by Kaia | Dec 19, 2015 | Musings, Writing |
You ever walk outside on a cold winter day and get hit so hard in the face with a gust of frigid wind, that you feel like your entire bloodline for generations to come is awake? Like nature just slapped the absolute hell out of you and you have no words? Yeah, well...
by Kaia | Apr 20, 2015 | Musings, Writing |
“What am I doing…” I ask that question a lot lately, and for whatever reason I’ve gotten stuck in the pattern of answering it with Drake lyrics. There’s a lot of stuff in this business that will make you feel like you have a case of the Mondays everyday, and it will...
by Kaia | Apr 9, 2015 | Musings, Uncategorized, Writing |
Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences. That solves a lot of problems. Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make it happen … [W]hat makes a work of art ‘good’...
by Kaia | Feb 10, 2015 | Musings, Uncategorized |
Last year I made the best decision I’ve made since starting my book Sunday back in 2008. I decided to self-publish and I noticed a discernible shift in myself. I was motivated to write, to navigate the world of publishing, to move to another state. I was back in love...
by Kaia | Nov 8, 2014 | Musings, News, Release Day, Writing |
So, I made it to over 13k words, and that’s super, that’s awesome, I’m thrilled. I’ll share some of that with you later this weekend or Monday. But that’s like the second most awesome news I have to share today. CJ Roberts, the brilliant...
by Kaia | Nov 6, 2014 | Musings, Writing |
After yesterday’s writing binge today was a big fat pile of blah. I didn’t even try. Sometimes that happens with me. I will get super inspired, consumed in the desire to complete a scene. I’ve been known to write 20 pages or more in a day if...