Saturday Morning Coffee ☕ #43

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Happy Saturday, friend! 👋

We made it through the week. It’s definitely time for coffee. ☕

Oh, big news!

My first ever horror novel, The Substitute, is available to pre-order now!

It’d be amazing if you could reserve a copy ahead of the release date - you can keep it for yourself or give it to someone as a gift this Christmas. 🎄

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Here’s the result of last week’s poll:

Thanks for voting! Don’t forget to read to the end for this week’s version. ⬇️

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A good video:

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A good note:

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A good book recommendation:

Fourteen-year-old Dawn Weathers was a happy and robust teenage girl about to embark on her first year of high school when her father shared a dark secret. Dawn was the offspring of an angel and demon, her blood was celestial.

Her adventures over the next couple of years are rocky. Until she moves to a small midwestern town, suddenly she’s thrown into a world of vampires, demons, and first loves. As dangerous elements become detected and more secrets are revealed, she learns there is much more than fire in her blood.

Will Dawn find the light or be consumed by darkness?

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Thanks for being here this morning, my friend! ☕

Here’s this week’s very simple poll:

Feel free to share this post if you found it useful/interesting.

Have an amazing Saturday! ⌛

PS. You can read all previous editions of Saturday Morning Coffee here.

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