Kristen Lamb

Author's posts

Darkest Moment: Why Losing Everything Matters

Darkest moments are like dark rooms in photography. Very counterintuitively, we must immerse ourselves in the blackness to reveal the true picture.

Set a Story ON FIRE from Beginning to End

The beginning of any story is, by far, the hardest part. Well, except for that sticky middle ACT TWO that goes on FOREVER. Endings? Ugh.

Give Up! Why Your Genre is Probably Stupid

Space books? Dumb. Sexy books. Dumb. Westerns? Obviously dumb. Self-help? Why would I waste time on just how dumb those are.

Aspiring Writers Need to Quit NOW

Aspiring writers. There are so many out there. There are so many out there. MILLIONS! BILLIONS (if we count the bots). Is there any hope?

Rejection: What is REALLY in Control?

darkest moment, fiction, Kristen Lamb

Rejection can be so devastating, that the emotional impact registers the same as physical pain. How do we get up? And keep getting up?