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CONTEST TIME! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ANSWER ONE QUESTION & YOU COULD WIN  a $5 Amazon gift card, a boxed set of Knights in Time (digital), and a swag bag, which I will ship international. ARE YOU READY… LET’S BEGIN! My question is: What is your favorite...

Writing the Hero and Heroine from Different Cultures

I found when I mention writing protagonist(s) from diverse cultures, particularly the hero and heroine; readers view the issue from a predominantly geographic POV. He’s from Italy, she’s from India or he’s from Brazil and she’s from Japan. My writer friends are...

Writing the Foreign Setting—You’ve Never Been To.

If you’re writing sci-fi or fantasy, or a similar genre where you do the world building, you have unlimited leeway with creating setting…or so it seems to me. When your hero and heroine land on Mellifluous, your imaginary planet a million miles from earth, they...
Journey in Time Giveaway

Journey in Time Giveaway

Here we go again … want your chance you win a print copy of book two in the Knights in Time Series? Here it is. Head on over to Goodreads and enter. Goodreads Book Giveaway Journey in Time by Chris Karlsen Giveaway ends June 25, 2014. See the giveaway details at...

Knight Blindness is on TOUR !

Gliterary Girl Book Tours presents Chris Karlsen’s KNIGHT BLINDNESS Blog Tour! ABOUT KNIGHT BLINDNESS Given a choice between the pleasant life you knew centuries ago or the possibility of all you want in an uncertain new world, which would you choose? Two men torn...
Antagonist Series Part 3

Antagonist Series Part 3

Two down, two to go… I also gave the contract killer a POV. The reader sees him exactly for what he is: a man who kills for profit. He doesn’t moralize about his business or try to justify his actions. He is what he is, most of the time. In addition to POV, I...
We Have a Winner

We Have a Winner

Congratulations to April, you’ve WON the Chris Karlsen Giveaway.     Those of you who didn’t win this time, don’t worry! There’s another chance for you to win and it’s going on right now. Head on over to Goodreads and enter...

The method behind the madness that is plotting and researching to write one of my  novels. This piece is the 2nd of a 4 part series on Giving the Antagonist a POV. Don’t forget that the giveaway is still open and make sure you enter. Giving the Antagonist a POV...
Journey in Time Giveaway

Goodreads Giveaway

Print Copies of Heroes Live Forever are up for grabs! Goodreads Book Giveaway Heroes Live Forever by Chris Karlsen Giveaway ends May 10, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win