Marketing Yourself
There is something very strange about the notion of having to market yourself. It feels so… cheap. As authors, we really have no choice,...
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kjmicciche
Nov 28, 20225 min read
On Discipline: NaNo, Exercise, and the Value of Encouragement (plus a bonus recipe!)
My husband and I like to take walks together. In a house with two children, it’s hard to have a chance to connect with each other since...
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kjmicciche
Oct 31, 20225 min read
Starting Over
My editor hated my second manuscript. There, I said it. I was so ahead of schedule, I was almost done with my third manuscript when I got...
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kjmicciche
Sep 22, 20225 min read
Lessons I Learned While Swinging From a Pole
At the age of 49, J. Lo had to learn the sultry art of pole dancing to successfully perform her role in the movie Hustlers. A dancer her...
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kjmicciche
Jul 18, 20227 min read
Musings on the MFA (from an Alumni Perspective)
I visited Fairfield University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program yesterday for Alumni Day. Alumni Day is intended to be an opportunity...
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kjmicciche
May 17, 20224 min read
What's In A Name?
When expecting parents imagine life once their little bundle of joy arrives, one of the biggest things they tend to consider is the...
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kjmicciche
Apr 6, 20224 min read
The Scary World of Editing
A few weeks ago, I received my very first (real) developmental edit letter from my editor at Sourcebooks, Deb Werksman. She’s a...
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kjmicciche
Mar 1, 20225 min read
Top Ten Questions People Ask Me (in no particular order)
National Read Across America Day is March 2, 2022. This "holiday" celebrates the joy of reading, and just happens to coincide with the...
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kjmicciche
Feb 14, 20225 min read
Valentine's Day Book Picks
As a rom-com author, I feel like I can’t not put up a blog post celebrating Valentine’s Day. This Hallmark holiday (dreaded by some and...
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kjmicciche
Jan 19, 20225 min read
The Inner Workings of a Big Announcement
Well, you guys. This is it. The moment we’ve all been waiting for. (And by “we all,” I mean, like, me, my husband, and maybe one of my...
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kjmicciche
Dec 18, 20216 min read
Home for the Holidays
I have a strange relationship with the concept of home. My childhood was difficult, and as a result I rendered myself incapable of...
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kjmicciche
Nov 19, 20217 min read
Platform, Branding, and Social Media - A Work in Progress...
I’ve read probably about a dozen books (maybe more) about the publishing industry and how a story makes its pilgrimage from the inner...
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kjmicciche
Oct 25, 20216 min read
On Waiting...
As my writing/publishing journey continues, I thought it might be interesting (you know, to all six people who at some point might deem...
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kjmicciche
Sep 28, 20214 min read
You Signed the Contract! Now What?
You ever notice how in romantic comedy, the Happily Ever After always happens right when the couple gets together? It doesn’t happen a...
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kjmicciche
Sep 15, 202116 min read
A Different Take on the “How I Got an Agent” Blog Post
When I began the search for a literary agent, I did my research. In fact, because I was working on my Master’s degree in Creative...
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