story & craft

Dissecting the writer’s craft via pop culture stories, and updates on particular pieces I’m working on.

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  Dystopias all over the place & Nickelodeon’s Avatar goes Steampunk.

  Posted on April 26, 2012 by Kat French in story & craft

  Lately, it seems like I’m tripping over dystopias everywhere. Earlier this week, I ran across the trailer for an upcoming game from Bethesda, makers of the Elder Scrolls games (Skyrim, Oblivion, etc.) Since I’ve enjoyed the Elder Scrolls games since the late 90s (yes, I’m old), I was excited to see something that looked like [...]

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  Like Finding a Dollar in the Pocket of Your Jeans

  Posted on April 24, 2012 by Kat French in story & craft

  It turns out I misread my publishing contract.  My draft for Bitter Cold isn’t due until June. Forget a dollar, this is like discovering a twenty in the laundry. Woo hoo! This is very good news for a couple of reasons.  I’ve had about a month to let the rough edit sit. Now I can [...]

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  What does your handwriting say about you?

  Posted on April 10, 2012 by Kat French in story & craft

  If you are passionate about writing like me, then you are sure to have spent many hours of your spare time writing all sorts of things, from poems to blog posts. Writing is my passion and I find it very therapeutic and relaxing. Some people go on their PCs because they like to write on [...]

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  Friday is for Fiction: Force of Habit

  Posted on April 6, 2012 by Kat French in story & craft

  For some bloggers, Friday is for Food. Here at That Darn Kat, Friday is for Fiction. The latest update on my own publishing adventures is that Bitter Cold is complete in draft, and off to Echelon Press for review, editing, et cetera and so forth. It’s still due to be included in Once Upon a [...]

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  Corsets and Other Creative Constraints

  Posted on March 30, 2012 by Kat French in story & craft

  As part of the marketing plan I proposed for my contribution to Once Upon a Clockwork Tale, I’m planning on going to a few relevant conventions and conferences over the next couple of years. I figure, this year, I’ll attend as a “scout” and next year, once the book is out, I’ll attend as an [...]

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  Whiskey, Diapers & Why I Don’t Write Christian Fiction

  Posted on March 28, 2012 by Kat French in story & craft

  There is currently a set of clear glass whiskey bottles filled with various proportions of grains in the big shared office space I inhabit professionally. They temporarily reside there courtesy of Bernie Lubbers, the Whiskey Professor. He uses them to demonstrate the differences between different types of whiskey: Irish, Scotch, Canadian, Bourbon, Tennessee, Rye, etc. [...]

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