Light Up the Lamp: The Book That Isn't
This Light Up the Lamp isn't the actual Light Up the Lamp. Or, rather, perhaps the way to put it is: the version that exists in my head...
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QUEER ROMANCE
KIT OLIVER
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Kit Oliver
- May 15
- 6 min
Sebastian Martin and His Very Bad, No Good, Awful Day
The more I publish my writing, the more I learn that characters and the scenarios I put them through are a form of a litmus test for...
Kit Oliver
- May 15
- 3 min
Hockey, Homophobia, and Hope
Light Up the Lamp doesn't exist in our reality. There's no (as of now) NHL team in San Francisco, or in Baltimore for that matter, and...
Kit Oliver
- Aug 19, 2022
- 13 min
That Time I Wrote an Outline, Pt 2
One reason the three-act structure doesn't work for me as a process to create a story is the fact that a story is, at its heart, about a...
Kit Oliver
- Aug 19, 2022
- 8 min
That Time I Wrote an Outline, Pt 1
The age old question: top load vs. front load washer. Toilet paper over or under. Knives pointing up in the dishwasher or down. Pantser...
Kit Oliver
- Jan 25, 2022
- 3 min
Haha, Just Kidding... Unless?
There were a lot of drafts of 'While the Sun Shines'. The earliest were written in Penny's POV, though I quickly realized that Drew was...
Kit Oliver
- Jan 25, 2022
- 4 min
Drew's My Favorite Character - Except For All the Others
Ok, so look, Abbot's actually my favorite character, except for Ned who is my all time fave if there wasn't Cooper, who is definitely top...
Kit Oliver
- Jan 25, 2022
- 4 min
Help! My Friends Are Dating!
Part of the best thing about writing is all the surprises that lay in store. When I wrote Cattle Stop, I fully intended it to be a stand...
Kit Oliver
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
What's That? The Math Doesn't Work?
Are you telling me that it doesn't actually add up that Sadie would be an old dog in Cattle Stop and While the Sun Shines, and then still...
Kit Oliver
- Aug 17, 2021
- 7 min
The Place Between - Reader Questions
Don't we all turn the last page of a book and wonder: what the heck happens next? A Place to Go answers some of the questions lingering...
Kit Oliver
- Aug 10, 2021
- 4 min
Cattle Stop: or I Loved The Place Between So Much I Had to Write a 75k Novel To Calm Down
Back when I was just a nervous, unhappy kiddo, I went to a neurologist for migraines and anxiety. Faced with twelve year old me, he...
Kit Oliver
- Aug 10, 2021
- 4 min
Behind the Scenes: Penny and Drew, Stuck on the Farm and Stuck With Each Other
The scene: the farmhouse kitchen, the screen door banging closed and Whit's truck squealing out of the driveway. The people: Penny and...
Kit Oliver
- Aug 10, 2021
- 6 min
BtS: Cooper and Whit in Oregon (or What Happens When Goats Escape When You Just Want to Make Out)
I'm not saying that Whit flew out to Oregon with no plan, but Whit definitely flew out to Oregon with no plan. He told Drew he needed a...
Kit Oliver
- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
Behind the Scenes: The Prologue (or Kissing Each Other Was a Bad Idea Except It Wasn't)
What do you do when you accidentally-on-purpose kiss the guy you've had a crush on for ages but also really, definitely, don't get along...
Kit Oliver
- Jun 7, 2021
- 6 min
A Look Ahead: Summer 2021
It's apparently June, which is simply ridiculous because last time I checked it was March 2020 and I was debating buying tickets to the...
Kit Oliver
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
Places to Go
Writing A Place To Go meant more drafts than I ever anticipated, but when I finally landed on the idea of writing it from Abbot's...
Kit Oliver
- Oct 5, 2020
- 4 min
The Place Between - DVD commentary
Spoiler alert! Ned and Abbot fall in love. Ok, but for real: this blog post includes a DVD style commentary on a passage from The Place...
Kit Oliver
- Jun 11, 2020
- 4 min
Another Look at Another Shot
In the last blog post we talked about Tim’s side of events, detailing a) Billy’s bad timing, b) Billy’s bad timing, c) Billy’s...
Kit Oliver
- Jun 11, 2020
- 8 min
Behind The Scenes of: Another Shot
Cal. Tim. Phone calls that last until the flight attendant has to ask Tim to put your phone away sir, this is the second time I’ve spoken...
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