Mary
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Dana Stabenow:
My husband has spent the last two months reading the Kate canon, with no other books inbetween. He has noticed the increase in the length of the books, and he also wants to know if you acquired a Word of the Day calendar along the way since he's been looking up words in the latter books of the series? He is on #20, and I've kept my mouth shut with "no spoilers" for two months now! I've been reading Kate since '03.
Dana Stabenow
[laughing] No, tell him no word of the day calendar, just a wordy writer. Delighted he (and you) are enjoying the series. The books got longer partly because I stopped having to write two a year, but I notice a book is as long as it takes to tell the story it's telling. Though Not Dead is the longest one because the third plot line, jim's, just showed up in the middle of writing the book and demanded to be included. When the muse knocks you have to get up and answer the door.
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Milissa
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Dana Stabenow:
I've binged all of the Kate Shugak books since I found them the first of the year. I am nearly ready to start 21, reading the reviews for 20 are worrisome as we are standing on the bank examining the scene of Tyler's death at the fish wheel, I have to ask 22? Do I skip right to 21 and circle back to 20? I am worried, have a really reached the end of Kate Shugak?
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