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Mindy Klasky

Mindy Klasky is the author of nine speculative fiction books, most recently MAGIC AND THE MODERN GIRL (Red Dress Ink.) While she now writes full time, she has worked as a copyright lawyer and a law firm librarian for the past twenty years.


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Genre Hopping, or From Fantasy to Romance and Back Again

October 29, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (8)

I thought I was writing a fantasy novel.  My pitch began:

Jane Madison has a problem. Or two. Or three.  She's working as a librarian, trapped in absurd period costumes and serving up expensive lattes, all in an effort to keep her employer's budget in the black…. Now she's been told that the library can't pay her a well-deserved raise – instead, she can live for free in an ancient, dusty cottage on the library grounds.  When Jane settles into her new, allergen-infested home, she discovers a hidden chamber lined with ancient books – a world-class collection on witchcraft. She begins to read a spellbook, never suspecting that she has the power to work actual magic.  Her first spell awakens a smart-mouthed feline familiar. Her second makes her irresistible to men, starting with her geeky, shy co-worker&
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