by Robin Kirk | Aug 24, 2017 | featured, Robin Kirk
One freezing Boxing Day, my kids and I watched the extended editions of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy in sequence, with bonus material (how the armor and swords were made, cast hijinks, CGI amazingness) added in as needed. Our marathon lasted over 16...
by Robin Kirk | Aug 24, 2016 | featured, Robin Kirk
I was lucky to be able to attend the Flyleaf Books evening of political poetry on August 23. Five poets read from their work as well as work published in Jacar Press’s fabulous Resisting Arrest. Poet and Jacar Press publisher Richard Krawiec read along with El...
by Robin Kirk | Dec 30, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
Sometimes, revision is just about creating new problems to fix (note empty card on Scrivener screen shot).
by Robin Kirk | Nov 6, 2014 | Robin Kirk
As my writing friend Jenn (Barnes) Bishop wrote recently, it’s fairly common for books to have titles drawn from a phrase somewhere in the book. I’ve always considered myself pretty good with titles. They usually come up before I’ve written a word. But, in...
by Robin Kirk | Oct 21, 2014 | featured, Robin Kirk
I’ve been tagged by Jenn (Bishop) Barnes in the 777 Challenge. Writers challenge writers to post the first full seven lines of the seventh page of his or her work in progress, starting seven lines down. My work-in-progress is the second book in a speculative fantasy,...