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Spring Break Brain ~ @AuthorKristina Knight

It's Spring Break week here at Casa Knight, and that means eleventy-billion things are happening. Even though we aren't traveling, and we don't have any special things on our To Do list. But we're still running in about fifteen directions every day. I'm not complaining, though, because it's been fun. So far. Ask me again on Friday...

What are we doing? We've made about three library runs (and that's just since last Friday when Spring Break began). We hit the local Target pretty hard because be...

And She's Back . . .

I'm baaack! *Cue the crazy-scary Jack Nicholson face between the doors of that old empty hotel in The Shining.* Or not . . . maybe we should just cue Nan's face as she re-activates her Facebook and Twitter accounts. Not as thrilling maybe, but more true to life.

So how did the Facebook hiatus work out for me? Honestly, it was good and bad. I confess I was wicked lonely for forty days and forty nights in spite of having dear, sweet Husband nearby, Liz on call through texts, gChats, and emails,...

Outer limits

I've been thinking, not about what I do write about, but what I won't. I'm not talking about purposeful limitations set by my publisher or myself--I've used the f-bomb one time in 15 books and still wonder if I could have avoided it; it's just not my thing--but about things that I won't go to. In no certain order, I won't write about:
The death of a protagonist's child, either on or off the page, because I don't think I could represent the depth of that agony and to either underplay or stick p...

Writing Retreats: A Rare Treat

I had the opportunity to go away on a writing retreat the first week in April. I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to be able to concentrate solely on writing for three solid days. Someone else to cook AND wash dishes? Check. Time to think and reflect? Check, and double check. Hanging out with writing friends, people who share my interests and understand the writing life? Priceless.

Though I’ve lived in Manitoba for almost nineteen years, I’ve maintained my friendships with writer friends in...

What I want to be When I grow up

I've often joked with friends that I'm still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. Recently,
the thought of being an author when I grow up has piqued my interest, though I don't necessarily like the thought of having to grow up.

Because really, adulating it not all its cracked up to be. I know I'm not alone in this sentiment.

Unfortunately, my vague contemplation of my future hit a reality check a couple weeks ago: I'm losing my job. The job I fell into nearly 20 years ago and which I...

Bold Vs Brave

by Margie Senechal

Usually when I answer the question, "What would you tell your younger self if you could?"

I've always answered, "Be brave." 

As if I were fighting tigers and chickened out. 

Okay, so I didn't go parasailing--and even the blind kid went--in Mazatlan because I was sure the parasail would break under my 135 pounds. I could've used bravery that time.

But, aside from that instance, I think what I've meant all these years was to, "Be bold."

While bold and brave are similar. T...

Impatient for Summer ~ @AuthorKristina Knight

The countdown is on - but not just for summer this time, although I can't express with words just how excited I am for summer to get here. It's been especially gray and dreary in my part of the world (although we skipped most of the ultra-cold snaps this winter), so now that the weather is finally warming up, it's nice to see the skies so blue and the clouds floating by. Even the rain isn't that bad because it brings with it greener grass and mud puddles to stomp in. Not that I stomp in mud p...

Killing Off Characters

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I think I can...or maybe not

I seem to be the "feelings" Wrangler--have you noticed that? Probably gets annoying, doesn't it? I know it does to me. I really thought this week that I might write something groundbreaking and useful about writing.

Hmmm...

[image error] Nails by Julie WhiteSo, I have this problem with self-confidence. As in, I don't have much of it. I'm pretty happy with who I am (remember last week? Ordinary's good.) I like my hair color right now and I weigh 16
Hair color by Denee Douglasspounds less than I did six months...

Welcome Podcaster, Dr. Kelly Jones

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