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Fall Weather? I Hope It Stays!
A big change in the weather arrived last night, because of Hurricaine Erin, the jetstream was pulled down and we are enjoying some nice temperate weather. It’s delightful to have some low-humidity days where you can open the windows and enjoy fresh air! I’m looking forward to fall so much that the book I am
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Happy Release Day To “Your Mr. Brightside”!
You would think that since it is release day, the hard work is done! But honestly, this is actually when the hard work really begins! Ugh! Marketing! I hope people enjoy the story of Brandee and Luc finding love. If you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read Your Mr. Brightside as part of your subscription. And as
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AI? No, thank you!
I don’t use any AI in my writing process. I waited a long time before I finally started writing books and hard as it can be, I can’t imagine outsourcing it to a chat bot. Once I finish my drafting and revising, I send my book to an editor. I revised some more and when
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April Wedding?
Today is my twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. Did I think on that day last century that we’d be married so many years later? I think I did. I knew after our first date that we would get married. Was it love at first sight? No, did I know we were going to wind up married? Yes.
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Dare To Dream?
As winter drags on, we are catching a little break and temperatures are above freezing this week. It’s too early to start seedings but not too early to start garden planning. Yesterday, the hubs and I looked online for another raised garden to add to our front yard. Once it is in place we will
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Why Writing Silly Love Stories Matters
The most important thing to me as I wrote No Gouda Without You was to have a main character who was a cancer survivor. I was tired of reading and watching stories where women died of breast cancer. What about the seventy percent of women who have breast cancer, go through treatment, and then pick
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Well, I Have Some Special Editions Now…
Whoops, I forgot a key ingredient
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Happy Black History Month!
I thought I’d kick off February by sharing a few books off my shelf written by some wonderful Black authors. I’ve got my house decorated for the wonderful month of love as you can see! Have you read any of these? Share below! This was a good read. I love political thrillers! My lovely parents
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Why Authors Call Their Books Their Babies
Sometimes authors talk about their book babies and I didn’t understand why until I was revising my first book. Writing a book is like being in labor. Once it’s done and the baby has arrived you quickly forget the finer points of how arduous the whole process was to endure! When I was writing this
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This Meal is Worth The High Cost of Eggs
Baked Kimchi Rice and Eggs is a meal that I got from Blue Apron a couple of years ago. It was so good! I had to adapt it a little from the Blue Apron version because theirs includes a packet of ingredients they call Asian aromatics, and you can’t buy a jar of it. I