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Discovering Characters - Mine by Kathryn Flatt 3/4/2013 9:11:17 AM
I just finished working on a scene between Stefanie and Paul, and I'm surprised by how it turned out. Odd thing, isn't it? The characters took over again and found their own way through a conflict. I sometimes wonder how much control I have over thes... more
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Recap of Day 1 by Kathryn Flatt 3/2/2013 5:04:55 AM
Accomplished a lot of writing-related stuff yesterday. Lots of writing done on "Seer, Tyro, Fiend." I decided, since my post yesterday, that I did not need to figure out all the esoteric clues I was about to deliver. I can always go back and tweak, a... more
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Retirement - Day 1 by Kathryn Flatt 3/1/2013 4:33:48 AM
So here it is, my first day without a salaried job in almost 40 years. Facebook asked me how I was feeling this morning. I feel mighty fine. Throughout the day at the office yesterday, a lot of people asked me what I was going to do next, and many we... more
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My New Career by Kathryn Flatt 2/28/2013 4:55:27 AM
Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity in my day job, with a farewell luncheon and later a small cake-and-handshake deal. Then the afternoon found me wearing my troubleshooting hat to track down errant data transmissions. By the time I got home from w... more
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Transitions by Kathryn Flatt 2/26/2013 6:45:36 AM
A tiny bit of progress on "Seer, Tyro, Fiend" yesterday--a couple of new pages added. Even as I write this, I'm thinking about undoing some of what I did because I'm not sure the scene I started is really necessary. I put it in because of timing issu... more
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Counting Down... by Kathryn Flatt 2/25/2013 7:17:09 AM
Did not get any writing done over the weekend, but I did download the "Game Faces" print galley and started to proof it. So far, it's pretty clean with only three corrections for missing/misplaced italics in the first 50 pages or so. Maybe I have got... more
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One Door Closes... by Kathryn Flatt 2/22/2013 11:36:37 AM
Well, it's now official. I will retire from my day job on February 28th, champing at the bit to work on my writing career on a more-or-less full-time basis. I've known it was coming for a while, and I'm ecstatic about it.
Interestingly, I re... more
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Not Above Begging by Kathryn Flatt 2/20/2013 9:58:21 AM
Made lots of good progress on "Seer." Now things are moving faster, which means soon I'll have to come to grips with the final big scene, what happens, and to whom. There will be a second climactic scene, but it's needed to sew up a BIG loose end. I ... more
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Ongoing Learning by Kathryn Flatt 2/19/2013 5:09:20 AM
Finished a pivotal scene in "Seer, Tyro, Fiend" and wrote another one out of sequence. It was so on my mind I couldn't sleep, so I figured I should write it down and get it out of my head.
Once again, I find myself second-guessing the struc... more
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Characters Are People Too by Kathryn Flatt 2/16/2013 4:23:13 PM
Trying to be a bit more active on my posts, but . . . ah, well, life intrudes. That being said, I thought I would offer a brief profile of the main character in each of my series. I think the reason each generated a second (and even third!) book is b... more
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If My Book Became A Movie... by Kathryn Flatt 2/15/2013 5:24:09 PM
Somewhat belated, I'm doing a casting piece for "Stranger Faces". Some of the entries remain unchanged from earlier volumes in the series.
Tracy Wiley - Michelle Monaghan (hope I spelled that right). She sort of reminds me of younger Stephan... more
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Plotting and What's Next by Kathryn Flatt 2/14/2013 1:59:04 PM
Really eager to do some heads-down writing on "Seer, Tyro, Fiend" but it ain't gonna happen unless I take a day off or something untoward happens.
I'm getting to some more action stuff -- a body! -- and long to get more done on it. I have a... more
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Sleuthfest 2013 in Sarasota by j.d. daniels 2/13/2013 2:59:22 PM
Going to conferences is a must for a writer. Why? You meet other like-minded people, you learn more about your craft and you just darn have a good time.
This is why I'm heading soon for Sarasota. ... more
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Free Reading of Cozy Mystery Chapter One by j.d. daniels 2/13/2013 2:55:50 PM
Jessie Murphy has been dubbed a Goodwill Fashion Queen. Her best bud is a plaster of Paris gargoyle named Gar. Would you trust her to solve a mystery?
Read the first chapter free of Through Pelican Eyes, my cozy mystery slated to be releas... more
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Whirlwind by Kathryn Flatt 2/9/2013 4:01:13 PM
"Two Faces, Two Faced" is ready for print edition. "Stranger Faces" is out on numerous vendor sites. I have a contract to complete for print edition of "Dabblers". "The Changeling Kill" print edition has been proofed. "Seer, Tyro, Fiend" is about hal... more
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Promoting and Other Stuff by Kathryn Flatt 2/8/2013 1:53:50 PM
Updated blog page, Google site, Goodreads, and AuthorsDen with info about "Stranger Faces." I still need to add the cover image to my Twitter profile, but I'm wondering how useful the Facebook pages are. FB ads can get "likes" but do those translate ... more
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Busy, Busy by Kathryn Flatt 2/6/2013 2:01:02 PM
Half way through my first proofreading of "The Changeling Kill" for the print edition. Since galley readings are mainly for formatting errors and the outright typos, I itch to change things that I see which hit me as needing to be said better than th... more
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Eager to Create by Kathryn Flatt 2/4/2013 2:16:56 PM
Over the last couple of days, I haven't been able to do any writing at my computer (or not much anyway). While at Love Is Murder, sitting at the authors' signing table, I wrote out part of a key passage on paper and was almost late to dinner. I wrote... more
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Catching UP by Kathryn Flatt 2/3/2013 10:37:31 AM
Well, Love Is Murder now over for 2013. I had a good time there, talked to a lot of people, generated a few sales, and conducted myself rather well I think on the panel discussion. At first, only a handful of people showed up at my session, but the r... more
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Meetin' and Greetin' by Kathryn Flatt 2/1/2013 5:14:33 AM
I'll be heading out to Love Is Murder in a few more minutes after some last minute printing this morning. My panel discussion isn't until Saturday, but oddly, I don't feel nervous about it at all. Public speaking has never been my strong suit, but I'... more
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