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Cate VanNostrand

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Cate VanNostrand is a college junior studying English and History, an oldest child who loves her three siblings, and a firm believer that chocolate can fix anything. When she isn't studying ancient Rome or British literature, you can find her jamming to rock music, working as a developmental editor for indie-published authors, and working on her own WIPs, which are too many to count. ...more

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	Seize the Moment by Christy Ash, Abigail Kay (Goodreads Author), M.L. Milligan 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2023 — 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
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Interview and Guest Post with Katja H. Labonté

Hello, hello everyone! I get to host another author spotlight, this time on Katja H. Labonté, author of what is definitely one of my top reads for 2025, A Noble Comfort! In this interview, Kat and I talk about things from Sherlock, the Titanic, how she got started writing, and of course, her book. Kat also has an article about writing single characters in A Noble Comfort at the end of our intervi Read more of this blog post »

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Mirrors of Ice (Bewitching Fairy Tales, #2)

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Isaiah (Bible #23), ESV

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Cate’s Quotes

“That's the trouble with thoughtlessness; it never remembers other people.”
― Thornton W. Burgess

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“What's in a name? Sometimes a lot of real work.”
― Thornton W. Burgess

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“You don't know what you are talking about, and no one sounds so silly as one who tries to talk about something he knows nothing about.”
― Thornton W. Burgess, The Burgess Bird Book for Children: Illustrated

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“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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