Tag Archives: Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Writing, Obsession, and Velveteen Moments
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Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Several of us Book View Café “staffers” were discussing why we write. Specifically, Amy Sterling Casil wondered aloud (as it were) if we wrote because we had that certain type of experience that caused us to sit up and take note, … Continue reading →


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Official SQUEEEEEE!! for THE LAST JEDI

Posted on March 13, 2013 by
The Last Jedi

It is now official and we are allowed to trumpet the news that Book View Café author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff and co-author Michael Reaves have had their newly released novel, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI hit the New York Times … Continue reading →


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Padawan’s Journal #47: Snoopy Dancing at the Prom

Posted on March 13, 2013 by
The Last Jedi

I was an ugly duckling. The oafish, bespectacled, metal?mouthed character who sat in the back of the classroom drawing Star Trek inspired comic books with talking animals and who was the last person chosen for any sports team (until I … Continue reading →


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All Beginnings Great and Small
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Posted on January 30, 2013 by

I’m fascinated by beginnings. That is, the first words that fall into a reader’s brain when she opens up a book. Not all stories have evocative openings. I was fascinated to realize that some of my favorite novelists do not, … Continue reading →


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Interview: Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff on The Last Jedi and Shadow Games

Posted on October 14, 2012 by
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Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff sat down with Club Jade reporter James Floyd at Conjecture in San Diego the first weekend in October and chatted about her collaborations with Michael Reaves—the New York Times bestselling Star Wars: Shadow Games and the upcoming Star Wars: … Continue reading →


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Padawan’s Journal #44: Squeeee!

Posted on July 18, 2012 by
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Monday, I think it was, I got a ping from my friend Bryan and the Star Wars fan site Knight’s Archive saying, “You’re aware, aren’t you, that the cover of your upcoming novel, THE LAST JEDI was just revealed at Comic … Continue reading →


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Faith in Fiction 6: Faith-Bashing versus Realism

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

This is the question that came up at an online Catholic writer’s convention several years ago: Can you write positively or neutrally about other religious beliefs without betraying your own? This is a real fear among some writers with strong … Continue reading →


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Dueling with words: Action and Dialogue Part 2

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Good action, like good dialogue, moves. It’s not easy to write, in part because the writer is dealing with time. The time it takes for the reader to read the words, make sense of them, and visualize what they’re saying. … Continue reading →


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Dueling with Words: Dialogue and Action, Part 1

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

My annual stint in an online writers’ conference (the Catholic Writer’s Conference, of which I’ve been a non-Catholoic guest for the past several years) has me doing a chat workshop on writing dialogue and action. And, as often happens, this … Continue reading →


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Forging Stories: Exploring the Metaphor

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

A mainstream writer, who shall remain nameless (only because I have, mercifully, forgotten his name), equated writing with forging horseshoes. A writer was a wordsmith, he said, which was just like being a blacksmith. It took sweat, discipline and brute … Continue reading →


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