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This is a picture of me and my friend,
Karen's, shih tzu. Her name is Honey Bear as you can tell by the dog biscuit I am feeding
her. I went up to dog sit for Karen (a Deputy District Attorney and my inspiration for Amanda
Landry) who had just finished a trial and was going on vacation. She had told me about
this particular crime while she was working on the case and said I could read through her research
books. I became so fascinated by it that I changed my whole plot in the middle of the book.
I had a grand time with Honey who is the perfect writer's dog. She sits at your feet and keeps
them warm while you write.
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This is a picture of the real Churn Dash, me and one of his owners, Clare Bazley.
He was born around the same time I was writing Seven Sisters and Clare and I came up with his name
which is both a quilt pattern and a name that sounds fast! I visited him twice during his "growing up"
years when he was boarded in Paso Robles. The horse blanket he is wearing is a Churn Dash pattern made
in the Bazley Racing Stable colors of tan and navy blue. The horse blanket/quilt was made by none other
than Tina Davis, my very talented webmaster. Don't worry, we only put the quilt on Churn Dash's back for
the picture.
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This is the picture of the real Figaro, a barn cat owned by my friends, Clare and Tom
Bazley. He had been a long and faithful companion to them (starting out as a barn cat and graduating to
their house cat). He died while I was writing Seven Sisters. I wanted to immortalize their
very good friend by making him a character in my book. This picture shows him sitting on a saddle, like
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