Tag Archive | music

Tales of Ever After – “Being Seen” Inspiration
The blog tour for Tales of Ever After is over, but I’m doing a little bonus, some of the inspiration behind my short story “Being Seen.” H.L. Burke is one of my favorite authors, so I jumped on the chance to write a fairy tale themed story for her Fellowship of Fantasy’s fourth anthology. My […]

Handel’s Messiah: Kind of a Bore
Am I allowed to say that? We’re all familiar, I think, with the “Halleluiah Chorus,” which is no doubt one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. But there’s a reason it’s usually the one part of Messiah that gets sung. And the reason is that the rest of the program is dull […]
Admiration Is Not Idolatry
I have been a Billy Joel fan since I was young, probably fifth grade since that coincides with the release of An Innocent Man. The first album I bought was The Bridge. If memory my serves me correctly, $9.99 at Record Bar at Honey Creek Square in Terre Haute, IN. It might have been Disk […]
Themes and Playlists
Forged Steel is done! Well, my final draft is, anyway. Yay! So that’s why I’ve been missing for a couple of weeks. I finished Forged Steel in a flurry of several days writing a long time (four hours per day, in fact…my hubby very nicely spent his days off taking care of Toby and a […]

WIP Report April 2014
Kristen Stieffel: WIP Title: Boh’s Abdication Current Word Count: 104,848 Expected Word Count: 100,000 Goal Finish Date: March 1 Draft 1, 2, Editing etc?: First Draft Biggest Struggle: I finally figured out how to reach the expected conclusion of the book…but it requires writing another 30 scenes. And I’m already behind deadline and over word […]
Observations on being a “New Generation Writer”
I was a struggling author trying to land an agent or publisher for several years. Now I’ve been published by a small indie press for five months, with plans for a book to be released November 2012 and another book to be released as a serial in an online magazine starting January 2012. During all […]
What’s Your Theme Song?
The other day, my banter buddy Morgan Shamy a.k.a. Morgs. a.k.a The Red Pen, asked us to vote on a “catchphrase” or a sign-off for her to use. It was brilliant. Really. She included two examples: Leigh Fallon’s Talk Soon and mine, Word. Thank you, Red Pen. Many of you, well pretty much all of you who “know” me, know that, yes, I say word. A […]