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The Meet My Character Blog Hop-Nick Moore

The cold wind gives me goose bumps as climb the front steps to Nick Moore’s beach house, gripping my laptop to my chest like a lover. I knock on the […]

August 18, 2014 Kirsten20 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: D is for Discussion

I love interacting with my commenters! And, lucky for me, WordPress has a setting for that. For example, if I go to the settings menu in the dashboard, I can […]

April 4, 2014 Kirsten26 Comments

Blog Tour: My Writing Process

Now this is a Blog Hop after my own heart. Last Monday the fabulous Mike Schulenberg passed the baton to me, nominating me to participate in the My Writing Process […]

March 24, 2014 Kirsten25 Comments

IWSG: That Whooshing Sound

It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for the insecure writers of the world-wide web to get together and commiserate via the wonderful Insecure Writer’s Support Group. If […]

June 5, 2013 Kirsten57 Comments

1967

Hi there. I haven’t forgotten about ye olde blogge, it’s just that I’m writing. A lot! To prove it, here’s some of what’s been going on in the land of revision, […]

April 27, 2013 Kirsten8 Comments

Pardon the Tumbleweeds

Don’t mind me, I’ll just clear away these tumbleweeds that are blowing over the scenic route. I’m still writing, but it seems I took on too much again and left […]

March 3, 2013 Kirsten22 Comments

So Obvious in Hindsight

Me again, talking about my revision. This is so big, I just have to share. I was not expecting much today, because I’m managing a minor Muse meltdown. He is […]

February 19, 2013 Kirsten15 Comments

Making It Sing

So, you ask, how is that novel coming along? I kinda figured my novel-writing journey wouldn’t be an expressway, but sometimes it feels like I’m on a bus headed to […]

January 28, 2013 Kirsten23 Comments

IWSG: My Blogging Blooper Reel

Welcome to 2013, Insecure Writers! If you’re not already part of the Insecure Writer movement that is—thanks to the inimitable Alex J. Cavanaugh— taking the Internet by storm, click this […]

January 2, 2013 Kirsten40 Comments

Permission To Be Brave

For the first day of National Novel Writing Month, commonly known as NaNoWriMo, I have a special treat today. Fellow coffee aficionado, blogger, and How To Revise Your Novel classmate Anushka […]

November 1, 2012 Kirsten20 Comments

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