Since I was hoping to be out on submission this month, I’ve had most of my revisions done and found myself with time to read for fun! Usually, I feel like I #amreading for research or craft—becoming a writer has definitely changed how I read—but this month it was pure pleasure, and I discovered several that will become favorite books….
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I’m toasting myself this morning. With coffee. I’ll save my favorite High West whiskey for tonight. My agent is sending my manuscript out on submission! For those of you not immersed in the writing world, that means she’s pitching the book to publishers. Another huge step in this marathon—actually, more like a 500-mile thru-hike—of a journey. I had no idea…
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Now that our world is living through the COVID-19 pandemic and practicing social distancing, it’s been interesting to see the similarities and differences to life during the 1918 flu pandemic. I’d love to hear about your experiences with social distancing and life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Should we increase or decrease our vigilance as our first wave recedes? What do…
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This headline from the New York Times could be talking about new cases of COVID-19 falling off, but it refers to the 1918 Spanish influenza. Then, too, New York was trying to find the fine line between optimism and pragmatism. “Health Commissioner Copeland was optimistic, but in discussing the figures he said that eternal vigilance was alone the price of…
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Symptoms of the Spanish flu, the name given to the 1918 flu pandemic, differed from seasonal flu symptoms in surprising ways. While the onset brought about familiar fever, body aches, and a sore throat, the illness progressed quickly to bleeding from the nose or ears and petechial hemorrhages, bleeding under the skin that looked like a spreading red rash. Victims…
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