Saturday Morning Coffee ☕ #50

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Hey friend, 👋

Well, here we are. Fifty editions deep.

That’s a lot of Saturday mornings. That’s a lot of coffee.

I hope you’ve been enjoying these roundups as much as I’ve enjoyed piecing them together.

Here’s my favourite Note from the past week:

A friend sent me that photo during an open evening in my old high school. That’s the door to my English classroom. And that’s a poster of my book stuck next to it!

11-year-old me with my dorky glasses and giant schoolbag never would’ve believed it.

Anyway….

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And if you have any questions about it, don’t be afraid to DM me.

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• A People Pleaser Learns to Write the Book She Wants to Write by

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• WTF is Creator Gravity? by

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• As a New Writer, These 5 Decisions Opened Unexpected Opportunities by

  Michael Thompson
  ,
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  and
  Darius Foroux

• From Procrastination to Publication by

  Khadejah J
  and
  Moon Arica

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A good note:

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A good book(ish) recommendation:

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Thanks for being here this morning, friend! ☕

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

Have a brilliant weekend! ⌛

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

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