by krista | Apr 23, 2014 | Christ life, Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized, Writing
It’s World Book Night! But it’s too exciting to celebrate JUST at night, so I’m starting now. Stories are my life: I teach them, I write them, I read them, I sing them, I act them out, I talk about them, think about them. I have loved stories ever since I can...
by krista | Apr 10, 2014 | Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized, Writing
Thanks to all of you who entered the giveaway! I truly wish I could give each of you an advanced copy of REVOLUTIONARY. Sadly, I just have one. And that one goes to… Lili!! I was so impressed with your tenacity. You really want to read this book. That makes me so...
by krista | Apr 7, 2014 | Christ life, Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized, Writing
I am giving away my last ARC of Revolutionary. There’s just one catch to enter: You have to have read Anomaly and Luminary. No offense to those who like to wait until all three books are out to read a trilogy, those who don’t have time, or those who just love to enter...
by krista | Mar 19, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized, Writing
I just finished my second reading of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. I can’t say that I enjoyed the book. Those of you who have read it understand. It isn’t enjoyable. But it is good. Ultimately, though, for me, the author’s hamartia is far more fatal than the...
by krista | Mar 19, 2014 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized, Writing
Thanks to all of you who entered the REVOLUTIONARY giveaway. My TBR pile has grown by miles and miles…yay!! I love book recommendations from fellow readers. Even though the contest is over, keep them coming! Since I am at school this morning, I asked one of my...
by krista | Feb 3, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized, Writing
“You need more conflict.” This is a note I get every time I turn in a manuscript. I tend to make life too easy for my protagonists. I need a push to add in difficult situations, to create tension. It reflects who I am in real life – a hater of conflict, a “wisher”...
