by Kim Conrey | Nov 1, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Ares Ascending, Updates
“If they didn’t want me crying in the middle of their restaurant, then they shouldn’t have been playing that song.” On release day of Stealing Ares, I found myself at a Longhorn Steakhouse sobbing, but look, it’s not my fault. If...
by Kim Conrey | Sep 20, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Musings, Updates
“…we are writers. We earned the title. We stay in the race even though it hurts, and damn it, it hurts. Sometimes, a helluva lot. Can we just acknowledge that? Of course we can. It doesn’t make us weak. It makes us human. It makes us real. It makes us...
by Kim Conrey | Aug 12, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Ares Ascending, Book News, Updates
“So, when I open that box of books in a couple of weeks, it isn’t just my victory; there are others who deserve a big thank you. ‘I get by with a little help from my friends…’ And find a new way to strand a few thousand colonists now and then.”...
by Kim Conrey | May 30, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Ares Ascending, Musings, Updates
“‘I just want to be at the beach eating fried shrimp,’ I tell my husband…. I’m guessing what I have going on is a pacing issue. Like any good story, life requires pacing, too.” I’m at the kitchen table clunking my spoon into a bowl of...
The One: The book that means the most I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in first grade… Read more: (no title)
Recently a friend of mine, Kay Paschal, who authored a book titled Insert Giggle Giggle, primarily about midlife reinvention and… Read more: The Joys Outside of Genre
As the snarky, orange-eyed demon from Noory and the Eternal Light says, “Taking up with immortals is always a problem.”… Read more: Taking Up With Immortals Is Always A Problem