It’s nearly Christmas, and I’m feeling nostalgic for holidays past, and with that, am in the mood for touching stories. Thought I’d share a few things I’ve come across in the last few days. None of them are new, I don’t think, but with the exception of the last one, which is a holiday staple… Continue reading A Few Feel-Good Things
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Reading What You Like
The following rant won’t be groundbreaking. I share the opinion of most thinking people I know on this topic, and many of them are stirred up about this today. But sometimes you have to speak up even when your voice is only one among the hordes. At the hairdresser this morning, the woman in the… Continue reading Reading What You Like
On Editing – Overused Words
For the last couple of weeks, I have been working flat out on a fresh edit of my current MS, triggered by editorial notes from my agent. I had hoped to be finished with this round of edits last Friday, but as writer friends will understand, these things have a way of taking on a… Continue reading On Editing – Overused Words
Random Friday
Yesterday, I stopped for a hot chocolate and a few minutes of quiet work in between one meeting and another. By the time I sat down and opened my computer, I realized something very odd was going on. For the first time I can remember, I was the one and only person in the coffee… Continue reading Random Friday
Fleeting Hours
Does anyone else ever wish they could put the need for sleep and food aside sometimes and stretch one day out for as long as it took to finish a big job? I am not at all averse to hard work. But every once in awhile, I AM daunted by just how long big jobs… Continue reading Fleeting Hours
On Barbara Park
You know, I hesitated to write this post today, because it’s been five days since Barbara Park died, making it “old news” in internet terms, even if it is the first chance I’ve had to sit and write anything about it. How ridiculous is it that that even crossed my mind? Sometimes the effect the… Continue reading On Barbara Park
The Games We Play
A couple of years ago, I really wanted to finish the manuscript I was working on. I’d hit the part of the year when my day job threatens to take over every waking moment, and between that and family responsibilities, I was finding it almost impossible to make time for words. As it always is… Continue reading The Games We Play
Welcome to the new site!
Hello, and welcome to my new digs. You’ll notice a few changes from my old site, most notably that I’m now blogging under my pen name, Kathy Kenzie. For those of you who know me from SiWC, the Compuserve forum, Twitter, or other parts of my life, this will continue to be my personal blog.… Continue reading Welcome to the new site!
What I've Been Reading
For my birthday this year, I got this Moleskine book journal as a present. I’ve decided to use it to keep track of memorable reads, the ones that stay with me long after I’ve finished the book, ones that make me wish I’d thought to mark the passages that touched me, because I can’t find… Continue reading What I've Been Reading
Agent!
I’m very pleased (she said, understating the case terribly) to announce that I have signed with Nephele Tempest of The Knight Agency. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Nephele through SiWC for several years, and I couldn’t imagine a better fit for me. I’m thrilled to be working with her. Needless to say, this has… Continue reading Agent!