Catch a Rising Star: A Novel

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Chapter 1: Chapter 1 : Part 1
When thirty-something Tabby Brockman has the opportunity to reclaim her role as a killed-off character on the nation's #1 daytime soap opera, she figures this must be God's reward. But back on the set, she's faced with the same hateful head writer

Chapter 1: Chapter 1 : Part 2
Just as I maneuver a bite around the whiskers, my two coworkers, Janice and Kristin (picture Cinderella's wicked stepsisters), enter the reading room. I bristle at the sight of their wrinkled smirky faces looking on in amusement as though I dressed up

Chapter 1: Chapter 1 : Part 3
In the midst of my brain-wracking, I look down until I find the source of the first annoying comment of the day. Less than a minute into the story hour. That's got to be a record. The little girl has blue eyes, curly blond hair.

When thirty-something Tabby Brockman has the opportunity to reclaim her role as a killed-off character on the nation's #1 daytime soap opera, she figures this must be God's reward. But back on the set, she's faced with the same hateful head writer who killed off her character in the first place, kids who drive her crazy, a stage dad who rubs her completely wrong, and and an unwanted boyfriend who can?t seem to get the message.

Faced with this dizzying rollercoaster of challenges, Tabby has to wonder: is she finally a star on the rise or just on the brink of another spectacular fall?

Tracey Bateman is a slightly neurotic mother of four, wife of one, and owner of three dogs, two blue bloods and one mutt (the mutt is the only one who will come to her when called). Lifetime movies, chunky monkey ice cream, and frantic late night Instant message chats with friends, who are only slightly less neurotic, keep her moving forward when deadlines loom and insanity is nipping at the heels of her mind.

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