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Category Archives: Music

Write Much Lately?

I hear a loud slurping sound as I open my morning pages. Suspiciously, I type, “What is it now, Muse?” And there he is sprawled in the middle of my […]

May 18, 2014 Kirsten22 Comments

Backstage at the Blog: F is for Follow

Like everyone else who starts out in blogging, I had no followers at all when I set up shop at A Scenic Route. Unlike many bloggers though, it took me […]

April 7, 2014 Kirsten31 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

What I Gave the Muse for Valentine's Day

Maybe you thought my Muse was the sort who wants chocolate and flowers. Not so much. He can have all the chocolate he wants any day of the year, and […]

February 23, 2014 Kirsten23 Comments

Playlist: Island Fun

As the entire Midwestern United States seems to be buried under a snow drift, there is only one thing left for a chilly writer to do: Pull out my summer […]

February 2, 2014 Kirsten8 Comments

89,777 Words Later

And another first draft is finished! I started in March, against my better judgement because I was still revising The Tempest’s Serenade, and here I am, almost ninety thousand words […]

October 20, 2013 Kirsten25 Comments

Of Feathers, Stars, and Melodies

Wings, rain, dreams, starlight, footprints, silver and songs —these are some of the spices in my Muse’s cupboard, and with every story I brew up, I find the same flavors […]

June 27, 2013 Kirsten17 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

IWSG: A Whole Lot of Why

It’s time, once again, for the Insecure Writers to unite and encourage each other. If you’d like to join the Insecure Writer’s Support Group, all you have to do is […]

April 3, 2013 Kirsten32 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

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