Back in December, I arrived early to meet my family at Glow Saskatoon. (Me, early? I know, right?) Well, apparently it was synchronistic because while I was looking out the window watching for any sign that my family was going to show up, I heard, “Kristin?” I turned around and was completely surprised to see my inventor friend, Kyle, looking at me. “Whoa. Hi. What are you doing here?” I said, completely caught off guard. Never in a million years had I expected to accidentall

FROM APRIL 17, 2018: Yesterday, I was en route home after an incredible weekend of teaching MindScape in Kitchener, ON. Due to the ice storms, it was quite an adventurous weekend getting to and from Kitchener and back to Toronto to fly home. To add to that adventure, I had the pleasure of meeting an inventor. As I stood looking at the flight schedule screen in the Toronto airport, the person beside me struck up a conversation. Considering our flight had changed gates and been

Since I self-published my first children's book in March of 2018, there have always been people reaching out with questions about publishing: "I have a book that I want to publish. Can you help me?" "I've always wanted to become an author. Where should I begin?" "How did you get your book printed?" "Where did you find your illustrators?" "How do you sell your books online?" Honestly, I think this is amazing! If you have a dream to do something, I want you to saddle up and go

I have been a busy little bee behind the scenes at Inner Compass Books, and I figured it was definitely time I filled you in on the BIG things that are in the works! January got off to a rock solid start to set the stage for 2020. After loads of illustrator research, hours of outreach inquiries, and countless emails, I got way outside my comfort zone and learned more than I was ever expecting. Along the way, I found some incredibly talented artists to work with for my upcomin