Jennifer Kitses's Blog
February 9, 2019
Newtown Literary
Very happy to have a short story -- "Have You Seen This Man?" -- in the latest edition of Newtown Literary:
https://www.newtownliterary.org/produ...
Which I believe will be available for digital download soon! And for those of you in the neighborhood: Newtown Literary also sponsors great events in Queens, including free classes for adults & kids.
https://www.newtownliterary.org/produ...
Which I believe will be available for digital download soon! And for those of you in the neighborhood: Newtown Literary also sponsors great events in Queens, including free classes for adults & kids.
August 7, 2017
And my not-so-illustrious career as a wire service reporter
Read It Forward
How My Job in the Newsroom Helped Inform My Debut Novel
I’ll never forget my interview for my first reporting job. I was sitting with the bureau chief in a glass-walled conference room within the sprawling, open-plan newsroom—what I’d later think of as a fishbowl within a fishbowl. And as I answered one of his questions, I discovered I had a nosebleed. I was already very nervous; now I was mortified. But I reached for a tissue, and then another, and kept answering questions as if none of this were happening. The bureau chief didn’t blink. At the time, it seemed to me that I’d passed the true test: I might be bleeding from the head and embarrassing myself, but I would keep working. Nothing would slow me down...
read more here:
http://www.readitforward.com/authors/...
How My Job in the Newsroom Helped Inform My Debut Novel
I’ll never forget my interview for my first reporting job. I was sitting with the bureau chief in a glass-walled conference room within the sprawling, open-plan newsroom—what I’d later think of as a fishbowl within a fishbowl. And as I answered one of his questions, I discovered I had a nosebleed. I was already very nervous; now I was mortified. But I reached for a tissue, and then another, and kept answering questions as if none of this were happening. The bureau chief didn’t blink. At the time, it seemed to me that I’d passed the true test: I might be bleeding from the head and embarrassing myself, but I would keep working. Nothing would slow me down...
read more here:
http://www.readitforward.com/authors/...
August 4, 2017
My (almost endless!) attempts to write a crime novel
I wrote an essay for Lit Hub about what I learned from trying to write a crime novel:
http://lithub.com/what-trying-to-fini...
http://lithub.com/what-trying-to-fini...
July 24, 2017
Visiting book clubs
Just a note that I can answer questions by email or visit your book club by phone/Skype! Please reach out here or at jenniferkitses@gmail.com. I'd love to talk!
