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Kathryne Arnold

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I was raised in the northeastern United States, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and resided in a half-dozen homes or towns throughout my growing up years. My father was a reverend with a flourishing career, moving the family to various parishes as his calling dictated, which I view in a positive light as I was exposed to different communities and lifestyles. After graduating from high school at the age of seventeen, I shook off my less worldly roots when I moved with my father to Massachusetts, a seemingly more sophisticated and progressive state. It was there that I embarked on a learning journey, thrilled at living so close to the sea in the artsy and historic fishing village of Gloucester, the hex signs and covered bridges so I was raised in the northeastern United States, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and resided in a half-dozen homes or towns throughout my growing up years. My father was a reverend with a flourishing career, moving the family to various parishes as his calling dictated, which I view in a positive light as I was exposed to different communities and lifestyles. After graduating from high school at the age of seventeen, I shook off my less worldly roots when I moved with my father to Massachusetts, a seemingly more sophisticated and progressive state. It was there that I embarked on a learning journey, thrilled at living so close to the sea in the artsy and historic fishing village of Gloucester, the hex signs and covered bridges soon a fond memory.

Thrilled to begin college in New England, I jumped in with both feet and managed to excel in biological and psychological studies, despite majoring in dating. Throughout my school years, I dabbled in poetry and short stories, purely for personal self-expression. I experimented with a couple of creative writing classes, but never pursued my secret desire of a writing career, feeling the vocation was too self-indulgent, not sensible enough for my German blood. I remained focused on psychology and received a Bachelor of Arts degree, upon which I secured my very first “real” job as a Senior Psychiatric Counselor at a group home for adults with mental illness. Wanting to further my learning, I attended Suffolk University in Beacon Hill in Boston, and graduated two years later, obtaining a Masters degree in Counseling and Human Relations.

Soon afterward, feeling weighed down by too many sunless days and frigid winters, I decided to move to a much lighter state, and settled in bustling Pinellas County in southwestern Florida. Over the next twenty years I concentrated further on my work in counseling and social services and became a licensed practitioner. During these years, my career included being a social services director for a nursing center, program manager for a rehabilitation agency, social services consultant for nursing centers, program director of an Alzheimer’s unit, and a hospice counselor.

Several years ago, due to a deep longing to express my feelings in an alternative manner, I literally sat down one day and began writing my first novel. The resultant book, The Resurrection of Hannah, (published in 2011) had been born out of a series of powerful dreams, along with compelling and coexisting experiences that inspired me to create a story that would capture the strength of my emotions. I had a yearning to shape a tale based around individuals in my life that I believed would make engaging characters. I had a strong desire to experience a higher level of creativity, to literally produce something out of nothing– a fascinating and challenging endeavor I could not ignore. It was during this time that I moved to Houston for three years, where I started a private practice as a psychotherapist and became a certified clinical hypnotherapist.

But I grew “antsy” as my father used to say and decided to move back to friends and family in Florida and worked again at the local Hospice, then more recently in community and private mental health. Once bitten by the writing bug, I could not help but pen my second work of fiction, The Fear of Things to Come, published in the summer of 2012. I am now in the process of writing another novel in what I consider a unique collection of adventure stories, the third in the Samantha Clark Mystery Series.

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“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
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message 10: by Promod

Mar 01, 2015 09:09PM

Thanks for connecting. To introduce myself I give below the link to my one of the recent blogs on wordpress.com;
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message 9: by Jack

Apr 13, 2014 11:48AM

Hi Kathryne...thanks for the invite..will be checking out your books...interesting bio..included time at Suffolk where my late brother, Richard, was professor of English Lit...you look too young to have known but maybe heard of him..and Clearwater from whence I came in 2007 to this toddlin' town of Cullman, Alabama...long story...Jack

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message 8: by Tom

Dec 05, 2013 10:22AM

Hi Kathryne,

Thanks for joining my circle of friends.

Blessings,

Tom

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message 7: by Kathryne

Oct 19, 2013 01:33PM

Greer wrote: "Judging by what you like in books, you should enjoy this :-)"

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Oct 15, 2013 02:47AM

Judging by what you like in books, you should enjoy this :-)

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Oct 15, 2013 02:45AM

Checkmate

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message 4: by Kathryne

Oct 13, 2013 12:20PM

Louise wrote: "Thanks for the friend request. You look interesting!"

Thanks so much Louise! Looking forward to your activity. Trying to get more involved with the Goodreads authors and readers. Have a blessed day :)

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message 3: by Louise

Oct 13, 2013 11:16AM

Thanks for the friend request. You look interesting!

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message 2: by Kathryne

Aug 17, 2013 02:37PM

On Sunday 8/18 I will be having a 24 hour only ebook giveaway on Amazon for The Fear of Things to Come, a suspense/thriller. So go to Amazon & download your free book :)

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message 1: by Kathryne (last edited Oct 15, 2012 01:16PM)

Oct 15, 2012 01:16PM

On Sunday 10/14/12, my second novel, The Fear of Things to Come, hit Amazon Best Sellers Top 100 Free ebooks in Suspense/Thriller categories! Thank you everyone for your continued support.

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