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Happy Monday, friends and bookworms! How was your weekend? 🖤
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We're all (read: me, my SO, and our daughter the cat) struggling with this heatwave, but fortunately, proof-listening to my audiobook isn't too physically demanding.
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(although, I'm getting a little bored with it now. The novelty didn't last. 😅)
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That's my only goal for this week:
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✒️ Finish listening to the audiobook.
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Could be harder than it sounds since my narrator hasn't uploaded the last five chapters or the end stuff yet. Hopefully, those chapters will follow this week so I can wrap this up.
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It's nothing against my book--you can only go over every bloody word so many times before you never want to read it again 🙃
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QOTD:
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What are you up to this week? I hope neither you nor your goals suffer too much in this heat 🖤
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I'm going into my library tomorrow to help with re-opening prep, and I hope the air con works for a change 😬
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Friends, I've spent all week listening to my audiobook, reading along with the paperback and trying to catch any issues (like repeated sentences and background noise) and I think my ears are bleeding now 😳 That's a lot of time spent with headphones in my ears!
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BUT I'm over halfway there (29 chapters done, 10 to go), and once my narrator - the incredible Leanne Yau - has gone over my feedback, I'll...
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*gulp*
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I'll approve the audiobook of Rise of the Sparrows, friends and bookworms 🥺
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This is too awesome. I can't tell you how frigging excited I am! 😍
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Who's excited with me and ready?? 🙌
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Happy August, friends and bookworms! 😱
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This year has been unusual in every way but one: it's flying by just like every other year. I mean, how is it Christmas in just over five months? 🎄
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*goes into hiding for saying *that* c-word*
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My goals this week are much the same as my goals this month, so no separate lists necessary:
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✒️ My narrator finished recording RISE OF THE SPARROWS over the weekend, so I now get to listen to every chapter and point out everything that's not quite right, like background noise or missing words. This'll take a while, so please put the kettle on.
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But that also means that I'll get to hand out download codes in exchange for honest reviews soon!! My Sparrow Review Team will get first dibs, so if you want in, keep an eye out - I'll be opening the list soon 😘
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✒️ I've made a strong start with THE SILENCE OF MAGIC during Camp NaNo, and I want to keep it going. I won't set a word count goal because I don't know how long the audiobook stuff will take, but I'll make progress 💪
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✒️ With the camp pressure gone, I can *finally* get back to BLOOD WISP. I need to re-outline the whole thing and re-order my chapters, but it'll be worth the effort 🙌
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✒️ I don't actually know how my editor is doing with BRIGHTENED SHADOWS, but there's a possibility that I'll be getting her line edits back this month. If that happens, I'll apply her changes and--
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I just realised how close I am to needing beta readers 😶
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And that's my goals summarised into a deceptively small list 😎
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QOTD:
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What are you up to this week and this month?
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Many thanks to @equal.writes for introducing me to the WIP journal!! 🥰 You'd think I'd already have had one, given my obsession with stationery, but no! It really helps me put things into perspective when I feel - once again - like I'm not doing enough. Thank you, Xenia!! I've a feeling this'll be a new tradition for me 🖤
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It's come at a great time, too, because I kinda showed July who's boss 💪
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I've fully outlined my new WIP, THE SILENCE OF MAGIC, and written the first 15k for Camp NaNo. I've hit that goal just now!!
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I've finished my read-through of BRIGHTENED SHADOWS (of which I had roughly 60k left to read and rewrite) for Camp NaNo, sent it to my editor, and I'VE SEEN THE COVER PROOF omg. It's much too early to show off, but you'd better believe there's a cover reveal in the not-too-distant future!
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It doesn't look like much like this, but I assure you it's huge progress 🥺
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OH, and my narrator is currently recording RISE OF THE SPARROWS for audio 🤗 That's happening 😊
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QOTD:
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How have YOU shown July who's boss?
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#challengeaccepted #womensupportingwomen
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I'm case you've been wondering what this is about, this challenge was started to raise awareness of the femicide in Turkey, to highlight that any woman can end up as a black and white photo in the news.
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If you want to know more, go educated yourselves 🙌
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(I'm using an old picture for this, but I don't think that matters 🤔)
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#endfemicide #endviolenceagainstwomen

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I've JUST finished Golden Son and now I'm in pain 😭😭😭
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If you, too, have been emotionally injured by this book, feel free to DM me. I need to talk about wtf I just went through 😭
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August 13, 2020

I’m so grateful the US puts ‘A Novel’ on its novels, because it reassures me that what I’m seeing is definitely a novel and not twenty-eight miniature badgers in a shoebox

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August 13, 2020

And one more time for the folks in the very, very, very back who didn’t hear this the first 500 times I said it…

PLEASE DON’T DM a person who just followed you back unless you’re invited to do so!

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August 13, 2020

Can I meditate with my cat purring on my lap? Let’s find out 🤔

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