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    School’s Out! Time to Read!

    Like I mentioned before, the kiddos and I are doing a Summer Reading challenge through our local library and we hit the ground running! 📘 Together we read Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell which was a favorite of mine in elementary school. And both of them picked out books to read on…

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    Summer Reading and Giveaway

    Ah, sweet summer! Flip-flops and Summer Reading here we go! As a celebration of my favorite season, I’m doing a little something special for all the summer readers out there. More on that in a bit. 😎 Summer Reading Challenge Both the kiddos wanted to sign up for the local library’s Summer Reading Challenge and…

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    Feelings of Summer

    It’s Summertime! Let me just stop and say Whoo Hoo! 🌞 I’m so ready, are you? Summer inspires me, I feel the most “me” in the summer. Maybe it’s all the extra sunlight, or the warmth, or just great childhood memories of being home playing outside with my sister, having popsicles and swimming till we…

  • Welcome to May

    Who’s excited to see the sunshine? Me! It has finally been warm enough to not need to run the heater in the mornings here. And may need to switch to the AC by the end of the week. So, how about a quick May update? 🪻 The Mark of the Artist now in paperback! Business…

  • Paperback!

    Guess what I got in the mail? The Mark of the Artist is now available in paperback! 📖🎉 This is unbelievably exciting for me, to hold my own book in my hands! ☺️ Don’t get me wrong, I’m so proud to have published this book last year in digital format. But there is something about…

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    Portal Fantasy

    As I’ve delved deeper into the world of authorship, I’ve become acquainted with so many sub-genres for books. Before this, I had only thought about the biggies. Sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, horror, literary, romance, non-fiction, and children’s literature. Maybe some historical fiction. Basically, those big signs you see above the rows at Barnes & Noble. Side…