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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#669999" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Photos~~~</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="65396d50.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>2009</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="34a649e0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>2007</B></div> <div> <B>My hair WAS growing out, and then I had a bad writing day and cut it all off with my sewing scissors!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="32d96a90.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>My hair's growing out!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="18e649a0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>In "author" mode!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0ae96220.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Neither Rufus nor I are happy campers before our morning coffee...sorry, this is as close as I come to a glamour shot!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0af82cc0.jpg" border=0 width="130" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Much better than walking...I think Rufus is sitting on Doug's lunch.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b1aa7f0.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>2001</B></div> <div> <B>Celebrating my 51st (</B><I><B>aaaarrrrggggghhhhh!) </B></I><B>birthday.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0bb78af0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>THIS is how we keep Rufus humble...he knows I've got the negatives...</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.hardshell.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hardshell.com"><U><B><IMG SRC="0b34a310.gif" border=0 width="74" height="49" ALIGN="BOTTOM" 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     If you're at all interested in my long, sad (not really--I had a blast!) story about my even longer road to publication, it's all spelled out in a blog I did for my agent, Jessica Faust. You can read it here:  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2007/07/bookends-talks-to-kate-douglas.html#links" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/20"><U>BookEnds Blog</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>And, since you've come this far....</B></I><I><B><IMG SRC="5145e0e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="526" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></I></div> <div>        ...the least I can do is tell you a little bit about myself. I am a writer. I think I've always been a writer. It's woven into my fabric in some inescapable manner so that it defines everything I think or do. I'm also a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a fairly decent photographer and a pretty good cook...over the course of my fifty-plus years I've been a student, a florist, a bookkeeper, a newspaper reporter, a cartoonist, a hostess in a winery tasting room (now THAT'S the place to find stories!) and a teacher~~but first and foremost, I am a writer...though I must admit, Gramma--or Dabba, as I'm called--is a close second!</div> <div>       I have an interview up at <A HREF="http://www.aromancereview.com/debden/den0902.phtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aromancereview.com/debden/den"><U>ARomanceReview.com</U></A> if you're at all interested in some of the details of the writing life. I enjoy doing interviews as they make me actually think about why I do what I do...and why I enjoy it so much!</div> <div>       My husband and I have left the northern California wine country for the peaceful mountains of Lake County. We live in the beautiful little community of Cobb, which is a great place to retire...except I can't imagine not writing, so retirement isn't something I'm planning on at all. My husband, however, has taken to his newly unemployed state with great glee...and I'm loving the fact he's doing some of the cooking for a change!</div> <div>         Our son and daughter are grown and on their own--thanks to our daughter and son-in-law we're grandparents to two absolutely perfect grandsons and a granddaughter who is in constant motion. Our son is married to the lovely young woman he's got his arms wrapped around on the cover of Cowboy in My Pocket--we're glad he was smart enough not to let go of her! Their daughter, Ella, is just as perfect as the others, so our family continues to grow in the most wonderful way. I've posted a <A HREF="#family_photo" TITLE="More about Kate"><U>family photo</U></A> below.</div> <div>          Other than our little "<A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com/fallentree" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com/fallentree"><U>tree incident</U></A>" as I'm calling it, life would be pretty carefree for us, but Doug and I once made the foolish mistake of saying, out loud, how much we enjoyed our freedom. That's about the time Rufus tumbled into our lives, a furry little castaway who, in a very short time, has achieved complete dominion over our household.</div> <div>        He's a fairly benign despot, but Doug and I have acknowledged we no longer live in a democracy. </div> <div>        I don't do the cycling photography I used to and the webpage of cycling photos is currently inactive. My link with the cycling community is through the website I maintain for our son's friend, <A HREF="http://www.rossdillon.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rossdillon.com"><U>Ross Dillon</U></A>, who is recovering from a very serious brain injury. He was hit by a car while riding his bike and remained in a coma for many weeks. He still has a long way to go, but his courage and the courage and dedication of his family and friends are a constant inspiration to all of us.</div> <div>         As far as my professional life, writing consumes me now, something I always wanted. It was time to get my creative priorities in order. With nine books released through Kensington's new Aphrodisia line so far, three more manuscripts completed and six yet to write for my eighteen contracted titles, I'm spending most of my time at the computer, writing feverishly about my Chanku shapeshifters. Please take a look at my erotic romances (but only if you're over 18!) at my <A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com/eroticromance" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com/eroticromance"><U>erotic romance website.</U></A></div> <div>         Thanks so much for stopping by. Please write to me...I'd love to hear from you, or better yet, subscribe to my monthly newsletter. I run a contest each month for my readers and always have something neat to give away, either a book, an ARC (advance readers copy) or something else that's either fun or edible. <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="mailto:KateDouglas-subscribe@yahoogroups.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:KateDouglas-subscribe@yahoogroups"><U>(click here to subscribe!</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Times New Roman" >)</FONT></div> <div>         </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="mailto:kate@katedouglas.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:kate@katedouglas.com"><U><IMG SRC="0b643320.gif" border=0 width="67" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Christmas 2008</div> <div> <B>Son-in-law Tony w/son Cole and wife Sarah, Bompa, aka my husband Doug, Dabba (me), Luca, Ella, </B></div> <div> <B>our son Jon, his wife Melanie holding Owen with Gracie, Tony and Sarah's daughter, in front.</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="658266d0.jpg" border=0 width="550" height="365" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Christmas 2007</div> <div> Starting with the back row: son in law Tony, daughter Sarah holding baby Cole, daughter in law Melanie, son Jon...front row, grandson Luca, me holding granddaughter Gracie and my husband, Doug, holding granddaughter Ella. </div> <div> (Ella's got a baby brother due in September 2008)</div> <div>  <A NAME="family_photo"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="381f4d30.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="467" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>