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Kristen Mae

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Kristen Mae lives on the Atlantic coast of Florida with her two children and a fuzzy, giant-eared little dog named Gizmo. In addition to being a novelist, she is a classically trained violist and an artist.

For more from Kristen Mae, sign up for her reader group at abandoningpretense.com, and follow her on social media at facebook.com/AbandoningPretense and at Instagram @kristenmae_author.
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Kristen Mae Maybe it's dangerous to say this "out loud," but I have never had writer's block. My brain is a petri dish of ideas and the truth is that I have more …moreMaybe it's dangerous to say this "out loud," but I have never had writer's block. My brain is a petri dish of ideas and the truth is that I have more ideas than I could ever turn into books. If I get stuck on a scene or plot point it never lasts more than a day or two, and the way I break through it is to write the first thing that comes to mind, even it feels like horrible writing. I tell myself that once I get flowing, the words will come easier, and I can always come back and edit or delete if what I've written doesn't turn out how I'd hoped. :)(less)
Kristen Mae Getting my ideas out of my head. I have always had thoughts in my head that I wanted to share with people but was too afraid or shy to. Writing is how…moreGetting my ideas out of my head. I have always had thoughts in my head that I wanted to share with people but was too afraid or shy to. Writing is how I share with people. (less)
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“...but each time my phone buzzed with a text from her my shrieking heart catapulted itself out of my body, leaving behind a gory trail of blood as it sprinted down the hallway and out the front door.”
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“...the fat permanent marker squeaking as it released the scent of organizastion...”
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“You don’t have control” she spat. “Iris doesn’t have control. No one does. Control is an illusion. Terrible things happen with no reason at all. Terrible, ugly, fucked-up things like rape and death and loss, and there is no power, no control. There’s just the big, mean universe scraping your insides out and tossing them in the trash and there’s not a goddamn thing you can do about it”
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