by Kristin A. Oakley | Aug 24, 2026 | For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writing Life
It’s been a crazy, fun summer–prepping for and teaching at Novel-in-Progress Bookcamp, painting baseboards, doors, and rooms at my daughter and son-in-law’s new house, babysitting my grandson and grandpuppy for the big move, playing pickle ball,...
by Kristin A. Oakley | May 4, 2026 | Creativity & Craft, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writing Life
In November, I’ll attend Author Nation in Las Vegas. With 2,000 attendees, it’s one of the largest writers’ conferences in the world. This year, they’re producing three anthologies, including a sci-fi one with Andy Weir (the author of The...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Apr 7, 2026 | For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writing Life
As a novelist, I am anti Artificial Intelligence. Full disclosure, I use Spellcheck, Grammarly, and ProWritingAid to check my grammar (I suck at commas). I also use people—my critical and ARC (advanced reader copy) readers point out missed commas and typos. The rest...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Mar 9, 2026 | Creativity & Craft, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writing Life
I’ve received feedback from three of my critical readers and know I’ve got more work to do on the last two books in The Devil Particle Series. Even so, I’m almost done with these novels. I’m mourning the characters and the story and am almost...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Feb 8, 2026 | For Readers, For Writers, News and Events, Newsletter, Writing Life
Two Sundays ago, I went to a movie theater to see The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It was great fun watching it on the big screen. I’m now reading The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and wondered how J. R. R. Tolkien wrote the books...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Jan 7, 2026 | For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writing Life
A belated welcome to 2026! I hope your holidays were everything you expected and more. And maybe you’ve decided to make some changes in the new year? I have. This will be my year of developing good habits. What brought this on? Listening to the audiobook Atomic...
