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ughter 2 and chronic illness among other things the toll on my writing groove was high i say was because i m climbing out of it and will have my groove back in full swing it feels great super great but it s been a very long time i was able to do a few things while in battle i taught at storymakers and was asked back again this year i wrote my first historical romance when i was invited to contribute to this lovely anthology isn t it beautiful my story is christmas at canterwood all the stories are a treasure i truly enjoyed writing this story and have been asked to write another regency due this summer more research i rewrote and finished a contemporary romance i had shelved hold on forever and just submitted it to my publisher two weeks ago i ll learn within a couple of months if they like it or not guys this was huge i honestly questioned whether or not i had it in me anymore i guess i do watch for more news on that and my friend suzanne gale urged me with all the urging of an accountability partner bestie who thinks she knows what s best for me and she usually does to apply for the writing excuses writing retreat cruise scholarship putting the packet together alone was good for me i almost didn t do it so much bad was happening in life on top of the physical pain nonetheless suzy persisted writing the personal essay was healing gathering the letters of recommendation from friends was assuring choosing my writing samples was hard but it forced me to take a look at words i d written and remember that i d done this before this writing thing and i was pretty good at it if you follow me on ig kristalynnej you know the basic miraculous i m still in shock outcome of that application here are the mini story graphics i made to share it hello i m going on a writing cruise i ll be saying that a lot between now and september i also thought i d post my personal essay here i m a little scared to do that because hey it s personal heh but it s also my writing and apparently it s good writing and this is my writing blog so here with love i drowned once at least i should have i was almost three years old and remember it like looking through dimpled glass or maybe water our apartment complex had a swimming pool in renton washington where it rained and rained we had a swimming pool the sun did come out though and the pool filled with tenants noisy joyful my mom found an open lounge chair and settled herself with a towel and a magazine i had a cup i don t know if the cup was mine or if i d found it lying somewhere and had claimed it but i crouched at the edge of the pool surrounded by splashing and shouts and laughter and gripped it with both hands dipped it in the water poured it out dipped it again watching water fill and pour in the sunlight at the deep end a boy came not much older than i was ripped the cup from my hands and pushed me in i remember the small gasp of air and surprise i took before hitting tepid water and slipping beneath i remember not struggling surely someone saw me surely my mom or the legs kicking around me attached to people surely someone saw the boy would tell someone but i floated midway between top and bottom looking hoping sinking in muted sound and blue fear blossomed a feeling a knowledge that being invisible here meant danger and no one saw me a kick a panic wait i heard just wait my eyes were drawn to the shallow end across the pool a splash of bubbles exploded beneath the surface and emerging from them a woman with long dark hair trailing behind her like a mermaid swimming toward me i recognized her she lived on my floor her waist long brown hair was always worn down and shiny and she smiled at me whenever she saw me in the hall as i hid behind my mom s legs she swam straight for me between half submerged bodies and surface swimmers across the length of the pool straight for me wait just wait as she neared i reached my arms out to her she reached back folding her own around my body and pushing me up up out of the water and to the ledge where hands grabbed me and pulled me and placed me with my mom who squeezed and squeezed and squeezed me i don t remember coughing or choking or crying just blinking water from my eyes the story is i fell asleep within minutes i m asking myself why i ve shared this memory as part of my essay it came to mind when you asked what makes you unique i ve had other brushes with death but this memory this is my first memory of life over the past five years my family and i have been hit by wave after wave breakers of trial pushing us under and as we swim up reach the surface think we can grab a breath another crashing blow hits and under we go again and through all of this i nearly lost my writing i could not escape physical pain far enough into my imagination could not write romance when pummeled by pornography and infidelity could not face making up conflict when so much already filled my reality could not write happy endings when i wasn t sure they existed injury illness addiction loss death i would stare at my laptop screen after four published novels three published novellas and five more unpublished novels in nine years my passion was drowning in fear my words wait i kept hearing just wait and one morning only a few weeks ago i woke up ideas like bubbles rising around me in water words came like arms around me pushing me up and i don t know what will happen and i still fear the next wave and i m still in pain but my words are coming and in considering this memory and what it means to me and what it means to this essay and this entry and the writing still inside me maybe it is this we are not meant to be invisible here posted by krista at 10 06 pm 2 comments labels challenges christmas at canterwood conferences contests discouragement doubt hold on forever storymakers submitting support system october 15 2016 oh yeah i do have something this sweet little anthology of true christmas stories is coming out soon in all the busy of my life my friend annette lyon would call it resistance i sort of forgot that this was something to look forward to that s pretty sad but these stories are not sad they are full of hope and love and everything that reminds us to look up to look forward and to remember why we are here to have joy this publication is a little nostalgic for me for a couple of reasons one is that five years ago my very first published story came out as a true story in covenant s a christmas to remember anthology my first novel of grace and chocolate came out the following year so this is where it started i m so grateful i m so pleased to have been asked to be a part of this collection again i know some of these authors and they are the best sort of people and i know my gift giving just got a little bit easier this year what will you be giving i hope it s a little joy coming october 2016 find it here i ll add more links as they show up krista posted by krista at 4 49 pm no comments labels a christmas to remember a perfect gift short story the long way home april 14 2016 sneak peek hold on forever the new novel is progressing and i m getting that familiar feeling of excitement and anticipation as the story starts to come together and take off the hope is to have it ready by the end of may so i m really going to have to make the most of my writing time so to cut this short i m giving you a fun little snippet of hold on forever to set up the scene mark has accidentally broken riley s front door knob and is going to get a new one riley is concerned that the new knob matches the style of the home enjoy without batting an eyelash she asked who is the designer credited for americanizing the craftsman style he blinked she took advantage of his silence gustav stickley 1856 to 1942 furniture designer and architect see that rocking chair over there he glanced at an old square rocker in the corner next to the fireplace oak it s a stickley she said someone was throwing it out you don t throw out an old stickley just because it s a little beat up you bring it home and polish it up and put it in a craftsman style home that maybe you re only renting but would someday like to buy if you finally decide to stay in one place longer than twelve months that s what you do he blinked again would you like to come help pick it out she was out of her freaking mind she marched over to the front door and swung it shut it bounced shuddered and slowly swung open again somebody broke my front door i have to stay and protect the stickley among other things he rubbed his face this was not the morning he had planned he glanced around the room with your baseball bat she gave him a hard look but only said send me a pic from the store yes ma am i m not your mother he covered a smile no ma am she growled and put her hands on her hips you ll need my number yes i will riley she paused looking up at him in that brief moment with the banter stopped he found it hard to breathe then just like that riley madigan was standing close to him her hair threatening to poke him in the eye putting her phone number into his phone she gave it back to him and he detected a little shake in her hand there i didn t mean to be so bossy i tend to go a little nuts over old things she looked up at him her freckles clear now in the light streaming through the window i m sorry your eyes are the color of moss you see in the woods he said it s a cool soothing color she blinked and looked away now her cheeks blushing pink it s deceiving he said you re not very soothing at all he watched her eyes open wide you he chuckled and made for the door you she repeated he waved goodbye and made it off the porch you are no gustav stickley she called from the open door posted by krista at 3 03 pm 2 comments labels expression hold on forever teaser voice december 10 2015 pain writing and fun stuff like that dear readers and friends in the craziness that is my life i ve been pretty neglectful of this blog i think about it and my following here thank you a lot and i think about what i could share but the fact is my author hat has had to hang on its peg i really don t have a peg for my hats it s a metaphor these last several months i may or may not have a new book coming out next year and the idea of that makes me pretty sad and frustrated but things here at home are demanding and some things have to give i m not referring so much to our new little boy and the adoption though that is a huge incredible portion of my life right now he does take nice long naps most days and i have lots of helpers after school will is transitioning really well and thought it s a ton of work it s worth it i ve raised four of my bio toddlers into nice somewhat functional grown up toddlers i ve got this no i m referring to the demands the selfish relentless tyranny of physical pain dramatic huh some of you know i fight chronic back pain and have done so for most of my life since a car going 65 mph slammed into my car while it was stopped i was 22 years old i missed death by feet since then i ve ridden a roller coaster of rising and ebbing pain i ve had years of different treatments please don t suggest any really i ve had them all and various diagnosis and because of the instability in my lower back have suffered through several disc issues including bulging rupture and now a protrusion in a precarious position in summary it hurts as i recently told my editor it s hard to focus on romance when you feel like you re being ripped in half and now after so many years of hearing we want to save surgery as a last resort it s time for a last resort i meet with the neurosurgeon next week i m frightened but also fine i don t hope to be cured but a little relief would be nice just enough so i can start writing again so i can lose myself in a story and a struggle and a happy ending yes i ve heard lots and lots of back surgery stories horrific to miraculous i know a few weeks ago i made the comparison of what to expect in the outcome of back surgery to playing roulette i ll be peeking through my fingers and praying feel free to join me i do have 30 000 words into a new romance but i already know i have to rewrite it when i m in pain my writing dives into a darker place and that s not what i had in mind for this story i had to let my wonderful editor know i couldn t make my deadline i ll still be working on the story i like it and i think it needs a place outside of my head i d also like to be working on my fantasy stories i can dive a little darker in those and escape a little further but until i get this newer injury taken care of it s a struggle to even focus on my own world that s a pretty important place too i hope you ll stick with me as i crash through this particular hurdle with my usual tenacity and grace i d like so much to share my stories i d like so much to try to put a little more hope and triumph into the world thank you krista posted by krista at 12 46 am 1 comment labels challenges discouragement life june 20 2015 rain is good a photo tour i promised readers that at the end of the blog tour for kisses in the rain i would post a photo tour of some of the settings in the story i love the pacific northwest i know it rains a lot but look at what rain does and really that s what the story offers rain is good we ll begin our tour at deception pass this image doesn t quite capture the height you feel as you walk on that bridge isn t it gorgeous though this is jace s view from his duplex pretty sweet it s about the only thing he loves about his living arrangements camano island waterfront homes like faye and tru s no wonder georgie comes here to heal pines ferns blackberry bushes on a camano island road i can totally picture jace on his motorcycle as we leave camano we are greeted by snow geese on the fields thousands migrate through skagit valley every year jace and georgie visit the daffodil fields in the morning mist on their quest for good food swinomish channel front dining in la conner washington and rainbow bridge where jace answers another one of georgie s many questions sunset over la conner with mt baker backdrop romantic finally we end our tour with the damp ethereal tulip fields of skagit valley sigh i was told that a presenter at a recent writers conference was teaching that putting romance in a rainy setting was ridiculous because it s cold and shivery and wet but i would offer that if you can take such a setting and make it buzz make it tense or breathless despite the cold and wet then you ve done your job dave farland teaches that you choose your setting any setting and make it sexy look at this i didn t have to try too hard and i loved writing this story for you every raindrop i hope you ve enjoyed our photo tour of kisses in the rain kind of makes you want to visit huh thank you so much for coming posted by krista at 1 24 am no comments labels imagery kisses in the rain june 17 2015 blog tour and giveaway for 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