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
- 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
- Jan 13
- 1 min
When Writer's Can't Read
Every writer starts out and (if they're good) remains a reader. But what happens when you can't read? This happened to me yesterday...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Dec 18, 2021
- 3 min
So I had this idea...
A year ago, I had this idea to include a murder mystery game in the back of my Big Murder Mystery books. I even took a class on how to...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
Sunday meanderings
Because it's a Sunday, and I'm lounging with a cup of tea reading random things, I came across this interesting survey on American public...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Writing Update!
Yes, I'm still writing! First, thank you to everyone who bought Never Say Chai. I've gotten a lot of good feedback on the book, number 4...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Jul 24, 2021
- 2 min
I Made an App!
So if you prefer apps to laptops, you can get news about by books (current and upcoming), short stories, and scone recipes on your phone!...
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Kirsten Weiss
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Of Prose and Poetry
Hi, Everyone: Now that Unbound is out in the world, I can relax a bit. But I thought I'd give you a little "inside baseball" about the...
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