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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · 4d

New Substack— En Taos: The Air Up There. I learn to live in a place that’s over a mile high. A big adjustment for certain.
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En Taos: The Air Up There

Living at 6,969 feet above sea level

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · 13d

New Substack: My gift to readers —The Swanson Shuffle, my novel set in 1974 in a psychiatric halfway house is free to Kindle readers Oct. 17-19. Link’s in the post.
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Free eBook: The Swanson Shuffle

Get yours Oct. 17-19

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · 14d

New Substack: My review of A Fighting Chance. Set in Scotland, it’s the second in the Jane Renwick Thrillers Series by Val Penny.
#AFightingChance
#ReadingBetweentheLines

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Review: A Fighting Chance

No. 2 in the Jane Renwick Thrillers Series

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · 14d

New Substack: My review of A Fighting Chance. Set in Scotland, it’s the second in the Jane Renwick Thrillers Series by Val Penny.
#AFightingChance #ReadingBetweentheLines

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Review: A Fighting Chance

No. 2 in the Jane Renwick Thrillers Series

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · 20d

New Substack Post: Dennis C. Merritt shares episodes in his life with humor and insight in Alice at Plum Island and Other Stories, Threads & Magic.
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A Smart and Light-Hearted Read

Dennis C. Merritt's Alice at Plum Island and Other Stories, Threads & Magic

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · 25d

New Substack post ... En Taos: A Good Landing. Our adventure living in Taos, NM starts. That's a view from the land we bought to build our home there.
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En Taos: A Good Landing

Our luck continues

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Sep 25

New Substack post. New Series. En Taos will explore my experiences living in Taos, New Mexico. Here I share how we got there. Perhaps the Mountain called.

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The Mountain Calls

New Series: En Taos

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Sep 21

New Substack post inspired by our recent camping trip to Cape Cod with visits to the National Seashore and P-Town.
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On the Outer Cape

National Seashore, P-Town and a camp in Wellfleet

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Reposted by Joan Livingston

A. J. Roberts/Skellington Liquorish @skeffington.bsky.social · Sep 11

My review of #FindingTheSource by @joanlivingston.bsky.social is now live: andrewswritersblock.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...

Book Review: Finding the Source by Joan Livingstone

It's September, meaning it will be "Talk Like a Pirate Day" soon. I've got some plans for that this year. Anyway, while I'm looking for jobs...

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here are links to the reviews so far on the blog tour for Finding the Source, my latest Isabel Long Mystery. Thanks all.

Miriam Drori miriamdrori.com/blog/

Tracey D Holland www.tdholland.com

Donna Morette www.facebook.com/groups/donna...

Heather Beveridge www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Sep 8

New Substack: Sometimes you need help getting the word out about the book you wrote. I am calling on Reading Between the Lines and its bloggers for Finding the Source, no. 8 in my Isabel Long Mystery Series.
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Taking My Book on a Blog Tour

Finding the Source featured on Reading Between the Lines

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nw Substack Post — North Fairhaven Girl: Meu Padrinho. Recalling my godfather John Medeiros, the last of my family’s generation. That's me as a child holding a photo of him.

Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Sep 4

Taking Finding the Source for a ride next week with Reading Between the Lines. Read what the reviewers have to say about no. 8 in my Isabel Long Mystery Series.

Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 31

Substack: As a girl in North Fairhaven, Our Lady of Angels Feast on Labor Day Weekend was an important part of my family’s life. It started with those grateful immigrants from the Azores who commissioned a life-sized statue of Mary men carry through the streets.
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North Fairhaven Girl: Our Lady of Angels Feast

A Labor Day tradition

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 24

New Substack: Fairgoers. August means country fairs, which I attended in Western Mass. and Taos NM. One even inspired an Isabel Long Mystery.
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Hilltown Postcards: Fairgoers

A country tradition

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thank you so much for your comment. Yes he was a great man.

Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 17

New Substack Post: Reading Aloud. Reading aloud — my computer and me — what I wrote is a helpful process. On my third and final go-round for The Unforgiving Town.
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Reading Aloud

So close to finishing The Unforgiving Town

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 12

New Substack Post — North Fairhaven Girl: Keeping Score. Remembering Dad’s involvement in local sports and what we kids did during those softball games. Plus a bit of inspiration.
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North Fairhaven Girl: Keeping Score

Softball at Livesey Park

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 5

xNew Substack Post: As a bargain hunter myself, I wanted to share this great deal — a Kindle boxset of the first three books in my Isabel Long Mystery Series for $5.99 or £3.92.
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A Kindle Boxset

Bargain price for first three books in my mystery series

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Jul 31

New Post: 6 Ws with author Joseph Lewis, who talks about his writing life and his latest novel, Black Yéʼii (The Evil One).
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6 Ws with Author Joseph Lewis

Latest book: Black Yéʼii (The Evil One)

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Jul 30

Three mysteries in one ... My publisher Bloodhound Books has created a boxset of the first three books in my Isabel Long Mystery Series. That makes this author smile. Here's the link:
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#NewRelease #MustRead #SummerReads #Thriller

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Jul 25

New Post: The Unforgiving Town. So happy to say the first draft is done is this dark mystery.
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The Unforgiving Town

Ta-da! First draft of my new book complete

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Jul 20

New Substack post: PG 13: Writing about Sex. Yes, there’s a bit of sex in my mystery series because I write about people and what they do. Sex is a part of that. Still it’s a bit tricky.
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PG 13: Writing about Sex

Isabel Long Mystery Series

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Jul 17

New Substack — Hilltown Postcard: Our family cools off at the Bend on a hot summer’s day.
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Hilltown Postcard: Cooling Off

A quick dip at the Chesterfield Bend

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Joan Livingston @joanlivingston.bsky.social · Jul 13

New post: Ode to Porchfest. I took on the challenge to write an ode about the event happening in my village and elsewhere. Hey, it even rhymes.
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Ode to Porchfest

My poem to celebrate the event

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