by Kristin A. Oakley | Oct 12, 2018 | Newsletter, Writing Life
Thursday, actor Rob Doyle, engineer Justin Hind, and I finished recording God on Mayhem Street. Friday, we completed the final edits for Carpe Diem, Illinois. (Both audiobooks will be released soon — I’ll let you know when!) It’s been an incredible...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Sep 28, 2018 | Fictional Research, Newsletter
Editing a manuscript is a slow process and can make an author feel like she’s slogging through mud. It can also be painful as she realizes a beloved scene that took days to write has to be cut. But there are times when editing is eye-opening and downright fun....
by Kristin A. Oakley | Sep 14, 2018 | Newsletter, Writing Life
For the last few years, I’ve wanted to create audio books of Carpe Diem, Illinois and God on Mayhem Street so when Author Christine Keleny told me she recorded her books through Paradyme Productions, right here in Madison, I knew I had my chance. I visited Jake...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Aug 31, 2018 | Newsletter, Writing Life
*When Christopher Paolini was nineteen, he sold his debut novel Eragon by making personal appearances at hundreds of schools and bookstores dressed in medieval costumes. I also personally sell my books at libraries, bookstores, and festivals, but I don’t wear...
by Kristin A. Oakley | 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 Kristin A. Oakley | Aug 3, 2018 | Newsletter
I don’t know if this happens to you, but when I binge-watch a television series I start to talk like the characters. For instance, when my daughter and I watched hours of The West Wing, we found ourselves talking in rapid-fire quips just like the actors – “You think?”...
