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    The Glamorous Life of a Writer (Spoiler: It’s Mostly Snacks and Existential Crises)

    Ah, the writer’s life. People think it’s all vintage typewriters, bookshelves overflowing with all the classics, and sipping overpriced coffee while typing profound thoughts that will someday change the world. Let me tell you the truth. It’s mostly staring at a blinking cursor while wondering if “the” is really the right word. Morning Routine: The Fantasy vs. Reality Fantasy: Wake up at 6 a.m., do yoga, make a green smoothie, then write 2,000 brilliant words by noon. Reality: Okay, I still wake up at 6 a.m. because, well I don’t know why. My body just thinks it’s time to get up. Roll out of bed, scroll through Instagram for “inspiration,”…

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    It’s been a minute…

    Or approximately 1,095 Days or 26,280 Hours or 1,576,800 Minutes, or if you really want to break it down, 94,608,000 Seconds… In that time a lot of life has happened for all of us. I won’t go into details, that would be an entire book on it’s own. But I will let you know, there has been a lot of writing, editing, and other publishing tasks going on during that time. Between The Beats was published, pick up a copy here if you haven’t already. And if you would be so kind, once you do read it, please leave a review. Even if it’s just a quick, loved it, great book,…

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    Let’s Stay Connected

    Dear Reader.I hope this finds you well and enjoying the days as they get longer. We’ve had sunshine and warm temperatures here in the greater Seattle area. I know, most people think it rains here all the time, and to be fair, we do get a lot of rain and gray days. But spring, and definitely summer are beautiful times of the year in this area. Especially when “the mountain” comes out. No matter how long I live here, seeing Mt Rainier in all its glory never gets old.  I think that is one thing I will miss when I leave. But, that is also one of the things I…

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    The Next Book

    Wait? You are probably saying to yourself, what about the first book? Did I miss something? Has it been published? How do I get my copy? No, you haven’t missed anything. I’m still in the waiting phase for feedback and responses to queries that have been out for some time now. Though I’m starting to think that because I’ve had no response to those queries, that they are probably in the reject pile. So for those keeping count, that’s now lucky number 13 for the “thanks, but no thanks.” But instead of sitting around, wallowing, having a pity party and drowning my sorrows in Amaretto Cherry Cordial ice cream (seriously,…

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    Dateline: April 2019

    So it’s been a little while since I last updated you all. Since “snowmageddon” stormed through after my last post, we’ve finally dug our way out of that mess and have been rewarded with an amazing spring. Not normal for the Pacific Northwest to get warm weather and sunshine throughout the month of March, but I’ll take it. Even with all the nice weather, I found the time to finish all my edits and revisions on the latest version of Between The Beats. It has now been sent off to an editor for a SWOT analysis. Because I am still waiting on that, I have held off sending out any…