Kristin Wolden Nitz
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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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Keystone State Reading Association
SUSPECT was one of ten books picked for the High School KSRA 2011 YA book award . Students can vote on their favorite title as long as they’ve read at least four of the following books: Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins,…
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Over 7000 Words
It felt like I was back to my old plodding ways. On April 19th, I was at 5600 words. Yesterday, I was hardly 1000 words further along as I struggled to get my character from Merano to the Alpe di Siusi–or as…
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