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Kristin Dow

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Contemporary, Chick Lit, Fiction

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Jane Austen, John Irving, Judy Blume, many others

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August 2007

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Kristin Dow worked in network television before leaving her day job to write. She has completed two novels: UNBRIDLED HOLIDAY and LIBERTY & MEANS. Beyond writing and motherhood, she loves Europe, home design, and special meals served with wine. She also tries to hike and snow ski whenever possible in her beloved Colorado.

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	Unbridled Holiday 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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A Blog about Clog

Writer's block is the common term for any stoppages in the creative flow, but for me, it feels more like a brain clog.
I've been outlining my 3rd novel and had such a clog. As I jotted down scenes, things were falling flat because I had decided to take the story in a certain direction and I wasn't feeling it. I wasn't taking advantage of the setting (Santa Barbara) to help bring the story to life. Read more of this blog post »

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An Invincible Summer (Wyndham Beach #1)

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“Me having a stalker is like Donald Trump having a sense of humility. It's not a match.
~From LIBERTY & MEANS”
― Kristin Dow, Liberty and Means

tags: chick-lit, contemporary-fiction, literary-fiction, women-s-fiction

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“Me having a stalker is like Donald Trump having a sense of humility. It's not a match.”
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“Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
― Walt Disney Company

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