the Ovenlight saga

 So, the big news is that part 2 of my book, The Ovenlight Saga: Baking Dough,  is in the works and I expect to have it finished by the end of 2026!

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I think that I'm going to try to get an agent to see about traditionally publishing. If I don't get a publishing deal, then I will self-publish it.   If you would like to get updates about that timeline and fun snippets from stuff I'm working on now, please sign up for my newsletter! 

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Here is a current picture of my desk where I write for a few hours per day. Nothing fancy, it’s just a card table from Target.

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So, I have 2 mousepads on my desk, one on each side of my keyboard. Because of my fibromyalgia, sometimes my hands feel achy or painful from just typing or using the mouse, so having 2 mousepads means I can switch hands back and forth for using my mouse.

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 This little guy sitting in my chair is SUPER special, so let me tell you more about him!

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​This little hippo has been my backrest for I think about 20 years now. He was given to me at work when I lived in Austin, I worked for a company that owned the toy machines and claw machines in convenience stores and grocery stores.​

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So sometimes one of the guys in charge of purchasing samples would go to the really fancy toy store, FAO Schwartz in NYC, and there was this one time that he brought back a big plastic sack of stuffed toy samples.

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So they dumped out the big sack of toys onto the floor in one of the rooms and it was called a “plush party” because they called the stuffed toys “plushes”!! And when I saw that little hippo my heart just MELTED!

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One of my coworkers said “You really like that one, huh? Well you can have it!” I was so overjoyed! And I don't remember what I named him… if I ever officially named him… sometimes I refer to him as Pedro - but mostly I just call him “my little hippo”.

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He’s been my faithful little lower back support in my office chair in every job I've worked at since I acquired him, including working on this novel, of course. I mean I just love little hippos tiny ears and the way they flick them, it's just so adorable! And don’t get me started on Moo Deng!

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 Thanks for reading!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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