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with Drake The Duck Muse
Multi-Genre Author ~ Editor ~ Book Designer ~ Writing Coach
The Blog Thingy
Where Emotion and Information are Dispensed Inconsistently... Sometimes
You'll find some interesting stuff here...
a few Op Eds, some Writing Craft Information, Book Reviews, and More. Poke around the categories and see what ruffles your feathers... in a good way!
Shipshewana On The Road: Birch Run 2018
December 2018 This was my first time attending one of the Shipshewana On The Road events, either as a vendor or a guest. Its was an...
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Carpathia Club Easter Festival 2019
April 2019 I enjoyed my time at this event. The event was well planned-out, super-affordable, with a nice diversity of vendors. There...
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Penguicon 2019
May 2019 This was my second "running with the Penguins" and I had a blast! Last year, I participated as a speaker on several panel...
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Greater Rochester Heritage Days
May 2019 This was a fun day shared with some of my favorite Indie Authors. We had hoped it to be a full weekend, but alas, the storm...
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The Pasta Dinner (Indie Book Fest 2019)
June 2019 So much of life (and book festivals) is throwing noodles at the wall to see what sticks. What slides down the wall to the...
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SterlingFest Author Signing 2019
July 2019 This is an event that I look forward to every year. It is spectacularly well organized, in an fantastic location, and...
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Women Who Write Book Festival; Grand Rapids, MI
October 2019 I had a good time at this year's Women Who Write Book Festival. It was an interesting change to be surrounded by other...
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Three Very Different Indie Bookshops
November 2020 I'm madly in love with bookshops; big, small, big box, and Indie. I'm the person that, when you take me shopping at those...
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Three Virtual Book Festivals: A Retrospective
March 2021 During the past year of COVID isolation, many Indie Authors – indeed, most Indie Authors – have been forced to cancel plans...
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Back In The Saddle... Literally.
May 2022 What does normalcy look like to an Indie Author? Spending afternoons surrounded by a herd of authors, soaking up their...
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The Ice Cream Party... Or, How Not To Organize A Writer's Retreat
May 2023 “So, I’ve been thinking that it might be a lot of fun if we got together to have a dish of ice cream. Does that sound like a...
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Ah, Spring... A New Year of Festivals
March 2024 I find it interesting that as we age, our perception of time also changes. When I was a student, the year began in...
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2024 Muskegon, Michigan Part Two: Big Water, What I Forgot, and The Cat Who Cried
July 2024 There is something magical about being near big water. I first felt it when I was a child. My family would team up with my...
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2024 Muskegon, Michigan: Part One... Authors, Books, and a Chicken!
July 2024 Do you remember the lyrics from the George Michael song, “Freedom”… “I think I’m gonna get me some happy!” Well, I got some...
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The Big Stuff In Shared Spaces: Setting Up Your Tent
January 2025 While thinking about and beginning to play events the 2025 Book Festival Season, I was talking with some other authors about...
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