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Quenby Olson
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A mom and a dancer and a baker and a crocheter and a hiker and a teacher and possibly also an award-winning writer in there. When I have the time. Agent: Bibi Lewis https://linktr.ee/quenbyolson
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I mean, not quite the takeaway I intended, but... okay!
Anytime I panic that I'm not being creative enough with my marketing or spending enough time on it, I remember that these are the kind of posts that get the most sales and traction for me, and they take about 0.3 seconds of thought before I post them.
For the first time in over a year, we are completely paid up and now paid ahead for their dance lessons and I don't even know how to wrap my brain around that.
Just found out that both my girls won a teacher-nominated dance scholarship that will pay for their first few months of ballet tuition this fall and I am in tears.
I am currently prepping for homeschooling four kids next week, shifting one kid over to an online charter school (so paperwork, transcripts, evaluation reports, etc.), while also trying to keep the house from falling into chaos, take care of myself, etc.

Every word written in there is a win.
Me: I am a paragon of homeschooling moms. My children are little geniuses! They are going to conquer the world with the skills and intelligence they gained under my tutelage!

My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
I have no where I HAVE to be today, for the first day in weeks.

I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
Yes, this is the rom-com that I speed-wrote something like 30k words of in a few weeks, and have already added several more thousand words in the last few days. You might be getting a rom-com from me next year!
Reading over an unfinished wip I set aside in June because I thought it was terrible, and it's actually decent? Like, maybe even good? What is this sorcery?
Reading over an unfinished wip I set aside in June because I thought it was terrible, and it's actually decent? Like, maybe even good? What is this sorcery?
My 14yo and my 12yo have begged their dad to teach them how to play bass, and this fills me with so much glee.
Mildly frustrated by the fact that I put aside the story I wanted to write because I thought it wasn't the story that I should be writing (the sequel to a book currently on submission) and opened up the first story today and wrote over 4k words.

Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
And it's finished! 1773 words. The most I've written in a day in weeks and weeks!
Woke up to a short story idea, and it feels wonderful. I've had trouble getting some words on the page lately, but this feels cozy and fun!
Woke up to a short story idea, and it feels wonderful. I've had trouble getting some words on the page lately, but this feels cozy and fun!
I've loved this series since it was first published, and now this is such a fantastic way to enjoy it again!
We had an hour and a half of driving today and that book made it go so fast!
It's also a full cast with sound effects and some light background music, so it's the full experience!
If I had known, I would've been listening to these YEARS ago. They are stunningly done. Just gorgeous.
Yes! I already read through them with my oldest kids years ago, so we've been listening in the minivan while doing errands, and they're full cast with sound effects and music and they're just great!
Started listening to the Series of Unfortunate Events audiobooks with my kids and WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THEY ARE NARRATED BY TIM CURRY???

THE Tim Curry.

They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
I remember someone telling me that trad publishing is a lot of "hurry up and slow down" and it very much feels like that right now!
I think one of the harder parts of having a book out on submission - having come from self-publishing - is the wait. If I had decided to publish this book on my own (and I still might if there aren't any bites) it would likely be up for pre-order already. There'd be a cover. It would be ready to go.
I have two girls in pointe shoes. And they dance five days a week, almost all of those day with at least one class on pointe. *sigh*