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Welcome back to YQG In Bloom, where I highlight anything that is local in the Windsor

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Essex County, Ontario area, whether it be small businesses, events, charities, special

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people, authors, and my name is Tracy.

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And I'm really lucky to be here today with a local author from the Windsor area, K.Gg

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Micheli.

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How you doing?

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I'm great.

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How are you?

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I'm good.

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Now, she's written six books so far.

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Yeah.

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This is insane.

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And how short of a time?

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So my first book was published in 2020.

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So within the last four years.

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You've been busy.

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Four out of the six were published in 2024.

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Oh my goodness.

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Yes.

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And you got seven coming up.

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I've got number seven coming out.

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Yeah.

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That one's going to be a big one, I think, locally.

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I'm excited and that one, what is the name of that one going to be?

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So it is called Tales of Texas Road.

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It is Amherstburg, Ontario.

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It's basically where a bunch of locals who have had experiences at Texas Road send me

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in their descriptions of what they've experienced there.

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And yeah, there's quite a few stories that I've gotten so far.

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I'm at, I think, 11 stories now.

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Oh my goodness.

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So even more than when I saw it before.

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I was going to say.

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I just saw her a couple of days ago and you're at like eight.

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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So it's already been taken off from there.

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I still have quite a few to work on now as well.

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I don't know if you saw.

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I was on the Amherstburg radio station 107.9 CKBG.

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I was on their station a couple of days ago.

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Yeah, that was pretty cool.

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Yeah.

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So I think that may have gained a bit of traction too and gotten some people to send me in some

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submissions as well.

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In case you're not from the Windsor-Essex County area.

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This road is like our haunted road.

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Everybody seems to have a tale of creepy or weird things that have happened to them throughout

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the years.

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Even what my mom was telling me, even when she was young, these stories were going along.

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Unfortunately I went there and nothing happened, of course.

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Right.

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I do find that a lot of the more detailed stories that went on, they were from back

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before they had shut the road down.

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Now, I know obviously there was a lot more traffic going in and out of the area, so that

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could have been a big portion of why.

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But yeah, a lot of them were, they were a lot more scary.

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They shut it down?

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From the past before.

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They did.

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Yeah, so right now it's basically, it is private property.

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So you're not actually allowed to go there.

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That is one thing that I keep stressing to everybody is that I am not trying to endorse

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anyone trespassing or going there when they shouldn't be.

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It's more just to highlight the things that have occurred there before and after they

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shut it down.

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Like there's a lot of stuff.

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There's a graveyard there and I know there was some, like the barn that has closed down.

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The barn, yeah.

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And then I hear a lot that goes on around the bridge area.

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That seems to be a big paranormal hotspot is right near that bridge.

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There's quite a bit that happens in the cemetery.

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I never personally experienced anything in the actual cemetery.

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I didn't either.

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I was just being scared and stupid going at night.

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It definitely had a weird feeling to it, but other than that, I didn't experience any

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apparitions or anything like that.

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For me, everything that occurred was closer to the bridge.

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I do write about that in the book as well.

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Is the bridge over like a ditch or a little stream?

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I think it used to be a stream.

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The last time I went down there, there was no water in it.

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It was all dried out.

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It kind of looks more like it's a large ditch now, but I do believe that before it was probably

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a stream that went through there.

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That's really cool.

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I mean, has there been any deaths or anything on that road?

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You know, I still have a lot of digging to look into in regards to the history, but there

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have been a lot of stories about cars going off of the, I want to say, like the overpass,

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if that's what it was at the time.

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I've heard stories of a couple of different vehicles.

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And there's, I guess, a lot of hearsay about back the indigenous people and something going

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on there with them.

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So like I said, I do still have a lot of digging into that aspect that I'd like to look into,

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and that'll probably be in the book as well, some history on it too.

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That's really cool because a lot of people have heard about it, but don't know the history,

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how long.

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When I was telling my mom about your book, and she was saying, she's in her 70s, and

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back when she was in her teens, there was stories of it back then too.

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So that's pretty cool.

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Even back in the 60s and late 50s.

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And that's the thing too, is like there's just so many, like the reason why it intrigued

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me so much is because there's so many different stories that they're all completely off the

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wall and different from each other.

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But then you do find certain ones where they are just right even with each other, where

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someone will say, hey, I saw this and then another person didn't know that person at

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all.

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They're claiming they saw the exact same thing.

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But then you've got the other stories like I hear a lot about like a headless horseman

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and then some about a woman.

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They want to see things.

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Now the question is like, where did that story come from?

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Right?

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It must have come from somewhere.

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For any of the submissions that I have, I have yet to come across someone who has actually

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seen this headless horseman person.

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It's more so that people are seeing like an old farmer or a horse.

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There's like a ghost horse that a lot of people are seeing and then something to do

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with a woman as well as just like different things like fog and like voices and things

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like that.

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On top of this book, you have six other books and you do a lot of creepy dark stories.

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Which are pretty cool.

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I would say my favorite genres to write in are thrillers.

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I mean, I grew up watching horror movies.

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It was all about, you know, that scary.

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I did have like creepy experiences ever since I was a child.

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So I think partially that was what had intrigued me to write about that topic.

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But it is definitely my favorite.

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Any books that I've written that have to do with the paranormal or the unexplained are

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my favorites for sure.

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Now her first book is called Into the Nothing and she was one of the smart ones that actually

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woke up from a nightmare and wrote it down.

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So you were able to remember it and created a book out of it.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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So this book here, I'm just going to show the audience there.

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So this was the first book that I wrote.

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It was back in 2020 that I had published this one.

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It was based on a dream that I had when I was about 16.

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It was a very vivid, apocalyptic dream.

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So it was a little bit of time after I had the dream that I had written down what had

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happened and then I later decided, hey, I want to publish this and get it into a book.

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I mean, alternatively, if I would have never written that, the story wouldn't be out there.

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It would still be in here.

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Like how many people have crazy dreams and you just, over time, you forget it.

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Exactly.

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I find it's a little bit better.

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Oh yeah.

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That's awesome.

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I mean, there's so many times where I wake up and it's like, oh my God, I had the weirdest

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dream and then I don't write it down and I forget about it and it's like, well, that

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would have been a really good story.

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And then, you know, 10 years later, it just crosses over your mind and then, oh, I should

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have wrote that down somewhere.

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Yes.

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Exactly.

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Or have the same dream more than once.

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Now I'm just looking here because you have one that is on your second one, which was

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a poetry book.

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With you and other poets.

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It was a collaboration.

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Poems.

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So that one.

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So you do a little bit of everything.

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I do have a very wide range of genres that I write.

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So it's not all specific to one.

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It's just that for me, the dark is my favorite.

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But I do have, I like to dip into different ones and, you know, find my strong suits.

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So that book, I have it here.

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It's called Angels Above Us.

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So this one was inspired by my son who I lost back in 2015.

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So this book is dedicated to him.

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It was also, so I have a Facebook page that's called Angels Above Us.

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Actually, if you look it up on Facebook, there's about 55,000 followers on there.

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So they all kind of go there.

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They grieve together and like support each other.

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For a long time, I was posting my own poetry on that group and my own quotes and things

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like that that I would make up or even other poets that I would share.

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And I found that that was getting a lot of traction, like people reading stuff that related

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to them and it seemed to help.

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So that was kind of what gave me the idea with this book was, hey, there's a lot of

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people who are in pain like me at the time and just having that out there and giving

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those people a chance to write about their loved ones as well.

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Because I mean, at this point, I was already going to publish something.

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I might as well have helped them at the same time.

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So this one is coinciding with that group.

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That's lovely.

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It's always nice to have and also have a Facebook group where people can support each

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I find that helps the most and it's cathartic to write as well.

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I feel like that definitely helped me even a lot in my grieving process was just knowing

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that there's other people who feel the same way.

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And you know, when you write something and they're all going, hey, I know exactly what

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you're talking about.

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And that honestly, it does help just to know you're not alone.

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Now your third book and this one's awesome.

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And it's the very first one you wrote with your son, Abel.

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And it's the first in a series that we haven't had a second or a third yet.

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The Adventures of Abel Soros.

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Yeah, I saw a show that I'm in the book here.

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So this one, my, this one was written for my son.

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Um, he had come to me one day and he said, you know, hey, mom, I know that you write

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books.

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Can you write one with me in it?

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And so we sat down together and I said, you know what?

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Okay, I figured it wouldn't take me that long.

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I mean, this book, I wrote it within a month.

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Oh my goodness.

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Within a month it was done.

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It was published.

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Um, so yeah, I mean, I knew it wasn't going to take too much and I could do it on the

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side of my other writing that I was also working on.

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So me and him sat together and he helped me pick which ones of his toys were going to be

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in the story.

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So basically if you haven't heard of this book, it's, it's the storyline is Abel finds

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a portal underneath his bed, um, which just kind of opens up randomly at night.

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Like it's not always there.

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And so when he goes through to the other side, it takes him to this other world where he

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meets his, his teddy bears are all alive and his toys.

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And it's, he's got to save the day.

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There's always some kind of, uh, like one of the toys are in peril or something is

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going on where they need his help.

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Uh, and then once, once he saves the day, then he comes back through.

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So in each of these episodes, each of these different books, it's going to be something

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like that where he goes back through and then, you know, there's something that he's got

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to solve and then he comes back through the other side.

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Is he excited to do more?

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He is.

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So he's very artistic.

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Well, that's awesome.

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It's nice to have somebody taking after you in that.

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Is your daughter, does she like both of my daughters are very high into the arts.

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My middle daughter, Natalie, she is, I would say she's probably one of the top artists

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in her class.

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She like the things that I've seen this girl draw, like I'm about to ask her to design

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my book covers.

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How old is she?

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So she is nine.

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And your other daughter, um, my oldest, she is basically the scientist of the family.

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Oh, that's cool.

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So she is, she is still very good with her art.

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She loves to draw, paint, all that kind of stuff, but it's more, you know, the science

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experiments that you find in the sink.

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That's definitely.

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I used to love doing that when I was younger and you know, he tried to make potions in the

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back.

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I was just going to say that I used to have this stupid lid to something and you'd mix

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everything you could into the lid to see what potion you're going to get.

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That's definitely her.

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Yeah, I'll never forget the one time that she decided to make, have you ever seen that

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fake snow?

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She decided to make that in the sink.

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And I found, I think it was salt was the only thing to break it down.

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So we had to pour like a whole jar of salt down the sink to break down this thick, weird

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textured.

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It was weird.

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That's all I know, but I wonder what I wonder what it was.

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This wasn't even that long ago.

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Oh, well, at least there's always exciting at your house.

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Now the next one is your, the fourth book, which is your, it's called the point of view,

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break the stigma.

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Yes.

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So that book I actually wrote with a co-author, she's a longtime friend of mine.

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Her name is Alexandra Mayu.

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Me and her decided that we wanted to get together and write something mental health based.

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But kind of goes hand in hand with my Angels Above Us book as well.

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There's a lot of poetry and things like that in this book.

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A lot of it is about our personal struggles with mental health.

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For me, a lot of mine is more grief based.

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She's been through completely different situations, whereas, I mean, some of her, her things kind

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of still go with mine.

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So together we, I think it partnered up pretty well, regardless of whether it was like, like

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even though the situations were completely different, somehow they just meshed so well

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together.

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Oh, I think a lot of that was because we were both kind of there for each other throughout

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those situations.

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So each of us understanding each other, it helped that as well.

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And again, very cathartic to be able to be together and to be able to write and get those

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feelings out and keep them in.

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And then we have the fifth book, which is I'm Still Here.

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Yes.

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And is that the one that won the award?

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Yes it is.

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So this is the book here.

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It's my first full length novel.

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The other ones are all mostly, I would say they're novellas.

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They're a lot shorter.

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And you got like chapter books and stuff.

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But this one was the first full length novel.

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And that was a 2024 International Impact Awards in the Mystery Thriller category in Phoenix,

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Arizona.

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Yes.

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So I went there, it was about three weeks ago now that me and my fiance had gone down

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there.

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We got to attend this big conference meeting where we learned a lot of different things.

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They gave me new ideas.

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And then a couple hours after that we did go to a big fancy gala with dinner.

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And I got to go up on stage and receive a trophy for it.

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So that was pretty cool.

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That is cool.

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What's that book about?

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So this is my psychological thriller.

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So basically the main character, Claire.

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She's always grown up in the city.

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Her mom decides to move her and her sister out into the middle of the county.

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Now on the way there they get into a pretty terrible car accident where they ran off the

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road by a transport truck.

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She wakes up with pretty bad injuries in the hospital.

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And then from there she starts to kind of see things that aren't there or that she doesn't

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know are there, I should say.

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But her sister is seeing these things as well.

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So it's more like apparitions and hearing voices, seeing shadows and just creepy things

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going on.

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And throughout the book she's kind of trying to question her sanity.

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Like is it her?

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Is she just going crazy or is this something that's actually happening?

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I haven't told the end of that book.

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It does have twist after twist after twist I would say.

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Wow.

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I'm going to have to read that book because I love books where I can't figure it out.

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Right.

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I think that one will definitely mess with your mind.

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I like that.

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That's cool.

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Then that needs to be a movie.

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Yeah.

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I have, you know what?

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I think that'd be cool to see one day.

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Oh for sure.

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And then your last one is Unspoken Series of Short Stories.

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Yes.

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So there is.

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It's called Unspoken.

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It's just called Unspoken.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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So this one here is my dark, what I say dark, I mean very dark romance.

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There is five stories in total where in all of the stories there is a big twist at the

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end where you kind of find out what's going on.

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But you don't really know in the beginning.

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There's from things like serial killers all the way to like paranormal or even monsters.

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The only thing I do like to put a disclaimer on that one.

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It is very gory.

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So I wouldn't buy that one unless you have a strong stomach and you know you're okay

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with that kind of description.

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That's cool.

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Now you've only been writing for four years.

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Have these stories just been sitting inside of you for like a long time or?

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I'm going to say yes for the majority of them.

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Definitely Into the Nothing and I'm still here.

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Those ones sat there and festered until when I decided that I was going to write them they

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turned they turned out a lot better than I could have even thought.

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Unspoken a couple of the stories in there are like they were ones that I kind of thought

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up before but there were a couple that I came up with on the spot of writing that one.

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I do want to bring up one thing while we're on the topic of that book.

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So in Unspoken there was a story that I had started writing but it ended up becoming way

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too long to put in there as a short story.

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So it has become its own novel on its own which I am working on.

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It is called Fish.

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I don't want to give away too much but I just say it is a stalker romance story.

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So I think it turned out very well.

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That one it definitely came I just want to say it was born from that book but then it

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became its own thing.

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So stemmed right out of it.

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Now you're going to do that after the Texas Road?

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Yes that is my focus.

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That one I am quite far into the book Fish.

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I was actually doing pretty well on it until I had this other idea so I had to put a pause

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on it.

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So once this book is done which should be January of 2025 once that is done my focus

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is going to be going back to Fish to finish that one.

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I am looking to try to have that one out by May possibly June the latest but May is what

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I am aiming for.

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Now you were telling me you publish all of these yourself?

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Yes so I am my own publisher I guess I would say it is self publishing.

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So a lot of people do it like the old fashioned way where they will send their stories into

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a publisher and then they have to wait to see if it gets accepted or what not.

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Well when you do it yourself there are ways to do it.

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There are different websites and things like that like I would encourage you to look into

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it if there is a book that you are looking to write.

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Like mine are done through a couple different companies.

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They are all originally I did them through Amazon so they have like a platform that allows

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you to kind of just like put your documents your artwork and all that stuff.

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I mean you still do all of the work but you get to put it on there.

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The problem with that now is that when you are doing it yourself the marketing part of

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it is a lot harder.

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From what I have heard people who do the traditional publishing way they kind of help them advertise

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it or even market that book to get it out there.

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When you are doing it yourself you are solely alone.

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That is the hardest part.

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That is the hardest part of writing a book of becoming an author or anything like that

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is going to be getting your name out there and getting someone to buy your book because

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that is what it is.

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Like a lot of people are interested but it is hard to sell a copy.

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Oh for sure.

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Yeah.

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Now have you done any tours yet with your books sir?

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I plan to do anything like that.

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I would say I am not really big enough for that yet.

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Well you have the books you could I think.

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One day I would love to do something like that.

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I mean I have had a book signing at Storytellers Bookstore on Ottawa.

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The lady who owns that place she is nothing but awesome.

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I love her.

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And our local bookstores are really great.

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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Yeah so I have had a book signing there.

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I do vendor shows so when there is like fairs and events like that I mean you could look

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for me I am usually around depending on what day it is on.

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I am a part of a lot of different like arts societies in the area as well.

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You sell them online on your website and Amazon?

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So mine are it depends on which one so I am still here and Texas Road will be available

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on Barnes and Nobles website as well as Indigo Target I believe and Amazon.

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They can also be ordered through me.

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Now my other books the other five are only on Amazon as of right now.

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Okay.

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Because it is a little bit I find it a little bit more difficult to get them in all of the

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different areas so when I just it depends on how you are publishing I guess to get it.

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Yeah.

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It is a little bit easier for me to just use the Amazon so it depends on if it is going

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to be a big book right.

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Oh I mean you are busy working and getting these books going.

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You are like constantly writing.

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Yes.

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Yeah I find I get home I work a full time job I go home and then by you know six, seven

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o'clock at night I am relaxing winding down just writing out something.

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I am always writing something.

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Wow.

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I mean I am sending emails and submitting things into magazines and things like that

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too.

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So you are doing pretty darn good.

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I have been in a few magazines just mostly online ones.

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I have been in a couple that you can buy as well like hard copy.

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That is cool.

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It is a good pastime you just like write out a short story for something you send it in

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right.

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I didn't even think of that.

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I forgot.

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I feel like you need to do that.

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Yeah I find for publicity it is good so it is not going to get like your books out there

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but someone is going to read that they are going to go oh I like this story and then

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they are going to read your name.

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And look yeah.

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Next thing you know exactly.

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So I mean to me it is more of like a publicity thing but I also do I like to be involved

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with them too.

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I do find it is fun to be involved with certain people.

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So if any of you guys have any stories from Texas Road in Amosburg Ontario you can either

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send her a message on Facebook and your KG Michele on Facebook and or also author KG

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Michele at Outlook.com and that way make sure you get them in soon because she is going

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to be publishing that in January.

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January yeah.

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We are looking I don't know if it is going to be early or late January.

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That depends on how quickly I get these submissions I think if I need to extend it or not.

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Well it seems like they are coming in pretty quickly now.

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They do seem to be yeah.

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That is great.

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Thankfully.

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I really really do appreciate you coming here today KG.

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Absolutely.

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Thank you for having me.

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I can't wait to read your books.

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I really can't.

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I just I can't wait to hear what you think.

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And you guys make sure to like and subscribe to my podcast so that I can keep this free

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for all of the people that I interview and again my name is Tracy Martens and this is

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YQG In Bloom

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You all have a great day.