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It will never matter what someone who doesn’t like you says about you. The only thing that matters is if you like yourself. If you’re happy with the person you are, then embrace it. If you’re not, then take the steps necessary to become the person you want to be, not the person others think you should be. There’s nothing greater one can strive for than to be true to oneself, and being true to oneself does not include changing to suit the opinions of those who will always find fault with you, no matter how much you acquiesce to their demands. These people should be excised from your life as a surgeon would remove a tumor, for the end result of keeping either will be the same.

I’m afraid I haven’t gotten much writing done for the last week and a half.  I did finish chapter 11 of Cindy’s Story yesterday, but I’ve been suffering from both insomnia and non-restful sleep syndrome due to a pinched nerve in my shoulder that’s finally getting better.  I actually got enough sleep to write some yesterday, and hopefully it’ll lead to more days like that.  I still have five chapters to go, so I’m not in the home stretch yet, but I’m progressing at least.  I have high hopes for this one.  There’s a lot of humor and some other really good stuff in it, and I’ve really enjoyed writing these characters.

I think my next series book will be the last one, and then I’ll move on to other projects.  I’d like to write more standalone books like the one I’m currently working on.  I’ve never found it difficult to come up with ideas, so I’m sure those will be great books as well…because I’m an awesome writer…and that’s why you should buy all my books…yeah! 😀

Anyway, just wanted to post a little update.  It’s 2:16 a.m. and I’m awake, but at least I got some good sleep yesterday and last night, so I got that goin’ for me.

I just wrote and published another short story here on the site.  This time it’s a fairy tale called The Tree.  You can read it here, and I hope you all enjoy it.

I wrote a short story in my writers group meetup today based on a randomly generated writing prompt.  It came out so good that I decided to add it to the Other Writings section here on the site.  The story is called The Cursed Dice of the Apocalypse, and you can check it out here.

The coupon code for 25% off the books in the Unseen Things series is: SSW25

Enter the code at checkout to get the discount.  The sale will run through July 31, 2016.  You can find the whole series on Smashwords here.

The entire Unseen Things series will be on sale at Smashwords throughout the month of July for 25% off the normal retail price.  That means that each book will be available for $2.99 instead of the usual $3.99.  There’s supposed to be a coupon code on each book’s listing to use for the sale I guess.  I’m not sure how it works.  This is the first time I’ve enrolled the series in one of their sales, but they say that’s how it works, so I’ll take their word for it.  Anyway, they’ll be on sale all month, so if you’ve been thinking about checking out the series, now’s the time to do it.

On a quick note, Smashwords only offers Epub versions of the series, so you’ll need an Epub capable e-book reader to read them.  If you’re using an Android tablet or phone, then I HIGHLY recommend Moon+ Reader (Free, Pro).  It’s far and away the best e-reader I’ve found for any platform, and it has both a free and paid version.  The free one works perfectly, so give it a shot.