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Internet relationships are weird. There are folks that I've known online for ten years, who I would invite to stay at my house if they were in town. Yet, they don't even know what I look like. It is the strangest thing.

So, to bridge the gap that is the interwebz, here are 5 things you don't know about Krista D. Ball.

1. I was adopted by my grandparents.

I come from Newfoundland, where this isn't uncommon. When your parents cannot look after you, another family takes you in. Upon leaving the...

My travel bug friend, Michelle, graciously allowed me to use her blog to taunt the internet. I wrote about the importance of travel for fiction writers.

I was reading article today about musician backstage demands. On a practical sense, I get these demands, with the possible exception of a toothless, bald hooker. Then, I started thinking what would be my crazy list of requirements.

17 cases of Coke Zero.1 case of antacids (due to the Coke).A 40 ouncer of Newfie screech.2-4 (pronounced "Two Four") each of Keith's White and Keith's India Pale Ale.1 case of Gas-X (due to the beer).A hamburger happy meal. With crayons to colour the bag. But...

Beta readers are a core group of folks who read a draft of an author's work. They comment on line edits (i.e. missing commas, spelling mistakes), content edits (i.e. improving the setting, explaining things better), and overall story arch (i.e. plot, characters). Beta readers are invaluable to writers, as they often point out things that the author would never notice.

The trick is knowing which of their changes to make.

Over the years of critiquing and being critiqued, I've discovered that you ...

Well, now's your chance! Over on the left, there is a poll about what my next project should be after Road to Hell. The Tranquility Series will be a main priority, as I want to finish Book 2's first draft by the fall. However, I also need a side project to work on, too. Right now, it's Road to Hell. After that, what should come next?

You tell me!

I've been asked several questions about e-books since the sale of Harvest Moon. While I don't mind repeating myself (after all, I worked for a cell phone call centre for years), I decided that a blog post might be the best method.

So, what's this e-book thing?

An e-book is a digital copy of a novel. It's in various formats, from things called "epub" (meaning it's read on Sony e-Readers and such) to "pdf" (most people know what those are; you usually open them using Adobe Acrobat).

How do you...