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Author Erin Mindes


#Author Life-Day 22: Greatest Strength
What is strength anyway? Is it that I can open jars really well? 𤣠Or that I can arm wrestle my son? (never for š°money) Or does it go...
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Feb 26, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 21: Your Team
My teamā¦ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø As far as a writing teamā¦Iām still working on that. Iām in a few writing groups but Iām an introvert and so I...
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Feb 25, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 18: #Teaser Tuesday
Okay so Iām only a week behind! Heās a little teaser from my Young Adult novel, MILO, Book 1: Secrets, which is currently in the editing...
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Feb 25, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 20: Reader Love
My most favorite comment about one of my stories came from a mom who told me that while her son was in the bathtub, he was playing said...
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Feb 20, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 19: Background Noise
I can tune out a lot when Iām in a writing zone. And believe me, Iāve got enough background noise, from dogs barking, kids, Clone Wars...
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Feb 20, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 17: Dream Event or Retreat
Iād pretty much would enjoy going anywhere for a retreat or writing event-though if I was in Europe or something for a retreat, I...
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Feb 19, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 16: Research
Iām not writing Non-Fiction but Fiction does take some research. When I was drafting my mermaid story (still needs revising), I...
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Feb 17, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 15: Bookish Possession
Itās not fancy, but I love my fiction books from college. They have notes written through many of them as we delved in deep. Iām not sure...
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Feb 17, 20201 min read


#Author Life- Day 14: Treat Yourself
When I finish a project I donāt really have a tradition of treating myself. But I do need to decompress. That might mean taking a walk,...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 13: Writer Friends
Iāve met amazing writers/friends over the years from conferences, online groups, ANWA, to retreats. The writing community is bursting...
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Feb 13, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Days 10-12:
Doing a big catch-up. Life has been a bit busyš¬ Day 10: Bookish Bucket-list Publish 1 novel and 1 childrenās picture book this year. š...
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Feb 12, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 9: Author Fashion
This is kind of a silly prompt for author life because letās face it, a huge percentage of writers probably write while wearing their...
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Feb 10, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 8: Work In Progress
This is the first time Iāve set off to write a Middle Grade novel. It started as an small idea 3-4 years ago and when I really sat down...
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Feb 10, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 6
Inspiration For me inspiration comes from nature, life, art, music, past experiences and the many āwhat ifā questions. #authorlife...
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Feb 8, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 3
Writing Fuel I love these chocolate covered pretzels. I would probably have sunflower seeds, but my husband gets grossed out by them so...
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Feb 6, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 2
#youngadult #childrenpicturebook #day2 #shortstories #authorlife
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Feb 6, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 1
A writer friend Camille Smithson Author shared this with me so Iām going to try to catch up and do it. For the month of February youāll...
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Feb 6, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 4
Biggest Fan or Mascot A pretty good cheering squad, donāt ya think? All kidding asideāThis guy below loves and supports me in my writing...
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Feb 6, 20201 min read
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