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Kate Tompkins

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When not fulfilling her primary role of providing a warm lap for the cat, Kate writes short stories and poetry. While she lives in the city, she's a country girl at heart, so it forms the background of much of her work. ...more

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Kate Tompkins Going for a walk sometimes helps if I'm stuck on a plot point. I get my best ideas for poetry when I'm either out walking or driving in the car and ha…moreGoing for a walk sometimes helps if I'm stuck on a plot point. I get my best ideas for poetry when I'm either out walking or driving in the car and have no convenient way of jotting things down.(less)
Kate Tompkins A science fiction/fantasy short story collection.
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Tales from the Matthewsburg...

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Unlike so many sequels, this one was not disappointing, probably because (judging by the number of threads that carried through) the series was planned from the beginning. The first chapter was a bit busy and lacklustre because it was fillin
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Lisbeth Longfrock by Hans Aanrud
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This is the story of a young orphan girl, Lisbeth, who is the goatherd on a Norwegian farm. Sounds like Heidi? It isn't, it feels much more realistic. There's no plot in the sense of some great problem that has to be overcome, it's more like a fictio ...more
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Letters From My Future Wife by Holly Olsen
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I loved the idea of this book. There are a series of letters/devotionals and prayers from an unmarried, godly woman, looking for an unmarried godly man. The author has obviously poured her heart into her writing.

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I really enjoyed the first two-thirds of the book, where aspiring writer Jessica and newspaper editor Philip, having met once in person, are exchanging letters on philosophy and worldviews (not usually my thing, but it was entertaining), getting to k ...more
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“You can have nice things. Or you can have cats.”
Kate Tompkins

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
Linda Grayson

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
C.S. Lewis

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
C.S. Lewis

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”
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