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September is halfway through, so I ask myself, where did August go? We were so busy camping, traveling to visit our children and grandchildren, and working on various projects around our house, that I didn’t get a chance to write an August newsletter. However, September found me back at work editing my current novel. It […]
September Write Away Read More »
(Author Newsletter…Volume 1, Edition 1) If you happen to follow me on Facebook, you may know that I have changed the name of my blog to “The Write Way with Chris“, as I am incorporating my blog as part of my author website. I will feature a monthly Newsletter on this site the last week
“Don’t Let the Holidays Stress You Out” Thanksgiving is behind us and now that December is in full swing, holiday decorations abound. Where I live, we have plenty of snow on the ground to get one into the holiday mood. As I work around the house or take time for my hobbies, I love to
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I recently read a novel by Elin Hilderbrand titled The Five-Star Weekend. A quick synopsis: the story is about a middle-aged woman who recently lost her husband to an auto accident and has trouble coming to terms with his death. She realizes her perfect life is not so perfect anymore and that her fame isn’t
A fabulous get-away with four friends. Make it five-star! Read More »
I am coming up on the four-year anniversary of the start of my blog. I haven’t written a post since April as it seems time got away from me. Summer has been busy, and we also spent several weeks getting over a bad cold. I am glad it wasn’t Covid. Last week was the first
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This month I will be talking about the many ways I market my books. As I get nearer to the release date for a book, I begin posting on Facebook little excerpts from the book, photos that I use for inspiration, I have a board on Pinterest you can look at for each book, something
I was asked to participate in our local high school’s career day back in September. However, due to some unique circumstances, I was unable to attend. However, that was after I put together a flyer for students who were interested in my writing process. In the flyer, I explained that my genre is cozy mystery…a
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2023 is a new year, offering each of us 365 possibilities to be the best “ME” we can be. I am not a big believer in making New Year’s resolutions, as resolving to do a specific thing can be stressful and disappointing when you fail. If I resolve to lose weight and don’t, then I
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Many retire without a plan for their future, and I don’t mean a monetary goal. Let’s say you retire at age sixty, and today’s life expectancy is seventy-nine. What are you going to do with those nineteen years? Or, on the other hand, suppose you are still of employment age. Are you developing a skill
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I don’t know what the weather has been like where you live, but here in Northern Michigan, it has been unseasonably hot. However, we took a week-long camping trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula a week ago and spent a great deal of time at the lakeshore cooling off. While we were gone, I could not
As I sit here at my computer, I can look out the window to our back yard. The temperature is currently 10F degrees, and they are only calling for a high today of 29F degrees, but at least, for now, all the snow has melted. Living in the woods like we do, that means it
Leaving March Behind Read More »
