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#musingsonamonday 1.15.2024

So it’s the second week of January and I still haven’t finished my upcoming book, LOVE MATCH (HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER, book 2).

This is the slowest I’ve ever written and today I started wondering why. You all know I plot my books, so it’s not like I’m sitting here, waiting for inspiration to take over and get my fingers tapping on those keys. I know where the story is going and how it will end.

But for some reason, I just haven’t been able to get there as quickly as I have in the past.

And then, today, it came to me.

PLOT HOLE.

Yup. I’m missing something key in the story and just realized what it is, so HOPEFULLY, now that I know this I can continue writing the rest of the story and then go back in edits and change it up so that the beginning and end match.

Sometimes you gotta ruminate on stuff to see why there’s a problem.

I guess I ruminated enough for this one, LOL.

Be well ~ Peg

Oh, and if you haven’t read book one yet, here ya go: MIX AND MATCH

Divorced and lonely, nurse Jasmine Green retains the services of Heaven, NH’s very own successful matchmaker, Olivia Joyner. The bar scene and dating apps give Jasmine hives and Liv’s reputation is stellar. If anyone can help guide her through the quagmire that dating has become, Olivia can.

Architect Donovan Boyd is ready to settle down. He wants the kind of marriage his parents have; long lasting, filled with love, children, and joy. But even after a year of living and working in Heaven, he’s still considered an outsider by many. Finding the type of woman he’s looking for is hard in the tight-knit community. Retaining Olivia Joyner to help him find his forever love is one of the smartest things he’s done, especially after she sets him up with Jasmine Green.

But the red-haired, green-eyed beauty wants a different kind of marriage from the one Donovan considers ideal.

Can these two strong-willed people learn to compromise so they can both find their happily ever after? Or will their relationship forever be relegated to the friend zone?

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#musingonaMonday 1.8.2024

Such a philosophical question, hee hee.

For me, it has to be to believe in yourself when no one else does. Many moons ago, when I told people in my realm I was going to be a published author, I was met with laughter, a few quizzical, tolerant, sure-you-are-smiles, and one outright “you have to have talent to be a published writer. Are you sure you have it?”

I was sure. And I think I’ve proven it over these past years.

So, believe in yourself, kids. Believe you have the power to change your life, direct its course, and be what you want to be, no matter what other people say, think, or do.

It’s said that writers should write for themselves first. We should be our own first readers and fans and write stories to please ourselves.

In my case, this is true, all because I loved my characters and stories, each and every one, and I believed others would too. Plus, I believed in myself and what I wanted to do.

Never let anyone talk you out of a daydream, kids. Believe it will come true. That’s the first step in changing your life forever. ~ Peg

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#mondaymusings 1.1.2024

As we start a new year, I’ve got my first question of the year for you:

Mine is to focus on my overall health this year – physical and mental.

What’s yours?

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