Kris Spisak

✨Author, Creative, Literary Historian✨
📚 Fiction: The Baba Yaga Mask 📚Nonfiction: Becoming Baba Yaga, Get A Grip On Your Grammar &👇

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When's the last time you actually wrote someone a letter?

#LetterWritingDay #writerslife #writerscommunity #amwriting #writingcommunity #writinglife

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Whether you call yourself a "writer" or not, #words shape our work and our lives. Discoveries like this reframe how we think about it all. Calendars. Events. Logging notes. Yes, people have been doing this for a long, long time.

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Six years ago, my first book was published. Last night, I got a Google alert that it just jumped back onto the bestsellers list ... in India. 😮🔖📖

Who wants to talk about #words, #language, and #storytelling? I'm ready! And still absolutely loving it.
#writerslife #writingtips

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A rebel? I'll embrace it. And "the always interesting and insightful Kris Spisak"? What kind words! Thank you, Canvas Rebel. I'm honored to be spotlighted for my creative work and ongoing pursuits in #words and #stories.

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#amwriting

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Conversations about sloppy #communications and rambling #storytelling are everywhere. We could talk corporate messaging, novel #writing, or #gardening apparently...

Spotting this headline in my feed made me happy, so I had to pass it on!

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#amwriting

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Researchers have recently decoded an ancient #script that perhaps hasn't been read for hundreds if not thousands of years. Human #curiosity and determination make anything possible.

Take this #literary accomplishment as your #motivation this week!

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Focus. Dedication. Clear intentions. I could be talking about pursuits with #words or with life.

I've written for @WritersDigest many times, but this article recently came to mind. I'm leaning into dedicated, intentional focus this weekend. How about you?
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"With Ukrainian folk-lore interwoven throughout the story this is a real Magical Mystery Tour, with beautiful descriptive writing that makes you feel you are travelling through these wonderful countries too." https://t.co/MIr2k6hUEy @KrisSpisak

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Looking for an editing guidebook that will help you take your work-in-progress to the next level? Look no further. https://t.co/0sdSp2Imhw @KrisSpisak

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Did you know there was an awards season for books? I'm so proud that The Baba Yaga Mask has recently won numerous awards! I've mentioned my Silver IPPY, but wait, there's more!

Receiving emails like this from my publisher has been a highlight of my year!
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☀️🩴Anyone else stay up later in the summertime? (Yawn) I do love a good word.

#words #language #communications #amwriting #writerslife

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Finding the angle on the story that resonates with your audience, their background, and their perspective can be tricky. In medieval times, one answer was fighting snails. Did you know?

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#storytelling #folktales #animals #history #mondaythoughts #amwriting

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Reminder: how we choose to capture our ideas in #writing is endlessly fascinating.

Introducing Richard Heege, a 15th-century entertainer & perhaps the first to write "stand-up comedy" as we know it today.

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@DebiFairchild @WomenWriters Happy editing!

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Looking for an editing guidebook that will help you take your work-in-progress to the next level? Look no further. https://t.co/0sdSp2IU74 @KrisSpisak

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WEEKEND READS! https://t.co/ZEhPydk1tP @LynneHugo @HeyJudeNotJudy
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@not_theoretical Good luck! I totally understand this feeling. Cheering you on!

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When you study #folklore and #fairytales, certain roles come up repeatedly. And then there are discoveries like this. Did you know this word existed?

Additional trivia: no such word for "step-father" exists.

#language #communications #storytelling #words #folktales #writerslife

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Do you use your library for #summerreading? (Or #reading year-round?) Don't forget to return those #books! (I love this story!)

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#libraries #ilovelibraries #amreading #booksbooksbooks

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Some topics are close to my heart. This is one of them, and I was thrilled to write this essay for @womenwriters!

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#creativity #communications #storytelling #writing #technology #humanity #writerslife #amwriting