Celebrate the Small Things

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Celebrate the Small Things! And Blog Tour at Elizabeth Seckman’s!

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Today I’m over at Elizabeth Seckman’s blog, celebrating my new book release with some of my favorite inspirational quotes. Don’t forget to stop by and share your favorite quotes!

What else am I celebrating? National Donut Day!! National Donut Day is celebrated on the first Friday in June, so today’s the day. Enjoy!

What other celebrations are going on out there?

 

Trouble By Any Other Name

 

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

Today I’d like to celebrate that I finally published my second book, Trouble By Any Other Name! I know, I’ve been celebrating all week, but I’ve gone so far past my original dream of publishing one book that I just can’t help myself. And when my order of print books arrives on Tuesday, I’ll celebrate some more! 🙂

I’d also like to celebrate blogging buddies! I’ve met so many wonderful people in the blogosphere since I joined it a little over two years ago. Kind, friendly, generous, encouraging, and supportive — there aren’t enough words to accurately describe them. I’d like to send out a HUGE thank you for helping me get the word out about my new book!!

This weekend my family and I will celebrate Memorial Day with our annual visit to the cemeteries to remember those lost. We will never forget.

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Trouble By Any Other Name

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Celebrate the Small Things! — Another Weekend Edition

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I haven’t been keeping up with blogging very well the past couple of weeks. My focus has been on finishing up the last details necessary for getting Book 2 out. Add in the craziness of life in general and, well, something had to give.

Now that most of that stuff is out of the way, I’m celebrating finally getting my interior print file and e-book file uploaded to IngramSpark! I had already uploaded both cover files. The e-book conversion was a pain, but it’s done. All the files went through Ingram’s processing successfully, and I received the e-proof. Yay! Now all I have to do is go over the proof, and if everything checks out, Book 2 will be good to go! The e-book will be available right away. The print version will be out a week or so later because I want to order a print proof to make sure it looks good before releasing it. Can’t wait to see it! 🙂

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Celebrate the Small Things! — Weekend Edition

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

Today is Green Up Day here in Vermont. It’s the day when people all over the state volunteer to go out and pick up trash along the roadsides to keep our state beautiful. We did our part this morning and cleaned up both sides of the short dead end road we live on. It’s sad, the amount of trash that had collected there over the winter. Take care of your own trash, People!!! Put it where it belongs and don’t just throw it out your car window!!!

Okay, rant over.

Celebrations for this week:

My wild forsythia

My wild forsythia

  1. We finally have flowers!!
  2. Spring is here in earnest! The grass is growing, and the trees are budding. I love spring. It’s my favorite time of the year.
  3. Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there in Blogland and everywhere! We’ll be celebrating with my Mom and Dad tomorrow.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

It’s almost May! Whoo, hoo! I’ll be glad when it gets here because I think April and March switched places this year. I don’t know what the average temps are supposed to be for this time of year, but it’s been in the 20s every morning this week. Brrrrr!

Crazy weather aside, I’d like to celebrate:

  1. That when it SNOWED earlier this week (ugh!), the snow melted quickly and was pretty much gone by the next day.
  2. Another bookselling event coming up on Saturday at the Women’s “We Care” Expo in St. Albans, VT!
  3. Another good book review on Goodreads!

Tune in on Monday for the Cover Reveal of Book 2: Trouble By Any Other Name!

Happy Weekend!

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

Well, another week has whizzed right on by. Fun things to celebrate:

  1. It’s school vacation week! So far, we’ve been indoor rock climbing, go-karting, roller skating, and had a sleepover. We also went to a wonderful barbershoppers concert and sold a lot of Girl Scout cookies. It’s been fun!
  2. My daughter was a Student of the Month for the second time this year!
  3. It’s finally starting to warm up around here. It was so nice to get outside and do some yard work.
  4. Happy Earth Day!

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

This has been an absolutely fantastic week. It started with being contacted by a writers’ group from a neighboring town. They asked if I would come and speak to their group about my book and writing in general. I was surprised and flattered and said I’d be happy to talk to them. They seemed really pleased and excited, which put a smile on my face.

Then midweek, I received an official Library of Congress (LOC) cataloging number for Book 2. Whoo hoo! I didn’t get one for my first book, partly because as a newbie, I didn’t know I needed to apply for one before the book was published and partly because I wasn’t sure self-published books could get them. Without that all-important cataloging number and information, libraries aren’t likely to buy the book because they’d have to create the catalog entries themselves and few are willing to do that. Apparently it’s quite a complicated process, as I found out from trying to get Book 1 into my local library.

As it is, I had to go through a two-step process to get the number. First, I had to apply online for an account in the LOC’s Preassigned Control Number (PCN) program. Because I have my own publishing company imprint, my application was accepted, and I was given an account number and password. (Yay!) Then, I had to fill out another online application for the book itself. I received an e-mail the next day approving the application and giving the PCN number. (Lots of happy dancing going on!)

And then to top the week off, I received a stellar book review (which can be read HERE) from a high school student who had bought Book 1 from me at VT Comic Con last fall. (Happy dancing ten feet off the ground, at this point!)

I think I’ll be smiling well into next month.

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© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2016. All rights reserved.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here.

This week hasn’t been the greatest, what with my son being sick with a bad cold for most of the week, with the issues I had with piracy, and with the fact that it’s snowing again as I’m writing this. Still, there are some good things to celebrate:

  1. It’s Friday! Enough said.
  2. Spring will eventually get here. I just have to have a little more patience.
  3. Now that my edits are done, I’m starting to get caught up with some other things that were piling up.
  4. Next Tuesday, April 12th, is free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s! Free ice cream! And not just any ice cream — Ben & Jerry’s. Yum!!

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© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2016. All rights reserved.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

I know it’s been awhile since I posted. I’ve been spending every free minute on my edits, and today I’m happy to say, I’m FINALLY done. It’s time to celebrate! Whoo hoo!!

Book 2 is a big step closer to reality. Unfortunately, it didn’t leave me any time to prepare for A to Z, so I’m going to have to bow out this year. I’ll be around to visit, though. I’m looking forward to seeing all the interesting topics everyone has come up with.

Can’t wait to see Book 2 in print! So far, I’m on target for May. Fingers crossed!

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© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2016. All rights reserved.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

I spent this morning helping set up for the Spring Book Fair at school. I enjoy checking out all the new books, and so do my kids. They can’t wait for the Fair to open on Monday. This week I’d like to celebrate:

  1. Books! They can enrich your life in ways you never imagined.
  2. Another snow day! Or maybe I should call it an ice day, since we had more ice than snow. The roads were so bad that even police cars parked on the side of the road at accident sites slid off into the ditch by themselves.
  3. Going to the movies this weekend! My kids aren’t little anymore, but they’ve never outgrown Disney. (And I hope they never do.)
  4. Next Tuesday, March 8th, is National Pancake Day at IHOP! Free pancakes! Whoo, hoo! I am so there.

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