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June 3, 2014Writing

Swedish Lessons Giveaway and Kindle Sale!

Could it be? It’s been almost a year since Swedish Lessons launched. It seems like time has flown by, but at the same time, it seems like years since the Kickstarter campaign and self-publishing process was consuming my life. Have you enjoyed your break from me jabbering about it? Good! It’s over!

To celebrate the first year of Swedish Lessons, I have two exciting announcements. First, I’m doing a 10 book giveaway on Goodreads. Sign up using the link below, and send it to your friends. Or people you don’t like at all. I’m not picky. Also, the Kindle version of Swedish Lessons is now just $2.99. Three bucks for all the crazy Swedish misadventures you can handle: that is a deal!

These are the best ways I can think to thank everyone for an incredible year, full of tons of support, lots of readers and an all around delightful reception of my first book. Here’s to you!

May 29, 2014General Life Whatnot Self-Employment Writing

Sometimes it just works out

A friend of mine gave me a really lovely plant about a year ago. Unlike many plants I’ve owned, I watered it, and it didn’t die. Quite the opposite. It grew. I didn’t realize quite how much until I was moving into a new location recently, and one big, long branch of the plant, which had grown against the window, broke right off when I pulled it away from its support. Half the plant was gone. The flowering half.

Dammit. Even the plants I think I’m not killing, I end up killing. I was about to throw the branch away when I thought, “What can it hurt to stick the stump of this branch into the dirt?”

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014Self-Employment Writing

Resetting my alarms to “play”

Like many dogs, Lois has a few internal alarm clocks. Unlike most dogs, none of Lois’s have anything to do with food. Lois is entirely driven by people and play.