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Time to write

The latest thing I've learned about writing is something I really didn't want to know. It's this: I write best in the morning, before I've even stood up to make my morning tea. I am so not a morning person. I hide for the first hour after I wake up, if I think it'll help me avoid talking to anyone. My husband gives me a hug, and then beats a careful retreat, because I am a grizzly bear if I've been awake for less than that required hour. Mornings are for tea, toast, and dark chocolate. But then, in some freakish lack of judgement, I put the computer where I could reach it in the morning, and actually started writing as soon as I was awake. You know this is nonsense, right? I really love it that I've discovered the way to circumvent my  brain's endless chatter, endless need to “check” something on the internet. When I'm still waking up, strangely, I care little about the outside world. It's the perfect time to write. Even a

Slowly moving back in to Etsy

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A friend told me it would take five years to start feeling normal again after cancer. Yep. I'm finishing ( still! ) the daughter-demanded sequel to a middle grade book I wrote for her a couple of years ago, and slowly getting my feet back under me on Etsy . Yay, Etsy! Thank goodness for an easy, online vendor! Uploaded sea turtle below. Happy to be online.

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