Catherine Treadgold

Author of the Olympic Peninsula series, editor, singer, pianist, accordionista, hiker, hula hoop-er, former publisher, stage fighter, actress

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#romanceaudiobooks #bargainaudiobooks #contemporaryromance
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@timmckay52 I hear ya! Giving my 7th effort one last listen before I send it to ACX for review. The editing part is truly tedious. But I learn something every time. Accentize DX revive rocks! Finally figured out how to use the healing tool in Audition. I’m the best narrator I can afford…

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@Susanspecht I liked it a lot. I’ll take Hugh Jackman over Neil Diamond any day!

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@DollyT222027 Also much overused: raised eyebrows, rolling eyes. When I’m proofing my own work, I often do a find on certain words and phrases. Cliches are okay in genre fiction, but mix it up! Also beware referring to real people, businesses and products in negative ways.

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@AuthorGFAllen Heart the Lover, by Lily King. Left me depressed for a few days. Good book, though

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@WoutervdLand @AuthorGFAllen It’s an opera but Les Mamelle de Tiresias is also brilliant

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@Cassy090909 @AuthorGFAllen The Idiot also great

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@eruditesvault @AuthorGFAllen Have you read Connie Willis’ To Say Nothing of the Dog? Brilliant. Another I’ve read and reread.

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@AuthorGFAllen I have several books I reread regularly. Here’s one you may not have heard of: The Burglar in the Library, Lawrence Block’s parody of Agatha Christie. Also Anna Karenina Lol

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@BeckyLTuch I wrote 5 books in different genres when I was in my 30s/40s. Only published 1, and it could use reworking. Then I ran a small press for 8 years and had no time to write my own stuff. After I left that job, I finally found my groove as a writer. I’m 68 and on bk 10

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@Susanspecht One of my favorite views!

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@AuthorGFAllen That it requires silent time for the story to present itself. Just forcing yourself to write when you’re uninspired usually doesn’t work. We have very noisy lives…. If I’m stuck, I often wait a few days and inevitably a solution will appear

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@AuthorGoodwin Trying to keep up with changing trends in the genre also not fun.

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@BettyWoodsWrite @DNicholsAuthor Rarely. I usually don’t review if I can’t give it at least 4. But I HATED “A Little Life.” It won all these awards. But it is misery porn. Kept hoping it would end in some satisfying way. Nope. Misery for ever after. Wish I’d DNFd it.

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@SDDonovan Julie James, Elinor Lippmann, Lisa Klepas (Ravenals)

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@BexBookaholic This morning’s sunrise, my neighbor’s hedgehog cactus, and a hummingbird enjoying saguaro flowers

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@ElChandler 3rd person, and with my latest book I’m getting flack for it from younger readers who think 1st person is the only way to go. I will read books in 1st person but IMO it’s much harder to do well.

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@JasonWMizer If I like the cover, blurb, and a few reviews hit me just right, I’ll download the sample. If I want to keep reading, I buy it. The author’s voice is everything for me. I don’t know why more readers don’t just download a bunch of samples! They’re free!

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@KatPopWat2 @writingwithreed I do this too

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@writingwithreed I sometimes dictate chapters into my notes section while I’m walking. They are very messy to edit, but it works!

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@Robin76336467 @ick_real I think this is for a character in a book