tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54372847938660755152024-03-05T11:07:27.398-08:00Kate BennettKate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-2679766137732822202011-05-16T05:58:00.000-07:002011-05-16T05:58:07.272-07:00Novels on the Run<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #92cddc; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Check out this interview with Marissa from Novels on the Run!</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://novelsontherun.blogspot.com/2011/05/author-interview-signed-giveaway-kate.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://novelsontherun.blogspot.com/2011/05/author-interview-signed-giveaway-kate.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #92cddc; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also, Marissa’s review of Inevitable:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://novelsontherun.blogspot.com/2011/05/book-review-inevitable-by-kate-bennett.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://novelsontherun.blogspot.com/2011/05/book-review-inevitable-by-kate-bennett.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #92cddc; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s only 3.75/5 Stars, but I’m still very happy with it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks Marissa! </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #92cddc; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kate</span></span></i></b></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-91330431420634484242011-05-05T16:33:00.000-07:002011-05-05T16:39:20.683-07:00Fame, Fortune and Faerys<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">So, I’m totally famous now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, that’s right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a tiny 20 word blurb on the back page of my local newspaper’s <span style="color: lime;">Go! Weekend</span> section. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boo yah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jealous??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s so hard being a celebrity…</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsRSSy2kC6TtzquoGTx7IOLM-UZI8CoBgzD1GkadHNLuX3_-IS7wK3uMTeA31ka5rHf5tAd_aosJM2XkC1s6HmBer3t3KmNErdory5BXVfyNEu9oDPKCVvD_BvXt5jtuvs54hD1LSics/s1600/PatriotNewsMay2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsRSSy2kC6TtzquoGTx7IOLM-UZI8CoBgzD1GkadHNLuX3_-IS7wK3uMTeA31ka5rHf5tAd_aosJM2XkC1s6HmBer3t3KmNErdory5BXVfyNEu9oDPKCVvD_BvXt5jtuvs54hD1LSics/s320/PatriotNewsMay2011.jpg" width="302px" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">As for fortune… well, I’m not rich yet, but I will be if I hit my goal of selling 5 books tomorrow night at my book signing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, with my cut at approximately $0.50 per book, I’d be looking at a total royalty check of $2.50 if I sell 5! Yessssss!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Early retirement here I come!</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">I’m very obviously in a sarcastic mood this evening, but don’t take this as negativity, because I’m actually really excited about my book tour starting tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And even I can’t pretend to deny the pride I felt at my little tiny mention in the newspaper!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sarcasm is just a preemptive defense mechanism, hahaha.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">My mom wrote this in response to the newspaper post:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m impressed!!!!” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rarely compliments me and I definitely took that as a compliment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Mom, don’t be mad; this is the price you pay to have a famous daughter).</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">This is going to be a very busy weekend, but I’ll try to post updates and if I have any pictures I’ll post them too from my book tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please keep your fingers crossed for me!</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">Also, I’m going to have a spot on <a href="http://book-faery.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ffe599;">The Book Faery’s Blog</span></a><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </span>this Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a big deal because the owner of the blog, Kristi, has been chosen by a major publisher to receive Advanced Reader Copies of books prior to being officially released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">Yet, she has taken her very valuable time to read my little inconsequential book, Inevitable and has chosen to feature it in her “Indie Love” spot—the first ever!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you Kristi!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the post is ready, I’ll be sure to let you all know.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;"><br />
As always, thanks for reading!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">Kate</span></i></b></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-4746357743243286522011-04-29T06:19:00.000-07:002011-04-29T06:19:01.844-07:00Official Book Tour!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1VXdakZL4YTw0mGT_Y1Noq2jDZFsZnpcmSGLNPUdebfCFDMyogbZjzvZVV0EsaKiGrf3de7jE3w83tnhQwGjRAe_Dce4yLF2JcRH2LtBiz6Hacp1TgbF3PL853uNOqPcP3MiHvFmTSI/s1600/Booktour.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1VXdakZL4YTw0mGT_Y1Noq2jDZFsZnpcmSGLNPUdebfCFDMyogbZjzvZVV0EsaKiGrf3de7jE3w83tnhQwGjRAe_Dce4yLF2JcRH2LtBiz6Hacp1TgbF3PL853uNOqPcP3MiHvFmTSI/s640/Booktour.bmp" width="500" /></a></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-9323510121301554112011-04-12T11:30:00.000-07:002011-04-12T11:31:41.999-07:00Awesome new reviews by book bloggers as well as a new link on my blog…<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #daeef3; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hey!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just wanted to post the following two review links on my site because they are amazing and I can’t thank the authors enough:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #daeef3; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://caseemarie.com/2011/04/book-review-inevitable-by-kate-bennett.html"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Casee Marie’s Book Reviews</span></a></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #daeef3; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://tworeadersreviews.blogspot.com/2011/04/review-inevitable-by-kate-bennett.html"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: black;">Two Readers Reviews</span></span></a></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #daeef3; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also, I’ve added the Preface and Chapter 1 for anyone who may want a preview before purchase!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Click <a href="http://katebennettbooks.blogspot.com/p/inevitable-preface-chapter-1.html"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">here</span></a> to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #daeef3; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 51;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks!<br />
Kate</span></span></b></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-78758951758420257222011-04-05T09:40:00.000-07:002011-04-06T05:49:24.965-07:00The Ebb and Flow of Being a Published Author…<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yesterday was a bad day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had already had some insecure feelings about INEVITABLE and its future as a bestseller starting this past Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My premonition was confirmed when I received an email at 4:30 yesterday afternoon from my publisher that stated that all book signings would be delayed due to Borders filing Chapter 11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Undoubtedly, this has caused a lot of instability in the retail book world.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So I felt like crap last night and decided that I am giving up marketing and it’s pointless, blah, blah, blah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then, something great happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another book blogger replied to me and here’s what she had to say:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hi Kate-</span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not sure if you check <span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1302020985_0">Twitter</span></span> a lot, but last night I posted that your book kept me up late! I could NOT put it down. It was so incredibly fantastic and I can't thank you enough for giving me the opportunity to read and review it for you. I am still thinking about it this morning. It was so intense and I loved every minute of it!!<br />
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My tentative date for your review posting is going to be Tue 4/12. If not then it will be Thu 4/14. <br />
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Thanks again!<br />
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Missy</span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today is a good day </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #dbe5f1; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 51;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;"><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kate</span></em></span></span></span></b></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-11966873144679226242011-03-01T15:00:00.000-08:002011-03-01T15:00:04.968-08:00Important – Read especially if you already purchased my book!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Okay, so I received my two copies to proof last week and I rejected them because they were missing Section breaks that I believe are vital to the story.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">The publisher agreed to add the section breaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I heard from them that Inevitable would be released on <span style="font-size: large;">March 10<sup>th</sup>, 2011.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">That’s great, but I know some of you already purchased a copy and so I asked the publisher if they were shipping copies without the section breaks and they said it’s possible and you have two options:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><span dir="ltr"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Return the book to them and they’ll ship the correct version.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">OR<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(and this cracks me up!)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><span dir="ltr"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">“They may want to keep in mind that these few books will be limited editions and may be worth quite a bit of money some day.”</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">My suggestion… rather than spend extra money with return shipping, keep this in mind as it is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VERY IMPORTANT while reading or you might get confused…</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Section 1 (Part 1) begins on page 1, Chapter 1.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1898242428msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Section 2</span></b><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Part 2) begins on page 76, Chapter 7</span></b></div><div class="yiv1898242428msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1898242428msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Section 3</span></b><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"> (Part 3) begins on page 190, Chapter 15</span></b></div><div class="yiv1898242428msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></div><div class="yiv1898242428msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Section 4</span></b><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Part 4) begins on page 203, Chapter 16</span></b></div><div class="yiv1898242428msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></div><div class="yiv1898242428msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Section 5</span></b><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Part 5) begins on page 240, Chapter 19</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Sorry for the mistake!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><br />
Also, my formal apology to Colin Blair who I feel designed a fantastic cover… it’s off center and unfortunately that will not be fixed. </span></b><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #ccffff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>Kate</em></strong></span></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-64812026405447130582011-02-09T18:38:00.000-08:002011-02-09T18:38:57.226-08:00Release Target: February 25th<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">So it looks like my publisher's website must have a typo</span> <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">because they told me yesterday that their anticipated release date for Inevitable is February 25th. I'm nervous!! That's all for now. I've been so busy lately preparing for my big move, etc. What an exciting/stressful time! More soon...</span></span></strong></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Kate</strong></span></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-58508855505361944762011-02-05T08:01:00.000-08:002011-02-05T08:01:08.924-08:00Unsure of release date... sorry!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Well, my publisher had been trying to push INEVITABLE out for a February 5th release date, but it's still not for sale yet. Yesterday, they contacted me about reformatting the cover a little bit (something with the spine measurements). Anyway, I'll keep everyone as up-to-date as I am. Thanks for reading!</strong></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>Kate</em></strong></span></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-24215731932882760242011-01-23T16:15:00.000-08:002011-01-23T16:15:19.209-08:00Inevitable for sale February 5, 2011... I think!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Okay, so I haven't had direct contract from my publisher about the release date of INEVITABLE yet, but according to the </span><a href="http://amirarockpublishing.books.officelive.com/products.aspx"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Products page</span></a><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> on their </span><a href="http://amirarockpublishing.books.officelive.com/products.aspx"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">website</span></a><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, it will be available February 5, 2011. I will update you when I know more details!</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <em><strong> </strong></em> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Available</strong></span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #3c005f;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"> February 5th of 2011</span> </strong></span></span></span></div>Kate Bennett - Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758260633350569793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437284793866075515.post-79551892714203701612011-01-11T16:57:00.000-08:002011-01-11T17:00:07.919-08:00Happy<span style="color: #ff99ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 20pt;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LilyUPC; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">I am twenty eight years old and I hail from a somewhat small town in </span></b><state><place><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LilyUPC; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">Pennsylvania</span></b></place></state><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LilyUPC; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I obviously enjoy writing and can’t believe that I can officially call myself a published author!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reading has been one of my favorite escapes for as long as I can remember, though, I must admit, writing wasn’t always my goal in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LilyUPC; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LilyUPC; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;">I always liked to write, but I lacked an essential requirement: confidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, one day, after reading what I consider to be a life changing novel, I couldn’t ignore the characters in my head any longer and I decided to start writing down their stories, grammatical errors and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realized that I don’t need to be a perfect writer and yes, I have days when I cringe thinking about how my mother might read a “love scene” in a novel of mine, but I try not to care, because I enjoy it so much.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LilyUPC; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: LilyUPC; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">What else can I tell you about myself?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a beautiful daughter, Olivia, who is my absolute reason for living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a day job that has nothing whatsoever to do with writing, but I love it anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have awesome friends who make me laugh and who accept me with all my quirks:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carmen, Ruby, Rebecca, Abby and Jill (Jail!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a very big family and can’t imagine what my life would be like without them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to travel and watch comedy movies—not necessarily at the same time, though that could work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br />
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