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My Most Personal Novel

August 11, 2019July 20, 2022
Kristin Neva
Books, Romance, Suffering, Writing

Across the Bridge felt the most personal of the three novels I’ve written. As I’ve watched Todd’s body slowly decline these past nine years, I’ve struggled with God and the suffering in the world.

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Book Friends

November 12, 2018
Kristin Neva
Books, Writing

When I was a kid, the Boxcar Children was one of my favorite series. I went on adventures with them. I was fond of quiet Violet, amused by Benny. I admired capable, big-sister Jessie. I savored the beauty of Prince

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The Rules of My Universe

March 26, 2018March 31, 2018
Kristin Neva
Books, Suffering, Writing

In maintaining the rules of the world I’ve created with strokes of a pen, I have a better appreciation for why God doesn’t always intervene in our lives. Different genres of literature are set in various times and places, and

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Copper Country Available Now!

June 19, 2017March 26, 2018
Kristin Neva
Books, Writing

Ten years after abandoning his family, Aimee’s father returns with throat cancer. She wants to forgive him, but he’s as narcissistic and unrepentant as ever. She’s comforted by Russ, who’s everything her father wasn’t—present and gentle. But…

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You Speak Yooper, Hey

January 16, 2017January 15, 2017
Kristin Neva
History, Life on Copper Island, Writing

“Hyvää päivää.” “Where you live?” “Out Mohawk way.” “Yous get lots of snow dere, hey.” “Yeah, we woke to two feet today. I scooped myself out then drove Hough’on, but dey hardly got none.” I didn’t think I had an

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More Truth in Fiction

May 18, 2016March 1, 2017
Kristin Neva
Books, Romance, Writing

“This is why I could never write this.” My husband, Todd, read a line from my romance novel he was editing. He thought it was a bit over the top, too sentimental, cheesy. I laughed out loud. “I got that

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The Gap

May 18, 2016March 1, 2017
Kristin Neva
Books, Suffering, Writing

“Did you think I was as old as you?!” He looked at me incredulously. Ouch. I was at a coffee shop with a writing group. A fellow writer also grew up in the area. “What school did you go to?”

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