Welcome to Kathleen Valentine's Web Site

BOOKS

The Old Mermaid's Tale: A Novel
My Last Romance & other
passions (short stories)
The Mermaid Shawl
& other Beauties
(lace knitwear design )
Level Best Books
(mystery stories)
Each Angel Burns
(a novel coming in 2009)

BLOGS

Parlez Moi Blog
Valentine Cookbook
Marketing Musings from Valentine-Design

ENDEAVORS

Valentine-Design
• Featured Web Site
• Web Gallery
Resources for Artists in the Digital Age
(Slide Presentation)
Parlez-Moi Press
Literary Gloucester
Knitting Gallery

PERSONAL

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	The Old Mermaid's Tale Parlez-Moi Press, ISBN: 0978594061, Price $17.00 When Clair Wagner begins college in Port Presque Isle she dreams of meeting a "handsome sailor with the constellations of the Northern Seas in his eyes". Into her life comes Pio, a beautiful Italian fisherman, who dreams of life on the big lakes under the aurora borealis. She meets Gary, the dashing son of a wealthy shipping magnate, who introduces her to Canal Street where she encounters The Old Mermaid Inn, a tavern that, as Gary tells her, "deserves its reputation". But The Old Mermaid Inn, with its giant painting of a seductive mermaid, is home to some fascinating people including Tessie, the owner and original mermaid, and the intriguing Baptiste, a Breton mariner injured in a shipwreck, who earns his living as a musician. More... Read the first chapter.
	My Last Romance and other passions Parlez-Moi Press, ISBN: 0-9785940-5-3, Price $12.00 Eight stories with a common theme... the wonder of finding love... that sweep the reader into sensuous worlds where ordinary people discover, or rediscover, love. Foolish love, forbidden love, married love – even murderous love, each story is a seductive jewel populated with characters that seem like someone we could know – or someone we could be. Read "Flynnie & Babe" free.
Level Best Books Crime Anthologies Level Best Books publishes an annual anthology of crime stories by New England Writers. Kathleen's stories appear in three of them: "Asa" in 2004's Riptide, "Homemade Pie & Sausage" in 2005's Windchill, and "Killing Julie Morris" in 2006's Seasmoke. Read Homemade Pie & Sausage!
	Works in Progress A second novel, Each Angel Burns, is currently in progress. The first draft is written and it is now being read and re-read, edited and re-edited. It is both a mystery and a love story. Plans are in progress for it to be ready by the summer of 2008. A third novel is also in the works.
	LEGACY: The Artistic Families of the North Shore Arts Association This 2002 exhibition honored the work of sixteen inter-generational families of the NSAA including the Ahls, the Gruppés, the Millers, the Riccis, and the Curtises. There are 24 full color pages and biographies. Text by Kathleen Valentine The catalog contains humorous first-person reminiscences by some current artist members on artists of the past.