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Writer by design, Author by intent. YA Fiction writer, Freelance Editor, and Lover of the Oxford Comma

North Carolina, USA
Joined September 2017
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Reasons to love small towns: drinking wine at the local hardware store with kittens and live music #smalltowns #MondayMood
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Anyone else ever loose something behind a piece of furniture & think, “that’ll be a fun find when I move” or is it just me? #TuesdayThoughts #AdultingAndStuff
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If a fraction of the people who argued masks save lives would donate blood, <1 hr of their time every 60 days could save 3 adults or 6 children. Imagine the lives we could save if we applied the same social consciousness to that as we did masks. #donateblood #savelives #Masks
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For any #authorsofinstagram with a MC who wears glasses, know that I had to pause after walking outside for my glasses to un-fog because it was just too humid #writing #summerproblems
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As the southern writer that I am, I can tell the humidity level by how quickly my notebook pages become wilted #author #summernights
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People have the misconception that writers have amazing vocabularies. If they saw our search history, they would know that we have to google the definitions of basic words multiple times.
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As a writer, I hate seeing/using “just then,” to start a sentence. But just then, it seemed to fit. What’s something #WritingCommnunity dislikes using in their #WIP? #WriterWednesday
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Real talk, once I start putting my manuscript out there, I’m gonna have to change all my passwords, am I the only one? #CharacterSecurity #WritingCommunity
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#WritingCommunity if you’ve ever been worried about your MC’s name being to out there, just know I met a Socrates and a Butler in the span of one day in my #beachtown #uniquenames #authorlife
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You know it’s humid when your glasses fog up walking outside #southernproblems #beachlife
The dingbatters, dit-dots, and people from off are out in force this weekend. Do your MC’s world have any fun terms for non-locals? #WritingCommunity #SaturdayThoughts
When I get writers block, I like to either get outside or grab a beer. Thankfully in my town, I can do both in style #Writer #author #beachlife
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Direct quote from dominos night: “...he could have been talking about LOTR, there’s a lot of harry people round here. Just ask Mr Potter.” #book #saywhat
#WritingCommunity found out what I’d do when a snake hitched a ride, what would your MC do upon the same surprise? #authorlife #FridayMorning
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My Granny has recently starting referring to the @BBCWorld as the “bad boys club” because the British are apparently quite sassy in her opinion #QuarantineLife
#WritingCommunity if you’re looking for something to binge with amazing writing and a mind blowing twist, you’ve got to see Hunters on Amazon! I am flabbergasted and gruntled at the same time
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#WritingCommunity I was today years old when I realized that gruntled is the antonym of disgruntled... I’m very gruntled by the discovery. what is the strangest but logical word you’ve found recently? #QuarantineThoughts
Hey #WritingCommunity, while we’re stuck indoors, here’s a prompt challenge: where is this shrouded bridge taking you? #ThursdayMotivation
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If you ain’t first, you’re last #commute #beach
Does anyone else ever get that anxious feeling that they left something on top of their car when they drove off?