Author: Kim Fielding

Bah, humbug! I’m having trouble getting into the holiday spirit this year. There are a lot of reasons for that. For one, I was in Germany on Thanksgiving–a wonderful trip, but no Thanksgiving celebration, of course. Thanksgiving always feels like Read more

I promise this post is about books (eventually). Be patient with me.   One of my earliest memories—I was two, I think—is helping my grandmother make a cake. I should probably say “helping,” because I doubt I was all that Read more

This month I want to talk about mottoes. Merriam-Webster defines a motto as “a short expression of a guiding principle.”   I think an interesting exercise is to think of what a fictional character’s motto might be. It gives us Read more

This month I’m going to talk about reviews. And yes, this is a completely unsubtle plea for you to leave (honest!) reviews of the books you’ve read. Books are… weird. An author pours months of work into one, inevitably injecting Read more

One question authors get often is “Where do you get your ideas from?” The answer is… everywhere. Everything we see, hear, and dream about is fair game. But some particular things can be especially inspiring. My upcoming book, for instance, Read more

I have now been on hold with an airline for an hour and forty-five minutes. This is a stream of consciousness post. If teleportation really existed—maybe beaming up, a la Star Trek—how much would it cost? Would we trust companies Read more