Jaime Formato

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Thanks for the rec, I'll have to check it out. I love my GSD!

A German Shepherd dog resting on a blanket

Shout-out to this sleepy warrior who, despite his mortal dread of the vacuum, shadowed and protected me the whole time I cleaned. Now that's what I call courage! #WeDon'tDeserveDogs

Yellow daffodil flower

Yellow daffodil

Totally forgot I planted these little fellows last year. Welcome back!

A fluffy white cat reclines on a blanket and chair

Jade is ready to have her royal portrait painted

Oh, awesome! Such a great experience!!

I love this haiku! Perfect Valentine for the birds. 💖
Are those Thomas Dambo trolls?? We're reading about him next week in class.

A pink Chinese fringe blossom

Pink azalea bud

Small violet flower

Small yellow flower

Mother Nature's soft-launching Spring

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THE OWL HOUSE returns with a graphic novel continuation The Long-Lived King, by Dana Terrace, Mikki Crisostomo, and Daun Han, will take place before the time-jump in the series finale.

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Gormek cannot believe that! We'll have to see what we can do...

Thanks for the shoutout!!! Means a lot! 🥰

I'm going to have mull it over! My furry(and scaly!) friends are definitely poem worthy!

Oh, I love this idea!!!

Cover of an upcoming anthology called "Poetry for Pets" with a black pug looking over his shoulder smugly. He's wearing a red white and blue shirt. There is a pink/orange water color background. He is a very good boy.

I'm at 33 poems and I'd like to have a minimum of 40. Who's got some pet poetry for me??
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Love this!!

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A yellow flower blossom, unopened

The Seminole pumpkins are blossoming!

Miriam is so talented and insightful. She was my Pitch Wars mentor years ago, and her feedback and approach helped me SO MUCH on my writing journey. 💜 #amwriting #querying

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LOL What a way to kick off summer! But happy birthday to the kiddos!

M- Good for you for going back and reworking that first book. I think sometimes the seed is there, but you weren't quite ready to write it yet. I have some stories like that. T- Keeping track of details in a series has to be so challenging!

That is definitely a lesson I learned from my first books! I spent sooooooo much time completely rewriting things. By the time I was done I'd probably written 4 books worth of mess, lol. I definitely take more time plotting now.

Best of luck in the trenches- I know that's tough. And I love romantasy, one of my top comfort-read genres!

This is so vivid and strong!