tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18840500298998027162023-11-16T16:07:04.934+01:00Jannie LundRomance author Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-88443202727025728662014-06-15T09:36:00.002+02:002014-06-15T09:36:40.111+02:00New Website!<h4>
I have a new website. Please find me at <a href="http://jannielund.com/">jannielund.com</a> from now on.</h4>
Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-85996007350416313082014-04-07T19:05:00.000+02:002014-04-07T19:05:37.461+02:00Cover Reveal: A Thousand SunsetsOkay, remember last year when I was being all vague about a new book? Well, I'll stop that right now. A Thousand Sunsets will be published by <a href="http://www.melange-books.com/" target="_blank">Melange Books</a>, and the talented Stephanie Bibb has created a beautiful cover for it that I'm extremely excited to show you!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><i>Struggling to be a dad and
a son, Alexander didn’t know he was lost. Living her dream, Sarah didn’t know
she needed to be found. Enter cupid in the form of a dying man, who hasn’t had
much contact with his children and grandchildren in the years after his wife’s
death. In the meantime, however, a new family has formed around him. Patrick
McCullough’s staring contest with death and wish to unite the family of his
blood and the one of his heart kindles love meant to last, causes tempers to
flare, and creates second chances that are given, taken, and thrown away. In
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">At this time, the goal is to release it in July. I'll pester you all with the exact date once I have it. </span></div>
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Cover Design by Melody Simmons of eBookindiecovers</div>
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<strong>Summary:</strong><br />
Strobe, simply put, is a voyeur's playground. A place where people can heighten their sexual awareness, play with fire, and combust all under the same roof. It's a place where people come together and a place that can push people apart.<br />
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Sloane Renard knows sex.<br />
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She knows what the textbooks tell her. She doesn't know her world is about to be torn upside down by one man. A man who will push her limits and force her to see herself in a new light.<br />
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Lennox Coymns knows sex.<br />
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He knows how to push the boundaries outside of the bedroom. He doesn't know that one woman is about to make him question everything he thought he knew. A woman who will see past the man he is and into the man he could be.<br />
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As Lennox teaches Sloane about the world of voyeurism, she learns more than how to let herself be free with sex; she learns how to be confident and sexy- the kind of woman Lennox desires.<br />
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But can sex and love keep themselves separated or will these two fall under the dark spell that is the hypnotizing lights of Strobe?<br />
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*Recommended for ages 18+ due to sexual situations.<br />
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<strong>Author info:</strong><br />
People have often told Holly that she lives in a fantasy world. Little did they know, she was building an empire of stories in her head to one day share.<br />
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I will be celebrating Christmas at home with my family this year. Hopefully with the chance to relax and recharge the batteries after a long, hectic fall. We well be enjoying a traditional Danish Christmas dinner of roasted duck and rice pudding, sing carrols, and exchange gifts on Christmas Eve. <br />
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My story is called "Den tossede julenisse," and it's the sixth year running I'm contributing to what is the oldest Christmas anthology in Denmark. This year, sadly, we lost one of it's most faithful authors, Lissi Scheel-Thomsen, who inspired me to gather my courage and submit for the first time. That was six years ago, and it will be strange to see an edition without her words in it. I never had the pleasure to meet her even though she was local, but she was a true inspiration. <br />
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Release day is sometime next month. Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-37311801657828488392013-10-14T14:04:00.000+02:002013-10-14T14:04:18.224+02:00Novel to be Published in 2014Exciting news! (Though not exactly new--sorry!) I will have more details to share at a later date, but I can let you know that a certain novel that I have mentioned before will be published next year. I'm so excited about it, and I really wish I could say more, but I can't. Not yet, anyway. Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-73388815682359731452013-01-02T20:16:00.002+01:002013-01-02T20:16:58.759+01:00Keep Going!Sometimes it’s hard to keep going. It seems hopeless when all you get out of your hard work are rejection letters – editors turning down their thumbs at your blood, sweat, and tears – the best you felt you had to give. It seems pointless when reader response is non-existent and even your friends don’t read what you write. It hurts. You give a little slice of your soul, and it feels like no one gives a damn. <br />
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2012 was an important year in The History of Jannie Lund. I made some decisions that I’m extremely proud of, put my will power to the test and to good use, and learned a lot about myself and others. To celebrate that—even if I don’t celebrate the night—I’ve tried to take on a more positive approach. Will power and all that.
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P.S. If you haven't gotten your copy of "Clear as Glass" yet, it's not too late. Get it on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Clear-as-Glass-ebook/dp/B00AQW95ZI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356019463&sr=8-2&keywords=jannie+lund" target="_blank">Amazon</a> or the <a href="https://spsilverpublishing.com/product_book_info/new-release-c-0_1/products_id/1339/" target="_blank">Silver website</a>. Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-67355169866070561342012-12-20T11:46:00.000+01:002012-12-20T17:10:39.580+01:00Clear as Glass Release Day"Clear as Glass" is finally here! <br />
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Later this month “Clear as Glass” will be released. To celebrate that I’ve decided to host a little giveaway.
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<strong>What is the working title of your book?</strong><br />
It's called "Finding Eve". Initially it was just to call it something, but the more I think about it, the more I'm leaning toward keeping it as the title. At least until something better pops up. <br />
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<strong>Where did the idea come from for the book?</strong><br />
A while ago I read a series of articles about children in Spain that had been kidnapped. Some were taken on their way home from school or whatever, and some were taken at birth by hospital staff. The parents were then told that their childen had died at birth and were so deformed that they shouldn't be looked at. Decades later the truth is slowly being unraveled. Reading about it broke my heart, and the stories stayed with me until one day I formulated a loose plot idea and sat down to write. <br />
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<strong>What genre does your book fall under?</strong><br />
Contemporary romance.<br />
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<strong>What is the one (two!) sentence synopsis for your book?</strong><br />
Who can find Eve? Her family, the man who loves her, or the woman who used to be Eve? <br />
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<strong>What are the central themes in your book?</strong><br />
Above all, love. Love between a man and a woman. Between parent and child, brother and sister, which leads us to another very central theme - family. And belonging somewhere. I said above that it was reading about kidnapped children that gave me the idea for the book, but the story is actually about the aftermath - about the kidnapped child - now woman - returning to the family she was taken from. <br />
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<strong>Describe a random character in your book:</strong><br />
Lucas Quinn. He's the twin brother of the main female character, and for almost thirty years he has lived with knowledge that few others believe. His sister, who was kidnapped when she was only a few months old, is alive. He feels her out there somewhere - he knows she's not dead. But he can't find her. He's stubborn and loyal, never backing down when he truly believes in something.<br />
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Jannie Lund - author of Clear as Glass <br />
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Piper Whitney - author of Fractured Heart<br />
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Nicole Dennis - author of 7 Days of Christmas <br />
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Kim Fielding - author of Joys R Us <br />
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Silvia Violet - author of Needing a Little Christmas <br />
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Elysabeth M. VaLey - author of Punishing Santa <br />
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Freddy MacKay - author of Snowed <br />
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Annabelle Jacobs - author of Snowflakes and Strangers <br />
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Pelaam - author of Christmas Magic <br />
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Rebecca Leigh - author of The Angel's Fall <br />
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N Phillips - author of The Christmas Mix Up<br />
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Grace Roselyn - author of The Treasure of Christmas<br />
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Ellen Heights - author of Three Men and a Christmas Goddess <br />
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Mathilde Watson:<br />
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Andi Anderson<br />
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Lillian Frances - author of When Love Flue In <br />
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Azura Ice - author of Wrapped Around Your Handlebars <br />
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Ashlynn Monroe - author of A Most Unexpected Gift <br />
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SJD Peterson <br />
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M.A. Stacie <br />
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Dawn H. Hawkes <br />
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R.J. Scott <br />
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Lisa Worrall <br />
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Trillium <br />
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Jessica E. Subject <br />
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Lexi Ander <br />
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Sarah Bella <br />
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William Cooper <br />
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Tarah Scott <br />
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The Mischief Corner <br />
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Lily Harlem <br />
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Maria MoonStar <br />
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S.A. Garcia <br />
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Marie Ashley <br />
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Eve Tesoro <br />
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NJ Neilsen - author of A Moon-Runner Christmas<br />
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TN Tarrant - author of A Not So Straight Christmas</div>
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I received my advance copy of VJS in the mail today. There are two of my short stories in there - "Det der virkelig tæller" (What Really Counts) and "Hjem til jul" (Home for Christmas). <br />
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"Det der virkelig tæller" is contemporary Christmas with a healthy dose of Murphy's Law. Sofie in her newlywed bliss decides to tackle Christmas dinner for the entire family for the first time. Enter Murphy and his law... <br />
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"Hjem til jul" is a nostalgic tale of the young Sine waiting for her beloved to come home for the holidays. <br />
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VJS 2012 will be relased on November 6th. Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-72925448947556726972012-10-16T15:52:00.000+02:002012-10-16T15:52:08.140+02:00More "Clear as Glass" Info"Clear as Glass" is now up for <a href="https://spsilverpublishing.com/product_book_info/coming-soon-c-2/products_id/1339/" target="_blank">presale</a> on Silver Publishing's website! The release date is December 20th, but you can pre-order it now if you want. Avoid the Christmas rush. ;)<br />
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It's also on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16090384-clear-as-glass" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, so go add it immediately! Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-71985598628272332902012-10-15T10:12:00.000+02:002012-10-15T10:18:55.533+02:00"Clear As Glass" Cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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CLEAR AS GLASS now has a cover! Although all 25 stories in the series have the same cover, I like to think that the eye candy is Danny, the extraordinary glass artist, from my story. :) <br />
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Here's a little taste of what it's about:<br />
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<em>An interview with the glass artist, Daniel Hawkins, gives Kristin a glimpse into his magical world of Christmas, as well as into her own past. Trapped in the same house for the night by the snow, they discover their own magic under the Christmas tree. Passion gives way to awkwardness when the past intervenes, but magic of the Christmassy and romantic kind is too powerful.</em><br />
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It looks as if the release day is December 20th, so Christmas can't come quick enough this year. I'm so excited! <br />
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Christmas stuff is beginning to show up in the stores. The holidays are officially looming on the horizon. So I thought I'd give you an update on some Christmas stories coming up. I don't have any actual dates or anything yet, but that will come eventually. <br />
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First there is a Danish one. "Når julefreden brænder på" will be published in this year's edition of "Ved Julelampens Skær". It's the fifth year in a row I have a short story in that particular Christmas anthology, so it's very dear to my heart. <br />
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There is also an English one. My short story, "Clear As Glass" will be published as an ebook as a part of Silver Publishing's "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" series where a holiday themed story will be released every day in December until Christmas. <br />
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More info to follow soon. <br />
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Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-65315101322201958022012-09-30T21:26:00.001+02:002012-09-30T21:26:28.874+02:00Facebook PageI have a new author page on Facebook. Go check it out <a href="http://www.facebook.com/jannielundwriter#!/jannielundwriter" target="_blank">HERE</a>. :) Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-36567179827431321442012-09-14T18:50:00.000+02:002012-09-14T18:50:19.698+02:00Rejections – a Writer’s Battle Scars
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folder full of them. Rejections. The dreaded and unavoidable evil for all
writers. They crush hope and dreams, they hurt, and they are your self
confidence’s worst enemy. Whether it’s a standard letter full of useless but
polite phrases or a personal note from an editor, who took time to point out
what he or she did and didn’t like, it sucks to open a letter or email that
says that you’re not good enough. Because it’s personal. You put your heart and
soul into your work, and then someone just says “no thanks. Next”. It blows. No
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the writing business, then rejections are part of the game. You need to take
whatever criticism the rejecting editors (hopefully!) give you and learn from
it. Use it to move on. Mope for a few hours or a day at the most, and then let
it be a kick in the ass so you work even harder. Sometimes it’s not just a
cliché to say “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. In writing it’s true.
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that you’ve tried. That you’re not one of those people who dream about writing
a book but never get off their ass and actually do it. Rejections mean that
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"Kirkeklokken i natten" was the first novel I ever wrote. The fact that it's now in print is solely because I wanted a copy on my shelf. It's a suspence novel for children aged 8 to 12 and is about Gustav. He lives in a small town where strange things start to happen. No one seems interested in finding out why, so it's the boy against the world.<br />
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A big thank you to Laura and Christina for putting up with me and my words while I was creating Gustav's world. <br />
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It's available <a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jannielund" target="_blank">here</a>, though in Danish only.<br />
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"Kirkeklokken i natten" var den første roman jeg skrev. Det at den nu findes i bogform skyldes udelukkende egen egoisme fordi jeg ville have et eksemplar stående på hylden. Det er en krimi for børn i aldergruppen 8 til 12 og handler om Gustav. Han bor i en lille by, hvor der begynder at ske mærkelige ting. Ingen andre virker interesserede i at finde ud af, hvad der foregår, så det er drengen mod resten af verden. <br />
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En stor tak til Laura og Christina for at holde mig og mine ord ud da jeg skabte Gustavs verden. <br />
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Den kan købes <a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jannielund" target="_blank">her</a>. Janniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00888244919581652739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884050029899802716.post-58134439897651358682012-08-21T15:39:00.001+02:002012-08-21T15:39:50.787+02:00The Greatest Gift of All<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes things don't go as you'd expected. Often it's little things like a trip to the grocery store or the way your hair looks, other times it's big things such as careers or marriages. Many disappointments later, many of us are still not one hundred percent convinced that the grass isn't greener on the other side, either. It sure looks green. And it smells heavenly in the summer rain. It's called hope. Such a beautiful thing, yet hurts so much when it comes crashing down. We all know it, but even though we remember the pain, we're always looking for something new to hope for. <br />
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As a writer, you do a lot of hoping. You hope that your story turns out good, you hope that deadlines, stubborn characters, and lack of inspiration won't make you go insane, you hope that the story will be published, and you hope that people will like it. I hope this all the time. However, experience has taught me that sometimes hoping is in vain. Sometimes your story is crap, you go insane, and end up with nothing but a stack of rejection letters. And that's okay. It's all part of the experience. And let's face it. It should be. You'll never grow as a person or as a writer if you don't accept that the bad comes with the good. A failure will make you work harder next time. And be proud of those rejection letters, too! They prove that you're not taking the easy route. Easy routes are boring. <br />
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So some disappointments are healthy. Others are not. Rejection from an editor is one thing. It's to be expected and it's not personal. Yes, yes, I know that there are a lot of personal elements in your story and having it rejected can hurt the first few times. But there are also personal elements in the story that was picked instead of yours. Try again. The other kind of rejection hurts more. The one from the people you know. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and although praise is wonderful, honesty is better and more useful. That's not the problem. The problem is when your author friend shows interest in your work and you don't return the kindness. You think it's "cool" to be an author? It's a job. It's hard work. And it's as hurtful to have your writing work ignored as it is when your promotion or praise from your boss is ignored. <br />
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I have never tried to hide that I'm not taking the easy route - not even within the business. I don't do it for any other reason than my conscience won't allow me to do differently. I stay clear of publishers who are low on morals. I write a story for what it is and don't change it so it becomes something else. I wasn't born with the annoying, yet sometimes useful, look-at-me gene that often results in too many tweets about the same thing. (read: book) It's not me. And good on you if it's you. <br />
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So what's my point with this blog post? Yes, there is one. I'm venting. Simple as that. It's been over four years since I got my first letter saying that someone thought my story was good enough to publish. And in that time, I can count on one hand the times people have told me that they liked what I'd had published. Don't you have friends? I hear you asking. Yes, I do. And what about family? Yes, that too. I've worked hard to get to where I am today, but unfortunately I've received a lot of gifts. The greatest gifts of all. <br />
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And yes. There is no doubt I'll regret this blog post. And finally - yes. I am feeling sorry for myself today. I'm allowed. <br />
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