by Kristina | Aug 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Fiction writers, story weavers, dream for everyone. A person not allowed to dream gradually goes mad; a world without dreams would be unlivable. We need dreams of beauty and love and kindness, humor, excitement, and mystery––even nightmares––to thrive. As a writer, I...
by Kristina | May 9, 2019 | NOWEVER by Kristina Bak, Uncategorized
Virtual reality, algorithms, blockchain, metadata, going wide, artificial intelligence and machine learning––doesn’t sound like the lineup for an authors’ conference, does it? Maybe not ten years ago, or even five, but if you stand still, WHOOSH,...
by Kristina | Feb 13, 2019 | Bookstores in Bend Oregon, NOWEVER by Kristina Bak, Oregon bookstores, Uncategorized
NOWEVER, my new YA novel is out! You can find it on Amazon and B&N sites, among others, and if your heart, like mine, is with independent bookstores, on Powells.com. If you’ve been to Portland’s iconic Powell’s City of Books you’ve...
by Kristina | Jan 9, 2019 | Bend, Oregon bookstores, Uncategorized
My new YA novel Nowever is only days away from publication! It will have its first “outing” at Roundabout Books in Bend’s Northwest Crossing on Saturday, March 16th. I’m honored to be included with Nowever in...
by Kristina | Sep 25, 2018 | Argentine Social Tango, Bend, From Here to Argentina: A Tango Love Story, Oregon, Oregon bookstores, Tango in Bend Oregon, Uncategorized
My ancestors moved relentlessly west across North America, my father’s parents from Eastern Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, my mother’s predecessors from Scotland in the early 1700s. The only “roots” I experienced were several...
by Kristina | Aug 7, 2018 | Argentine Social Tango, Bend, From Here to Argentina: A Tango Love Story, Oregon, Oregon bookstores, Tango in Bend Oregon, Uncategorized
A reader recently asked, “Where do you write your novels?” One answer is, “Wherever I happen to be.” On these perfect Central Oregon summer days, that’s often outside, in my garden. Right now it’s definitely not at my desk,...
