Things you Save in a Fire, Katherine Center

Okay, so this post is mostly about the author - she’s so generous and giving. I was/am a budding author and I really had no idea chatting with a “real” author was as huge a deal as it is. I read this fun book, Things you Save in a Fire, and I read myself in the way it was written; the way Ms. Center told it, the cadence of the dialogue, etc., so, I reached out to her - and she messaged me back. So I sent her a few questions, you know, nothing too big, like, “How did you get started?” “How is your publisher?” “Can we be friends on Facebook?”

…I know, right?!

Ms. Center responded to every question I asked, and we are friends on Facebook. Are we really friends? Well, no, but still…

Things you Save in a Fire is a fun novel about a female firefighter living in a male-dominant culture. There is an under arching theme of love mixed with a touch of scandal; it was great. So well written, so well put together. I must admit, I had no idea that Ms. Center was as big a deal with her books as she was when I cyber-stalked her, but if you get a chance to read any of her writing - I would do it.