The story of how Ashley St. Helens found her freedom is available starting today as The Souls of Her Feet (a musical cinderella), an enhanced ebook for the iPad, and The Souls of Her Feet (a novel cinderella), an ebook available everywhere! Put up your feet and enjoy the adventure!
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May.10.2013 - 6:51 pm
With a week to go before my fundraiser ends, I figure I'd better holler about it. My composer and I are raising $2500 worth of "bread for the journey" to help us...
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Apr.26.2013 - 9:02 pm
Today, five days after the book launch, we met an important milestone. Our crowdfunding campaign has reached the 30% mark!
Crowdfunding? What? Yes, now you can know the truth....
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Apr.25.2013 - 9:23 pm
Today I had to take a break from enthusing about The Souls of Her Feet to put the final edits on The Bullying Antidote, which comes out in July (Hazelden). The Bullying Antidote...
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Apr.24.2013 - 5:51 pm
I feel decidedly post-partum this week. I always get a little depressed after big events. I miss the creative process, and the transition from one phase to another is exhausting....
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It's the last day of the campaign, no more fundraising for a while, WOO HOOO!!! Only $200 more to go!
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- New milestone: there are a bunch of teenagers in my basement having a party tonight!
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The Souls of Her Feet
A teenage Cinderella with a 21st century dysfunctional family gets help "putting her best foot forward" to make her dreams come true. - Felix Baum, Rhonda Bryce, Yves Bass, Alexandra Alise Montani, Jennifer Baum, Jennifer Flynn Israel, Paul Goldenberg, Nicole Barchilon Frank, Lisa Fuller, Carolyn Vallerga, can you please share this to your timeline? We have 10 hours to go and only need $200 to put us over the top. What's your favorite thing about this project? Thank you!
The Souls of Her Feet
A teenage Cinderella with a 21st century dysfunctional family gets help "putting her best foot forward" to make her dreams come true.
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"Kristen Caven brings the disciplined imagination of a thousand ballerinas and the incisive wit of a Gary Larson to her [works] on life, love, education, and the real meaning of everything. Hers is a decidedly woman's vision and voice - a woman who has come of age, with full awareness of how she got there."”
—Libby Comeaux
About Kristen
Kristen Caven is a prolific multidisciplinary, or "liberal” artist and author living in Oakland, CA. She has published a memoir, a graphic novel collection, and an award-winning cartoon collection. She co-writes psychology books with author Louise Hart, and...
Causes Kristen Caven Supports
350.org, IdleFreeOakland.org, Public Education, Public Radio, Department of Peace (ThePeaceAlliance.org), Planned Parenthood, Room to Read.
Kristen’s Favorite Books
Some of my memorable "turning point" books: The Book of Laughter & Forgetting, Jitterbug Perfume, Lamb, Eat Pray Love, Perfume, Good Omens, Thursday Next,...
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