Kate.J

Kate.J

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Just finished translating a novel by Balzac - if only I could write like him!
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  • Are you a ...?
    Other
    What genre do you primarily write in?
    Crime
    If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
    Poetry
    Are your reading habits ...?
    Sophisticated
    Who is your favourite author(s)?
    Currently Andy Hamilton for Old Harry's Game, and Harlen Coben. And permanent fixtures are PG Wodehouse, Antoine de St Exupery, Dervla Murphy and Lord Byron.
    And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
    Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Finn Family Moomintroll
    What are your working habits when you write?
    Procastinatory
    Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
    Prefer to let rip and edit afterwards
    Your ultimate writing ambition?
    To publish my crime stories!
    Your worst habit?
    Writing brilliant sections of my novels on scraps of paper and then losing them.
    Your opinion on the books industry?
    It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
    Where do you write?
    Either in the company of a snoring Airedale, or in an airport lounge somewhere
    What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
    Someone once hitched a ride on my camel. I am allergic to rocket and coriander which is a pain because I love Thai and Indian food. I was taught to walk by an Airedale Terrier.

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  • Rebecca Holmes
    by Rebecca Holmes 1 year ago
    Well, fact is supposed to be stranger than fiction...
  • maryluv
    by maryluv 1 year ago
    Cosies? Of the tea variety? I love 'em! Got several - took one to Spain this summer hol and left it in the apartment. I'm wondering what our Scandinavian tenants are making of it!
  • Weens
    by Weens 1 year ago
    I know, I've had to put down family dogs before, and it's heartbreaking. Inktrailer is absolutely devastated. Pets, who'd have 'em.
  • Caducean Whisks
    by Caducean Whisks 1 year ago
    'Cos poppies thrive on disturbed soil - need a bit of sunshine on their bits to get on with the business of germinating. Enjoy them!
  • Kate.J
    by Kate.J 1 year ago
    Thanks Whisks and Mcallan, at least she had her last few years having fun here, we don't know where she actually came from but she had not it easy.
  • Caducean Whisks
    by Caducean Whisks 1 year ago
    So sorry to hear of Chelsea and so sad for you. Big hug.
  • Mcallan
    by Mcallan 1 year ago
    Hi Kate......I guess many of us have been where you are now. You have the memory of Chelsea to help you though. *Hugs*
  • olusegun1
    by olusegun1 1 year ago
    Thanks. You'll definitely see more of it...afterall, that's why I joined Cloud
  • Caducean Whisks
    by Caducean Whisks 1 year ago
    Ta muchly! I even danced to the radio just now. Extremely unusual even to have the radio on at all, let along bopping :)
  • Minxie
    by Minxie 1 year ago
    kate... i'm in your profile and giggling. like weens i couldn't access the link, but have just looked on youtube - i think i've heard this before? my nan used to put marty robbins, andy williams and/or jim reeves on every time she did housework... hehe... you should listen to seasick steve - he has a 3 string guitar and think you'd like dog house blues - your link reminded me of it :]