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Kim Taylor Blakemore

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Historical Fiction, Thriller, Suspense

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Kim writes historical novels that feature fierce, audacious, and often dangerous women. She writes about the thieves and servants, murderesses and mediums, grifters and frauds - the women with darker stories, tangled lies and hidden motives.

She is the author of the historical thrillers THE DECEPTION, Silver Falchion Award winner AFTER ALICE FELL, THE COMPANION, and the historical novels BOWERY GIRL, and CISSY FUNK, a WILLA Award winner for Best Young Adult novel. She also writes historical fiction featuring wild-willed women of the West under the pen name K.T. Blakemore.

She is a developmental editor, and founder of Novelitics, which provides workshops and community to writers in the United States and Canada.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Kim Taylor Blakemore I don't know if I have writer's block, so much as I have blocked myself into a corner with a story or scene. It's a matter then of spooling back to th…moreI don't know if I have writer's block, so much as I have blocked myself into a corner with a story or scene. It's a matter then of spooling back to the beginning, seeing if the character is acting according to themselves, or being forced to do what I feel is the right plot choice - and I find the character is always right! Other times, I will return to deepen character biographies, revisit major plot points, shift scenes and motivations. And other times, I just give it a rest for a week or so and let everything be.(less)
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Kim Taylor Blakemore Read read read. Read good books, great books, bad books. Figure out what makes them tick. Study craft, by going to workshops and reading craft books. …moreRead read read. Read good books, great books, bad books. Figure out what makes them tick. Study craft, by going to workshops and reading craft books. Watch movies and see how the three act structure works (when done well). Write. No matter what. Find time to sit down, put words on a page. One word leads to one sentence leads to one chapter leads to one story.

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