A-Z The Adventures of Katie Button - R

Continuing my A-Z series on The Adventures of Katie Button, my first romance/chicklit novel published through Crooked Cat. Taking a little break from the second draft of the sequel to explore a little bit more about Katie Button. Just the one letter today as there’s so much to write for R.

From the sequel, love this quote.

Red Communications

This is where all the troubles started for Katie. She loves her job but doesn’t set the world alight and goes unnoticed at Blackwell Creative, a mediocre branding company. But enter the Mastersons. Blackwell is taken over by Red owned by the Mastersons; brothers Jack and James and their father John Sr. At the same time, Katie starts having vivid dreams about James who she hasn’t had the pleasure of meeting until an awkward encounter in the boardroom. Red is the setting for a few office shenanigans, bitter quarrels, a bit of backstabbing and plenty of coffee. Just another day at the office; ‘reminded me of my days working alongside advertising execs!’ said a kind reader/reviewer.

Regression / Reincarnation

To try and make sense of the dreams, Katie undergoes regression. Through hypnosis, Katie revisits  past lives, discussing them with Peter who helps Katie make sense of the dreams and find the purpose of  them. The regressions are tough and emotional (brownies are a must afterwards) as they reveal painful truths, sometimes violent but always tragic.

The soul is reincarnated until it finishes its purpose on this Earth. I find this rather romantic as our souls have a destiny and do not rest until they meet their destiny, their soul mate on their journey- no matter how long it takes.    

From a friend's wedding. Too cute

Receipts

The one thing that spoils a good shopping trip. The things that are left screwed up in the bottom of the bag. The things that remind Katie of the money she doesn’t have that she just spent on boots. But she really needs the boots. Honest.

Robbie Williams

Who doesn’t love Robbie!!!! (The exclamation marks are a giveaway that I actually love him). The clamour for tickets for one of his gigs is a pressurised, stressful few hours. But time well spent if successful (even if it is during work time). Katie doesn’t want to miss seeing Robbie at the O2 with her bestie, Alana. But there’s more to Robbie than a gig as Katie finds out . . .

The day I met Robbie Williams!!!!!! EEEKKKKK

Rogue

Back to the highwayman. The sexy, wicked rogue of Katie’s dreams. There’s also a rogue in the real world, in Katie’s life who is just as sexy. But rogues aren’t for keeps as Katie finds out. 

Reviews

That nerve racking moment when a review comes in. The Adventures of Katie has 22 reviews now including 18 five stars!!! (Amazon UK) and three reviews over on Amazon US. I’m over the moon at the positive comments and love for Katie Button. I can’t emphasise how important reviews are for an Indie author (good ones lol). Whether it’s a paragraph or two words, your review means the world and is truly appreciated.

  

                                                       

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A-Z of The Adventures of Katie Button N-Q

It's been a while since I posted in my A-Z of Katie Button series. I've been busy writing Katie Button, the sequel and am nearing the end on the final chapter. Exciting times!!! But still working on a title. At present my chicklit romance novel, The Adventures of Katie Button is only 99p/c.

Back to the A-Z where we talk notebooks and quarrels.  

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Notebooks

Katie loves her notebooks. She can’t resist the feel of a crisp, new notebook. There can never be too many notebooks and Katie doesn’t need a reason to add to her large collection of all different sizes and colours. She uses them like a diary, writing what’s in her head, mostly taking the shape of lists. The notebooks are extremely private and Katie closely guards what's written in them as at times, she writes without much thought, using it to vent her frustrations. But she's not worried about the content because it's highly unlikely the notebooks will fall into the wrong hands . . .

A snippet from one of Katie's Notebooks

 

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Opera Office

Opera? The closest Katie comes to opera is when she’s in Covent Garden (home of Royal Opera House) having a few beers with friends, enjoying the street entertainment. But James enjoys opera. It's one of the first things Katie learns about James and she judges him on it. Not a good start when they first meet . . .

The office, Katie’s place of work. With her best friend, Alana sitting opposite her, Katie enjoys her job as she can sit and gossip and share pastries with their lattes.The odd appearance of eye candy in her bosses as they stride through is a bonus. And like any office environment there's a clash of personalities and of course there's the work.

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Peter & Past lives

Katie meets Peter through her flatmate, Laura and Laura's boyfriend, Neil. Peter opens Katie’s mind to hypnotism and regression, exploring her dreams and past lives. It’s Peter who makes Katie realise what her past lives are trying to tell her and what they mean. But all he can do is explore their meaning. It's up to Katie to act on it or choose to ignore it. 

Peter is also the baker of the best brownies in the entire universe and each time Katie experiences a regression into her past lives, brownies are waiting for her.

Past lives experienced by Katie are: Ancient Rome (Iacobus the gladiator), Tudor England, Georgian England (the highwayman), Edwardian England (Titanic), England during WWI (1917), Italy (undated but dress and transport suggest late 1800's). 

Gooey, chocolatey, fudgy brownies hit the spot after a regression

 

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Quarrel

Katie’s dreams and love interests (yes, that is plural) result in a few quarrels between colleagues, friends, brothers and lovers. Most of the arguments centre around Katie and her past lives. There are even quarrels in the past life experiences. As with some quarrels, things are said that can't be taken back and truths are revealed. 

                                                                 


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What's hiding in Katie Button's bedroom?

Prompt from Writers Write Creative Blog

After seeing a prompt the other day on Drink Tea Write Words, I thought I’d give it a go: ‘Write about the things hiding in your protagonist’s bedroom’. I love this idea. From the obvious to the not so obvious.  

Katie Button has been described as fun, kooky and passionate by gorgeous readers. She’s a tad scatty too which should make for an interesting nose round Katie’s bedroom. What is she actually hiding in there? If you’ve read The Adventures of Katie Button, you’ll be familiar with some of what’s hiding in her bedroom. But there’s a few you may be surprised at.  

Shoe and boot boxes

Katie adores boots and shoes of any style and colour. Whether in the sale or full price (price  doesn’t figure if she really wants them) Katie will buy without a second thought. There are no little voices  in her head reminding her of bills to pay. No little voices telling her that she already owns that style; in another colour, yes, but still that same style. The boxes have to be stored somewhere and where better than the under her bed when the wardrobe is already full to bursting with boxes, loose shoes and boots. Anymore boxes under the bed and Katie will have to get a cabin bed or a bigger bedroom. Oh and she knows every pair of boots and shoes so don’t think you can sneak a pair. You could try asking. Let me know how that works out.  

Receipt/Bills

All those boots and shoes come at a cost. Receipts and credit card bills aren’t pretty and spoil the whole shopping experience. Gathering dust, under the bed is the best place for such nasties which can be dealt with at a later date.

Notebooks and pens

Katie loves lists. She has lists for everything in pretty little notebooks written with pink fluffy pens. Her notebooks are her passion. She can’t resist walking past a shop without buying one or two. The problem is writing on the first page,  not wanting to spoiling the pristine, crisp pages.  But once written in, it doesn’t take Katie long to fill those pages with her crazy lists.

A snippet from one of Katie's lists

Gossip magazines

Katie loves a good gossip with her best friend, Alana. She also loves reading about gossip in the celebrity magazines.  Her favourite magazine is heat! The magazine is well thumbed but if you do find it under the bed, it will be left open on Torso of the Week unless there’s a story on David Beckham or Chris Hemsworth. Used as a fashion bible, you’ll find circles in biro around accessories (handbags and boots mainly) of celebrities.

Mornings

Not a morning person? Neither is Katie. That alarm goes off and she buries herself under the covers, denying the sun peering through the gaps in the curtains, hiding the morning as she snatches another five or so minutes. Add to this a Monday morning and you have the worst morning in the history of the world. In fact, Katie goes as far to muse that if she was Queen, Monday mornings would be banned. This would make Tuesday the new Monday and would therefore have to be banned.

Sleep

There are times when sleep eludes Katie, especially after one of her dreams. Usually, Katie is like the dormouse in the teapot, finding sleep easy to come by. Even after the eight hours, Katie wants and needs more as it never seems enough. But those dreams are exhausting and depriving her of one of her favourite things. This makes Katie grouchy and in the need of coffee. Lattes are her favourite but she’s not adverse to the odd espresso to kick start her day especially after a night of broken sleep where her mood needs a shot of the black stuff.

Sex (or the lack of)

As a healthy thirty something, single woman about town, Katie enjoys the exercise of the horizontal kind. But it’s been a bit thin on the ground since she broke up with her boyfriend a few months back. It doesn’t help matters when her flat mate, Laura, invites her boyfriend to stay over. It also doesn’t help having paper-thin walls.

Loneliness

When the curtains are closed, the bedroom door is shut and the silence of the night is your only companion, loneliness is pretty hard to fend off. Katie has friends. She loves her job. But there’s no one to share any of this with at the end of the day.  It’s not obvious to anyone, even Katie. But there are moments when she misses the closeness of idle chit chat and  pillow talk, the touch of another’s hand and the warmth of the other side of the bed.  

Men

Ssshh . . . . Now that would be telling . . .

Hope you’ve enjoyed this little peek into Katie’s life. If you’ve read the book, what else do you think Katie is hiding in her bedroom?

Blurb to The Adventures of Katie Button

What happens when your dreams collide with reality?

Katie Button doesn’t believe in soul mates. When charismatic Jack Masterson asks her out on a date, despite him being her new boss alongside his more aloof brother, James, she agrees.

But her romantic dreams about a dashing highwayman, heroic gladiator and Tudor lord are becoming more frequent. And, worryingly, they feel real. She remembers every detail, every touch, every kiss. Until she realises the man in her dreams is James.

But Katie doesn’t even like James. And what about Jack, who is whisking her away for sexy mini breaks in the here and now?

Katie knows she needs to put an end to her dreams before they ruin her life. But how?

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