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I have a dark track record when it comes to VIPs. One of my sisters is a high-muckety-muck at a think tank. You’d recognize the name of...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Nov 6
- 1 min
When in a Funk, Work
Someone disappointed me last week. I saw it coming-. I'd seen this person's traits for a while but had been making excuses. So I expected...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Nov 5
- 1 min
Hibernation Season
Whew! Night of the Cupid, book 7 in the Wits' End series, launched on October 31st. It's my last book launch of 2022. The holiday season...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Nov 1
- 2 min
Taking Note of my Surroundings
It’s winter in Colorado, though it’s only November. But winter starts earlier in the mountains. Aside from an outbreak of flannel shirts,...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Oct 29
- 2 min
I Hate Change
And you probably do too, because most people hate change. But I really hate change to a well-established routine. But after attending a...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Oct 18
- 1 min
A Witchy Interview
I'm on the Beyond the Pen podcast, with Maccabee and Marcella. In time for the Halloween season, we talk Tarot, witchcraft, writing witch...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Oct 8
- 1 min
Book Cover Madness
When I first came up with the Wits' End series, it seemed obvious to title the first book At Wits' End. It was funny, and described the...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Sep 17
- 7 min
Chapter 1 Excerpt - Gingerbread Dead
“Face it, Abigail. I love Christmas more,” Hyperion caroled in front of the white quartz counter. He brought a cup of sugar plum tea to...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Sep 16
- 1 min
Cover Reveal! The Sword in the Scone
I just got the new cover for The Sword in the Scone, book 6 in the Tea and Tarot cozy mystery series. It's coming out on Valentine's Day,...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Sep 3
- 1 min
I'm so excited...!!!
...about the next two books coming out this year, Gingerbread Dead from my Tea and Tarot mystery series and Night of the Cupid in the...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Aug 28
- 1 min
A Creativity Haiku
Sometimes, creativity works best when it’s confined by rules, like a haiku. And for me, the more oddball the rules, the better. Here’s an...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Aug 27
- 9 min
The Sigil Detective Excerpt
Kindle | Apple Books | Nook | Google Play | Kobo Chapter 1 The second thing Riga was sure of was that at least her intuition was still...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Aug 26
- 2 min
A Book a Month? Really?
If you’re a writer, the phrase “Amazon algorithm” has an almost spell-like quality. How the algorithm works is a deeply guarded secret....
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Kirsten Weiss
- Aug 24
- 1 min
What would you give up?
Today’s class asks what mistake would I give up my pinkie finger to take back. (It’s a Japan-themed class, and this prompt has to do with...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Aug 23
- 2 min
Be a Ronin
Miyamoto Musashi. Ronin. Writer. Iconoclast. A self-taught samurai without a master, Miyamoto created his own fighting technique, holding...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Superstition
In my continual quest to improve my writing chops, I'm taking a new course this week. Today I was challenged to write—in detail—about...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Aug 13
- 1 min
The Sigil Detective
I've got a "new" Riga Hayworth short read coming out at the end of the month, but you can pre-order it now here: Kindle | Apple Books |...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Jun 26
- 2 min
Late Night Stream of Consciousness
Writing goals, genre expectations, and the corporatization of the publishing industry. I've been thinking a lot lately about my writing...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Jun 20
- 1 min
Writing Update: I'm Losing My Mind
Launch three books in a row, they said. Just one a month, they said... It all sounded doable. After all, I started the first three books...
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