Category: Blood and Water

• B&W Playlist: Maiken

  Due to our recent move halfway across the country, I’ve done a LOT of listening to music while packing/unpacking/relaxing by the pool to recharge after all that packing and unpacking. 😉 I already shared my main playlist for Blood and Water, but there are so many more songs that went into that novel (some I’m…

  annieatkin

  August 15, 2019

  Behind the Scenes, Blood and Water, writing

  characters, favorites, inspiration, love, music, playlist, soundtrack, writing

• Never-Ending Edits

  I’m currently on draft number who-even-knows-anymore of my work in progress, Blood and Water. The cool thing is, every time I finish a draft, I feel really confident in it, like it’s the best I could ever accomplish. (To be fair, it really is my best work at that point in my life.) Then I…

  annieatkin

  August 7, 2019

  Behind the Scenes, writing

  books, drafts, editing, love, revisions, stories, writing

• Blood and Water: Playlist

  I’ve got a few hundred “inspirational” songs that have gone into writing Blood and Water. I’ve narrowed them down and compiled a list of 21 songs that I think best represent most of the novel, and/or were the most influential for some scenes. The entire playlist can be found on YouTube. Enjoy! Please Don’t Say You…

  annieatkin

  May 25, 2019

  Blood and Water, writing

  books, characters, fiction, inspiration, music, novel, playlist, stories, writing

• The First Raid

  Solvi: Mam is buried beneath her blankets again. It’s been two days, but still she refuses to rise. Maiken burned the stew she reheated for breakfast—again. Now, it’s nearing dinnertime, and Mam doesn’t stir. Papa, Ulf, and Tarben will return soon, but the longhouse is empty of the scents that usually greet them. No one…

  annieatkin

  May 15, 2019

  Blood and Water, Solvi

  books, characters, fiction, flash fiction, flashback, memories, sisters, stories, writing

• Blood and Water

  I am in hardcore editing-mode of my first novel, working title Blood and Water. Still, the creative side of me is hard to turn off. I love exploring ideas by writing short scenes and discovering the memories each of my characters hold dear. Soon I will begin to share some of these scenes. Hopefully, it…

  annieatkin

  May 11, 2019

  Blood and Water, writing

  books, fiction, flash fiction, novel, short stories, updates, writing

• The First

  Hello and Welcome! I have just finished my first draft of my novel, so perhaps I am being a bit presumptive with this site. In truth, I created it two years ago when I was nearing the finish of a very different series — one that ended up in so many re-writes that I set…

  annieatkin

  July 15, 2018

  Blood and Water

  books, fiction, first draft, first post, novel, updates, writing