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2021 Calendar: The Best of The Past 12 Years

Meet my new 2021 calendar: The Best of the Seated View! BEST OF The Seated View 2021 Calendar by TheSeatedView October is one of my favourite times of the year and it has nothing to do with the seasons — I am a fervent spring and summer fan. But October is the month where I…

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Using Findaway Voices to Create the Chronic Christmas Audiobook

Updated November 20, 2021 I am an independent author and that means I do it all myself. It can be a real challenge, but new things happen all the time. One of those new things enabled me to create an  audiobook version of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness! I know there…

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Chronic Christmas Audiobook Available Now (It’s a Dream Come True)

There are no words for how excited I am to announce that the audiobook version of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness is available now! Of course, I will attempt to use words to describe it, but if you just want the audiobook right now!, click this button: Still with me? Awesome!…

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New Release: The Ultimate Makeup Journal

Do you use makeup? I bet you have more than you technically need (I know I do). Maybe several of one particular kind — say lipstick, eyeshadow — plus a few rattling around in a drawer that you just can’t let go of. Maybe because of the way one brings out the light in your…

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KDP Select and Bookbub Promotions: An Indie Author Experience

There are a couple of methods to tell a lot of people about your book, rather than just one or two who might catch a tweet or Facebook post. At the end of last year and the beginning of this one, I tried two of them: a KDP Select Free Book Promotion for Chronic Christmas:…

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When Bodies Break: New Book from the Chronic Illness Community

I am proud to bursting of being a contributor to the exciting new book, When Bodies Break: How we survive and thrive with illness and disability. In it, thirty-two inspiring and resilient chronic illness warriors share their stories of struggle, strength and survival. When Bodies Break is the brainchild of Cam B. Auxer, the woman…

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New Ebook – 7 Facets: A Meditation on Pain

Pain is a funny thing. Not just to live with (in which case it’s not always very funny), but in terms of the myths and the silence surrounding it. Talking about pain is uncomfortable, especially for those who don’t have it. Pain is hard to understand. You can’t measure it, it’s difficult to describe and…

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