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Kathleen M. Rodgers

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Kathleen M. Rodgers is a novelist and a former contributor to Family Circle Magazine and Military Times. Her fifth novel, The Llano County Mermaid Club, is out now from University of New Mexico Press and was named BOOK OF THE WEEK for Oct. 12 in ABQ Journal. She is represented by Tracy Crow Literary Agency. A native of Clovis, New Mexico, Kathleen resides in North Texas and is working on her sixth novel. She is available to speak at book clubs and other events.
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Kathleen M. Rodgers Sometimes writer's block is not a block at all. Sometimes a writer makes a choice not to actively put words down on paper or screen. But a real writer…moreSometimes writer's block is not a block at all. Sometimes a writer makes a choice not to actively put words down on paper or screen. But a real writer is always thinking like a writer, and the stories are still forming and shaping in the writer's head.
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Kathleen M. Rodgers I've been a professional writer for over thirty-five years. For me, writing is about getting to the truth in any situation. Even if it's emotional tru…moreI've been a professional writer for over thirty-five years. For me, writing is about getting to the truth in any situation. Even if it's emotional truth. (less)
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My First Time visiting Tucson Festival of Books

I had a great time greeting the public and signing copies of my latest novel, The Llano County Mermaid Club, at University of New Mexico Press booth #240. UNM Press Sales & Marketing Manager Don Redpath and UNM Press Pub...

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"I had a great time greeting the public and signing copies of my latest novel, The Llano County Mermaid Club, at University of New Mexico Press booth #240. UNM Press Sales & Marketing Manager Don Redpath and UNM Press Pub..."
The Llano County Mermaid Club by Kathleen M. Rodgers
"I loved reading this gorgeously written novel about friendship and family set in landlocked New Mexico. Infused with nostalgia, and firmly set in place, the story follows dual timelines. In the past, Marigold Hubbard and her two sisters and two frien" Read more of this review »
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Until I read Katherine Kirkpatrick’s compelling new novel, To Chase the Glowing Hours, I never had much interest in Egyptian artifacts or history. But that all changed the moment I met the author’s alluring protagonist, Lady Eve, the twenty-one-year- ...more
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Mary Agnes Coyne is the only girl in a family of five brothers in western Ireland in 1886. At thirteen, she is always cold and hungry, and she can’t do anything right in her mother’s eyes. After her half-brother, Fiach, assaults her,
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“For some the truth is too painful to hear. For others, it’s a healing balm. This is why I write - to heal.”
Kathleen M. Rodgers

“A writer must get beyond the thrill of a byline, plunge deeper than the words themselves, and dive head-on into a bottomless pit where all the good stories are swimming around waiting to be rescued from the soul.”
Kathleen M. Rodgers ~ 1998”
Kathleen M. Rodgers

“When we elevate others, we elevate ourselves. Let’s all go be “elevators.”
KMR”
Kathleen M. Rodgers, Johnnie Come Lately

“For some the truth is too painful to hear. For others, it’s a healing balm. This is why I write - to heal.”
Kathleen M. Rodgers

“A writer must get beyond the thrill of a byline, plunge deeper than the words themselves, and dive head-on into a bottomless pit where all the good stories are swimming around waiting to be rescued from the soul.”
Kathleen M. Rodgers ~ 1998”
Kathleen M. Rodgers

“All good writers write [terrible first drafts.] This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts. . . I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them sits down routinely feeling wildly enthusiastic and confident. Not one of them writes elegant first drafts. All right, one of them does, but we do not like her very much. We do not think that she has a rich inner life or that God likes her or can even stand her. (Although when I mentioned this to my priest friend Tom, he said you can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
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“When we elevate others, we elevate ourselves. Let’s all go be “elevators.”
KMR”
Kathleen M. Rodgers, Johnnie Come Lately

“To all you writers, artists, musicians, creative types who want to give up: It's okay to walk away for a bit. Get your second wind. But your writing, art, music will be there, lurking over your shoulder, and it will call to you, and you will answer. And come back even stronger.”
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