by kristinoakley | Jul 22, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter
Welcome to my writer’s book club! This month I read Peter Clines’ sci-fi horror novel 14 about a young man who rents a cheap apartment in a very strange and mysterious Hollywood building. I picked the book up while vacationing in L.A. a few years ago and am glad...
by kristinoakley | Jul 8, 2022 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter, Writing Life
Last week, I finished the first draft of The Renegade, the fourth book in The Devil Particle Series. WOO HOO!! But, while the draft is finished, the book certainly isn’t. The ending doesn’t have the impact I want and the whole manuscript needs a lot...
by kristinoakley | Jun 24, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
Welcome to my writer’s book club! This month I review Red Rising by New York Times Bestselling Author Pierce Brown. Red Rising takes place 1,000 years in the future and successfully blends elements of dystopia, science fiction, fantasy, and Greek mythology....
by kristinoakley | Jun 10, 2022 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
On Wednesday, I sat in on Reedsy’s First Line Frenzy with Martin Cavannagh and Rebecca Heyman. Participants were encouraged to submit the first line of their manuscript; Rebecca would then offer feedback. My first sentence of The Devil Particle manuscript...
by kristinoakley | May 27, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
Welcome to my Writer’s Book Club! This month’s selection is the New York Times Bestseller Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Butler was a renowned novelist and, in 1955, she became the first science fiction writer to win the MacArthur Fellowship. In Parable...
by kristinoakley | May 13, 2022 | Newsletter, Writing Life
In “Two Book Cover Possibilities–Which Do You Like?” I invited you to vote for your favorite cover design for my young adult dystopian novel The Devil Particle. The results are in and we have a winner! Before I reveal the official cover, I’d...
by kristinoakley | Apr 28, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
Welcome to my Writer’s Book Club! This month I’ve selected the New York Times Bestseller The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I’d read and liked Haig’s International Bestseller How to Stop Time, so I decided to buy his latest book for my mom. When my mother...
by kristinoakley | Apr 15, 2022 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
As I mentioned in a recent newsletter (“I’ve Hired a Book Designer”), I’ve been working with highly-acclaimed book designer Patrick Knowles to create the cover for my soon-to-be-released book The Devil Particle. Next month, I’ll tell you...
