Catherine Cheek

Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.

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Book Review: Clash of Kings

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin It’s been many years since I read a 1000 page book in two days, so that tells you something of how I enjoyed this novel. GRRM really knows how to make a person care about characters. Some of the characters I adore, such as Daenerys and Arya. …

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Magnet Set 3

These magnets contain some of my niftier findings.  I took apart a watch to get the gears in the upper right. They aren’t as fun as all-metal gears, but plastic watch gears aren’t radioactive, unlike some of the radium dusted (it glows! In the dark!) ones from last century.  I like the transistors too, and …

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Book Review: Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin For the first time in my life, I actually read a book because of the television show it was based off of instead of the other way around. I’d resisted reading this series for a long time, one because it is high fantasy, and two because my …

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Treemaker, Part 1

Dear Blog Friends, The advantage of still not having that full-time job I’ve been applying for? I’m way ahead of schedule on the book publishing. Here it is, the long (and by long, I mean 10 days) awaited second novel of the Seabingen series. Downloads on Smashwords haven’t been nearly as brisk (probably because this …

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Clarion Magnets

Here’s the second set of magnets I made for the Clarion Foundation’s Write-a-thon this year. Some lucky person will get these.  Keys donated by Kim Stanley Robinson.  I hope they’re going to a good fridge.