Kelli Jae Baeli
Biography
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Baeli was born to spin a yarn. The daughter of a professional musician, she arrived in Wichita and began her journey with a song in her heart and a plethora of passion erupting from her pen. This love of lyrics, prose and poetry was just the simple seed of what would grow into a wordsmith's obsession with the creation of multifarious characters and storylines that fork with dual plot lines into romance and intrigue.
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Colorado are just a few locales that surface in Baeli's novels as these places are ones she drank in from her time in University, to retreating for self exploration. Each place is rich in bucolic terrain and provided grand palettes for her mysteries and suspenseful romances. Townies and their coveted colloquialisms provided divine fodder for tales too real to be true.
There is nothing like experience to craft a character. Baeli has plenty to spare—from a stint in the military to late nights spent delivering newspapers, waiting tables, or as a technical writer for a corporate jet company. Each job was a necessity, but one that Baeli turned into a study in the human condition or sometimes inhumane conditions. Some of Baeli's fondest endeavors were fronting an all female band for seven years in Little Rock and her enjoyable time as a managing editor for a women's press.
In recent years, Baeli has pursued technology with a dedicated passion. Website building, blogging and creating and maintaining online forums have shared the docket with her ever-present story crafting. Baeli has relied on her technical writing roots and expanded her repertoire, enabling her to edit for herself and other writers, both accomplished and aspiring.
With over 200 song writing credits and 22 books to her credit, Kelli Jae Baeli shows no signs of wear. She has returned to her beloved Colorado where she may be found amongst the Denverites, people-watching over coffee and conversation, awaiting the next story to inspire and entrance. (~Justice Harlow)
The author can be followed on Twitter @JaeBaeli. Reader and Professional reviews, as well as Feedback, Praises, and First-Born Children, are cheerfully accepted via her website, jaebaeli.com.
Where to find Kelli Jae Baeli online
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Books
Wear a Helmet
by Kelli Jae Baeli
Price: $3.99 USD. 65290 words.
Published on March 2, 2010. Nonfiction.
Think David Sedaris meets Nora Ephron. In Wear a Helmet, Baeli again displays her ability to swing from unapologetic humor to revealing even the most painful fragments of her psyche. It becomes clear, as you read through these pages, that she relies on humor as a survival mechanism. "I'm an open book, but some of the pages are stuck together," she admits.
Also Known As DNA
by Kelli Jae Baeli
Price: $3.99 USD. 76180 words.
Published on March 2, 2010. Fiction.
In this sequel to Armchair Detective, Jobeth & Phoebe are enjoying Lakewood, Colorado & Jobeth's newly licensed AKA Investigations. After a fresh start,life seems idyllic & full of promise. The dream is soon shattered by ghosts from the past, appearing to tear the fabric of love and trust.
A crescendoing battle of survival will test their courage, as they discover the darker permutations of DNA
Random Act of Blindness
by Kelli Jae Baeli
Price: $2.99 USD. 47230 words.
Published on March 2, 2010. Fiction.
A professor struggles with her sexual identity after crossing paths with a clever young lesbian, in this erotic novella.
Plethora
by Kelli Jae Baeli
Price: $3.99 USD. 84810 words.
Published on March 1, 2010. Fiction.
Brenna, A quirky bisexual author, escapes to Hogscald-a place where Mother Nature is not always nurturing, the Bubbas are watching from the knoll & her nearest neighbor lives in a treehouse & thinks she's been inseminated by aliens. Micah, a masseuse, trudges through the exasperating & often comical dating scene in real life & on the Internet, still desperately searching for a suitable partner.
Baggage
by Kelli Jae Baeli
Price: $3.99 USD. 61620 words.
Published on March 1, 2010. Fiction.
During Hurricane Katrina, Patriarch Dominic Fontaine meets his freakish demise—the rubble of his hurricane-proof mansion all around him—& no one suspects that a vengeful woman came to kill him. The secrets held in a safe deposit box spur the Fontaine offspring into a journey of enlightenment & self-discovery as their lives converge with strangers, & the mystery of syncronicity takes over.
Achilles Forjan
by Kelli Jae Baeli
Price: $3.99 USD. 66110 words.
Published on March 1, 2010. Fiction.
Burlington, Vermont was a city known for its near-nonexistent murder rate. So when bodies begin to appear along with a mysterious note and a humiliating gesture from the killer, local authorities scramble to discover who is responsible.
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