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May 15, 20237 min read

Light Up the Lamp: The Book That Isn't

This Light Up the Lamp isn't the actual Light Up the Lamp. Or, rather, perhaps the way to put it is: the version that exists in my head...

Sebastian Martin and His Very Bad, No Good, Awful Day

Kit Oliver

May 15, 20237 min read

Sebastian Martin and His Very Bad, No Good, Awful Day

The more I publish my writing, the more I learn that characters and the scenarios I put them through are a form of a litmus test for...

Kit Oliver

May 15, 20233 min read

Hockey, Homophobia, and Hope

Light Up the Lamp doesn't exist in our reality. There's no (as of now) NHL team in San Francisco, or in Baltimore for that matter, and...

Kit Oliver

Aug 19, 202213 min read

That Time I Wrote an Outline, Pt 2

One reason the three-act structure doesn't work for me as a process to create a story is the fact that a story is, at its heart, about a...

Kit Oliver

Aug 19, 20228 min read

That Time I Wrote an Outline, Pt 1

The age old question: top load vs. front load washer. Toilet paper over or under. Knives pointing up in the dishwasher or down. Pantser...

Kit Oliver

Jan 25, 20223 min read

Haha, Just Kidding... Unless?

There were a lot of drafts of 'While the Sun Shines'. The earliest were written in Penny's POV, though I quickly realized that Drew was...

Drew's My Favorite Character - Except For All the Others

Kit Oliver

Jan 25, 20224 min read

Drew's My Favorite Character - Except For All the Others

Ok, so look, Abbot's actually my favorite character, except for Ned who is my all time fave if there wasn't Cooper, who is definitely top...

Kit Oliver

Jan 25, 20224 min read

Help! My Friends Are Dating!

Part of the best thing about writing is all the surprises that lay in store. When I wrote Cattle Stop, I fully intended it to be a stand...

Kit Oliver

Jan 25, 20221 min read

What's That? The Math Doesn't Work?

Are you telling me that it doesn't actually add up that Sadie would be an old dog in Cattle Stop and While the Sun Shines, and then still...

Kit Oliver

Aug 17, 20217 min read

The Place Between - Reader Questions

Don't we all turn the last page of a book and wonder: what the heck happens next? A Place to Go answers some of the questions lingering...

Cattle Stop: or I Loved The Place Between So Much I Had to Write a 75k Novel To Calm Down

Kit Oliver

Aug 10, 20214 min read

Cattle Stop: or I Loved The Place Between So Much I Had to Write a 75k Novel To Calm Down

Back when I was just a nervous, unhappy kiddo, I went to a neurologist for migraines and anxiety. Faced with twelve year old me, he...

Behind the Scenes: Penny and Drew, Stuck on the Farm and Stuck With Each Other

Kit Oliver

Aug 10, 20214 min read

Behind the Scenes: Penny and Drew, Stuck on the Farm and Stuck With Each Other

The scene: the farmhouse kitchen, the screen door banging closed and Whit's truck squealing out of the driveway. The people: Penny and...

BtS: Cooper and Whit in Oregon (or What Happens When Goats Escape When You Just Want to Make Out)

Kit Oliver

Aug 10, 20216 min read

BtS: Cooper and Whit in Oregon (or What Happens When Goats Escape When You Just Want to Make Out)

I'm not saying that Whit flew out to Oregon with no plan, but Whit definitely flew out to Oregon with no plan. He told Drew he needed a...

Behind the Scenes: The Prologue (or Kissing Each Other Was a Bad Idea Except It Wasn't)

Kit Oliver

Aug 10, 20213 min read

Behind the Scenes: The Prologue (or Kissing Each Other Was a Bad Idea Except It Wasn't)

What do you do when you accidentally-on-purpose kiss the guy you've had a crush on for ages but also really, definitely, don't get along...

Kit Oliver

Jun 7, 20216 min read

A Look Ahead: Summer 2021

It's apparently June, which is simply ridiculous because last time I checked it was March 2020 and I was debating buying tickets to the...

Kit Oliver

Oct 5, 20202 min read

Places to Go

Writing A Place To Go meant more drafts than I ever anticipated, but when I finally landed on the idea of writing it from Abbot's...

Kit Oliver

Oct 5, 20204 min read

The Place Between - DVD commentary

Spoiler alert! Ned and Abbot fall in love. Ok, but for real: this blog post includes a DVD style commentary on a passage from The Place...

Kit Oliver

Jun 11, 20204 min read

Another Look at Another Shot

In the last blog post we talked about Tim’s side of events, detailing a) Billy’s bad timing, b) Billy’s bad timing, c) Billy’s...

Kit Oliver

Jun 11, 20208 min read

Behind The Scenes of: Another Shot

Cal. Tim. Phone calls that last until the flight attendant has to ask Tim to put your phone away sir, this is the second time I’ve spoken...

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