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☕ Good morning, folks!
I hope this little slice of the interwebs finds you in a good place today.
What’s the weather like where you are right now, in the real world? Any sign of Spring yet? It’s still cold and blustery with a side of rain here in Northern Ireland (ie. the usual).
In case you missed it, I’ve added a Table of Contents post to the How to Write for a Living homepage. It should hopefully make it easier to navigate the publication as a whole.
Check it out below:
BIG NEWS!
My debut novel, The Soulburn Talisman, is now available for pre-order! It’s been a long time coming and I’m incredibly excited to finally have it out there in the world.
Check out the cover and release date in the post below:
You can pre-order your copy here.
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A little something extra from Medium:
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As always, it was brilliant to spend a few minutes with you this morning!
Don’t forget to vote in this week’s poll and pre-order The Soulburn Talisman (if you want to).
Feel free to restack this post if you found it useful.
Have an amazing Saturday! 😊
I'm excited to get to your book. I have a few books in line ahead of you. Oh, if there were only 50 hours in every day!
Thanks for this helpful post, David! :) Also, happy spring, I guess? (We don't have spring here in the Philippines - only summer, the southern monsoon season (habagat) and the northern monsoon season (amihan).