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Baba Yaga: Part Three

May 9, 2016 by kstuart00 Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Historical Fiction Tagged With: Baba Yaga, historical fiction, Soviet history, Stalin's purges, the myth of Baba Yaga

On Writing: The Fight for Publication

April 30, 2016 by kstuart00 Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Historical Fiction, On Writing Tagged With: dream chasing, how to publish a book, Like a River From Its Course, On Writing, publication

Baba Yaga: Part Two

December 27, 2015 by kstuart00 Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Historical Fiction Tagged With: Baba Yaga, historical fiction

And Art Unlike Any Other

December 19, 2015 by kstuart00 4 Comments

Filed Under: On Writing Tagged With: character development, fiction writing, imagination, On Writing, plot development, writing great fiction

Baba Yaga: Part I

November 20, 2015 by kstuart00 5 Comments

Filed Under: Historical Fiction Tagged With: Baba Yaga, historical fiction, Russian history, Stalin's purges

Write a Story They Won't Soon Forget

October 24, 2015 by kstuart00 3 Comments

Filed Under: On Writing Tagged With: detail in writing, On Writing, on writing well, writing, writing compelling stories

War Stories: Conflicted

July 20, 2015 by kstuart00 8 Comments

Filed Under: Historical Fiction Tagged With: excerpt, Kiev, Novel, Soviet Union, stories of survival, World War II

War Stories – Remember

May 20, 2015 by kstuart00 3 Comments

Filed Under: Historical Fiction Tagged With: fiction, historical fiction, remember, Soviet Ukraine, war stories, World War II

If Ever I Leave I Will Not Be Gone

April 22, 2015 by kstuart00 5 Comments

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Short Fiction, short stories, stories of the south, vignettes

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