Author Archives: Kim Talks Books

About Kim Talks Books

I'm a bookloving American who lives in Stockholm, Sweden. I'm also someone who loves to write. I am working on a novel that's taking me longer to finish than I'd planned. I like chick lit, literary fiction, psychological and supernatural thrillers.

Cover reveal: A Little Night Music

I was going to wait awhile before revealing the cover for A Little Night Music–I’m still tweaking the manuscript–but I love it so much I just had to share it. I started A Little Night Music three years ago and … Continue reading

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Need help with cover design? Check out these peeps…

Indie writers, we all know how insane it can be trying to find good covers for a book. We’ve done our research and scoped out benchmarks, figured out what we like and what we hate. Now we need to find … Continue reading

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Happy Mother’s Day, Barbs!

I don’t usually write about my mom here but I thought it was a good idea since it is Mother’s Day. My mom and I don’t see each other so often since I live in Sweden and she is still … Continue reading

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David Gaughran’s Let’s Get Visible is now available!

Fellow writer and indie writing guru David Gaughran has a new book out with tips on writing, selling more books and getting noticed. The book is called Let’s Get Visible and it’s a companion volume to his previous book, Let’s … Continue reading

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Getting closer to publishing Choose Me

A few months ago, I shared with you a cover for a project called Choose Me. I originally thought I would have published it by April 15. That was my deadline, but then life got in the way. Well, now … Continue reading

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English Project: The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, By: Heidi W. Durrow

A few years ago, I read Heidi Durrow‘s The Girl Who Fell From the Sky and loved it, told everyone I knew to read it (and I hope they did). Today Mixed American Life shared a cool video summary of … Continue reading

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Have you heard of Riffle Books? No? Then you should check it out.

I wonder…how many of you are using Riffle Books? Yesterday I received an invitation to try it and I spent part of this evening checking it out. It’s like Goodreads in that it aims to be a community of readers … Continue reading

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Playing House is moving forward, getting a cover soon

I’m working on a few manuscripts simultaneously, which should be confusing but my brain seems to be able to handle it. It must be from work–I have to juggle so many projects at once and keep everything straight. Maybe that’s … Continue reading

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Add another book to my To Read list!

Two posts in one day–will wonders never cease? Just found out that Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep and who is one of my favorites, has a new book coming out in June. It’s called Sisterland and it sounds amazing!  So … Continue reading

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Coming soon…a website for Kim the author

It’s May Day–a much-needed dayoff from work when I am supposed to be protesting and marching according to Swedish tradition, but really all I’ve done is take care of things I don’t normally have time to do. At least I’ve … Continue reading

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