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S.K. Balk

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Ebooks

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S. K. Balk lives in the frozen wastelands of Northern Michigan with her husband, roommate, and two dogs. As a career, she works in blood banking as a coordinator and in the laboratory, and writes in her spare time.

Other than writing, she has far too many hobbies to occupy her time, including hunting, fishing, sewing, reading, playing video games, orchestrating Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, and doing whatever she can to save the world.

Her first novel, THE BLOOD OF NERYS, was published February 26, 2016.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

S.K. Balk Forcing it is only exhausting. If I can't write something else, I'll read, watch movies, or leave stories alone for a while entirely. The brain needs …moreForcing it is only exhausting. If I can't write something else, I'll read, watch movies, or leave stories alone for a while entirely. The brain needs variety. Block might mean that I'm trying to contain my focus in too narrow a scope and I need to see some new stuff to get inspired. (less)

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S.K. Balk The most awe-inspiring, joyful part of being a writer, to me, is being consumed by a character's need to be himself or herself. You reach a certain po…moreThe most awe-inspiring, joyful part of being a writer, to me, is being consumed by a character's need to be himself or herself. You reach a certain point where they kind of write themselves and cannot be contained. I feel like a vessel, then, just along for the ride. (less)

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Hey everyone! It has been a long time since I’ve blogged. I have some updates. ^_^ More to come, but here’s a video!!!

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S.K.’s Quotes

“You can let yourself down, but don’t you dare let your characters down”
― Joyce Kiwi

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“Forever is composed of nows.”
― Emily Dickinson

tags: carpe-diem, live-in-the-moment

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“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.”
― Philippe Ariès

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“It was her religion to make the best of everything.”
― Lyndall Gordon, Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft

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