Kristina Atkins
Babies, Goals, and Such
And really, just one baby. Mine. My little Turbo. He sleeps! Not all night, but “through the night” (aka 5 hours). And he’s taking good...
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Kristina Atkins
- Oct 26, 2012
- 1 min
I had a baby!
Yep, I’m a mom now. Be afraid, world, be very afraid. In all seriousness, though, my little Turbo* was born last week and things have...
Kristina Atkins
- Oct 9, 2012
- 1 min
Hey, a Post!
“A work in progress quickly becomes feral. It reverts to a wild state overnight… it is a lion growing in strength. You must visit it...
Kristina Atkins
- Oct 4, 2012
- 1 min
So … About That …
Life has been crazy and it’s getting crazier. Baby Atkins is due in 11 days (yes, I will be a parent. fear for the world.), and my house...
Kristina Atkins
- Aug 22, 2012
- 1 min
RTW: Wuv, Twoo Wuv
I’m actually home on a Wednesday morning and can post! Yippee!! So what’s my WIP’s love list? This should be pretty easy, because I’m...
Kristina Atkins
- Aug 13, 2012
- 2 min
Confession
Since I became pregnant, I’ve read maybe four books. FOUR! In THIRTY ONE weeks! The reason? Well, there’s a couple. The first is my...
Kristina Atkins
- Jul 27, 2012
- 3 min
What I Learned about Writing from Florence Welch
I had originally planned to do a generic “What My Week Was Like” list-type post for this week. I shipped my manuscript off to a beta...
Kristina Atkins
- Jul 15, 2012
- 2 min
Six Sentence Sunday
I was talking with a CP recently about how she knows that one of her books is the best she’s ever written, and she feels deep down that...
Kristina Atkins
- Jul 12, 2012
- 1 min
The Great YA Highway Giveaway
The ladies over at YA Highway are celebrating their third anniversary with the biggest giveaway you ever did see! The prizes include...
Kristina Atkins
- Jul 11, 2012
- 1 min
RTW: He Works Out
It didn’t take me long to think about this. See, I’m not a huge Twilight fan. I read all the books like everyone else, but mostly because...
Kristina Atkins
- Jun 7, 2012
- 4 min
The Name Game
This week we found out the gender of our baby. It’s a boy! All kinds of emotions ensued, one of which is confusion. Because while we’d...
Kristina Atkins
- May 30, 2012
- 2 min
Frustrating Protagonists Are Good
Yup, I just came out and said it. So … end of post, yes? Kidding! About it being the end of the post. I stand by my statement/post title....
Kristina Atkins
- May 22, 2012
- 1 min
Kris Atkins, MFA
So, I have this weird thing (perhaps not so weird, I dunno) where I don’t announce online whenever a) the Mister is out of town or b)...
Kristina Atkins
- May 2, 2012
- 1 min
RTW: YA Friends!
Back in the day, as in just a few years ago, my ya-loving friends were like this cat’s friend: [Pic redacted.] No, not colorful, blobby,...
Kristina Atkins
- May 1, 2012
- 3 min
The Steez
I’ve been thinking about writing styles a lot lately. It’s probably related to the fantastic authors I’ve encountered, like Neil Gaiman...
Kristina Atkins
- Apr 30, 2012
- 1 min
So, This Happened
In October I’m going to help increase the world population. We’re really excited, but goodness me, being pregnant has thrown me for a...
Kristina Atkins
- Apr 12, 2012
- 3 min
Writing Towards the Market
So we’ve all heard it. The debate about whether you would change your genre to fit the market. Those who claim that changing your art is...
Kristina Atkins
- Mar 27, 2012
- 1 min
Throwing Myself Out There
YAtopia, along with a few other fabulous bloggers, are hosting the After the Madness Workshop. The announcement went up last week and the...
Kristina Atkins
- Mar 22, 2012
- 2 min
What Say Ye?: In Your Face!
We had an interesting conversation in my book club a few months ago. The topic was characters’ appearances and how much each of us as...
Kristina Atkins
- Mar 14, 2012
- 2 min
Lucky 7s All the Way
… across the sky … Anywho! Kristin has been on a tagging binge lately, because she tagged everybody in the whole world to do the Lucky 7...
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