Dear Awesome Reader,

This evening, I took Indie for a walk and it was so lovely; the sun was shining, the birds were singing, Indie was smiling. I was so relaxed and I felt, happy.

I feel like there is so much pressure put on teenagers currently and I think it’s so important to, every now and then, take yourself away the stress of school and just enjoy the world around you.

Exams are can be important, but what’s more important is to enjoy and appreciate the little things in life. With regards to the amount of pressure I believe is being put on teenager, I will be writing a longer post soon to explain my feelings in more depth.

Thank you for reading this post and I hope it provoked some thoughts… 🙂

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Publicity Tip #83~

Depending on how long you’ve been in the book/author publicity game you will either have a good sized list of helpful publicity sites (that don’t cost an arm and a leg) or a very small one. Regardless of the length of your current list one of the best blogs I’ve discovered online that helps promote writers is The Story Reading Ape (Chris).

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What’s so special about this book/author blog?

1stoff, the publicity there is FREE.

2nd, Chris has a wide following of readers and authors (7300 at the moment) for his blog as well as on his extended social media sites – so whatever you submit for consideration will be seen.

3rd, Chris encourages quality guest posts & submissions (Author Articles & Book Promotions:Free, Discounted, New, or Debut – see requirements first).

4th, if you follow…

The below humorous poem was penned by one of my former colleagues and relates to the antics of my guide dog Trigger who can be seen in the below photograph:
There was a young guide dog named Trigger,

Who pursued people’s lunches with vigour,

Whether cold food or hot,

He’d go after the lot,

And caused many a smirk and a snigger.

Bursting the “writers are rich” bubble, once and for all…

Authors’ income ‘at breaking point’ – BBC News.

Me reading my poem entitled Birds,