by kristinoakley | Nov 30, 2018 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
I’d been revising the fourth draft of The Devil Particle based upon Editor Tim Storm’s comments when I came to a scene I knew needed work. Of course, Tim didn’t hesitate to point that out and offered great feedback. Without giving too much away, the...
by kristinoakley | Oct 26, 2018 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
Years ago, when I was writing the first draft of God on Mayhem Street, I got bored. I had written about a third of the book and it lagged but I didn’t know why. Then it dawned on me — I had no idea what Jacob Landry, my antagonist, was up to. While some...
by kristinoakley | Aug 17, 2018 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
This summer I’ve lived on the moon, met an autistic man who finds the love of his life, followed the investigation of a sports coach who’s suspected of murder and then turns out not to be human, visited a Scandinavian town torn apart by scandal,...
by kristinoakley | Jul 20, 2018 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
I recently submitted the first 53 pages of The Devil Particle manuscript to writers Shannon Anderson and Tricia Wagner and my two twenty-something daughters for feedback. Shannon couldn’t believe those pages were from the same author who’d written Carpe...
by kristinoakley | Jul 6, 2018 | Creativity & Craft, For Readers, Newsletter
I stayed up way too late last night and am having a hard time concentrating on my work today. It’s all Fredrik Backman’s fault. Mr. Backman is the author of the critically acclaimed novel A Man Called Ove which was made into an Academy Award nominated...
by kristinoakley | May 25, 2018 | Creativity & Craft, Newsletter
I’m sure many readers imagine novel writing as a solitary pursuit. First thing in the morning, the novelist grabs a mug of coffee or a cup of tea on her way to her computer wearing pjs and fuzzy slippers and writes until noon. Followed by a shower, lunch, maybe...
