Kathleen's Bio: From the time she understood a series of drawings were a story, Kat Day been writing. First with a crayon and later on her parents’ Remington. Her first complete works were scripts of plays and puppet plays for Kat and her friends to perform for any available audience. Given the number of years she’s been at it, you might think she is as famous as Shakespeare. Well . . . Life intervened. School, work, marriage, kids, and as a retired teacher she can at last follow her dream of writing fiction using a new writing tool, a Lenovo laptop computer. She has been published in magazines and newspapers, running the gamut from how-to craft instructions to interviewing local business folks.
Kat has completed four novels and is working on a fifth. She has not pursued self-publishing (unless we count her thesis toward an MA degree) yet because she'd rather be writing. There aren’t enough hours in the day. She and her family remodeled a 100+ year-old hotel in a small Midwestern town. She is retired from teaching art and English. Look over her summaries and sample chapters and let us know if you'd like to see more. Twelve Years Gone: a triangle romance with an unwelcome ghost. Eileen must find a new path now that her husband and mother are dead. Eileen's old crush, Blue, returns to town to face suspicions of murder, risking his freedom for a woman he began to fall in love with twelve years ago. Now he is back, Deputy Sheriff Wally Bryant wants to begin courting Eileen, but his past keeps repeating in an endless surreal loop. None can believe what they see is happening, and none can move forward until they each learn the difference between life and death. 83,000 words Rosemary with a Pinch of Pepper: Sent to Irth, a parallel world, to Earth, Rosemary is charged to incite people to treat the world and each other kindly. Rosemary must fulfill her mission before time runs out but the office trickster, a beguiling hunk with his own mission, blocks her a every turn. A few Cajun dance lessons and Rosemary's talking cat help to bring them together before time runs out. Urban fantasy, 75,000 words. The Earth Moved: Escaping justice on her home world of Irth, a fairytale dwarf lands in our world during the shooting of a dating show for little people. An environmental activist befriends her and, together, they avoid those out to keep things as they are. A possible series when paired with Rosemary above. Liberty's Pursuit of Happiness: Liberty Valenza travels from her small hometown to the Himalayas in search of a career and adventure. The group she accompanies is looking for evidence of the Yeti, hoping to connect it to human genetics. The organizer plans to subvert the seekers to find Shambala and eternal life. Slade Kenworth, the mountain guide, knows Shambala is not what anyone wants, but a black hole into oblivion. When LIbby is kidnapped, Slade must rescue her before the impending earthquake turns into one destined for the record book. How far will he go for love? Will he risk the safety of his group for the love of his life? Elements of humor skip through a suspenseful story about love and expectations gone awry. |