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Super Sonya vs the Woodpecker – final

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The final post. But is it really? See, we are doing something a bit different than all my other books. First off, it will be released in English (normal), Spanish and Canadian French. I have been very fortunate to have friends able to do those translations for me. This book is so special to me, I want to share it as widely as I can. And, if you would like to translate it into yet another language, let me know. Promotion I’m also promoting the book more widely than ever before. That has always been one of my failings. I don’t want to bother people. I’m changing that attitude to be, I would like to invite people to be part […]

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Super Sonya vs the Woodpecker (pt 3)

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I finally had a rough draft of the story. I had a filled in story template. I didn’t yet have the name Super Sonya vs the Woodpecker. I sent the story template on to McQuina (my illustrator) to review. This all took much longer than I expected. I set a meeting with McQuina to talk next steps. I think this was about June. Next steps We discussed the book and how we would proceed. Now, keep in mind, I’ve done book layouts in the past but never anything with illustrations. What would we use to build the book? I know we didn’t have any illustrations yet, but it seemed important to me to know how we could actually assemble a finished […]

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Happy New Year!

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Shocking title for a post, I know. Who else in the world would think to name a post “Happy New Year!” on New Year’s day, after all. I am nothing if not derivative. 2024 – A Year of Loss and Recovery I will be the first to admit, COVID knocked the wind out of me. Perhaps not physically, but certainly emotionally. Not only that, demands on my time were at an all-time high, elevating stress levels further than usual. We had cause to celebrate with the arrival of a new member of the family early in the year. Then, my mom passed away. Her passing wasn’t unexpected but that doesn’t make it any easier. I went from the person responsible […]

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