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Gayle Carline

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Gayle (G.S.) Carline has been an artist, a software engineer, and an author, mostly because she believes in reincarnation while you're still alive to learn a lesson or two. She loves to write mysteries, fantasies, and humor--and sometimes all together.
Currently, she lives in sunny southern California with her husband and a sassy Corgi. She also has a son and two horses, all of whom she enjoys even if they don't live with her. ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 819 ratings · 130 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Freezer Burn (Peri Minneopa, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hit or Missus (Peri Minneopa Mysteries Book 2) 3.88 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hot Mess (Peri Minneopa Mystery, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Would Erma Do?: Confessions of a First Time Humor Columnist 3.63 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder on the Hoof 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A More Deadly Union (Peri Minneopa Mystery Series #4) 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Are You There Erma? It's Me Gayle 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clean Sweep 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Horse's Mouth: One Lucky Memoir 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder Bytes (Peri Minneopa Mysteries #5) 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Okay so it's been a hot minute since I've blogged. Honestly, I didn't think I'd let it go this long, but I was trying to finish editing my latest manuscript and made a vow that I wouldn't write anything else (except for my contractually-obligated column) until I'd finished the dang book.

It's finished.

Now, let's talk about Banned Books Week. It's happening now, October 5-11, and I'

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Couldn't put it down Well, at least I couldn't put it down voluntarily. This is a beautifully written story of love and family and a deep desire to mend what was broken. I loved it. ...more
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Gayle’s Quotes

“Don't get it right, get it written.”
― James Thurber

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“But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, it’s like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes you feel good but then begins to eat you alive, burn you up from within. You can’t just walk away from the fire; it keeps burning. The only way to put it out is to write the book.”
― Dean Koontz, Lightning

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“Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, its unplanned, it's full of suprises.”
― Erma Bombeck

tags: humor, spontaneity, surprise

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“No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.”
― Dave Barry

tags: caprice, levity, solemnity

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“Humor is reason gone mad.”
― Groucho Marx

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Writing With My Colored Pencil (For writers of humor fiction, stand-up and general comedy) — 84 members — last activity Nov 05, 2015 07:41AM
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