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Quick Edit Update & Holiday Prep🦃🎅

 Quick content edit update!

I only have six chapters left, which, if I can keep to my schedule, I should wrap up by the end of December. I might take a short break before diving into line edits, but we'll see. For now, I'm taking this phase slow and getting ready for the holiday season. The garden has been "put to bed," leaves are waiting to be raked, stocking stuffers are slowly accumulating, and I'm realizing I need to figure out what I'm taking for Thanksgiving really soon (Anyone else?🤣).



Reading . . .

Can someone please tell me why Sarah M. Eden has so many books, but I hadn't heard of her until recently?! This month I read books two and three in her Savage Wells series, Healing Hearts and Wyoming Wild. Presently, I'm reading the next book in her Lancaster series. I'm not going to know what to do with myself when I finish them. I was looking at her very long list of books and couldn't decide where to go next. I'm leaning toward her Dread Penny Society series. But there's a lot to choose from, and I'm feeling indecisive.

I also re-read a Sarah Adams book, picked up a book by a new-to-me author, and read a children's book.



Enjoying . . .

That all our favorite shows are starting new seasons! Among them are Marshalls, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, Sheriff Country, and Tracker. Husband and I are big fans of anything that has to do with sleuthing, law enforcement, or the like. Lately, we've been watching Murder, She Wrote. I remember watching it at my grandparents' as a kid and thinking it was so cool that we shared a name and she was an author.



Talk to you soon!

Jessica ♡

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