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Kara Jorgensen

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Kara Jorgensen (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary oddball with a penchant for all things antiquated, morbid, or just plain strange. While in college, they realized they no longer wanted to be Victor Frankenstein but instead wanted to write like Mary Shelley and thus abandoned their future career in science for writing. Kara melds her passions through her books and graduated with an MFA in Creative and Professional Writing in 2016. When not writing, they can be found hanging out with their dogs watching period dramas or trying to convince their students to cite their sources.

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Kara Jorgensen I'm assuming you checked out my blog (I just updated my website on here to www.karajorgensen.weebly.com ). With my blog posts, I tend to have an idea …moreI'm assuming you checked out my blog (I just updated my website on here to www.karajorgensen.weebly.com ). With my blog posts, I tend to have an idea and just wing it. I'll edit it, but winging tends to be how it goes since blogs tend to be a source of free-writing for me.
With my books, I am a planner and outliner. I never have the whole story plotted, but I have a basic idea of where it is going and make outlines for the next five chapters or so. That way, I have a clear path of what I need to cover, but I leave enough wiggle room in case my characters have other plans about what they will be doing.(less)
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The Reanimator's Heart (The...

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The Reanimator’s Remains is in the Indie Ink Awards!

I am very excited to announce that The Reanimator’s Remains was nominated for quite a few categories in the Indie Ink Awards, and I still can’t believe it. Seriously, thank you to all the people who nominated it. Last year, books 1 and 2 won in different categories, and it would be amazing if book… Continue reading The Reanimator’s Remains is in the Indie Ink Awards! Read more of this blog post »
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“A gun. You know, in case one of them tries something.”
“No, you can't have a gun.”
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“The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.” -Oscar Wilde”
Kara Jorgensen, The Earl of Brass

“Pastel means cake in Spanish, so both dogs are named cake. You see why it's ridiculous?"

Oliver looked between the dogs and the exasperated look on Felipe's face, but he couldn't hide his joy at the realization.

"Christ almight, Oliver." Felipe shook his head. "I cannot believe you like it"

"That's because, unlike you, Oliver has good tasrte," Louise said with a wink.”
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“You're dead! I can't let you wander all over the place decomposing.”
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“Professor Lyall looked modestly proud. "I am considered a bit of an expert on the procreative practices of Ovis orientalis aries."

"Sheep?"

"Sheep."

"Sheep!" Madame Lefoux's voice came over suddenly high, as though she were suppressing an inclination to giggle.

"Yes, as in baaaa." Professor Lyall frowned. Sheep were a serious business, and he failed to see the source of Madame Lefoux's amusement.

"Let me understand this correctly. You are a werewolf with a keen interest in sheep breeding?" A little bit of French accent trickled into Madame Lefoux's speech in her glee.

Professor Lyall continued bravely on, ignoring her flippancy. "I preserve the nonviable embryo in formaldehyde for future study. Lord Maccon has been drinking my samples. When confronted, he admitted to enjoying both the refreshing beverage and the 'crunchy picked snack' as well. I was not pleased.”
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