tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48503325322650076412024-03-12T23:01:48.765-07:00Kat Cazanav Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858765805184460450noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850332532265007641.post-17599761370056493632014-03-28T11:02:00.002-07:002014-03-28T11:03:12.013-07:00Letting Go<br />
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I keep thinking I'm almost done writing this novel. Just one more chapter and I'll let it go into my editor's hands. Then something happens and I delay the inevitable; ending a relationship with a bunch of cool characters and saying good bye to a story that lived in my head forever.
I use any excuse not to finish what I started nine months ago. I have to pay bills, feed the dogs, feed myself (repeatedly) pick lint off my sweater, stare at the floor. The list goes on and on. But then I snap out of it. What am I thinking? Of course. I'll turn it into a series. My characters will never die.
I call my editor and give her a date. Now there's no way out. I have to finish and set the story free.
So this week I'm completing "The Body Dowser" with the hope all my readers enjoy the story as much as I enjoyed writing it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858765805184460450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850332532265007641.post-16295723352609041702014-03-15T17:23:00.000-07:002014-03-15T17:23:07.063-07:00How the Virgin Detective Came to Be + Tour Schedule
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The story of the Virgin Detective started with one simple
visual: a yellow jacket floating in the water by the Seattle ferry dock. It was summer time and I was waiting to
board the boat. As I stared at the
jacket wrapped around a pillar, my mind started to wander with the most absurd
thoughts. Like how many murder cases occurred near the docks? How many went
unsolved and what kind of killer hot sauce was inside the burrito I was eating
that made my eyes roll back in my head. As my eyes and nose continued to run like faucets, I wondered
if, well, hot sauce cleared your sinuses to the point where you could smell just
about anything. Even the dead body in the water floating not far from his or
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“I have a confession to make,” I said. “Ben and I
hate each other.”
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Adele’s eyebrows rose. “Wow. For someone who’s
so popular lately, you got a bucket list of hate goin’ on.
Lila, Richard, Sherry... Did I leave anybody out?”
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“Montrose,” I said.<br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 12pt;">I moved away from Montrose to Ben. “We met in
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“Sounds boring, like the board game Candy Land.”
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“We didn’t get along,” I said, covering up the truth.
I poisoned him. Not intentionally, of course, but,
nonetheless, he had to have his stomach pumped after
he consumed an entire jar of 357 Silver Edition Mad
Dog. At the time, the salsa topped the charts of hotness.
He found it in my fridge and claimed it was delicious.
He couldn’t stop eating it. Too much of a good thing, I
suppose. Whatever attraction we had for each other
died that night in the emergency room. We hadn’t
spoken since.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“Maybe you should take me home,” I said. “Do
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 12pt;">Invariably, whenever a guy starts a sentence with “I’ve been thinking...” the conversation takes a turn for the worse. Break-ups start with “thinking” and end with good-byes. Interrogations start with “thinking” and end with “you’re guilty.” I should have bolted when I had the chance. </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 12pt;">He leaned back in his seat. “What tipped you off to the body in the water?”</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 12pt;">I wrestled with an excuse, any excuse, but I became distracted, my eyes drifting to his lips, then his chin and his strong jawline. Each anatomical part was more handsome than the last. I settled on his Adam’s apple, a safe spot. There wasn’t anything sexy or distracting about an Adam’s apple unless it was part of a neck, which connected to well-defined shoulders and a bit of dark chest hair peeking out of an open-collared black polo shirt. </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 12pt;">“Sea gulls,” I blurted out.</span></span></i><br />
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