It's been quiet in these newsletter parts but we've just dusted off the weekly Editing Espresso and Angela's Advice sequences so those will be starting up again, plus I'll be sending regular weekly emails again.
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First thing to share: I unexpectedly have a last-minute opening for an editing project either end of March or early April, due to a scheduled project moving into August. If you've been procrastinating booking edits, this is your sign.

Of course I'm open to romance, thrillers, mysteries, women's fiction and fantasy BUT I just completed edits on 2 non-fiction projects and I would love to do a 3rd this spring (specifically business or prescriptive non-fiction. I'm the wrong editor for memoirs.)

Just reply to this email and I'll send you some information (there's absolutely no obligation, you can just email to ask for info). You can also find some information on my website.​

Fun news: we fostered (to adopt) a new dog from our local humane society!! It's been a year since we had to say goodbye to our Spooki and we finally felt ready to welcome a new dog into our family. We really felt that Tulip, our current dog, needed a young companion to play with and keep her company so we scouted around for the dog that seemed right for her. Turns out she does NOT like bigger dogs, so though we were going to adopt a pitty mix (who was so sweet) she was simply too big for Tulip and the body language during interaction was all wrong.

Thankfully, we were able to meet a dog that had just come off stray hold that day--meet Booker Malcolm Washburn. Yes, that's a big name for a small dog (17lbs) but...Firefly. I'm a long-time Firefly (NOT Joss Whedon) fan and so I gave him a Firefly mashup name. His initials are BMW so he's got the same initials as my daughter and at least one person in this house has already started calling him Beamer lol.

The (5) cats in my house have slowly gotten used to him over the past 2 weeks, while we practice the 2-week shutdown period, and we're pretty sure that eventually everyone can happily co-exist and I'm planning on finalizing his adoption tomorrow. Yay!
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NEW PRODUCT! We have a new story bible template in the shop for a limited time discounted introductory price, designed by my awesome assistant, Dan, and tested by multiple authors in The Acknowledgments. This template is meant to help you keep your story world organized, searchable, and easy to manage, with one place for characters, settings, plot details, relationships, and other continuity details across your books.

My favorite comment so far about it was from one of my authors who said she'd been using it to help plot a new series and she kept saying "Oh! I have to know that? Oh damn, I have to think about that?" Basically, it was a guideline that helped her not just keep track of details in an existing series, but actually helped her with ideas for the brand new series.

If you have any questions at all about the template, just email us/reply to this email and Dan will be happy to answer!

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​Checking in: How are you? Life is really feeling hard right now, just with the world in general. Are you still able to write, or taking time for yourself?
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I'm spending a LOT of time in the music scene, both because my husband is the lead singer in a local band, but also because attending live music is making a really positive impact on my mental health right now. I hope you've found something for yourself that's helping you as well!
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Until next time, just keep writing, reading, and falling in love with the story.
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~Angela
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