Dreaming Riga Hayworth
A Tarot reader once told me that the Three of Swords represented the grit in the oyster that becomes a pearl, the creation that comes out...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Momento Mori: How Remembering Death Inspired a Happier Life
--By Kirsten Weiss One day, when you least expect it, you're going to die. How will you leave the world better than you found it? One of...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Jan 7
- 2 min
How Riga Hayworth Started with a Tarot Deck
When I joined the Peace Corps, I was allowed to bring two bags. I stuffed a Tarot deck in one, figuring learning it might keep me...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
When the Past Isn't What We Thought
-Kirsten Weiss Talk to five different witnesses to a crime, and you'll likely get five different descriptions of what happened. Our...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Your Twisted Career Path
What’s the most darkly memorable job you’ve ever had? It took a long time for me to get my footing as a writer. Before I figured out a...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Nov 20, 2022
- 2 min
Let's Reclaim Ridiculous
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 8, 2022
- 2 min
On Alchemy
As I’m revising The Alchemical Detective, I realize I understand a lot more about alchemy now than I did when I first wrote the book. The...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Nov 6, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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
- Aug 28, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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