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Christina Baker Kline: A Writing Year
http://christinabakerkline.wordpress.com
With the publication of my 4th novel, BIRD IN HAND, in August, and another due in a year, I'm writing about what motivates and inspires me, what tips and tricks I use to keep going, and how I deal with the unexpected. Guest Bloggers, all published writers, share thair insights as well.
- Added on: Jul 11th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Christina Baker Kline
- Listed in: Fiction How-To
- Tags: how to fiction publishing writing tips writing ideas novel
Recent Posts
What Makes a Book Great? A Voracious Reader Shares Her Insights
Editor’s note: From October 2008 to October 2009, Nina Sankovitch read one book a day and wrote about it on her blog, Read All Day. After learning about this project in a New York Times article, I went to Nina’s site and found some terrific i...
Quick Link: A Book that Inspired a Family Ritual
This month I was asked by BookReporter.com to write a personal essay for their Holiday Author Blog feature. They requested a guest piece about my favorite holiday memories of getting or giving books. I knew instantly what I’d write about:...
Learning From the Masters
The essence of art is sensitivity. How does one retain the freshness of sensitivity? Answer: By working without worry, freely. How does one work freely? By possessing a technique which permits one to work spontaneously: it is necessary, the...
Guest Blog: Laura Schenone on Writing About the Past
An award-winning memoirist offers advice on writing about family and history — and family history: Tomorrow we arrive in Florida for the holiday, and I can assure you that within a few hours, my mom and I will reach some minor tension over the ...
Under the Influence
When I’m working on a novel I become obsessed with its themes, and look for inspiration anywhere I can find it. Paintings, photographs, films, poems, essays, novels – everything I take in is filtered through the lens of my current obsession. (I...
Writing Prompts
William Faulkner used to map his stories on his office wall. If you visit his home in Oxford, Mississippi, you can still see the notes for his novel in his precise, small handwriting. When Laura Schenone was writing her memoir, The Lost Ravioli R...
