This week's progress update for The Case of the Lost Boy. 📚✍️
Also getting ready to start outlining the next Peyton Brooks novel, The Church Arsonist. 🔎🔥
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I've spent my life studying words and their meanings 📚, but I honestly believe none are more powerful than the word "no." It's simplicity, it's directness, it's conviction. When someone says it, they are being unequivocal 💬.
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Missing my dad today. ❤️
The family was talking about taking a trip to Disneyland this year, and this photo of my dad on the Jungle Cruise ride popped up. Precious memories 🏞️📸
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This week's word is tenacity. 💪✨ It's something I strive to have no matter what I do. However, even with the best of intentions, it can be hard 😅.
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I struggle to understand the coffee craze ☕🤔. I've only ever drunk it when I desperately needed a pick-me-up 😅. I do like tea when it's cold, though 🍵❄️. What gets you going in the morning — coffee or tea?
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I like this quote 💬✨ It's an important lesson to remember. Once you start, it's all downhill from that point on ⛰️➡️.
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The Cafe Amaretto audiobook is available for presale. The audiobook will be automatically downloaded to your device on March 15th.
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It really is.
One of my favorite flowers is the flower of California—the poppy 🌼🧡.
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Progress tracker for The Case of the Lost Boy 📚✍️
It's not easy writing a children's book and balancing a serious topic while keeping it from becoming too scary 😬.
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So true. Gotta level them off before you take them back up again.
She wasn’t even three, but she had created an entire backstory about helping him overcome bullying.
Now my youngest granddaughter is turning one 🎂 — and I’ve been reminded that every ball pit must include a resident snake 😄🐍
Honestly… what is a ball pit without a snake?
This is going to be a bit of a long story 😊🐍
My oldest granddaughter once decided a stuffed snake needed a safe home in her ball pit because the other stuffed animals were being mean to him 💛. Continued in comments...
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This-or-That Thursday 📚✨ If you read physical copies of books, which do you prefer — paperback or hardcover? For my personal library, I always love hardbound 📖❤️.
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Cafe Amaretto is available now for preorder in eBook and audiobook formats!! This is the last book in the Zion Sawyer Cozy Mystery Series www.amazon.com/Caf%C3%A9-Am... #booksky #newrelease #newbook
Word-of-the-Week Wednesday 📖✨ I actually love this word. I feel so elegant when I use it 💬💫.
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I'm considering changing the cover on this book to a more contemporary one.
Please help me make the decision by voting on which one you like more.
1 for watercolor painting
2 for contemporary
Teaser Tuesday 👀💍 Get ready for the Sequoia wedding of the century 🌲✨. Preorder Café Amaretto in eBook now 📚, or wait until March 1st to preorder the audiobook on Audible 🎧.
Link in comments
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One of my biggest flaws is the fact that I get easily overwhelmed by large tasks 😅. I manage it by breaking everything into smaller milestones and crossing them off a list 📝✔️. Does anyone else feel overwhelmed when something seems too large?
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Nothing says spring like the blooming of my crabapple tree 🌸. I'm so ready for the return of the sun ☀️. No offense, but winter is just not my thing ❄️.
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Progress report #2 for The Case of the Lost Boy: Not as much progress this week as I'd hoped, but chapter 3 is in the books 📚✍️.
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This week’s focus seems to be healthy living 🌿. My version is pretty simple: daily walks 🚶♀️🐶, lots of water 💧, and reading before bed 📚.
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The Germans have a wonderful term — lüften — opening windows and doors each day for fresh air 🌬️🏡. I love the feeling it brings, even when it’s cold outside ❄️.
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Thank you!
On Wednesdays, I take my granddaughter to library Storytime 📚. Two weeks ago the theme was dogs 🐶, and it hit me that we have FOUR dogs in the house several days a week 🐾😅. I didn’t admit the number out loud, but can you really have too many dogs? ❤️
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My favorite time to write is in the morning 🌅. The sunlight through my office window ☀️ makes ideas flow more freely ✍️, and my inner critic is much quieter in that soft morning glow ✨.
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Exactly. It felt like a physical accomplishment.
I started writing on a typewriter in my parents' basement ⌨️. Editing was retyping whole pages, and research meant flipping through leather-bound Encyclopedia Britannicas📚. Now everything is at our fingertips 📱, and I sometimes feel nostalgic for that simpler time✨.
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It's funny how your tastes change as you go through life.
I once hated the color orange🧡 — now I love its warmth. And in a hibiscus, it’s simply stunning 🌺.
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