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Our God who Grieves: BBC’s Father Brown, Unexpected Tears, and Jesus

August 2, 2017 / Kiersti Giron / Burning Sky, Call the Midwife, characters, England, faith
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My newest favorite BBC TV show is the cozy mystery series Father Brown, based on the character created by author G.K. Chesterton. He reminds me of a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Father Tim of the Mitford books, this balding, kindly priest with equally incorrigible compassion for lost sheep and taste for a good mystery. […]

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BBC TV, Father Brown, grief

Learning to Listen: How I Wasn’t Letting My Native Characters Have a Voice

October 24, 2016 / Kiersti Giron / characters, growing, My writing process, Native Americans, Paiute, writing
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I hadn’t been sure what was wrong.   This story-in-progress, my third full novel manuscript, has definitely been my most troublesome “child” so far. First, my heroine didn’t want to behave, taking months before she would even “talk” to me. (Yes, novelists hear people who aren’t real. But I don’t think you need to sign […]

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characters, paiute, writing

“Getting to Know You”: Creating Characters

November 20, 2014 / Kiersti Giron / characters, Fort Tejon, My writing process, Uncategorized, writing
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I’ve been getting to know some new folks the last few months.   In many ways, it’s like forming any new relationship. I have my first impression, and think these might be some pretty cool friends. I get to know them a little better, and see some of my initial opinions might have been off. […]

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