Author Archives: Kat Folland

Introducing Bixel

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

Excerpt from the second Sunshine Line book, several pages into the first chapter: He was remarkably ugly, and I’m not really one to care what another person – being – looks like. But in his case it was so marked that … Continue reading →

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Progress Report: Help Wanted

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

As I’ve mentioned before, Help Wanted is a fictionalized account of a true story. When the woman whose story it is — who I call “Amy” in the book — read it, she suggested two more scenes that might help … Continue reading →

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I’ve Got to Write *Something*!

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

As many of you know, I’m working on a lot of things right now. I got Silver Linings published about six weeks ago and hope to have The Sunshine Line published within the month. In addition to those, I’m working … Continue reading →

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My Kingdom for a Title!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

If I push my brain way back into the fall of 2009 I can recall that at first the title for The Sunshine Line didn’t come easily. I had a couple of ideas pass through my head, but they all seemed … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: (As yet un-named) Sequel

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

I haven’t even published The Sunshine Line yet and I’ve already written two sequels! Well, for what it’s worth, I’ve been a busy little bee this year and hope to get The Sunshine Line and it’s first sequel both out this year. … Continue reading →

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Quick Excerpt: Sequel to The Sunshine Line

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

I love Nyhus. He’s a cowardly little worm, but he brings teh funnay. It’s not that he’s funny, but that he makes my other character say funny things. I brought him back in the third book, without having planned to. And … Continue reading →

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Use of The Dream in Fiction

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

It’s difficult to skillfully incorporate a character’s dreams into a work. Or maybe I should say that it’s easy to do it badly. As I reader, I cringe when a dream sequence is blatant foreshadowing. It doesn’t make it better … Continue reading →

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Raising an Idea from Infancy

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Turning an idea into a book is quite a process. I’ve had plenty of ideas that can’t make the cut. Some are ill-formed, others merely incomplete. I don’t actually make any claims that I’m a font of good ideas. Three … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: (As yet un-named) Sequel

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

With The Sunshine Line almost ready to be published and Help Wanted at a brief stall (just for a few days) I decided to start working on the (as yet un-named) sequel to The Sunshine Line. There are still plenty of rough … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: Silver Linings

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Note: Silver Linings is now available for sale; click on the link to the right (from the blog)! Chemo ‘How I’m doing’ update November 9, 2008. This time last cycle I was curled around a bowl, sobbing and puking and … Continue reading →

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