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April 16, 2023
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toy plush shark isolated on white background

It’s not often I get stuck on what to write. I sometimes get stuck on how to write it well, but the actual what isn’t usually a problem. However, as you may have guessed, it’s a problem at the moment. But there may be a couple valid reasons for this. I just had eye surgery. Nothing major, just cataract surgery in both eyes. Yup, that procedure old people often have done so they don’t end up driving off the road at night. I guess I am now officially part of that group. As I’ve stated on several occasions, I…

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More weirdness…renovations

April 2, 2023
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Small bathroom with walls and ceiling ripped out. Only toilet left standing.

Last blog I wrote about some weirdness going on in my life. Part of the weirdness was that I would be speaking in Lake Placid, NY about being an author. That engagement has come and gone and I’m pleased with how it went. I spoke with another author, E. S. Curry, and we touched on our writing processes, thoughts and concerns about writing, and just what it’s like to be indie authors in general. I don’t really have fears about speaking in public. I taught in a public school for 24 years, so that’s a lot of speaking in…

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Weird Week

March 16, 2023
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Published Book Covers

This has been a weird week. And next week should be an exciting one, too. Whenever my routine gets rocked in any way, it throws me off. That’s certainly the case this week. Not in a bad way though, in a good way. There is a cable network TV show that is doing some filming nearby. I have never heard of the show. This shouldn’t come as a surprise as I know next to nothing about what’s on TV. I’ve reached the point in my life where how I spend my time is important, and watching cable network TV…

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Labels

March 2, 2023
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In graduation gown in front of school.

I just launched my author website: jemullane.com. I am finding it difficult to accept the fact that I now have an AUTHOR website. I guess this means I can now identify myself as “an author.” I realize I could have done this before the launch (and doesn’t it sound a bit pretentious? LAUNCH? It’s not the QEII or the space shuttle or anything) because I’d written and published a couple novels, and while technically, yeah, I’ve been an author for a while, it’s not where my mind would first go. Until a few months ago I would have labelled…

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Ideas

February 2, 2023
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Where do you get your ideas? Over the years I have seen or read quite a few author interviews and this question always pops up in one form or another. I have a vision of the author rolling his or her eyes, gritting their teeth, trying to be as pleasant as possible while answering a question they are patently sick to death of. So, it may seem strange that after my first novel was published and I was actually asked that question myself, I was totally unprepared as to how to address it. The truthful answer to the question…

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