Ask the Author: Kate Moore
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Kate Moore
Ooh, I can think of several, but the top one might make an LA "noir" sort of story--what really happened between my dad's secretary and her husband, an ex-cop, that caused the husband to fatally shoot his wife? Not much investigation of a cop shooting his wife in those days. He claimed he was "cleaning his gun" when it went off.
Kate Moore
Laura Moore's "Making Waves," "The Hound of the Baskervilles," "Shane," chbosky's "the perks of being a wallflower," "Lit Up," by David Denby; "The Art of X-Ray Reading" Roy Peter Clark, "A Gentleman in Moscow," Amor Towles.
Kate Moore
Hi Martha,
I can't actually answer your question, as I am a different Kate Moore from the author of The Radium Girls. My understanding is that, "yes," the book is based on fact. Cheers, the other Kate Moore
I can't actually answer your question, as I am a different Kate Moore from the author of The Radium Girls. My understanding is that, "yes," the book is based on fact. Cheers, the other Kate Moore
Kate Moore
Hi,
I do write romance. The Kate Moore who wrote The Radium Girls is a different Kate Moore. Sorry for the confusion about the authorship. I hope that what's "real" in my books is the emotion and the interaction between people who are falling in love in the midst of their families and their ordinary lives. No desert islands for me. Happy reading to you! Cheers, Kate
I do write romance. The Kate Moore who wrote The Radium Girls is a different Kate Moore. Sorry for the confusion about the authorship. I hope that what's "real" in my books is the emotion and the interaction between people who are falling in love in the midst of their families and their ordinary lives. No desert islands for me. Happy reading to you! Cheers, Kate
Kate Moore
Readers! There is excitement and satisfaction in making a story sing, but nothing is sweeter than hearing from readers who kept turning the pages, who feel they know and love your characters.
Kate Moore
There's so much to do and learn when you know you want to write. Read and analyze the writers you admire to see how they do it. Read books on the craft of writing. Write daily. Your first book length work will probably be like your first run on an advanced ski slope. It won't be pretty, but you'll have to keep going, and you'll be surprised to discover how much you learned just by doing it.
Kate Moore
Currently I am doing revisions for a contemporary single title romance called The Loner, which will be released by the Boroughs Publishing Group pretty soon. A new billionaire returns to L.A. and hopes to turn the tables on the woman who once refused his marriage proposal.
Kate Moore
My most recent story is a novella, "Once Upon a Ring," in an anthology with Ciji Ware and Diana Dempsey, called "Ring of Truth." We got the idea of a Claddagh ring with magic powers while brainstorming over the phone. Ideas for me are a bit like dust bunnies under the bed. A wisp of an idea seems to collect other bits and pieces in my mind as I'm doing other things. I keep writing down the bits and pieces as they come.
Kate Moore
I think about Jane Austen, who said, "I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on till I am." Then I start tweaking, solving problems in a different way.
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