Kit Frick's Blog, page 5
October 4, 2016
Hello from MacDowell
I’m writing tonight from Savidge Library at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where the leaves are turning to fire and the turkeys roam free.
These three wild turkeys strutting across the field are a regular fixture of my morning bike ride to Colony Hall.
The eponymously named MacDowell Studio, my writing space for four weeks. During my month-long residency, I am revising a novel and working on a group of poems. I knew my time at MacDowell would be special, but it’s...
August 2, 2016
#PitchWars: The Day Before the Sub Window Opens…
It’s almost here! The day you’ve been waiting for…finally! You’ve nipped and tucked and tweakedyour query. You’ve polished your opening chapter ’til it shines. You have your revised and polished full manuscript and a synopsis lying in wait, just in case. The sub window is opening in a matter of hours…now what!?
First, don’t panic!
No, Ron, we cannot! Or rather, there’s no need to, so let’s all take a deep breath and not let panic take over, shall we?
The submission window is set to open just...
July 19, 2016
#PitchWars 2016: Mentor Bio + Wish List
Welcome, Pitch Warriors! You’ve found the wish list of the mighty YA co-mentoring duo, Rachel Lynn Solomon and Kit Frick. Which means, you’re in the right place if you want to work with the most kick-ass mentoring team on the planet. *Throw furtive glances at other awesome YA mentors.* *Get super soakers ready.*
WHO WE ARE
Rachel Lynn Solomon
Hi there! This is my third year as a Pitch Wars mentor, and I love this contest so, so much — I look forward to it all year! I’m also very excited to b...
June 29, 2016
YA Thriller Round-Up
I’ll admit it. I was way too chicken to read Lois Duncan when I was a teen. I was the kid who made my mom hide a beloved (but scary!) picture book in the closet so the Yeller Belly Swamp monsters couldn’t get me. I kept my eyes closed through the entirety of Jurassic Park in the theater. (It was 1993. I was eleven. It’s still embarrassing.) I had to secretly ask my fifth grade teacher to stop reading an R.L. Stine novel out loud to the class because it was giving me nightmares. By the time I...
January 2, 2016
Shelfie: 2015 in review, 2016 up ahead
Happy 2016! I don’t have any big reading resolutions for the new year aside from diving into a bunchofgreat books. Here a little year-end round-up of afew faves from 2015 and a preview of the titles that are lighting up my TBR pile in 2016.
2015 in YA (in reading order):
This suspenseful murder mystery, presentednonlinearly, has a great, unexpected love triangle and a compelling voice. The first best thing I read in 2015 (and re-read a few months later!).
October 20, 2015
Shelfie: What I’m reading in 2015
I know, I know. It’s not December yet. It’s TOO EARLYfor a year-end round-up.
Which is why…this isn’t one!
Consider this a check-in as the first be-hatted days of autumn begin to sneak up onBrooklyn. AsOctober comes to a close, there are just too many good books on my shelf to wait until December. So here’s the best of what I’m reading in 2015 (so far!).
In YA (in reading order):
This suspenseful murder mystery, presentednonlinearly, has a great, unexpected love t...
August 13, 2015
#PitchWars {{Potential}} Mentee Bio
That’s me, Kit Frick. Hey there #PitchWars 2015 mentors & fellowmentee-hopefuls–I’m excited to get to know all of you!
I’llkick things off with fivesuper-basic facts:
1) I write contemporary realistic YA. The manuscript I’m entering into #PitchWarscombinesliterary, character-driven prose with a tension-filled, dual-timeline narrative. I’m entering #PitchWars in hopes of working hard with an awesome mentor to whip my book into its best possible shape beforeit sees agent eyes. Yeah!
2) I’m orig...
June 6, 2015
Residency time
I just got home from spending two weeks as a writer in residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE. More residency, puh-leez! I got a lot done out in Nebraska, and I had an amazing time hanging outand sharing work with the other writers & artists who were in residence while I was out there.
+ Rachel Ostrow, Visual Artist, New York I got a lot accomplished in NE. Here are the writing highlights:
Worked on my novel-in-progress every day. Guess what: when you...April 7, 2015
Off to AWP!
It’s that time of year when I overstuff my suitcase and board a plane, train, or automobile to the biggest small press book party in the US. Minneapolis, here I come! If you’re going to AWP and thinking, “you know what I should do? I should say hi to Kit!” (obviously), here’s where you’ll find me:
Selling broadsides, chapbooks, and full-lengths at the Black Lawrence Press table in the book fair Thurs – Sat (table 2030)
Speaking on “The Rise of the Chapbook” panel on Thursday @ 3:00 pm (Room 1...
