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What a great story. My first book by Katy McDermott, but plan on purchasing more.

- Amazon Reader Review, Meeting Mayhem

…an exciting mystery that will be hard to put down.

- Midwest Book Review, Meeting Darkness

Loved the characters (old & new), the setting, and especially the mystery! A nail-biting ‘whodunit’ ’til the very end!

- Amazon Reader Review, Meeting Scandal

Your writing is so witty and amusing…

- Reader HB, Katy's Essays

… the perfect winter getaway, with hotel style, visions of crazies running around with syringes, and pampered VIPs stepping out on their unsuspecting mates. All in all, a rollicking good time!

- Midwest Book Review, Meeting Murder

NOV

2016

Topic for my NEXT next book?

So I’m in the process of wrapping up the final steps in my next book, Charlotte and the Search Dogs (available on Amazon in about 10 days), and not having any laurels upon which to rest, I’m already thinking about the book after that. In this series, I feature dogs...

NOV

2016

November 2016: My Back and My Book

Hi all! Since it’s been – well – over a year since I last posted, I figured I was a little overdue. Here’s what’s been going on: 1. Back pain. Major, awful, getting worse all the time, God-am-I-boring-because-I-can’t-do-anything-now, back pain....

APR

2015

Grocery shopping and gray matter

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot of neurosurgery articles for work. It got me thinking – something as mundane as grocery shopping is a veritable all-you-can-eat buffet of neurological goodness. I’m going to guess that everyone reading this takes grocery shopping for granted. Heck,...

MAR

2015

So what’s a Kickstarter anyway?

For the last week, I’ve been asking everyone to “support my Kickstarter” or “back my Kickstarter campaign.” It occurs to me that not everyone is married to a walking Help Desk, and may not know what it actually IS. In any case, let me explain. Or rather, let me sum up… From...

JAN

2015

The Drywall Diaries #2

I need to up my cooking game. Lean Cuisines and cereal bars aren’t going to cut it once we move into our new house with its SLAMMIN’ KITCHEN! Yup, we picked colors and upgrades today. Cabinet options, granite for countertops (would you like an upgrade with that?),...

DEC

2014

The Drywall Diaries #1

As some of you already know, Jack and I are moving this summer. We’ve signed papers on a “carriage home” (sort of a cross between a townhome and a single-family home) that’ll be built by mid-June. Unless Mother Nature has multiple hissy-fits like she did...

OCT

2014

My Dog Is Not My Child

Don’t get me wrong, animal-lovers. I adore my dog Bailey. I buy her toys and dress her in a coat and sweater when it’s cold and bake her treats myself and seek out her sloppy kisses (even though I shudder to think where her tongue has been.) She’ll still not a child, though. A...

JUN

2014

So, Wait – Flowers Don’t Come From the Store?

A surprise Friday afternoon email from a client gave me a reprieve from my latest heinous deadline, which meant I got my weekend back! What to do with two whole days free and gorgeous weather? Why, garden, of course. Except that I don’t garden. Let me back up here. Jack and I are...

MAY

2014

Hopes, Dreams, Life, and Footwear

We went to Devon Horse Show yesterday. It reignited a lifelong dream of mine – a dream to be one of the riders there. I want a horse. I want lessons. But most of all, I want the boots. Have you seen those riding boots up close? They’re gorgeous. Most are custom-made! And...

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Topic for my NEXT next book?

November 2016: My Back and My Book

Grocery shopping and gray matter

So what’s a Kickstarter anyway?

The Drywall Diaries #2

The Drywall Diaries #1

My Dog Is Not My Child

So, Wait – Flowers Don’t Come From the Store?

Hopes, Dreams, Life, and Footwear

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