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Catharine Bramkamp

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Catharine Bramkamp is an award winning poet/author/champion of Newbie Writers. Her new book, Don't Write Like We Talk, is based on 5 years of podcasts interviewing Agents and Authors, Publishers and Poets.

She is a successful writing coach and author of a dozen books including Future Girls (Eternal Press). She holds two degrees in English, and is an adjunct professor of writing for JKF University.

For a good time she reads, writes and visits galleries and museums. For a good time her husband collects selfies of himself standing OUTSIDE the museum.

She and her husband have parented two boys past the age of self-destruction and into the age of annoying two word text missives.
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	Death Revokes the Offer (Real Estate Diva Mysteries #1) 3.67 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	After I'm Buried Alive 4.08 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Time is of the Essence (Real Estate Diva Mysteries #2) 3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	A 380 Degree View (Real Estate Diva Mysteries #4) 3.77 avg rating — 31 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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	Trash Out (Real Estate Diva Mysteries #5) 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Future Girls (Future Girls #1) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	In Good Faith (Real Estate Diva Mysteries #3) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Deep Trouble: A Second Chance Cozy Mystery Series 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 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
	Future Gold (Future Girls, #2) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 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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