Launched July 11th!: 510! Wow!

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510! Wow!

Kate Says: July 19th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Hey all—I’m settled into my new home and I’m here (finally!) to answer any and all questions. I decided to stick “Crazy Gone” in the Chick Lit category, because I equate Romance with cheesy Barbara Cartland novels and trashy books that come ‘three-for-the-price-of-one’ at any discount or dime-store. Also has anyone ever noticed that lack of humor in most of those novels. End of controversy…

Nathan Says: July 19th, 2008 at 10:06 am
that’s kate@ ….

Diedre Says: July 19th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
I LOVE this story! I absolutely consume podiobooks and have listened to most of the popular authors. I honestly can’t remember a story that I’ve enjoyed more. True this genre is right up my aisle, but I think anyone could appreciate the quirky dialog and relationships in this story. The characters intrigue me and I can’t wait to find out more about them!

Wow! I love Diedre! How awesome is that, Cate? Someone who normally consumes podiobooks REALLY loves your book. Congrats. Yeah!

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The Book

Ceil Clark is fed up with dating the twenty-something hipsters and slackers that litter the streets of Los Angeles nightlife like empty, discarded cans of Red Bull. Against the wise advice of her best friend, Lupe, she makes a pre-meditated decision to seduce, tag and bag her newest boss---Wayne Hayter; the cool and always collected thirty-something, corporate-loving, sports-car-driving, designer duds wearing, General Manager of the Porsche dealership where Ceil merely tolerates her
9 to 5 gig.

But when a deliciously cute, mysterious and vaguely wild-eyed musician by the name of Mason Philips begins to crop up almost daily in and around the parking lot adjacent to her job just to chat---Ceil is intrigued---though he is just ‘another loser in a garage band’. Suddenly, the stoic and unruffled Wayne Hayter has some serious competition to contend with almost before his flirtation with Ceil manages to get off the ground. But Mason Phillips---with his cheerful positive outlook, pit bull-like tenacity and an unwillingness to hear the word ‘no’--- has a couple of tricks up his sleeve to keep the ball in his court. By the end, Ceil’s only wish is to keep her hair from turning white before she has a chance to choose between her two dream suitors.

The Narrator

Born in Argentina, as an infant Anna Kelk and family immigrated to the United States. She grew up in downtown Los Angeles, was educated in Berkley, California, graduated from Phoenix University, and recieved her Masters from Victoria University of Wellington. Her background in the film and music industry is wide and varied; this includes showcasing bands and promoting live music events in the Southern California underground music scene, ie magazine 'Gotham' and working as an Assistant to the Art Dept- in the internationally acclaimed documentary "Ringers". Ms. Kelk now resides in Wellington, New Zealand with her husband.

The Inspiration

As an unpublished fiction writer who was once fully entrenched in the local L.A. music scene, I have written a humorous ‘Chick Lit’ romance that captures some of the out-of-the-ordinary people and events that I have met and experienced after many years of clubbing, drinking and debauchery. The novel is complete at 80,000 words and is titled “Crazy Gone Love”.

As I mentioned I have many years of Hollywood club crawling under my belt. Plus I was once the co-editor of alternative music magazine ‘Gotham’. I’ve worked briefly as a DJ under the moniker ‘Pebbles’ and I have organized local music shows with multi-band line-ups in the late eighties, one of those bands happened to be the pre-famous No Doubt, featuring a teenage Gwen Stefani on vocals. I have met many of my own personal rock heroes; everyone from punk saint Joe Strummer to neo-rockabilly legend Brian Setzer (incidents and names have been altered to protect me from the vengeful). I must stress that I haven’t any Pamela De Beers type experiences to reveal in a tell-all, but I do believe some of my experiences have been remarkable and possibly interesting to more than just me—possibly readers who have done a bit of night-clubbing, and can relate to the near-impossible search for love in such an atmosphere.

Launched July 11th!

Monday, July 21, 2008

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