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Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled 11:12:
KA said, "It is late.It's always latewhen I sit down to enjoy the quiet of a house being cooled down by ceiling fansand an air-conditioner that pops and cracks like ghostly knees and anklescrouching outside my bedroom window. The kids are asleep, the..." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled My tiniest kiddo is (a hard fought) three years old today. This story is for him.:
KA said, "His incubator was a little Dagobah set up for him… warmed, darkened and humidified to keep him comfortable. She stared at him everyday, at first only allowed to briefly touch his head and his feet. No stroking, no caressing, no nuzzling..." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled A very long story wherein I fall in a hole and miss my first con:
KA said, "Sometimes I get a little panicky before author events. The idea of mingling and talking to people is overwhelming for an introverted author with the resting heartbeat of a gerbil. I will often sit in my hotel room and stare in the mirror and give..." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled How to turn yourself into a disgusting zombie (without sacrificing your brain):
KA said, "This past weekend I had the most amazing time at Austin’s Comic Con. It’s the first comic con I’ve ever been to, but I wanted to make sure I did it right, especially since I was there as an author trying to sell some books...." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled It’s Sunday morning:
KA said, "and I’m reaching to my depths to remember a time when someone sitting in my chair at the kitchen table would have reduced me to indignant, angry tears. I’m trying to not be angry with a five-year-old who is crying into her cheese and..." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled A day in the life:
KA said, "I don't often find time to blog here about writing things. I figure there are so many writer-bloggers out there (ones who have more eloquent ways to say "blog about writing things", for example), I'm happy to not get lost in the..." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled It turns out I have a gender bias. Who knew?:
KA said, "(side note: Hello, author blog! Thank-you for patiently sitting here, gathering dust, and waiting for me to have something to say) I’ve been working on a new project. It’s something very different than anything I’ve done...." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled And now it’s just… summer as far as the eye can see:
KA said, "I finished the third draft of the first draft of my latest manuscript. Sort of. I keep thinking of things to add or change, but I've hit the point where I'm no longer sure that adding or changing things will make it better. It's kind..." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled I’m sure there’s a writing metaphor in this somewhere, but mostly it’s about the Olympics and hospitals. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.:
KA said, "The last time the Summer Olympics rolled around I had been in the hospital for fifteen long, terrifying, sleepless days. I was there for the duration of my pregnancy, which I was told could end at any second – or go on for another 16 weeks...." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:18 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled The Vegetarian Chupacabra:
KA said, "All my friends, they suck the goats.But I just want some artichokes."
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:18 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled 11:12:
KA said, "It is late.It's always latewhen I sit down to enjoy the quiet of a house being cooled down by ceiling fansand an air-conditioner that pops and cracks like ghostly knees and anklescrouching outside my bedroom window. The kids are asleep, the..." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:18 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled My tiniest kiddo is (a hard fought) three years old today. This story is for him.:
KA said, "His incubator was a little Dagobah set up for him… warmed, darkened and humidified to keep him comfortable. She stared at him everyday, at first only allowed to briefly touch his head and his feet. No stroking, no caressing, no nuzzling..." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:18 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled A very long story wherein I fall in a hole and miss my first con:
KA said, "Sometimes I get a little panicky before author events. The idea of mingling and talking to people is overwhelming for an introverted author with the resting heartbeat of a gerbil. I will often sit in my hotel room and stare in the mirror and give..." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:18 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled How to turn yourself into a disgusting zombie (without sacrificing your brain):
KA said, "This past weekend I had the most amazing time at Austin’s Comic Con. It’s the first comic con I’ve ever been to, but I wanted to make sure I did it right, especially since I was there as an author trying to sell some books...." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:18 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled It’s Sunday morning:
KA said, "and I’m reaching to my depths to remember a time when someone sitting in my chair at the kitchen table would have reduced me to indignant, angry tears. I’m trying to not be angry with a five-year-old who is crying into her cheese and..." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:18 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled A day in the life:
KA said, "I don't often find time to blog here about writing things. I figure there are so many writer-bloggers out there (ones who have more eloquent ways to say "blog about writing things", for example), I'm happy to not get lost in the..." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:17 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled It turns out I have a gender bias. Who knew?:
KA said, "(side note: Hello, author blog! Thank-you for patiently sitting here, gathering dust, and waiting for me to have something to say) I’ve been working on a new project. It’s something very different than anything I’ve done...." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:17 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled And now it’s just… summer as far as the eye can see:
KA said, "I finished the third draft of the first draft of my latest manuscript. Sort of. I keep thinking of things to add or change, but I've hit the point where I'm no longer sure that adding or changing things will make it better. It's kind..." more
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:23:17 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled I’m sure there’s a writing metaphor in this somewhere, but mostly it’s about the Olympics and hospitals. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.:
KA said, "The last time the Summer Olympics rolled around I had been in the hospital for fifteen long, terrifying, sleepless days. I was there for the duration of my pregnancy, which I was told could end at any second – or go on for another 16 weeks...." more
Sunday, January 24, 2010 8:33:48 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled I did it:
KA said, "I just moved the Online Disaster over to Posterous. Wander on by and see what you think. http://kaholt.posterous.com "
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:48:42 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled going on and on:
KA said, "When I was a teenager, I would stay out late and come home all keyed up. My brain would be on fire from too much coffee and too many hours sitting with friends trying to figure out the meaning of life. (I was emo before emo was cool. Or maybe after...." more
Monday, December 21, 2009 1:38:22 AM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled It hurts so good:
KA said, "Sometimes when I read really great speculative fiction, it hurts me – physically pains me – that the world I’m reading about isn’t real. I know some 9 and 10-year-old boys who feel this way about Rick Riordan’s world of..." more
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:14:38 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled OK, so things have been a little nuts.:
KA said, "A couple of weekends ago I went to this really incredible gathering of children’s book writers. One of the things we talked about was blogging. What is an author trying to accomplish with a blog? What should an author try to accomplish? Are..." more
Monday, November 30, 2009 10:26:29 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled Shenandoah Jones (ShoStoBloMo #14):
KA said, "Having a name like Shenandoah Jones can mean you are destined to be one of a variety of things: country singer, starting tailback for a nationally ranked SEC team, car dealership owner, Serious Actor. What our friend Shen has found, though, is that..." more
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:40:58 PM
KA Holt wrote a blog post titled The Vegetarian Chupacabra:
KA said, "All my friends, they suck the goats.But I just want some artichokes."