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K Christensen
@klkchristensen.bsky.social
Writer of YA fiction. Reader of everything.
I like all animals but people are my favorite. (at least, until recently)
#querying


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I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others. --Sherwood Anderson
Author here, and would appreciate this! ๐Ÿ’™
May 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
my husband is an excellent editor but he often forgets to list a few positives in with his ideas for improvement....I say take your encouragement where you find it!๐Ÿ˜€
April 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries.

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April 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Found poem?
February 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
thank you! and no it's good that you are not querying right this moment! Support to you, too!!
February 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Donโ€™t bend; donโ€™t water it down; donโ€™t try to make it logical; donโ€™t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
โ€” Franz Kafka

(Photo by me from Santa Fe MeowWolf)
February 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
YA author here. Currently querying but also starting something new if I can make myself stop checking for query replies. Would love a check-in chat!
February 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Reposting for some friends to see
#QuestPit #Q #YA #HF ๐Ÿ“š
CONFIDENCE: Itโ€™s 1889. To bail her grifter father from jail 15-year-old con-artist Charisma devises schemes that backfire, propelling her from New York to Paris and back again in league with mystics, gem thieves, murderers, and traitors.
February 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart. โ€“ Vincent van Gogh
February 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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โ€œA classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.โ€ โ€“ Italo Calvino
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Depressing sight or an opportunity?
February 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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โ€œEmploy your time in improving yourself by other menโ€™s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.โ€ โ€“ Socrates
February 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. --Mark Twain
February 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
it's never perfect. Never ever. But it does get better, especially if you have your critique group read it, or friends.
February 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
well, that's true--but if I'm an example, the skill gets better. Now all my bad stories are better written.๐Ÿ˜…
February 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sometimes you have to finish it to know where you are going!

Keep at it!
February 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Reposted by K Christensen
I, quite generally, avoid chain-posting, & posting things which have nothing to do with what I'm doing.
That said, PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE, & I want everyone who watches or follows what I do here to know that's how I view it.

You do you.
I'll do me.
We work together for society.

#WriterSky #LGBT+Sky
RP or like if you are safe & welcoming too ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
February 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Nice summary. Agree and have had to learn this slowly and painfully...still learning
February 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#writerslife #writingcommunity ๐Ÿ’™โœ๏ธ #amquerying

What I think when that page on QueryTracker shows that I've been 'skipped'....

Maybe, baby!
February 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I suspect they feel their own opinion matters far too much!
February 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Been there, kss. Keep going!
February 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife ๐Ÿ’™โœ๏ธ

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.
โ€“ Edgar Rice Burroughs
February 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
thank you!
February 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
thank you!
February 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
fun premise! love it and the story board
February 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM