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Life can be stressful, perhaps now more than ever. I’m in full encouragement of people practising self-care and doing all they can to relax. Writing is my very favourite distraction from the world, so I just had to share those 4 wonderful ways writing can help you to relax.
Writing is an escape from reality
What better way to relax, than escaping our real life worries? Writing offers the most incredible escape from reality. In writing you can focus entirely on other people, other worlds and other situations. You can write things that make you feel happy, powerful, creative, inspired and excited. It is completely in your control, and that’s what makes it so glorious.
Writing helps you make sense of your thoughts
There’s a wonderful writing quote by Flannery O’Connor; “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” I completely agree that…
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog

In these last few weeks, writers everywhere have experienced major changes in their daily schedules.
If you were used to writing from home, now you may be accustoming yourself to writing with kids or other loved ones in the next room.
If you were used to squeezing writing in around the edges of a day job, then you may now be making use of your at-home time to at least temporarily live the life of a full-time writer.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
You’ve kinda/sorta finished your book/first draft/whachamacallit.
In drastic cases, it could even be an outline that’s gone off the rails and landed in a ditch.
But.
You’re asking yourself: Did I write that?
More often than we might wish, the answer is yes. What we’ve written is an endangered book.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog


Your author bio is a calling card and targeted marketing tool to promote you and your work wherever it appears. It establishes a relationship with the reader because they get to peek behind the curtain to see who you are, where you are, and what motivates you. A well-crafted bio showcases your talents and expertise and lines the path to the next opportunity on your author journey.
Because your bio appears nearly everywhere your writing takes you, take the time and effort to make it work for you. Even if this is your first publication and have no awards adorning your book, you can craft a bio to engage readers and attract attention.
Heather Hummel’s article on The Huffington Post website instructs authors to write three bios. “Write an extended bio for your website, proposals, interview sheets and media kits; a medium length bio for queries, guest…
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JL Austin
Hot Men, Tattoos, and KU…What more could you want?
I have to…
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#GuardianAngels #CleanRead #Paranormal #SweetLoveStory

No one EVER had a summer romance like this!!
When Charlie visited another plane parallel to our own, he discovered that Summer Angels and Dark Angels battle over the fate of man. Faced with choices no one should ever have to make, his adventure has been fraught with twists and turns, with life and death hanging in the balance. His guardian, Clarisse, is the half that makes him whole, but sinister forces conspire to do more than simply keep them apart.
Find out if they can stand up to the powers that be in this THRILLING MAGICAL ADVENTURE!!! (New adult)

Dana Busenbark
A really interesting series of novellas!
Summer Angel – Who are Charlie and Bethany? Who is John? What is happening in their lives? Who is Clarisse? What journey does she take one of those three on and why? Things finally start to make sense…
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