# StoryLines Explore the world of story with award-winning author Kristen Iversen. Delve into captivating narratives, academic and publishing insights, and cinematic experiences that redefine reality through words. Page: Feed: --- ## [Nikola Tesla and Elon Musk](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/nikola-tesla-and-elon-musk) _2025-03-10 · Kristen Iversen_ Nikola Tesla is likely turning in his grave. ## [Signs and Portents](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/signs-and-portents) _2024-12-19 · Kristen Iversen_ First: This is not a post about a science fiction show. ## [Catching Up, and a Parable About Yarn](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/catching-up-and-a-parable-about-yarn) _2024-11-16 · Kristen Iversen_ In All’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare wrote, "The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together" (Act 4, Scene 3). ## [Whose Story Is It Anyway? Part One (Memoir)](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/whose-story-is-it-anyway-part-one) _2024-07-08 · Kristen Iversen_ This week I’m going to talk about a subject that is near and dear to me, one that falls under the general category of the “Ethics of Literary Nonfiction” (who knows, perhaps this series will turn into a book!). ## [Changing the World One Story at a Time](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/changing-the-world-one-story-at-a) _2024-05-28 · Kristen Iversen_ On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, I had the remarkable experience of spending time with former Rocky Flats workers to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Mother's Day Fire at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant. ## [Equal on Land and Sea: Margaret Brown, Feminism, John Jacob Astor IV, and My Weird Writing Life](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/equal-on-land-and-sea-margaret-brown) _2024-04-15 · Kristen Iversen_ 2024 marks the 112th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on her first voyage. ## [Fires and Those Who Fight Them](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/fires-and-those-who-fight-them) _2024-04-05 · Kristen Iversen_ I can say I likely owe my life to some brave firefighters. ## [On Vision and Re-Visioning](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/on-vision-and-re-visioning) _2024-03-19 · Kristen Iversen_ How many drafts does it take to finish a story, an essay, a book? Short answer: A lot. I think the best advice I can give to any emerging writer is: Keep your butt in the chair. Persistence is everything. That said, there is a distinct difference between a first draft, a final draft, and everything that falls in-between. That first draft is intuitive, sprawling, digressive, all-inclusive. The… ## [A New Name](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/a-new-name) _2024-03-19 · Kristen Iversen_ I've just returned from a crazy week in New York, where I was able to complete some final research for my forthcoming biography of Nikola Tesla, and also meet some folks to get started on a new film project (which I can't talk about yet!). ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/p0FF6K8OpmTR) _2024-03-19 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [That Surprising, Tiny Detail That Leads to Great Things (Or, Where Did Nikola Tesla Go Drinking in Prague?)](https://kristeniversen.substack.com/p/that-surprising-tiny-detail-that) _2024-02-28 · Kristen Iversen_ Have you ever wanted to write something and have someone reading it say, “Wow, I love this book because I felt like I was really there!”?