Author Archives: Kristin

Go, elves!

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Kristin

Those of you who know all about my love for elves will appreciate why I’m linking to this. Need I say more? Actually, I probably do.  Those of you who are not uber-geeks may not realize that it’s trendy within … Continue reading →

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Courtney Schafer’s “The Whitefire Crossing”

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Kristin

I recently finished reading the first novel by new author Courtney Schafer:  The Whitefire Crossing.  It was one of the free books I got at last year’s World Fantasy convention in San Diego.  I definitely recommend it, if you enjoy … Continue reading →

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Boskone 2012

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Kristin

Donald and I went to Boskone in February, over a month ago, and I’m so woefully behind on my blogging that I haven’t mentioned it yet. Boskone is Boston’s other annual science fiction convention.  Arisia is much bigger, and a … Continue reading →

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On Spec

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Kristin

My story “The Observation Deck” came out not too long ago in On Spec, “the Canadian magazine of the fantastic”, and I recently finished reading the issue that has my story in it (Fall 2011, though I didn’t receive it … Continue reading →

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Aoife’s Kiss

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Kristin

I recently finished reading my contributor’s copy of Aoife’s Kiss, which features my story “The Kiss of the Blood-Red Pomegranate”.  My favorite story was Rachel Zakuta’s “Memory of Snow”, an urban fantasy retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow … Continue reading →

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Seriously, Mollie Katzen?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Kristin

So, yesterday I made Lasagna al Pesto from Mollie Katzen’s cookbook The New Enchanted Broccoli Forest.  (The “new” part means it’s a re-issue of the original Enchanted Broccoli Forest, not that it’s about an enchanted broccoli forest only recently discovered.)  … Continue reading →

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Today’s wordcount

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Kristin

3300 words of novel written today!  I think 3800 words is my all-time record thus far, so I’m feeling pretty cheerful right now.  Of course, I don’t know how many of those words will end up staying in the final … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Ways I Procrastinate from Writing

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Kristin

Some writing sessions are productive.  Words flow from my fingertips onto the computer screen as quickly as I can think of them, and there’s nothing I’d rather be doing.  Other times … not so much.  Here are some of my … Continue reading →

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Snarky writing advice

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Kristin

From Nick Mamatas, ten bits of advice writers should stop giving aspiring writers. Though I wonder if it would be better to rephrase this as “Ten Bits of Advice Aspiring Writers Should Stop Listening To.”  I’ve received a lot of … Continue reading →

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“Looking-Glass Milk” now available in Kindle edition

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Kristin

My science fiction story “Looking-Glass Milk” is now available to read on your Kindle or Kindle app.  This originally came out in 2009 from Scribblers & Ink Spillers as part of the Crystal Codices collection, but it’s out of print … Continue reading →

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