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What am I doing wrong? Questions about Finders Keepers

Karin Kallmaker 04/04/2008 Finders Keepers, LIFE + STYLE

After doing everything right, nothing works. The frustrating rewards of seeking health through nutrition and exercise.

#HealthhasnoDressSize

One Blessed Thing After Another

Karin Kallmaker 03/31/2008 Cheers & Chocolate, LIFE + STYLE

Real life isn’t just a humorous anecdote or two, however, and there were moments when I might have felt sorry for myself because basically the whole “holiday” week was devoted to One Thing After Another.

#MyBigGayAgenda#stayathomemomleisureLesbian Pride
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The Old Game of Telephone – Alive and Well on the Internet

Karin Kallmaker 03/31/2008 Business of Books

I hope there will always be the original handheld readers available, however. They still work everywhere there is some kind of light, hold numerous bookmarks and instantaneous back-forward features.

#TechnologyChanges

Family, Friends, Cowboys, Good Witches, Pulps and Kisses that Count

Karin Kallmaker 03/26/2008 All the Wrong Places, Christabel, Cowboys and Kisses, Events and Appearances, Finders Keepers, Frosting 1 - The Original, Kiss That Counted, Readers and Libraries, Substitute for Love, Tunnel of Light

I hope to have such a terrific evening again before they pry the keyboard out of my cold, stiff hands.

#stonewalllibraryGood TIme was had By AllLibraries and Librarians Rock
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How Good is Your First Chapter?

Karin Kallmaker 03/24/2008 Craft of Writing, Events and Appearances, Sisters of the Pen

I don’t know any fiction writer, published or unpublished, who cannot benefit from the incomparable experience of Katherine Forrest, who has selected and nurtured hundreds of manuscripts, over decades, into the marketplace.

#editorsrock#GCLSKatherine V Forrest
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  • Trivia – Touchwood
    Karin's iconic Oakland-San Francisco urban location book Touchwood, was originally set in a small, fictional California coastal town.

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    This book reads fast, is light and sexy, and filled to the brim with chocolate and other goodies.
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    Kallmaker's pandemic book, but it wasn't heavy, even if there were echoes of the despair and darkness of that period. Highly recommended!
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