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Giving Up the Privilege of Disbelief to Find Creativity Again

Karin Kallmaker 10/16/2020 Craft of Writing, LIFE + STYLE, Resources 0 Comments

After 7 months of stay-at-home, and watching the failures of things I took for granted, I’ve had to conquer my own disbelief that any of this could happen here.

#CreativityandCovid#Writingin2020for writersWriter Self-Care
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Dear Writers – Never Doubt You Are a Pebble

Karin Kallmaker 10/07/2020 Craft of Writing, Resources, Sisters of the Pen 2 Comments

It’s not just you and me. Even famous, wildly successful, ground-breaking writers doubt they had an impact. #ImposterSyndrome #WriterSelfCare

#ImposterSyndromefor writersWriter Self-Care
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Lez Talk About Books – Anita Kelly Interviews Karin Kallmaker

Karin Kallmaker 05/01/2020 Craft of Writing, Events and Appearances 0 Comments

Lez Talk About Books Podcast with host Anita Kelly – Karin Kallmaker talks about writing advice, how she began writing, and stuff she’s learned about publishing.

#InterviewAnita Kelly
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Curve Virtual LGBTQIA Festival – Panel on The New Now

Karin Kallmaker 04/18/2020 Craft of Writing, Events and Appearances 0 Comments

The New Now: Writers On Personal Persistence in Extraordinary Times with Karin Kallmaker, Stacy Lynn Miller, Ann Roberts, Catherine Maiorisi, and Melissa Price. Part of the Curve Media LGBTQIA Festival.

#COVID-19#WritingSuccessCurve Virtual LGBTQIA Festival
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Arting Your Heart Out – Introvert Writer Self-Care

Karin Kallmaker 08/11/2019 Craft of Writing, LIFE + STYLE, Resources 1 Comment

Enjoying local people art their heart out is one of my favorite self-cares for the solitary writer lifestyle. It’s also a great balance to the times we’re living through.

#writeradviceArting Your Heart Outfor writersIntrovert WriterWriter Self-Care
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Crazy Rich Asians – a RomCom that Takes Love Seriously

Karin Kallmaker 09/07/2018 Chocolate and Inspirations, Craft of Writing 2 Comments

You can poke fun at the couple’s foibles, and you can put them in awkward situations, but you can’t make light of love itself. Crazy Rich Asians takes love seriously – that’s why it worked for me.

#CrazyRichAsians#moviereview#romancewriter
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Thank You Courtney Milan – Representation is Our Job

Karin Kallmaker 02/09/2018 Craft of Writing, My Lady Lipstick, Sisters of the Pen 1 Comment

Courtney Milan doesn’t know me, but I’m going to thank her anyway. Why representation is my job because writing is my superpower.

#Courtney!!!#representationmatters#weneeddiversebooksCourtney Milan
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Why #SWRepMatters – Disposable and Invisible Equals Unsafe

Karin Kallmaker 10/24/2017 Craft of Writing 4 Comments

Saying Inclusion is political but exclusion isn’t leads to story worlds where most of us don’t exist. And if we don’t exist in fiction, our existence in the real world remains precarious.

#mylesbianfreespeech#SWRepMattersChuck Wendig
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