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Bragging + Iran+ Adele

Bragging + Iran+ Adele

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This week it’s not a recommendation so much as a brag. So maybe that’s what I recommend this week - a bit of good old fashioned bragging. Thrust out your chest, tug your suspenders away from your body, plaster a smug look on the ole kisser and reeeeeeeeeally toot your own horn.

I am thrilled and delighted (and frankly still processing) to announce that I have sold three more books to my publisher. Woot woot woot!

Holy man! Last January I was giving one last kick at the can to get published after A LOT of rejection and this October I have three more books (in addition THE HONEYBEE EMERALDS) in the hopper! A podcast I enjoy - The Shit No One Tells You about Writing - ends every episode with, “And remember, it just takes one ‘yes’” and that is so true and so motivating.

Here’s the skinny on what’s coming:

THE FOULEST THINGS: A young archivist wants to nail her new job, but an overbearing boss and a corpse in the vault dampen her prospects. Can she salvage her career, un…

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