Category Archives: Writing

What’s Happening With The Unbelievables Book 3?

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Kourtney

As spring moves into high gear, I’ve been hard at work on line edits for The Unbelievables Book 3,  The Girl Who Loved Ghosts! The advance reader copy (ARC) of The Girl Who Loved Ghosts is almost ready! If you … Continue reading →

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Summer Break

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Kourtney

Right now, my real life has to take a front seat to my online life. There are things that I absolutely need to get done this summer and that means I won’t be online much. I’ll still be sending out … Continue reading →

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A Day In the Life of an Author

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Kourtney

Recently, I put together a post for an ezine called Modern Creative Life. I spent a few weeks working on this post and it’s all about what my “typical Tuesday” is like. If you’ve ever been curious about what my … Continue reading →

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The Story of the Door

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Kourtney

  Ah, the door. I promised a story, so here goes. A couple years back, I begged my old friend Ant to take me to Sleepy Hollow. I love the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Washington Irving. After reading Jessica … Continue reading →

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I’m Back!

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Kourtney

Hello! I’m back from my blog sabbatical. Since it’s been a while, I figured I’d do a what’s- been-happening post for my books and me! The Unbelievables series The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts won the Silver Falchion Judges’ Choice Awards for … Continue reading →

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Hello Line Edits!

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Kourtney

Hello, my amazing readers! I thought I’d start out with a little treat. Here’s a behind the scenes look at Six Train’s sequel in progress. It’s a screenshot of what the line edits from my editor look like for the … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Short Stories

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Kourtney

As I was wrapping up developmental edits for my editor on Six Train’s sequel, I thought I would do something fun on the side. I decided to enter a short story contest. This was going to be a nice break from novel writing. … Continue reading →

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The Writing Goeth…

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Kourtney

The last 9 weeks have felt like this writing wise. I pretty much rewrote the entire book for Six Train’s sequel. And now the developmental edits are done! I want to dance and sing and shout. I feel like what … Continue reading →

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Holiday Blog Hiatus

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Kourtney

I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving. Mine was filled with silly moments including how many Eugenes are in my family (we’re Italian on Mom’s side) and Grandma H announcing my father only had 10 years left to live. The … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Connecticut and TGWIG Contest Deadline Looms

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Kourtney

Hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th! This week I’m guest blogging over on Reading Away The Days and representing for Connecticut in the Virtual US Road Trip blog tour. My post will be up July 7th. You can check … Continue reading →

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