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Category Archives: Music

What's In Your Bucket?

Awful quiet in here lately … You might think I’m hibernating— but actually, I’ve been absorbed in revision, (more on that soon) reading fellow writers’ works-in-progress (you guys are awesome, […]

January 20, 2013 Kirsten26 Comments

Liebster Award-Holiday Edition

As I was casting about ideas on what to post for your reading pleasure, all the while frantically wrapping presents, baking cookies, and packing my suitcase for another cross-country trek, […]

December 19, 2012 Kirsten15 Comments

Cheers, Cavanaugh Blogfest

It is my great pleasure to be a part of the raucous party known as the Cheers, Cavanaugh Blogfest and raise a virtual toast to the enigmatic but influential writer […]

December 10, 2012 Kirsten35 Comments

Something Completely Different

And now for something completely different. Dragons. A steampunk Lunar colony. A question of where the man ends and the machine begins. In other words, my story for NaNoWriMo 2012. […]

October 28, 2012 Kirsten16 Comments

The Next Big Thing

Exciting news from the scenic route today! Those of you familiar with the How to Revise Your Novel course by Holly Lisle will be pleased to hear that I have […]

October 18, 2012 Kirsten33 Comments

If It Makes You Happy …

He paces outside my morning words, his hands in the pockets of his leather jacket, a scowl on his face. I dread confronting him, but now that morning words have […]

October 10, 2012 Kirsten27 Comments

Playlist: Remember

Playlists are often the first to guide my story’s direction, and I make them constantly. In the case of my current novel, my playlist really surprised me and landed me […]

September 9, 2012 Kirsten25 Comments

Look!!!

There’s a new meme in town, and its name is ‘Look!!!’ (And it comes armed and loaded with no less than three exclamation points to make sure you do, indeed, […]

August 26, 2012 Kirsten15 Comments

The Pictures In My Head

Why do I write? Really? In the beginning, before I ever thought I’d even finish a book draft, I wrote for the pictures the words made in my head. Here’s […]

August 15, 2012 Kirsten13 Comments

Black Hair, Grey Eyes

Have you ever done those character profiles they give you for novel planning? All those empty boxes–hair color, height, weight, scars, eye color, hobbies– used to leave me at a […]

July 24, 2012 Kirsten21 Comments

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