Behind the Book
Kristin KovalOn writing, publishing, and how a second act, a/k/a the dreaded and often-neglected middle, is more important than we think — in novels, life, and even a long run in the middle of training for a first marathon.
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On Second Acts At Any Age and In Any Form, and an 85-Year-Old Lighting the Way
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how expansive a second act can be, and somehow, the last few weeks handed me three very different answers to that question.
The first came in Colorado Springs, where I shared a stage with Charlotte Hin...
Paperback News, Bookclubs, and Why We Should Be Intentional About Having a Second Act
Hi Friends! For those of you new here, I’m a writer (and former lawyer) from Colorado. My debut novel, Penitence, was released last year and was long-listed for the Reading the West Book Awards, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, a Book of...
Second Acts and why setting unreasonable goals is ... reasonable
One question I’m asked during book events and book clubs is “How did you keep going while writing Penitence?” This often comes on the heels of me explaining how much rejection and failure I faced while writing my first (unpublished) novel a...
A quick note on fall events, an about-to-be published novel called THE BELLES, and my last minute adventure to the Pawnee National Grasslands
I’ve spent the last three weeks thinking it was the beginning of August (and for part of that time, I was correct), but this morning I looked at my watch and couldn’t believe what I saw. August 25. September is next week? How did that happe...
Growing into a Second Act
I’m coming off several amazing days at Lighthouse Litfest, a summer writing conference I first attended in 2019. That first summer, I was new to the literary world. I took a week-long workshop, attended craft classes, and showed up to every...
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Writer, former lawyer. Debut novel PENITENCE out now (Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, Book of the Month Pick, Indie Next Pick, Apple Books Pick, People Magazine Book of the Week, Goodreads Most Anticipated Pick and Hottest Debut selection).
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