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Temporary Discontinuation of All International Shipping

Karin Kallmaker 08/30/2025 Business of Books 5 Comments

Due to the chaos unleashed by the US Government on worldwide trade and small business, I temporarily discontinuing shipping paperbacks outside of the United States.

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You Have FIVE Minutes, People! – Adapting Prose for Author Live Reading

Karin Kallmaker 08/11/2025 Above Temptation, Events and Appearances, Frosting 3 - Still Crazy After All These Years, Resources 2 Comments

What does it mean to adapt a passage from a larger work to a live reading of perhaps five minutes? Karin Kallmaker has an example.

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Karin Kallmaker 07/09/2025 Events and Appearances 0 Comments

Friends. Colleagues. Readers. Comrades in arms. That means so much laughter and joy – because they’re not taking that away from us. My schedule for #GCLS2026.

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The Cupcakes are Everywhere!

Karin Kallmaker 06/29/2025 Book News, Frosting 3 - Still Crazy After All These Years 1 Comment

Frosting on the Cake 3 is available everywhere. Aren’t we all still crazy after all these years?

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The Dysfunctional Family Reunion

Karin Kallmaker 06/20/2025 Book News, Frosting 3 - Still Crazy After All These Years 0 Comments

It was a hugely dysfunctional family reunion, and I had no one to blame but myself.

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    Cowboys in Russia (Love by the Numbers) were inspired by the rollicking "Bulgarian Cowboy" from pianist Paul Halley, which in turn was inspired by his travels in Russia with the Paul Winter Consort.

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