the mystery weekend in SUSPECT would take place. Weather did really play a role in the plot. Weather, seasons and climate do play or at…
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Stealing Time
Today, I stole an hour to write. Usually, I manage to write about fifteen hours a week. I haven’t even managed to steal fifteen minutes a day in the past week and half. I’ve been helping my oldest get settled…
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Putting in the Miles
When my son started running long distance, his coach said something pretty close to the following: “Sprinters are born, but you can be successful in long distance if you put in the miles.” (Now, of course, the elite long distance runners…
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Over 8000 Words on Portrait
I didn’t make much progress today as I clicked through more pictures of the Domomites, but I did make it over 8000 words. Here’s a photo of the Sassolungo group. While my character didn’t get this close to these mountains,…
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