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Interact with Dana Mentink
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Last On: Oct 3, 2009 - 6:06 PM
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921
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Member Since:
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May 10, 2008
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Location:
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San Ramon, CA
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ShoutLife Address:
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shoutlife.com/danamentink
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Website:
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www.danamentink.com
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Genre:
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Mystery
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Primary Publishers:
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Harlequin, Barbour
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Influences:
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Jan Karon,Phil Callaway, Penny Warner
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Killer Cargo (2008)
When Maria de Silva lands her plane on a deserted strip in the Oregon wilderness, the last thing she expects to find hidden in the cargo is a box of red hot contraband. Confronted with assailants who want to keep her quiet, she flees into the countryside until she finds her way onto the animal sanctuary of Cy Sheridan. He doesn't trust her and the feeling is mutual, but together they must confront a smuggler, outrun murderous thugs and find away leave the deadly cargo behind.
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Trouble Up Finny's Nose (2008)
Two gruesome discoveries- her dead husband's secret novel and a body in Finny's town square fountain nearly push Ruth Budge to the edge of her sanity. A crazy kaliedoscope of characters including half baked Dimple Dent, writer of fortune-cookie wisdom and Monk, the amorous town caterer add to the chaos until Ruth finds herself in the ultimate do-or-die situation.
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Pi and the Fabulosa (Slightly Married) Twenty Four Hour Man (2006)
Pi Steely's life is a circus. Literally. As business manager for the Steely Family Circus, sensible Pi steers her madcap troupe through the perils of life on a daily basis. Things progress from muddled to madness when her soul mate accidentally turns up married and a body is discovered on circus grounds.
Aided and abetted by a zany young man with a tarantula tattooed on his forehead, and her pet chicken, Rhonda Sue, the smart and sassy Pi must fight the odds to save her circus family, reunite with Reuben, the slightly married love of her life, and manage to mollify an international cast of flamboyant, one-of-a-kind characters, one of whom could be a murderer. It's going to take a brilliant performance and a whole lot of heavenly intervention to keep the show on the road.
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Dana Mentink is an elementary school teacher who enjoys life in the Golden State. On hiatus from teaching, she busies herself with her little ones and living out her passion to write. Dana's husband works for the fire department. They met doing a dinner theater production of the Velveteen rabbit. Long time California residents, they enjoy regular trips to Yosemite and the gorgeous Monterey Bay area.
Dana spent her college years competing in speech and debate tournaments all around the country. Besides writing, she busies herself teaching Sunday School, taste testing for the National Food Lab and freelancing for a local newspaper, covering stories about everything from bees to burrowing owls. When she's not working on inspirational suspense for Harlequin, Dana writes cozy mysteries for Barbour Books.
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Did my handle just fall off?
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4/21/2009 - 8:57 AM
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Is it a bad sign when your handles break off?
As I approach the ripe old age of forty something, my old '89 Toyota seems to be a reflection of my descent into the second half of life, sort of a picture of Dorian Gray type of thing. Should I take it...
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- Most Recent Reply: 06/11/09 - 8:50 AM
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Uh oh! Caught in the act of sinning.
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3/27/2009 - 8:53 AM
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I finally did it. I finished the last page of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. It made me realize two things: first, I should have read it when I was closer to college, my brain was vastly more elastic then, and two: C.S. Lewis was a genius. Who ...
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Teatime? Why bother?
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2/22/2009 - 12:59 PM
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Had a lovely time at a beautiful tea place called the English Rose here in Northern California. The tricky part? I don't particularly like tea. If they could just make it taste more like coffee, I'd be all over it. So why go? Why not grab a coffee fr...
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Bald Men and Books
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1/10/2009 - 5:39 PM
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There's something about bald men. I'm not talking about men who have a shiny spot or thinning hair. I'm talking about men who boldly shave that hair off and reveal their heads for all the world to see! It's a risk. Sometimes there's a nasty surprise ...
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- Most Recent Reply: 06/11/09 - 8:49 AM
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The View From my Desk
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12/24/2008 - 10:59 AM
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I sit here typing this looking at the door next to my desk. It's covered with Christmas cards. I was just struck by the wonderful simplicity of Christmas cards. They are sent not as marketing tools or promotional devices. There are no ulterior motive...
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