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Kathleen Shaputis

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Born

in Long Beach, CA, The United States

December 03, 1953

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Contemporary, Humor and Comedy, Paranormal

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Kathleen Shaputis is well experienced in the headline lifestyles of the baby boomer generation. Struck by Meniere's Disease, her writing time has been limited but the muse continues to nudge. She writes romantic comedies, nonfiction and has a ghostwriter on a dozen books.

After years of presenting at various writers conferences and community colleges on writing, marketing, book printing and self-publishing, she's had to give up these wonderful events, as well as ghostwriting, due to the disease as well.

She lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband, Bob, two pompous Pomeranians, a socially inept blue tick hound and a clowder of cats. ...more

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Nothing seems more stressful than having to pare down a novel into a page or two synopsis, or worse yet a back cover blurb. As an author of romantic comedies, my characters and story lines tend to run in the hundreds of pages per book, with plots and subplots carved into the running chapters.

Yet submitting to an agent or publisher means first drafting a query letter, including a short blurb or par

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Average rating: 3.98 · 235 ratings · 75 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Her Ghost Wears Kilts (Baillie Castle Book 1) 3.89 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	His Kilt Dropped Here: A Magical Realism Scottish Romance 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — 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
	His Lass Wears Tartan 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — 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
	Their Witch Wears Plaid 4.15 avg rating — 13 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
	The Crowded Nest Syndrome really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family, Third Edition 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Grandma Online: A Grandmother's Guide to the Internet 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Changes in Attitude 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 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
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Merriment and Miscommunication The prodigal daughter, Jas, returns to her hometown in Ireland brokenhearted but with a dream of creating a business of her hand-made vintage hats. Jas has a few mental or emotional issues from being bullied growing up a ...more
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Kathleen Shaputis rated a book really liked it The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly	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 Marital Adventure This is an interesting twist that the young couple find themselves forced into marriage at the beginning of the book. Maria Barstow is woken from a sound sleep in her hotel room by her relatives who find a strange gentleman in her ...more
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Kathleen Shaputis rated a book it was amazing The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst (Goodreads Author)	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 a delightful fantasy book to get lost inside. Calisa leaves Brooklyn with a broken heart for a summer working at her aunt's B&B in Vermont. New scenery, new work to distract and heal after she catches her boyfriend cheating. But things take a so ...more
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Fairy Trafficking? What an interesting plot and point of view when the book starts in the fey world with older sister, Layla, trying to raise her younger sister, Esme, while bullied by the fey people for being half human, then Layla finds herself thro ...more
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Oh my heather, what an intense story among clans in the 1700s. I've been shaken from my contemporary rom-com usual and thrown into the clang of steel on the fields and dark corners of castles. Destiny Gunn is suddenly sold off by her greed addicted, ...more
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Kathleen Shaputis rated a book really liked it Rescue Me by Sarra Manning	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 a novel idea "co-pawrenting" a sweet Staffy rescue in the city. Alternating weeks, Margot and Will hand over the leash and we find there is more happening than just the love of Blossom. Work and family play side characters in this rom com. ...more
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