by kristinoakley | Jan 29, 2021 | Newsletter, Writing Life
It’s been almost a month since I started my Year of Writing by implementing my 2x2x2 Daily Writing Method — 2 hours of working on The Devil Particle, 2 hours of marketing, and two hours of reading every day. So far it’s working. To be honest, I...
by kristinoakley | Jan 15, 2021 | Newsletter, Writing Life
In my last newsletter, “New Year’s Resolutions and Alternatives,” I mentioned my new 2x2x2 Daily Writing Method — two hours of working on my current book, two hours of marketing, and two hours of reading each day. While the first and last tasks...
by kristinoakley | Jan 4, 2021 | Newsletter, Writing Life
The new year has begun and with it an examination of the events of the last year, a feeling of relief, and a chance for a fresh start. As always, there are debates about whether New Year’s Resolutions are worth the trouble. I can see both sides, particularly...
by kristinoakley | Sep 13, 2020 | Conferences, Newsletter, Writing Life
Throughout your life, you experience life-changing events — your graduation, the first day of your dream job, your wedding, the birth of your child, traveling abroad, grandchildren, and more. Your career might offer you life-changing opportunities as well. As a...
by kristinoakley | Aug 8, 2020 | Newsletter, Unschooling, Writing Life
Almost the minute I began drafting my first book in 2008, I volunteered to work for writing organizations. But this year I vowed to pull back from volunteering and devote more time to my writing. Little did I know that my writing would include starting a new blog on...
by kristinoakley | Jul 12, 2020 | Newsletter, Writing Life
Back in May, I sent the seventh draft of The Devil Particle manuscript to my editor Tim Storm confident that he’d suggest a few minor changes and then my young adult novel would be good to go. Nope. Tim had major issues with the structure of the story,...