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Sundays are for online conferences and schedule planning at the Day Job.

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My favorite books are on here!

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I’m using this from now on.

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Oh look. I wrote a blog post. Finally. 😆

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I can finally announce it. I’m going to have a story published in the Austen Tea Party Anthology this coming August!

Take care not to spill the tea (literally) while we share the latest on-dit (aka dish the dirt) about the Ton, who is courting, and who has been compromised in this collection of Austen-inspired romance stories.

Join us for a turn around the room in stories from USA Today best-selling and award-winning romance authors curated by the New Romance Café featuring cameos from some of Jane’s most memorable characters (and some we’d like to forget). ALL proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Austen Tea Party is available for preorder here.

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How I wrote my most current story.

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That moment when your character blurts something out that even you didn’t see coming.

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What happens when you drink coffee late and can’t sleep? You end up adding almost 600 words to your WIP on your mobile phone while lying in bed.

No, it’s not as efficient as actual typing, but that’s 600 more words than I had before.

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Daily Digest 5/1/23

It’s been quite a while since I’ve done one of these.

To be honest, it’s been quite a while since I’ve done any writing. I’ve recently figured out I can only split my focus on one Big Goal at a time and for the past year or so, that was my health.

Now that I’ve got that mostly under control I’m starting to shift back into writing mode.

And it feels 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥!

I got up this morning with the intention of heading to High Ground Coffee and spending three-ish hours writing with the OC Writers group, but mornings…

So I ended up getting there around 10:20 or so. I did get some words down and it felt weird and good trying to find that groove again.

But, it’s me and things never go as planned. I forgot to plug my computer in last night, so the battery was dead. And I don’t like actual writing with pen and paper because it’s slow and then I have to type everything over and it’s tedious and boring and I never do it. Pen and paper are for outlines and plotting.

But I did have my phone and of there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years it’s that I do my best work writing on my phone.

It’s weird. I went without a computer for over 3 years and during that time I wrote on my phone. I wrote at amusement parks, in line at the DMV, when traveling in planes, trains, and automobiles (but not while driving!).

I don’t know what it is about the tiny screen that lets the creativity flow, yet it does. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Lately, when I would be working on the laptop, I spend a good 30 minutes just staring at the blinking curser the entire time. But today, in the less than 30 minutes I spent actually writing today, I got in a solid 302 words.

Anyhoo, that’s about all I had time for today. It’s a day off the Day Job so I have errands to run (cats need to be fed, after all), and a birthday to celebrate—can you believe Dad turns 77 years young this year?—so we’re going out to dinner tonight. Tomorrow is a home day, so I should be able to bust out the rest of this story tomorrow.

On a side note, I set up my phone’s home screen with widgets and one of them is quotes and motivations. This was the one that popped up when I left my writing session. Fitting don’t you think? 😆

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁

Story: 302

Web: 0

Social: 591

Total: 893

Here we are celebrating Dad’s birthday on Radiator Springs Racers. Shhh…🤫 Mom will kill me if she finds this picture online. Thankfully she doesn’t have Tumblr. 🤣

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Some pics from this week’s walks at the Day Job. I try to get out and moving since I sit from 10-14 hours a day.

1) Wednesday

2) Thursday

3) Friday morning

4) Friday afternoon’s view 😂

5, 6, 7) Saturday…it snowed! The peak is about 4400’ so the snow is close to the 2000’ level. 🥶

Video: Friday night 😬

#ThisWritersLife #WalkView #DayJob

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Today in History: Jane Austen died at age 41 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Here’s a look back to when we took a selfie in Bath. #ThisWritersLife #TodayInHistory #tih #tbt #MyFriendJane #BathUK @jane_austen_centre (at The Jane Austen Centre, Bath) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0D7MSVgsqZ/?igshid=1rsxanewssy7u

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Not something you see every day on the mean streets of @cityoflagunaniguel. I think I need to get me one of those...it’ll make my writing more authentic, don’t you think? #😂 #thiswriterslife #regencylife #moderndayregency #ponytrap (at Laguna Niguel, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz9au6PAIUx/?igshid=11twusooqqtha

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Rainy days are perfect for writing! At my fave writing joint with lots of coffee, my outline, computer and some good writing music. Lots of #sprints going on today! #thiswriterslife #rainyday #amwriting #romance #reluctantlords #adamandmax #worth @konaloacoffee_mission_viejo (at Kona Loa Coffee Mission Viejo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Buhbt53gfdz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kg8l6vu707ab

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Making good on my promise to read more this year. Each month I’d like to read 1 research book, 1 craft book, 1 new-to-me author, and 1 randomly selected book from my shelves. I’m excited to get started! #ReadHarder #2019Goals #BookNerd #ThisWritersLife #ThisReadersLife https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEV0aVFbLU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c2eysic1lj6c

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My top 9: writing, inspiration, travel, and Disney! #top9of2018 #top9 #thiswriterslife #halfsie https://www.instagram.com/p/BraxiGsl_PT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jglnf4rj7htg