Reader | Writer | Serious Coffee Drinker
This is going to be the most random post in the history of random posts (but, if you know me, it isn’t that random). (1) If you’re driving, make sure you have lots of coffee, snacks, and rocking music (if you’re flying . . . well, I’m sure the same could apply). Apparently I’m twelve when it comes to music and… Read More
I’ll be headed out to the ACFW conference in the morning! If I don’t see you there, I’ll see you here next week! Follow along on my conference adventures! I’ll be tweeting and instagraming all weekend long!
So going to conference, one thing I needed was business cards. I’ve been wanting to get business cards made for forever, so I was so excited for an excuse to actually get some made. I bribed my sister into giving me a photo shoot (really it didn’t take much. She’s just that awesome). And then I set out to design… Read More
I’m the kind of girl who loves (loves) to check things off. Want me to be more productive? Just let me take five minutes to write out a list. I’m at that point in my novel where I can’t set a word goal everyday and meet it. I mean most all the words are written. Now is the time to… Read More
My pal Laurie is hosting a mix and mingle for all the crazy nerd words that are heading to conference next month. (oh my gosh . . .conference is next month!) If you’re here from Laurie’s blog—HI!!!!!! Name: Christen E. Krumm Location: Greenwood, Ar What you write/tagline/trademark: YA/MG Fiction | Reader. Writer. Serious Coffee Drinker. Place in the book world: Just finished (well,… Read More
With every new writing project, I must have a Moleskine notebook (more later on my obsession with Moleskine notebooks). I mentioned something about my project notebook a few weeks ago on a tweet, and I got many requests to know exactly what I put in my notebooks. The simple answer? Everything. Brainstormings, random writing, plot and chapter outlines, character sketches, notes… Read More
The struggle with self-doubt and “Mr. You-Can’t-Do-It” is real tonight (Sunday) so I decided to pull this pep talk from the archives. When I was eleven years old, I decided that I wanted to be the youngest romance writer ever (are you laughing yet?) I have stacks and stacks, files and files of character sketches, book ideas, outlines—tons… Read More