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Jenny Noa
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Checking In
Hello, happy June to you. I don't have a lot to report, honestly. Some days, it feels like a dream that I have a book out in the world....

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Jun 22 min read
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Timing
Hello, friends. The Kirkus review has come in. This is another one that we have to pay for but it's very well respected and felt like...

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Mar 232 min read
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Review
I mentioned in the last post about the pay-for-play review I submitted. I can happily report that my obsessive email refreshing has come...

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Jan 262 min read
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Reflection
Six weeks from the launch, but it’s only now that the travel and holiday frenzy is wrapping up that I can breathe a bit. It feels good,...

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Dec 27, 20242 min read
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Launch
It is done. The book is out, available where books are sold or special-ordered. Honestly, not sure what to say. The response from friends...

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Nov 17, 20241 min read
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Proof
I have a proof copy of my book in my hands and I can't lie, it's a little surreal. I'm not sure I'm feeling all my feelings. It's a tough...

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Nov 9, 20242 min read
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Pencils Down
To update you on the cover, it's done and it's wonderful. I can't tell you how good it feels to have it, to love it, and to have gotten...

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Sep 20, 20241 min read
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Cover Me, Part Deux
The list does feel never-ending sometimes, but it shifts. At first there are giant things like "write book" and "do edits" and "stop...

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Sep 3, 20242 min read
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Cover Me
Well, folks. We are drawing near to the finish line. Think more turtle, less Sha'Carri Richardson, but nevertheless... The Beta reading...

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Aug 11, 20242 min read
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ARC
Hello, hello. Still at it. I'm learning a lot at every step, which is good. Taking lessons from life is my thing. But it's slow going. I...

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Jun 19, 20242 min read
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Beta Testing
I have handed copies of my (finished??) manuscript to five people to do what they (we??) in the biz call beta readers. These kind, kind...

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Apr 17, 20242 min read
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I'm Baaaack
I am alive and well, and thanks for waiting. You probably guessed that I put the whole project aside for a good long while -- eight or so...

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Feb 25, 20242 min read
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Still Here
Lest you think I've completely disappeared or given up...I remain alive and mostly well. I don't know much about writer's block. My...

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Apr 29, 20232 min read
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How it Goes
Welp. Nothing really to report on the book, which feels like something I should report on. This is a process blog, after all. I lasted a...

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Dec 3, 20221 min read
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Life
That's a big title. It's only to say that life has gotten a little in the way of the schedule I was hoping to keep to. I had some wisdom...

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Sep 20, 20222 min read
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Finishing Energy
The podcasts I've been listening to talk about "finishing energy," a (I hope) final burst of creativity and verve that gets you to the...

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Aug 26, 20221 min read
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Carts and Horses
Absolutely hilarious to me right now that my chief concern just two days ago was how I would manage to record and upload essays that are...

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Aug 10, 20222 min read
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Countdown
Welp, we're about a week away from the due date for the edited manuscript. I will admit that I've been obsessively checking my email for...

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Aug 8, 20222 min read
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The List
I want to keep moving forward while the book is with the editor, but just getting a handle on everything is difficult. I thought to begin...

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Jun 26, 20222 min read
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Next
Friends who used to regularly ask me how the book is coming along have stopped doing that. I can't blame them and it's partly a relief....

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May 22, 20222 min read
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