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Category Archives: Kate’s Posts
It’s Been a Week for Sky Watching
Kate Flora: I haven’t been doing enough writing lately, what with one thing and another. Now, I really need to focus on my WIP. I’m 67K in, and in the middle of a critical scene, and I’m stuck, waiting for … Continue reading
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Not Writer’s Block but Story Block
Kate Flora: I have always insisted that I don’t suffer from writer’s block. Indeed, I often think that writer’s block is more of an excuse not to engage with the work, wrestle with the challenges, and find a way forward, than … Continue reading
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When Are You Going to Write a Real Book?
Kate Flora: When we’re not at our desks, writers spend a lot of time in bookstores and libraries talking about our books and the writing process. Over the years, there have been some questions that are on repeat and some … Continue reading
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Remembering Summers Past
Kate Flora: Starting another Maine summer always makes me nostalgic for the summers of my youth. Yes, it’s true that we always think we are eighteen forever, unless it’s twenty-seven, but now I’m at the stage of life where I … Continue reading
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Those Who Choose Evil
Kate Flora: In general, when I blog here, I try to talk about more general aspects of writing or being a writer, (or living in Maine) rather than focusing on my own books. Although I will sometimes use my books … Continue reading
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Can You Afford to Get Published?
I wrote this post a decade ago. I’ve given it some tweaks, but it is still true. Probably more true now than ever. Unless you’re an A-List author, the burden of marketing mostly falls on you, and it is expensive. … Continue reading
It’s Never Too Late Revisited
Kate Flora: Today, as I’m at the Massachusetts Library Conference pitching Sisters in Crime programs to librarians, I’m revisiting a post I did several years ago. It is still relevant to the many who dream of writing but have put … Continue reading
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I admit it. I ran away to Holland to see tulips
Kate Flora: The advice one gets, as we age, is “travel while you can.” Of course, we never know when something will strike. But as the sand runs through the hour glass, my husband and I have decided we’d better be … Continue reading
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Yes, Friends, It’s Finally Spring
Kate Flora: How do I know it’s spring? Maybe because I’ve spend the past week on my hands and knees in the garden, digging out the persistent gout weed? Maybe because my back aches and the knees of all my … Continue reading
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What a Writer Can Learn from a Spring Garden
Kate Flora: I was going to write a post today about voice in our fiction, but I got bogged down in references and watching YouTube videos and taking notes. I got frustrated and headed out to the garden, which is … Continue reading
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