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I write ghosts and inexplicable occurrences into my books and screenplays, and I’m not going to brag or apologize for it. I just do. I never started out to write about ghosts and I’m not a freaky ghost-loving fanatic, but those things just seem to creep into most of my books whether they were included in the character list, the original storyline, or not. I’ll be writing a perfectly sweet little story and the next thing I know something moves the curtains or there is a tap at t -
Blog postCHAT is the story of a woman who meets a man online in a chat room, takes the conversation off the public chat to private and develops a lovely and interesting relationship with him over a few weeks. Over the course of the 12 minute film, we see them chatting back and forth on their laptops. The flirt factor ramps up until one night, they're drinking and talking online and he makes a request of her that she's not comfortable with.
This type of thing happens a lot. Especiall -
Blog postI do lots of things associated with writing but never considered I might produce one of my stories to a short film.
I also can't imagine becoming a lion tamer. That's how outlandish it seemed a year ago when I was looking for a filmmaker to take my script CHAT and make a short film. I wrote it contained (few locations) with a small cast so it would be an easy shoot and was sure I could give this script to a deserving creative and get a free pass to watch the filming. Win win.
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Blog postThis page is less of a blog today and more of an ad. Sorry regular followers!
Hollywood movie makers love ADAPTATIONS from Intellectual Property. That means if you wrote and published a book, article, comic and turned it into a screenplay, their ears perk up.
Especially if that book was Gone Girl or you're Nora Roberts or some other publishing heavy weight. I teach authors how to write screenplays so I figured I could go the other way and teach screenwriters how to publish -
Blog postI'm making a short film.
I couldn't be more excited to announce that in May 2022, we will be filming a script I wrote and am now co-producing. We'll film in Seattle with an all-star team and hope to take the finished product around to film festivals, maybe even Cannes and Sundance!
I wrote this script of 19 pages (19 ish minutes on film) during the beginning of the quarantine in 2020 and after entering it in screenwriting contests, found it resonated with people. It's the story -
Blog postBirthday weekend has arrived! May 8th is my day of birth and this year I'm celebrating it on Maui. I just spend the last 14 months locked up with my sweet hubby and kids so taking off without them was a no brainer when it turned out I had to use last year's ticket before June.
I woke on the big day happy to be healthy, on Maui and greet the day. I slept in to 7 and that felt decadent and luxurious here in the islands. It was supposed to be rainy with thunderstorms according to th -
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Blog postWarning: This blog is not properly edited or even read back a second time to see if it makes sense. Proceed with caution!
Eating fish tacos at a waterfront restaurant, the nearest patrons 8 feet away, the waiter masked, the table and chairs sanitized just before we were seated is how we do restaurant experiences now. Here in Lahaina, Maui, the restaurants have big PASS signs displayed for all to see that insures patrons they're following all guidelines for Covid and hoping to stay open -
Blog postGot up at 4:45 for a morning meeting. That may sound early to you but back in LA, it was 7:45 and an 8:00 am meeting wasn't unreasonable.
As the sky lightened, I greeted the day with a pot of hot Kona coffee and cream that I barely pass over the cup to achieve the perfect color of black on the side of brown. Meetings aside, I set to writing on the lanai as Lynn and JoJo headed out the door in the beat-up Maui Cruisermobile to exercise the little canine for the day, before i -
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Blog postToday on Maui seemed three days long!
Woke at 5:30 and worked for hours, thinking how much nicer it is to watch the morning light creep into the night sky on Maui than Seattle. Feeling like I accomplished something, I took a break for an hour to go for a run and there is something so wonderful about running on Maui compared to a treadmill at home. My goal was a beach called S turns and there, I went in the ocean in my clothes (shoes off) to cool off. It was glorious. The ocean here i -
Blog postAloha!
If you follow my blog, you might know that I write blogs from Maui every year when I visit.
Last year was a pass because the week I was to fly, we got the Stay At Home order and I took that to heart, being a rule follower and a good citizen.
I had a free ticket to use before June so as soon as I was vaccinated and past the 2 week mark, I booked the flight and told my best friend Lynn to expect a visitor. She's been on furlough from her hotel job and gar -
Blog postI taught a quick class last weekend on how to write the RomCom and ended up going over the 2 hour mark. There is a lot to say about how to write one of these movies, turns out!
However, I just discovered that all you need to know about RomComs is right here in this Tweet thread I just had with Aminah Hughes, another screenwriter on Twitter.
There was a joke going around in screenwriter twitter saying "Hello, I'm the gal on TV driving a car and don't need to look at th -
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Blog postWhen I first thought about trying scuba diving, I had two emotions—terror and wonderment.
I’m an avid swimmer, lifeguarded during high school, but also saw the movie Jaws and didn’t go in fresh water lakes for years after that. Also, I’m a wee bit claustrophobic and wondered if the pressure of all that water on top of me would trigger something that made me want to rush to the surface for fresh air. Rushing up is a big no-no in diving. Turned out, I loved it. And the feeling was the p -
Blog postChristmas Movies are Here
I love Christmas and I love Christmas movies and books. I write Christmas movies and books but I love to keep that magic going from Thanksgiving to New Years. Actually, as someone who writers Christmas stories, I keep the magic going all year.
Just since Nov 22nd, I've watched several Holiday movies including HOLIDATE (not sweet or without swearing, Netflix), LAST CHRISTMAS (sweet but modern take on dating Netflix) THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES (fun an -
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Blog postMOODY & The GHOST is perfect Halloween Reading if you don't want Horror elements that will keep you awake at night worrying.
When I started writing Moody, I gave myself permission to write 1st person, my favorite, from the viewpoint of a slightly snarky person. How wonderful is that? I'd written this quirky character in a book called Dream Come True about a ghost interfering in the lives of a family who lived next door and I liked the ghost hunter, Mrs. Moody, so much, I gave -
Blog postEvery story needs suspense to keep it moving forward. Even The Three Little Pigs has elements of suspense with the wolf threatening to huff & puff!
Here are the notes from my PNWA presentation September 26, 2020 on Zoom, about using suspense to drive that story. The notes were compiled by myself and Christine Fairchild, the Editor Devil for our 2 hour class.
Kim and Christine Looking Suspenseful
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Blog postHollywood loves Adaptations (See? I even capitalized the “a” word.)
The number of Academy Award Winning movies that were once novels, memoirs, comic books, stage plays, etc. is staggering.
A studio executive in the movie industry is more likely to read an adaptation from a successful book than a screenplay with no history of fans and nothing to speak for it.
Even if your book isn't a NY Times Bestseller, it might translate well to screen.
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Blog postThe Dream Jumper's Promise is a Bestselling Novel, Amazon #1 Suspense, #1 Supernatural Suspense, #1 Paranormal Romance and now an award-winning screenplay.
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Publishers Weekly said, "Hornsby has written a fascinating and engaging paranormal romance... believable and richly portrayed"
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My name is Kim Hornsby and I wrote the book in 2012, published it under Top Ten Press and it -
Blog postI'm not trying to make enemies here but if you don't wear a mask in public, aren't staying home, and staying away from people who aren't quarantined with you, I'm very disappointed in you.
Even if you live in a place where COVID hasn't really hit hard, all it takes is one silent carrier to infect everyone if they sneeze. Or if they spoke loudly in air space five minutes before you walked through that same space at the store.
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Blog postThis world-wide quarantine has been hard on everyone. Some more than others. And we've been finding other ways to see people like on social media, Zoom calls, reading books, watching movies, the last of which make you feel like you're out in the world without leaving your house.
Our country seems to be divided between those who take this virus seriously and those who don't. I understand college kids and teenagers needing to socialize and thinking they're going to live forever becaus -
Blog postIf you are being a good person of the world and staying home to social distance, maybe now is a good time to tackle that book you've always wanted to write.
As an author, people tell me all the time that they have a book idea and ask how to get started. Are you one of those people? Are you staying home, hunkered inside in a social quarantine? (If you have to go out, be careful and stay six feet away from others.)
Maybe it's time to be creative, make this time count for somethi -
Blog postI'm in the midst of writing a book in a series that takes a lot of thinking time. The word "Time" is key here because the main character is a time traveler and her antics in the 1850's are so out of sequence that she makes assumptions and declarations all over the place, thinking she knows the end game.
It's confusing, but very fun. And, I'm told that the series is great fun to read.
It was originally written as a TV pilot script. From that, I wrote the first book. T -
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Blog postAdmittedly, I only caught parts of the Oscars last night but that was enough to have a few opinions.
1. Joaquin Phoenix's speech was too long and I'm now using almond milk for my coffee.
2. If Jane Fonda is against ageism in Hollywood, why does her face look so different, like it's been stretched and the woman wearing the grey hair and sustainable jewelry barely resembles her?
3. Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig should host the Oscars next year.
4. I love Eminem but w -
Blog postI write a fun little series called Moody & The Ghost about a paranormal investigator who's lost her mojo (clairvoyance) after a car accident that also takes her eyesight, and her husband's life.
OK, so far this doesn't sound fun, right? But the story picks up right when she inherits a house on the stormy Oregon coast and things start to happen to give her hope.
Bryndle Moody has led a colorful life as her grifter mother's cash cow, doing ghost readings for money since she -
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Blog post🎄Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Readers!🎄
This week, I've lowered and obliterated prices as a gift to you. I know how important reading is, especially if this time of year leaves you lonely or wanting. And for the rest, just grab a book and curl up in a big chair to enjoy the adventures.
All my books are on AMAZON over here:
Kim on AMAZON
The Dream Jumper's Promise - 99 cents this week only
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Blog postFor some, winter is upon us with snow, Christmas decorations, gift shopping and more.
If you're like me (Last minute Lulu) the only thing Christmasy around here is my reading material. I love to read holiday Feel-Good books at this time of year.
Christmas is a time when goodwill is alive and kicking more so than any other time of year and I like to revel in that. So many women (and maybe men?) love watching Hallmark movies and this year that network started earlier than ever with mor -
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