Kat Richardson (not really here)
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Award-winning author of bestselling GREYWALKER paranormal detective novels, and others. Mirroring at https://t.co/2iR341qErZ and at Blue Sky as katrichardson.
Western Washington
Joined May 2009
1) Kaffeklatsch at Third Place Commons is THIS Sunday, March 23 2) I am constantly exhausted, but working anyhow 3) I love you nuts
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Kaffeeklatsch on behalf of Cascade Writers is Sunday March 23 from Noon to 2 at the Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park. Cherie M. Priest will be our guest for chatting and chilling. Grab a cup of whatever to fancy, or just drop in. And it's free! https://t.co/ovYIwSPGtp
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Hello all. Cherie M. Priest and I will be hosting a casual kaffeeklatsch for Cascade Writers this Sunday from Noon to 2p at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park, WA. Open to all writers and readers.
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Event correction: I'll be reading and signing with Tamara Kaye Sellman at 5PM (not 3:30) on Saturday at the Saltwater Bookshop in Kingston WA. See the pic for details or check my Events Page ( https://t.co/nbqbRViP87
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Hey, I have a Big Idea post up at Whatever. I'd kinda forgotten I'd written this article.
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Sometimes as an author you find a character, and sometimes the character finds you. In this Big Idea for Storm Waters, author Kat Richardson introduces a character who stopped by… and then st…
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1920s Slang from Storm Waters with some very deep roots: Going/Gone to Read and Write: (v) going to/in jail. Read more on my website. https://t.co/2JvMCA55op
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Going to Read and Write: Today's slang has a really long history in various forms.
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Soon to know more than you ever wanted about this slang term from Storm Waters. Durham: Durham: (noun) “bullshit.” Probably in reference to “Bull Durham” tobacco products based in Durham North Carolina. But also... some bull(s)... Learn more on my site
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Durham: A phrase now forgotten anywhere outside of North Carolina, although it's still useful, and seems to have been around for quite a while before the...
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Hey all: Storm Waters is only $5.99 today on Kindle!
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A modern noir thriller with a paranormal twist set in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Prohibition has just ended, and the US is still struggling in the depths of the Great Depression. But for notorious...
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Heard this term in a song from the 2010s today and realized it's also in STORM WATERS. So here's a criminal slang term from the 1920s for today's nibble of period slang: Crush Out: (v) escape. https://t.co/7pMC0vwtCl
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Crush Out: I heard the term used recently in a song from the 2010s and thought it was interesting that a term from the crime world of the 1920s and...
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More slang from Storm Waters Hard Ticket: (noun) A person or ghost who is difficult or dangerous to deal with; an unscrupulous person. A rare term in the 1930s, mostly used in spiritist an spirtualist circles starting late 19th century. https://t.co/X7GHz9l2S3
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Hard Ticket: The first finished draft of Storm Waters was actually a novella titled "Hard Ticket.
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Hey, more 1920s slang from STORM WATERS! Cutting (up) foxy: (v) acting clever. Learn more at my website. https://t.co/PdOdlVdLQ2
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Cutting (up) Foxy: This is an odd term you don't see anymore and I first encountered it in "Crooked Souls" by Dashiell Hammett.
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More slang of the 1920s and 30s from my new book, STORM WATERS. Button/buttons: (n) cop/cops. Shortened from “copper buttons,” referring to the buttons on early police uniforms, which were made of copper. https://t.co/zHTLVUq37p
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Buttons: Because it's almost Veteran's Day in the US, I figured I'd show you some uniforms.
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Because I missed yesterday, there are 2 Slang terms from Storm Waters today: Choice Morsel and Bughouse. Find out more about these terms from the 1920s and 30s that appear in my new novel Storm Waters!
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More slang from my upcoming 1930s fantasy noir crime novel Storm Waters. Broderick (the): (n) severe, usually methodical, beating. Derived from real life NYPD detective John Broderick, notoriously violent head of the Gangster Squad.
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Here's the daily slang post from Storm Waters. Give the bird: (v) blow a raspberry/"Bronx cheer"; make a derogatory sound with the lips. (Not the flipping of a middle finger.) https://t.co/mEtjwkXJ5h
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The Bird (Give The Bird) Hey, a term that hung on for a looooooong time and comes from the 1920s, but was still in use into the early 1970s in some places...
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More slang from the 1920s and 30s from Storm waters. Today: all rung up! ((adj) dressed in fancy clothes or costume; may imply evening clothes)
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All Rung Up: Continuing with the daily slang term from the 1920s and 30s.
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Your daily dose of slang from the 1920s & 30s:
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All Balled Up So, Storm Waters comes out next week from Fairwood press, and since it's set in Los Angeles in 1934, I thought I'd post a slang term from the...
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