My niece (age 12) is an author. She may not see herself that way, but it's true. She writes. A lot. And that makes her an author. Merriam-Webster agrees: AUTHOR noun 1: the writer of a literary work (such as a book) 2: one that originates or creates something Ezra, or Ezzy as she's affectionately called by …
Category: fiction
My Epic Thank You
To celebrate the release of my debut thriller, I created a celebratory slideshow, complete with voice-over and music. When I showed it to someone from a younger generation (not a child of mine, nooo), it was explained to me that my choice of music was "...interesting. And maybe a little over the top." I believe …
Inspiration for Spiked
I've always been drawn to revenge stories, to a character who does a stupid thing, and they don't mean for it to go wrong, but it does. (Of course it does.) My fascination likely originated with a traumatic event that occurred when I was ten years old. I share about it in the Exhuming the …
Praise for Spiked: Advance Reviews
Reviews are an author's bread and butter. Read on to see what readers are saying about Spiked. Pre-order here (paper) and here (e-Book). Spiked is a deep dive into the human psyche and what a man will do in desperation. When we first meet Rory, he seems like an innocent, bumbling, and nice guy who …
The (Beer) Glass Half Full
Or, what's up with the shape of that glass on your book cover, Kelly? I know some of you are wondering? Why not a stein? Or your basic pint glass? When the lovely and infinitely patient Paramita Bhattacharjee initiated the design for Spiked, I knew I wanted a non-traditional glass. I knew because my favorite …
Meet my debut thriller, Spiked
Since I was eighteen years old, I wanted to put a book into the world. Just a few years have passed (cough, cough), but I'm delighted to say it's happening on November 5, 2023! Go ahead, judge my book by this exceptional, dare I say gorgeous, cover designed by Creative Paramita. Spiked has been described …
MTO Jason Pattee
Jason popped in his earbuds, closed his eyes, and let the mellow chords of Xavier Rudd's "Follow the Sun" take his mind to the beach. Jason would feel the sun on his face in less than five hours. The music was for making time fly. Fly. Get it? He made the time fly while flying …
MTO Lucy A
The first thing I noticed about Grandma was her hands. I know, strange, right? Her hands used to look like regular old people's hands. Wrinkly. Full of knobs like a turtle's shell. Her wedding ring would never make it over that knuckle, no way. When Grandma reached across the picnic table to grab the salt, …
Revision: Where the Magic Happens.
I have the good fortune of being able to teach some of the greatest students that ever were. If you met them, you'd agree. My 5000 Words Class (a misnomer because they write double that) recently participated in a workshop, complete with scribbled-on hardcopy submissions and author silence. The focus of the workshop experience is …
MTO Kim Griffiths
The dog's fur was the color of cream. What a cutie. He must've heard my car idling at the end of his driveway and came to say hello. I snapped a picture. My own dog, Apache, sensed his chance for freedom and bounded out the open car door. I thought he might greet his fellow …
KL Griffiths 