by kristinoakley | Jun 15, 2024 | Creativity & Craft, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter
Last month, I sent a polished draft of The Runner – The Devil Particle Series Book Three to six critical readers for their feedback. I assumed they’d suggest only a few scene tweaks, and I’d be good to go with the planned release date of November 20,...
by kristinoakley | May 17, 2024 | Creativity & Craft, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter
Wait, what? Hasn’t Carpe Diem, Illinois been out for a while? Yes, it has. Ten years, in fact! To celebrate, I’m releasing a tenth-anniversary edition with a new cover and an author’s note. I’m also writing a short (ten-page or so) prequel to...
by kristinoakley | Apr 18, 2024 | Creativity & Craft, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter
Do you have an idea for a story even if you’re not a writer? Is there a tale stuck in your head you’re just dying to tell? Where did that idea come from? Last week I spoke about writing at Oakwood Village Retirement Center in Madison, Wisconsin, for their...
by kristinoakley | Mar 22, 2024 | Creativity & Craft, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writing Life
I’m obsessive about meeting deadlines — if I set a deadline, I work fifteen-hour days to get the job done. So, when I’d promised my five critical readers (the Fab Five) a well-edited manuscript of The Runner – The Devil Particle Book Three by...
by kristinoakley | Sep 7, 2023 | Books and Movies, Creativity & Craft, Newsletter, Writing Life
I’m behind on my reading of Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, for this month’s Writer’s Book Club, but I promise to get a review to you next month. Why am I behind? What on Earth have I been up to? Reading other...
by kristinoakley | Aug 18, 2023 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter, Writing Life
Great news! The Vessel will be released on November 13, 2023! Here’s the blurb for this second book in The Devil Particle Series: World leaders attempt to save humanity by entrusting all the world’s evil to one imperfect human vessel. What could possibly go...
