Writing, horses, dogs, reading, creating a good website, watching news casts esp. CNN and Fox news, programs about resolving crimes, networking on computer,
Music
Opera, classical, light classical, Bruce springsteen, Nora Jones, Loreen McKinnit, Josh Grobin, Sarah Brightman, anything by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Williams, instrumentals of the old "chestnut" hymns. Lord of the Rings sounttrack.
Movies
Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Seabiscuit, Anything from the Agatha Christie series, Miss Congeniality, While you were Sleeping, Pride and Prejudice, Cronicles of Narnia,
Television
TVG horse racing channel, biography, history and international history channels, Glenn Beck,
Books
Mystery, suspense, romantic suspense. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Seabiscuit, Black Beauty, anything by Janet Evanovich, Susan Conant dog mysteries, Lillian Jackson Brann, Cat Who mysteries.
So, I lied about my age. They shouldn't have asked a lady her age anyhow. Especially one over twelve.
Who am I? I am woman (is that a cliche or what?) I'm also an author.
I'm also a retired music teacher from the Chicago Public School System. I've been an opera singer, folk singer, sales manager and music therapist for emotionally disturbed children. I have a keen interest in reading, dogs, collies and horses.
The books I write tend to represent the genres I read. Romantic suspense, mystery and suspense. This is the synopsis of my first published novel.
"In the Arms of the Enemy" a romantic suspense novel is about love, deception and murder.
A valuable race horse and its trainer are murdered and the horse's owner, under indictment for the murders has a fatal heart attack. His son, Adam Blakely is convinced the trainer's partner, Maggie McGregor, knows more than she told the police and goes undercover to investigate.
Maggie McGregor has just lost her partner and fiance and the best horse she ever trained. Devastated, Maggie goes back to her father's farm determined never to train again, until a handsome stranger moves his horse into her father's barn. And, that's when the accidents begin.
This is a story about horses killed for insurance money and the two people who try to stop an assassination team so insidious they could rock the foundation of a horse racing empire.
This story is dedicated to all those horses lost to man's greed and inhumanity and to those humanitarians who make it their mission to save them.
If you're interested in another one (oh PLEASE be interested in another one) Water Lilies Over My Grave will be out in the Spring. You can see the cover at: THE COTTAGE OF BLOG, www.paguthrie.blogspot.com. Hope you visit there and say "hi." If you want to glance at my website that is being updated, www.patriciaanneguthrie.com
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Who I'd like to meet:
Janet Evanovich, Agatha Christie (even though she's dead) Dean Koontz, James Patterson, John Sandford, Linda Howard, Stephen King (writers) Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (opera singers) Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher (race horse trainers) Gary Stevens (retired jockey) Tom Smith, Red Pollard and Charles Howard (all of Seabiscuit fame) Laura Hilldebrand (author of Seabiscuit)Glenn Beck, Nancy Grace, Hillary Clinton
Please join us Thursday night December 4th from 8pm to 10pm for a cyber launch party for Patricia Guthrie as we celebrate the release of her new romantic suspense, WATERLILLIES OVER MY GRAVE.
Author, music teacher, dog obedience trainer, horse person and avid reader, Patricia Guthrie started writing romantic suspense novels seven years ago.
Recently retired from teaching, Pat lives in the south suburbs of Chicago with four feisty collies who help her write at every given opportunity.
Hope to see you there for a chance to win an autographed copy of her brand new book!
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Patricia Guthrie's New Suspense Hits Shelves Today!
WATERLILIES OVER MY GRAVE by Patricia Guthrie
You can run, but you can't hide in this new romantic suspense from Patricia Guthrie.
In a spiraling fall into obsessive madness, psychiatrist Duncan Byrne vows revenge against his ex-wife for divorcing him. When she leaves New York, he reflects, "You can run, but you can't hide."
Psychologist, Annabelle O'Brien begins a new life in the popular resort town of Lake Nager, hoping to find peace and normality. But anonymous threats follow, and Annie finds herself terrorized by a stalker.
Burned-out Detective Mark Driscoll, detests the new psychologist who recommends he take time-off. How dare she? But when somebody slashes her tires, ransacks her apartment and kills her cat, Mark spends his mandated furlough playing body guard.
They don't count on falling in love; something neither wants, but both need. Nor do they count on women resembling Annie being murdered.
Welcome, It is only me here I do not have a staff. I could use your help. If someone e-mails you something special, please copy and paste it, I would like you to send it to me so that I may re post it. If there is a bulletin posted and you feel so moved, I would want you to respond so that I might pass your response on to the person in need. I need for you to be a good steward for me, as to send me information of people in need of prayer and guidance. (I.E. Some place to turn)I would hope this is the start of a good friendship and would ask that you bring others to our site. The next time your by our page will you stop in to sign the Guestbook? In Christ love,
Hi Pat, just wanted to let you know your book is the AuthorIsland. com BOOK OF THE DAY today!!! Congrats and thanks to your publisher, we have a copy of it to giveaway to one lucky winner today.
Win The Romantic Suspense IN THE ARMS OF THE ENEMY Today
Patricia Guthrie's first novel with Light Sword Publishing is getting a face lift for it's second printing with a great new cover!
When law enforcement fails him, horseman Adam Blakely goes undercover to search for a killer. Only problem - he falls in love with his prime suspect.
Maggie McGregor leaves the tumultuous world of horse racing determined to never train again, until a handsome boarder moves his horse into her father's barn. And that's when the accidents begin.
Maggie and Adam find themselves drowning in a sea of deception and lies to uncover an insurance scam so insidious, it could rock the foundations of an established horseracing empire and bring the killer too close to home.
Adam and Magie must learn to trust each other before they face extermination in this edge of your seat romantic suspense by Patricia Guthrie.
Hey Patricia - I find it by Googling something like "MySpace graphics" or "MySpace comments," and there are whole websites filled with the graphics, which you can copy for free. Just be careful, though, as some of the sites seem to be "virusy." My virus program lets me know which ones, though. The graphics DO make comments more fun, so good luck with it and enjoy : )
