by kristinoakley | Jan 7, 2022 | Newsletter
For Christmas, I’d ask each of my family members to give me the gift of time and they came through! They loved the idea of spending a day with me doing something we both enjoy and gave me coupons for these adventures. After the holidays, I contacted each of them...
by kristinoakley | Dec 20, 2021 | Newsletter, Writing Life
After sixty years on this planet, I have all the material things I need. And those things seem to reproduce. Honestly, I’ve donated three carloads of stuff to St. Vincent’s in just the last two weeks and I’ve barely scratched the surface. So, while a...
by kristinoakley | Dec 4, 2021 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter
It’s time again to start planning for Jólabókaflóð (Yule Book Flood). What is a Yule Book Flood? It’s a wonderful Icelandic Christmas tradition. On Christmas Eve, Icelanders give each other books and then spend the night reading while eating chocolate or...
by kristinoakley | Nov 20, 2021 | Newsletter, Writing Life
Last weekend my daughter Jessica and I explored the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). Jessica is pursuing a degree in costume design and UNCSA, a university devoted entirely to the performing arts, is one of her top choices. As we toured the...
by kristinoakley | Nov 6, 2021 | Books and Movies, Creativity & Craft, For Readers, Newsletter
It’s taken me years, but now I finally realize that a lot, if not all of writing, is about sharing human vulnerability. Take this newsletter for example. When I recommend books or movies to watch, I get some feedback. But when I share my struggles with querying...
by kristinoakley | Oct 22, 2021 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
On October 11th, I started writing Jaelyn (now titled The Renegade), the fourth book in The Devil Particle Series. Over the last couple of years, I’ve worked on revising the first three books, so it’s been a while since I’ve written something new....
by kristinoakley | Oct 8, 2021 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
I’ve missed you! It’s been six weeks since my last newsletter and I have all kinds of excuses for not writing, though the number one excuse is pretty valid. I worked like crazy to complete edits on the manuscript for book three of The Devil Particle...
by kristinoakley | Aug 27, 2021 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
Writers, like most artists, tend to be perfectionists. They imagine how they want the story to unfold, but their inner critic tells them the writing will fall short. Sometimes, this discrepancy between what writers envision and what they attempt to do is so...
