{"id":235,"date":"2023-01-04T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comptonplations.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2023-01-04T11:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T11:09:18","slug":"its-been-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comptonplations.com\/?p=235","title":{"rendered":"A Mixed Bag: 2022 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

I retired from my Day Job at the end of 2021, with an eye toward becoming a full-time indy author. Making my life-long dream come true was an exciting move for me. I had so many plans!<\/p>\n

I completely redid my office–except for the hardwood floors.<\/p>\n

Before (late 1980s Metropolitan Home chic):<\/p>\n

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After (including new ceiling and light fixture\/fan):<\/p>\n

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All new furniture:<\/p>\n

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I love my new workspace.<\/p>\n

But it was no sooner revamped when COVID hit my family (except for X-Chromo, Y-Chromo,\u00a0 and X’s husband Z) including my elderly parents. We lost my dad, which changed a lot of dynamics. Families are funny like that.<\/p>\n

It’s taken a while to reconfigure the life I expected with the life I inherited, but things are moving along now.<\/p>\n

First up: re-releasing the steamy baseball romances originally published by Loose Id several years ago. The stories now have new titles, and I have the new cover for the first release.<\/p>\n

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I’ll be revealing the cover in my newsletter<\/a> next week. Please note: newsletter subscribers get all my news first. Newsletters come out on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month.<\/p>\n

It’s great to be back. I have lots to share.<\/p>\n

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