The Val & Kit Mystery Series

Saturday, June 14, 2014

The Versatile Blogger Award—and Seven Things About Us



We want to thank Christian Brown for nominating us for the Versatile Blogger Award. In accepting it, we in turn nominate the bloggers listed below, in no particular order, for the VBA, and we'll also share seven things about ourselves. It's nice to know people are reading our blog and are interested in getting to know us better!


And now for SEVEN THINGS ABOUT US you might not know:

1. In our Val & Kit Mystery Series, we begin without a plot. We not only don't know whodunit, we don't know why or how. Talk about character-driven.
2. We met about 40 years ago (yes, we've been friends as long as Val and Kit have, although we started at a slightly older age J) and have been writing partners for about 30 years.
3. Roz relies on Patty to translate her work from English English to American English. Even though Roz has lived in the United States for over forty years, she sometimes lapses (e.g., windscreen instead of windshield).
4. We both consider ourselves directionally dyslexic, but didn't confess this to one another for a couple of decades. No one appreciates—or needs—the GPS more than we do!
5. Even though we take our Skype sessions in the end stages of a book very seriously, there is always a lot of laughing.
6. We lived in the same state only briefly before moving apart and becoming besties via letters (making us more appreciative than most of the written word).
7. Although our first job, always, is to please each other, we have been blessed by many five-star reviews, and nothing feels quite as magical as reading praise from a total stranger.




8 comments:

  1. Thank you for the nomination; I think you are the third who has done so. I am hoping one post will satisfy the criteria for all, but I'm not sure when I will be able to work it into the schedule. When I do, I'll be sure to tag you on Twitter. It has been interesting to read about your process and your relationship. Paula http://paulareednancarrow.com

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    1. Yes, please do tag us when you post, as we will want to read it, you popular, versatile blogger, you!! We'd love to know 7 more things about you, in addition to the fact that you're in the city where we met, the city of Patty's birth and where her grandson attends college (there's at least 3 more things about us -- ha ha)!!

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  2. Will post today! Thanks for thinking of me...

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    1. Our pleasure entirely!! BTW, Palm Desert is one of Patty's favorite places on earth--so much so that we've sent Val & Kit there in our WIP. Is that one of your desert cities? Looking forward to reading your post and also checking out your books (although so much of our reading time is spent reading and re-reading our own! LOL)!

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  3. BTW, a very funny and revealing post! Enjoy it very much...

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  4. Hello, and great to meet both of you. I recently just had this award given to me by another blogger and made the post, but I truly appreciate the thought.And it's lovely to discover your blog!

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    1. Then you obviously deserve the award!! We're going to check out your post. Thanks for commenting--so good to hear from you. We're happy to have discovered your blog as well.

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