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Erin Kinsella

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Writing, reading, world building and the occasional vlog.

Setting up the Setting

Setting is one of the things that I initially struggle with in my first drafts. I’m really bad for having my characters almost free floating with no discernable location. Much of t...

Travel Tuesdays! Bangkok

Welcome to Travel Tuesday! Today we are visiting Bangkok, Thailand! Thanks for stopping by! -Erin

Favourite Fridays! Ravens

There are few birds in the world that have more mythology associated with them than the Raven. I’ve been kind of fascinated with them since I visited the Four Corners region and on...

World Changing Women - Harriet Hemenway

I love interesting women in history, especially when they make a positive difference in the world. I can’t even remember now where I heard about Harriet Hemenway, but she is a bada...

Pushing Your Limits

Sometimes the only way to see where your limits are is to push yourself past what you think they are. Since I started on this writing journey I’ve set increasingly more difficult g...

Travel Tuesdays! Arches National Park

Welcome to Travel Tuesdays! Today we are checking out Arches National Park in Utah :D Thanks for stopping by! -Erin

Sharing Miss Willow!

My first children’s book has been a long process with a lot of learning, but it is FINALLY here! It’s even more adorable in print than I imagined it would be, but I could be biased...

Favourite Fridays! Hamilton Musical

I adore musical theatre and I adore history. As you can imagine, when those things are combined I get even happier. When I took a course on early American history in University I w...

Throwback Thursday - Kamikaze and the Mongols

The Kamikaze (divine wind/winds of God) spared Japan from the invasion of the Mongols, not once, but twice. I recall learning about this event when I took my world history class in...

Meet the Illustrator! Ashley Dadoun

Ashley Dadoun is the wonderfully talented illustrator for my first children’s book, Miss Willow and the Great Fish Mystery. We found each other on DeviantArt and I was charmed by t...